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It will be fine once you do the stem up - if you're really concerned about strength/stiffness then a 1 1/8 steerer will be better, but will require serious part replacement!

Sorry for any "steam" but I have to disagree with what you are planning. Firstly, those cranks probably weight more than the frame and are very non period correct - I'd suggest some nice Campagnolo ones from the 80s so that they match the frame better. You could get fluted ones if you want a more classic look. Secondly I think the paint looks great and that as a chromed frame it would look significantly less nice. thirdly a saddle bag on a time trial frame is a very weird mix.

It's your choice whether to kill the puppy though.

Tommy's advice is all spot on - zip ties and duct tape are the most useful things for their weight that you can take with you.

Wannabe - I've just moved to Paris as well actually and could be up for some long rides and some mountain biking. Need to get a bit fitter before trying a 100km because I've been off my bike for a few weeks with Christmas and moving here.

I think that will be pretty hard to find, but you can just use any 1 1/8" stem you like with a shim for the steerer.

Why do you want to swap the Randos - they are awesome bars? Doubt you will find an alternative to Noodles with a 25.4 clamp, since Nitto are pretty much the only company that make decent road bars with a 25.4 clamp, let alone ones that are non-standard shapes. If you are dead set on the Noodles then it might be new stem time.

They look different colours in the photo- is that just a trick of the light?

Trick of the light coupled with poor photographic skills! They are a matching set and are both a slightly dark silver. They are also the same size, although again that isn't obvious from my spectacular photo!

Would make a perfect pressie for someone I know, but I won't be London way for a couple of weeks at least.

Know anyone here who could look after it for you? I could drop it somewhere as long as it's pretty close to Brixton.

What is the drilling for the rims?

If 36 i would swap another wheel for one of the ones on the bike at the moment.

Think they're both 32. To be honest, I'd prefer to keep them together, either on the bike or for b'jammin, since they look so nice!

I'm selling this one http://www.lfgss.com/thread35725.html

Really interested in this; will get back to you in an hour or so once I've spoken to my girlfriend; potential dibs.

Cool - give me a shout when you know the score.

it's not a mixte.

You learn something new every day!

Thanks very much Andy.

How tall is your wife? Just trying to gauge sizing, rather than anything else. :-)

She's 5'9" but it's too small for her, so it's not the most helpful guide! Depending on leg to body length ratio I'd guess this would fit someone 5'3" to 5'7" roughly.

Bargain for someones' missus I would say!

I think so - good to spread the love!

We're moving to Paris on Thursday so would much prefer to sell the bike complete rather than split, but will split it if it hasn't been taken by Tuesday.

We're moving out of London and my wife is only taking two bikes, so this one is up for sale. It's a fairly low end Raleigh that we've done up a bit and that she's been using as a run around. It would make a great shopping, commuting and pub bike for someone.

The frame is in fairly good condition and is 50cm ST c-t and 53cm TT c-c, although the paint has faded a bit unevenly to a nice pale pink. The good bits on it are Stronglight track cranks with a TA chainring and Shimano UN53 BB, Shimano 600 (Ultegra level) hubs laced to Rigida DP18s, a set of Nitto promenade bars, an Alhonga deep drop dual pivot on the front and some decent mudguards. There's another set of bars with less back sweep that will come with it.

The downsides are that the rack has lost a bolt and is held together with a zip tie (although this is easily fixed), I couldn't work out how to route the brake cable to the rear Alhonga brake so the original single pivot is still there and isn't very good and the stem has semi seized in the steerer. It moves up and down but I wasn't able to get it out when I last tried. I'm sure it would be doable though since it moves. The saddle is a bit torn as well.

Collection from Brixton and looking for £150.

I think it's pretty sad that people's first reaction was to get as much stuff as they could for themselves without even asking the landlord why he was selling it. Jos was a regular on here and very generous to a lot of events organised in London. That famous "lfgss family spirit" might have come in handy. More importantly he's been a legend since way before anyone even dreamed of this forum. Hope him and Ross have got their stuff sorted.

Coming a bit late to this thread, but I'd really reccomend the SIngular Swift frame. Very easy to run SS or 1x9, which was enough to get me over some big welsh mountains during a 150 mile adventure race, and can be run 3x9 with a bit more effort. Looks lovely, rides amazingly and I think is better value for money than Surly frames. I had a rigid fork for a while but have to say I prefer it with a suspension fork, probably because I don't choose the flowingest lines or something. Not toatlly sure that 29ers make much sense for people below about 5'10" though and would probably look at a 69er if I was shorter.

I have a set of Cook Bros cranks - 175 and silver. There's a bit of play between the spider and the crank but don't think it will be a problem on a SS build. Wouldn't use them for fixed though. Come with an unused granny ring, a well used middle ring and a few red anodised chain ring bolts. Could do them for £40 if you're interested. Also have a NOS Race face bash ring that will fit them and whcih I can add on for a tenner.

?Really need to sell this as I'm about to move house. Anyone want it at £50? Collect from briston or meet in central.

frankly I sympathise with courier, their job do require (even thought it claim not to) to run a red in order to meet daily quota (like atk).

it's just the normal commuter I don't sympathise with.

Or they could ride faster between the lights...

I wouldnlt get the Planet X brakes for a bike I wanted to stop properly. I'd get shimano and Campag skeleton if i wanted the cutaway look.

Very nice big person bike ;)

And now it's just a memory...

It's obviously fine if people like these designs, and it's great that they're available if they prefer them. I just think that in terms of functionality, they're a bit of an evolutionary dead end.

Me too. I have no problem with diversity or difference, but I quite like form to follow function. I can't really see any improvement in the functionality offered by a flying gate - if there was then other framebuilders and makers would have changed the classic diamond frame design, which they haven't. To me a diamond bike frame is a perfect example of a simple bit of engineering that does it's job very well and so I don't see the need to add random tubes all over the place! I also don't like the Paris Galiber for the same reason.

As far as I know both designs are from the era when makers couldn't put logos on their bikes and so all the crazy designs were basically a way to advertise.

Overall I think it's great that there are options around to suit different tastes and it looks like your recommendation (GA2G) is just what the OP's dad was looking for so it's all good.

If you want a sic cog set up then a front hub with a new axle isthe way to go. There's a guy who sells them all ready to go on ebay and he has a website that explains it as well. Can't remember the name though!

Frame is sold