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still lookign for fork (should i say a little cheaper as this is for my pub bike and i live east so need to make it look really crap).

the city of london police have a task force to fine cyclists. operation 'some-thing' hence lots of fines in the city. (hammersmith maybe exception).

i think this is all related is to the fact that basically roads are designed to separate pedestrians (things that are random) and vehicles (steel metal boxes that are not) - there was never any intention to accommodate cyclists. therefore enforcing the rules is like using a plaster to heal a broken leg and it is never going to work as the traffic regulations, especially in central london, are severely fucked. police are just getting pressure from the media to try to do the best they can given that the use of the highway network has completly changed however we still have exactly the same rules as 100 years ago. although the city have tired many really good cycle/pedestrain improvements.

personally i don't stop at lights but i do stop for pedestrians and smile at police when i get a fine. hopefully one day i get done for speeding then i'll frame it.

I'm guessing you need threaded but......

good guess.
yes threaded.

just brought a bike with campag atlanta 1996 rims on it and they **look really suberb **but they do feel quite stiff/rigid (maybe even a little harsh) on the road compared to my mavic open pros.

they should do well - how much you want for them? or i can trade any of the following:
2 forks (one chrome on blue steel)
105 brand new front brake
2x raliegh womens bikes
numerous crappy non-fixed wheels
umm few pints
box of beer
or cash

yep i got a sprocket from parker international and got a 20t andel last week but they seem to have disappeared from site. my information is not completely useless but as i'm happy to sell the 20t (brand new in packer) as got a 19t on a purchase from ebay, anyone interested £13. pm me

Blimey, that sounds horrible. Glad you are well enough to post. What happened? How's the bike? How long to recover? Hope you recover fully quickly.

cheers - been posting more as i'm bored at home. i have no idea what happened only thing i remember is phoning my flatmate saying that i've come off my bike and i'm at mileend - i did this over and over again as i couldn't remember doing it the time before. was about 6hours until i regained memory. face was pretty cut up but fine now the bike is also fine although i torn another pair of trousers....maybe time to invest in a sewing machine rather than building up a new bike.

hey sorry i had to pull out completely forgot that i'd signed up. I came off the bike on monday night, lost all memory, spent 6hours in a&E, was pretty disorientated for the next few days and my face was pretty cut up. so i've got a pretty good excuse i think.

I need a steel fork with a 7inch steering column. i have a 6.5inch one that is too short that i can trade or happy to pay cash.

drilled or not-drilled - any colour fine.

live in london fields area but work in southwark so happy to pick up anywhere central, east or south (will be in herne hill later today).

[FONT=Trebuchet MS]cheers - this sounds like the most logical explanation as the tread looks more compressed further down.[/FONT]

if sphettiihops doesn't want them i'm interested.

yep i did - around 3 pages.
some nice bikes over there; it's a much better thread than this one.

Probably more than ride risers

i just went to the 'names and faces to bikes' to do a quick survey - so far i'm at 19 risers, 6 drops and no aerobars. although it could be that those that ride aerobars take them off before putting their bikes on the forum but i doubt it.

based on this i'd probably say you were incorrect.

sorry i should have excluded track specific pursuit bikes though i haven't noticed many of these on the forum or in london. and if you are that serious i don't think you want a profile set from ebay for less than a tenner.

it seems that this is taking the piss.

how many fixed ride with profile bars in uk?

answer =

if the answer is less than 1 then it is. my guess is it is.

i came off really bad the other night - so bad i don't even know what happened. 4hours of no memory, another 2 hours getting a little bit of memory back, A&E for 3hours, a cut up face, bruise eye and thumping headache. bike ok but.

I'm now wearing a helmet as it is tough out there at this time of year for some reason.

cheers for that - yep, i've been worried about damaging the alloy. hence thinking about buying the 'proper' tool but i'm getting enough force therefore threaded down the fork must change or the thread up the fork has been mangled in the past hence fitting fo tht efirst bit. i'll source a new fork.

My old bike . . . i have now kicked my Spok adiction and instead have decended into a deepcarbon aero rim binge, but part of me will forever lust after it for shamefully aesthtically related reasons alone. . .

that's a great bike in my mind - totally over the top.
I went to condor and wanted that frame and they said in a rather assertive tone - "there is so much tension in that frame it is totally non-practical for the roads and is not insurable even by the frame maker and there have been cases of them shattering - 2 i can remember". all that said i wish i'd brought it and put an aerospoke on it.

hi roberto - can i take a bottom bracket and a chain please

sorry english threaded.

hi roberto - can i take a bottom brack and a chain please

Ooooh I see, it's the upper race not the topnut. Ignore all I've said. I reckon a dose of HTFU should sort it in that case.

posting 3 times in a row - but does this reply mean that i should buy the right tool and just apply more force????

Definetely both 24 TPI? If the forks are genuine Carlton they may be 26 TPI, depending on their age

sorry what does TPI stand do?
and yes definitely english treading.

I've fitted the same piece on a old raliegh fork and a antoher charlton fork (both incorrect steering length) and the piece seems fine.

The difficult really is after 1/2 inch onto the steering (before that the part fits perfectly) - it seems to get wider????

Which bit are you trying to fit? The upper race or the locknut?

the upper race or ' upper head cone housing'

nope i saw that image on park tool's site (or sheldon brown) but it doesn't have a lip to catch and seems that the thread is getting wider on the stem (it is already well past the lip before it seizes and you can still crew but it needs loads of force.

maybe but the bolt fits really well for about 1/2 an inch - is this as far as it would go?

if so looks like i'll be moving this post to the trading area!