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Has anyone ever heard of them? There is a Mercury sat out side my local Tesco. Been there for weeks. Unlocked. Abandoned. It's a smaller frame which would probably suit a lady or as a polo bike. Currently has a sturmey rear hub.

My thoughts are with you and her family mate. RIP

He's found one, thanks for all of your help. He got a Specialized Globe in the end. Wouldn't've been my first choice. Cheers.

Have a word with Furious Tiles.

Why...what've they got?

Hi All,

I know some of you are purists and so may well write scathing replies to this thread but I'm going to post it anyway!

I have a friend who is looking to get himself a hybrid bike. He's looking for something he can do some light off road stuff on too - in the park with the kids, down the towpath of the river - but mostly on the road, hence the hybrid rather than a mountain bike.

He's been looking at the Specialized range and quite likes the Crosstrail. Does anyone on here have any experience of these types of bikes? I don't but I said I'd ask around for him.

Cheers in advance for any help.

One for Hippy - a random

Have you seen then prices of some of that shit!?

My Missus would have a heart attack if I showed her them! Now how do I add this to Favourites...

^ knew I'd seen him somewhere before ;-)

Here's hoping it was just a collapse then. Best way to go I suppose, doing something you love. Thoughts got to go out to the family. Just before Christmas is a real kick in the teeth.

Mona Lisa

Object

That's uncanny!

Genius!

Sometimes things are best left to the imagination.

(that was not the punchline)

eyebrows in a wrestling mask...some things just shouldn't be imagined.

Originally Posted by Superprecise
sex can be sleeping with an ugly fat girl...
uuuuuuuurrrrrghhhhh !!!!!! fat lasses sweat !!

What are you talking about fella? Slim lasses sweat too if you're doing it right. Leave the fat lasses alone now. As my Mum used to say "fat girls can be very grateful".

nope. Not sex. Unless sex is sleeping with an ugly fat girl....

DW

Come on DW we've all been there!

Ha.
I chopped my team pro tonight too.
When I bevelled the edge with a scalpel I felt just like a surgeon.
Leather has never bothered me before but it felt very strange indeed.

Was that a sexual bothering? ;-)

Boogie Nights...la la la...groovin' groovin'

You do realise I'm going to have that in my head all afternoon now don't you!

Bit of a pain to have to take them out to turn 'em on and off. Like 'em though. Nice!

Oh, OK, I was imagining him using it to secure the bar tape. Did he just secure the bar tape at the brake end with some PVC? Or did he secure the loose end of the bar tape with the cork cage? I was tempted to go down the champagne cork route as I need some new tape - and as it's Xmas and someone is bound to be drinking some! Might add the cage too for something a bit different.

When I was in Italy a couple of months ago I saw a guy who was using the wire cage that retains the cork in champagne bottles as a bar plug. It looked very neat.

How did that work?

I've spotted it too, I think it just defaults to posts not read in the past 7 days if either a) you have never viewed the thread, or b) you haven't viewed the thread for at least 7 days.

You've got it ;-) that does seem to be exactly the case. In all other senses it works fine. Love the feature.

Why is it no one ever sees me fall off? I don't mean getting hit - just falling off. Just lucky I guess. Bouncing off vehicles is not fun. Done it a few times, didn't enjoy it. Gotta feel for the cyclist.

Hi VB,

It seems lately that when I have been clicking on previously unread posts that I get directed to somewhere near the end of the post - possibly not even on the first page. Is this something that you have spotted before? It happened yesterday on the Offered: Jobs thread in the Classified section. I found myself near the end of page two on the first click of the thread. Strange.

Ant

The supplier that had some rivets was linked to me by atomic.a. Check a reply where I thanked them kindly, a few posts back. ^^ They delivered pretty fast, with a mimimum charge though - I might share postage with you if we're near each other..? And if you have to buy more rivets than you need, I might be interested in splitting them with you, too.

The Bicycle Workshop in All Saints Road have them at £1 a pop. Postage is £5 so it is probably worth going in and getting some at some point. Couldn't find the post you were on about!? Couldn't see wood fer trees probably.

Not done any re-rivetting. I have spotted where to get replacemnt rivets if you'd like to know. But I don't have good enough vices and tools for metal work, so no chance of that. I've read somewhere the front ones are worth avoiding since untensioning each hole in turn and re-rivetting in that area is risky. TBH I wouldn't bother at all if I were you. Brooks make saddles with big rivets already in, I reckon this home-done stuff might stem from when they didn't.

Fair enough, worth an ask I felt. It's quite an old - and previously unloved - saddle. The holes are all bit stretched and knackered TBH. Thats why I was thinking bigger rivets would tidy 'em up. Will have to look in to it. Where did you see rivets for sale? Last place I saw 'em was that place in Notting Hill - or round that way.

How are you at re-rivetting? I'd like to have mine re-done with the larger brass rivets and just wondered if you'd gone about this with any of your other mods? Mine is a B17 Champion Narrow - old vintage.

Thanks for all of you that tried to help.