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I have an 18 T Surly, no lock ring though I am afraid.

The bike that it was meant to go on was stolen, so it has never been fitted.

I think it cost me £20- make me an offer!

Not sure of your point Hacked?

£20-£25 is normally the average for shipping, are you suggesting that this is unfair on the vendor?

I'm happy to pay reasonable postage- and have in fact already paid that which the seller asked, I just feel that the extra (£70) they are now asking is unreasonable.

Here is the new purchase in all it's glory, I thought £10.50 was a good price...

I agree that they are trying to claw back some cash as it went for a little less than they wanted it too- always thought that was what the "reserve" was for myself.

I have googled bike delivery, but does anyone have a recommendation for a company that they have used?

Hi all,

I bought a bike recently from ebay.

It cost me a massive £10.50, with £20.00 shipping, which I paid the moment that I got the email telling me that I had won it.

The seller has now emailed me (twice) saying that they want me to collect it, and the second email said that the cheapest that they could do would be £90 to ship it.

So therefore they would like another £70 to ship the bike, on top of what I have already paid.

Now I have never shipped a bike, so do not know- can the fgss community put me right on the cost of shipping please?

Triumph Sprint, from Telford to London.

Looks like they put an old Arione on my bike- went and compared it to other (newer) Arione's in the shop afterwork.

So I'd have to spend £90 on a new saddle to get my £10 light to work.

Anyone want an unused Fizik Blink light?!

I have the aforementioned saddle, which is a 2007 model.
It is meant to be I.C.S compatible- as far as I can tell from the Fizik site.

My issue is that whilst I am aware that I am meant to remove the silver "Fizik" tab to slot the Blink light in.... it looks like that will take enough force to snap it, not unclip it, and I can see no physical space for the clip of the light to go in.

Does anyone else have one of these saddles and could advise me?

Thanks,
N

I have to say I am very tempted by the Garmin 705- anyone have a real world knowledge of how long the battery lasts?

Tynan have you still got that 'puter for sale?

How many Dorra you want?

I looked into this myself when my 1FG got nicked- I exchanged emails with the MD of the company that made the dog tracking collar.

He said that the bike product (size of a matchbox) would be out in roughly September.

The issue is that it would have to go under the saddle, else the GPS woud not be able to lock on.

Essentially the thief woud have to know to look for it to remove it.

Battery life is meant to be excellent- the unit only wakes up when you text it to ask it where it is.

I'd happily pay the £200 for it, if only to "reducate" anyone who steals my bike with a cheese grater and some tabasco....

1K including all parts- the Tupelo, whilst very nice, would break the bank somewhat.

I'm tempted to steer him toward the Willier Pista (as has been suggested in this thread).

Has anyone got one that would like to share their experience?

My old flatmate wants a singlespeed, and he wants it now it would seem.

Suggestions please?

Yep, turning it the right way- checked that about 5 times just to make sure that I was not making a schoolboy error!

I'm at a loss now as to how to shift it- might have to go the shameful route of taking it into the shop and admitting defeat.

Mainly because I would hope that the shop would replace the frame if they break it getting the BB shell out...

Frame is alloy- Cannondale.
Steve and I considered the options re: penetrating lubricants and we came to the conclusion that the seal is so tight that we would just end up spraying the general vicinity.

Leverage would seem to be key, but I am unwilling to clamp the frame.

FSA bottom bracket- left hand cup came out fine, right hand cup will not admit defeat.

After you left I found the 3 foot torque wrench (last used in anger to tension the chain on a Ducati Monster), but my socket set does not include the monster socket required!

I'll let you know how it pans out.

Cheers,

N

A massive thank you to Steve S who came through with a huge spanner- still no success but I'll keep trying.

Thanks again.

Looks like it would do the job admirably.

I've just stripped the bike down and got to the point where I reached for the tool...that was not there.

If anyone has a large spanner/adjustable spanner that will go to 36/37mm and is in the Greenwich area please let me know- I will pay rental with beer if that is acceptable?

Just messaged him- I agree it would be great to team up on this, he has clearly done a lot of work on this.

I agree that there is no point reinventing the wheel, and I have considered Wordpress etc.

As you probably know I had a couple of bikes stolen recently, and whilst they were a singlespeed and a fixed gear I want to make something relevant to anyone that cares about the bike they ride, hence it needs to be independant of a particular forum.

LFGSS is one of the most well read and vibrant forums dedicated to cycling in London, or for that matter fixed gear cycling full stop, and thank you very much for the offer of hosting the proposed database.

When I have something worthy of beta testing I shall be asking LFGSS to hammer it in the testing phase- I just need someone to help with the scripting side now!

I'm looking for some one that can help with the server side scripting element of an online stolen bikes database.

Onboard so far are a chap who can handle the SQL database side, and another that can handle the IA/Design side.

This is all spare time/not for profit.

If you are interested please get in touch.
Thanks,
Neil

Sadly no sign of either bike in the Great Blizzard of Brick Lane.
I have been keeping an eye on Gum Tree and eBay- does anyone have any suggestions about where else I should look?

This may sound naive, but I cannot understand where bikes such as these are going- I see that Slaytanic's bike went over the weekend also, but to whom are these being sold?

It's not as if they can be used very easily by "conventional" cyclists...

Flickwg- 999 is your recommendation?

I'm going to go down to Brick Lane Market at the weekend, bright and early.
I know the odds of spotting the bike are pretty low, but just in case I do what's the advice on how to go about trying to get it back?

Thanks Tris, I have wandered around a lot of the bike shops now with photos of the bike, with the way that it looks I only hope that someone will spot it.
I'm perfectly happy to pay a fair reward to anyone who helps me to get it back.