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just to chim in again, i hate red stripe. whatever my mates say. too sweet!!

I remember that early cadel evans moment. That reporter made a real twat of himself. One the rasmussen thing, I think it smacks a bit of press desperation. I agree that the tour needs to be whiter than white but no one cared about this story until he was in yellow.

jv samuel smith: rather drink gash juice.

do you really think its that bad??

I'm a bit of a beer snob too and I was impressed with the lagers they have (haven't tried the ales yet). Last time I was in one, they had a german lager from a micro brewery near where my mate live sin Munich. it was outstanding!

Maybe I need to do more Sam Smiths research!

sorry to hear that mate. how the fuck did he get the lock of in one piece so he could take it with him??

Knucklehead That said £300 quid buys a FUJI though and the rest of those bikes (bar maybe the Pomp which is a bit better than the rest IMHO for commuting) are overpriced compared to it.

yup, buying a fuji and then use the 200 left over to upgrade to a decent set of wheels. probably thr best deal.

i saw that one, sweet build. that for 500 is an excellent deal.

p.s. does andy spray or powdercoat his frames??

Stick British people! We have a fine traditional of artisans in this country. Give them your wages!

I'll join you MA3K. I like my gators. cheap and no punches in 4 months, touch wood!

nv55 There's no way a clean Armstrong could beat an unclean Ullrich.

You reckon?? Ulrich has to go down as one of my biggest cycling disappointments. He was out of shape more than in shape and never met his potential even if he was doping. Basically, too many Hoffbrau in the off season. I'd love to seen a better challenege as it would have made the lance years even better.

tbh he does come across as an arrogant twat. but he came back from a near death situation, not only to ride a bike, but ride the tour and win it seven times. for that reason, he is a cycling god in my mind. but then i'm too young for the other cycling greats, merckx, hinault, bobet... indurain was my first legend.

G-whizz in Brighton is a local one for me. Reasonable selection always with some nice old road bikes. and he's sympathetic to SS/FG. He's helped me on a number of occassions.

There really needs to be more places like this and less £100 pro bike pieces of sh1t that end up in the tip after a couple of years.

splatbucket I found it in the Tiverton Dump Its a rather good one, but only the devon dumps let you buy/take things away from them. Where is it your from?

i've been to that dump. it's a good'un. they tried to sell me an old video game for 50 notes. told them to stick it.

all the dumps round me won't let you take stuff, they don't take bungs and even tried to take my bike as scrap last time i was there!

Tris http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/NICK_AT_LLOYDS/decals.htm

Thanks Tris, that site is amazing. they have all the other stickers as well if i decide to be pedantic!

World Champion stripes tape. Need to replace some on an old Holdsworth around the paint change...

As people have said, spread the clamp on th bars and give them a good wiggle as you get to the bends.

For the stem, maybe also try some oil. I did that recently on an holdsworth i'm messing about with and it loosened it up enough to get it out.

Cranks don't look cottered, probably just a bit rusted. As long as you can get the bolt off, a crank extractor should get em off.

how scary would that have been. nice handling!

thanks guys. i'll try the hammer then get the drill out.

now considering whether to reinstall them or just buy a cheap double. decisions...

Cottered cranks, bastard things! I've read Sheldon's piece on the pipe and hammer approach to get the pins out. Anyone tried this or got another idea??

sh1t, couldn't see the wood for the trees obviously. i'll have to catch you at the next one.

Winston, where abouts were you in the People's Village on Saturday. I wandered about for ages and could only find the scott turbo trainers. I feel like a complete wally missing my chance to have a go!

another awesome day. watched the start of the hill at tonbridge. glad there was a breakaway as other wise it would have been over too quick. quite a few fixies in town. there was also a vintage bike display with some sweet old trackies. including a alain/stan butler. new one on me.

non- cycling highlight of the day was the gokart in the caraven with a 20ft lion on top!

was an awesome day. got some excellent pics. saw some serious bike porn too.

watched on the fence in hyde park and then sat on the grass and watched one of the screens for the final effort. Cancellara was insanely good.

buy this bad boy and convert it:

linky

black with white/grey/silver lug lining would be my choice.

also, BB type (english), threaded or threadless headset, rear spacing are things to think about. relaxed angles or track geo. they'll take you through it all.

and i'll second the lucky bastard sentiment. witcomb make exquisite frames.