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That looks like the little fucker- Does it have caged balls? I think they've got a 33 mm stack height -which is very low. I might have one in the loft, if you're stuck.
They're not very good but are a problem solver. As you have the headset off you can measure the stack height (difference between steerer and head tube lengths) and see what you need. Is the rest of the bike 600?

ok so just took frame and headset to lock 7 and the guy said the lower head race was too used to use again, any idea where id get one for shimano 600 headset or is it beter to just get a new headset..?

IIRC 600 headsets have very low stack height so you might find a replacement tricky to find (unless you have spacers fitted)
Campag pista (£££) and Tange Levin (still made I think) are options.

I'm hoping to finish off restoring 2 1950s Gillotts this summer.
(A track/path Fleur de lys and a road Connoisseur).
They're going to be proper period correct with mostly new or excellent parts (Gnutti Simplex Chater Lea etc)
Problem is I don't have space to store them.
I wondered if a bike shop or LMNH might be interested in having them on display, so when I want to ride them I can but they're not hanging on my walls driving my Mrs nuts ( I would be quite happy to sit and stare at them)
Is this bonkers, is it something people with too many bikes (?) do already?
Or should I just persuade the old girl they're home decor?

I'm 6 foot 2, have a 59cm frame. What height should I be looking to have my saddle.

1 measure your inseam (stand bare foot against a wall and stick a book right up into your bits, mark the wall at the top of the book, measure)
2 find 109% of this measurement
3 set your saddle at this height from pedal to saddle top.
4 ride around and see how it feels
5 if you get back of knee pain your saddle's probably too high
6 if you get front of knee pain your saddle's probably too low
7 the last two points may be the wrong way round

So, I've just hand drawn a dinner plate sized version of the roundel using a tracing of a blown up (cornershop photocopier) image from a catalogue reprint I had and loads of photos of my frame for reference.
I used my daughter's Crayola felt tip which gave just the right fucked-up-ness of line, really pretty happy with it.

Question; If this is 'live traced' into illustrator how much of the line quality will I get? Does the program snap lines straight or is it possible -though laborious- to follow each change in line thickness and angle?

Ta.

Elbows out

Aw shucks. Moved to tears.

Belgian merkin.

Snap

Spanish mechanics.

I work for an Ozzie company, the posts on Yammer are getting quite partisan

Not like here.
:-)

Ha ha. Whoops.
I'm just a builder.

With a big chunk from lottery ticket sales though, which is an easier choice to spend on than schools and hospitals which should be funded by the state and not on someone's idle speculation that a £1 flutter could make them a squillionaire.

Public cost for Beijing was still 40%. I dont know if that % has increased but the total has- stratospherically.

I agree that funding for health and education should come from the public purse not from the Lottery.

It's an enormous amount to spend whatever the source.

Lolz, that would build you a school in Haiti, not the UK.

Indeed.
However we won 18 gold medals at a cost of £10m EACH.
A new academy type school built in London is £30m
Half that on a green field site.
60 - 120 new schools

Just sayin.

£10,000,000 per gold medal? Holy shit.
That's a lot of schools and hospitals.

Legacy.

Still better than spending it on warring.

I wonder what they are doing with the rest of his tickets?

Ha.
Would you jump in his grave so fast?

He did...and they're bloody heavy!

6 grams of gold, innit?
(rest is silver)

Can't see what the hub is, but DA 7600 loses it's warranty if laced radially.

Superbe Pro, I reckon.

Lush.

Yes, they are.

LVC can come at really low prices.
Again, I shop everything from ebay. Where you get away paying peanuts.

Me too.
Got 2 pairs of LVC 1967 505s which are great jeans. Both about £90
and bought used pairs of '47 and '54 LVC 501s for peanuts both with little wear -one wash. I don't really like the cut of the 54s but the 47's are great - prefer the 505s though.

The quality difference between the made in USA 47's and the 505 (turkey) is not noticeable to me and the cut is very similar - the 505's abit more Mod.

alden cordovan £60? no way!! you girls with small feet have all the luck

True though.
I bought my missus a pair of unworn vintage Crockett and Jones brogues on eBay £40!!!
They have tassels on the end of the laces!

• sexy librarian look.
  

I like pubs too.
I'm trying to imagine the bar staff at the Blythe Hill Tavern refusing someone a glass of water.

Toys hill is a v popular with cyclists so I can see it could become annoying if there is a constant stream of riders clutching 'bidons' and not buying anything.
But really it's a glass of fucking water - I bet he wouldn't refuse some walkers with an overheating dog.

I've gone into the pub in Downe before for a refill and the bar staff were charming. I don't make a habit of it though, I'd normally fill up at the public toilets on Ide hill when I'm out that way but I only went on a short blat today.

I think the Law was changed recently, but I'm not sure/can't be arsed to find out -if you need to be a paying customer or not.

http://www.ccwater.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.736#

It's actually illegal to refuse a glass of water to a customer in a place that sells alcohol, I'm not sure if that applies to sweat drenched cyclists who aren't buying anything though.

I will write to his licensing authority though.
Nasty old cnut.

write a letter :)

Ha!

I often have a pint mid-ride- I won't ever stop there though.