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i think if you confer with the seller to give you the item as a 'gift'.
There's loophole somewhere i believe ;) gift = no tax.

unlucky man. good thing is that your ok. scare just to think you did nothing wrong, just wrong place wrong time.

I've been thinking of late about 'my' perfect bike that i would like to have one day.

That perfect bike would be one that i would build myself..... from frame construction to the handlebars, stem, and anything that can be done viably on my own. Obviously, chains, cranks, cog and so on would have to be bought.
Personally id have no 'separate' seat post, just the frame seatube extended and made to measure with a seat put on top. (Rocklobster used to do that i think)
Similar approach to the steam and handlebars, just one piece with a quill type fitting.

the bike would look clean and simple with no logos or fancy lugs. Just simple function made to measure for myself.

I cant think of anything better that, although some of you here will probably think there are loads of better bikes out there than anyone could conceivably build themselves.

peace out!

CINELLI REYNOLDS 653 FRAME - RALEIGH 653 RACE
cinelli Reynolds 653 frame branded as Raleigh, made in England but
*with CINELLI made in italy inprint in steel below the bottom bracket (i have pictures of this)."

"**This is not a cinelli it's just a cinelli bottom bracket shell, it's Definitely a Raleigh - this was one of the Special Products framesets, they were never sold as complete bikes this is a rare and sought after frame and from the period when Raleigh provided the bikes for the Castorama (Laurent Fignon) team*.**sorry for any confusion."

still might be cheap and cheerful
**
*http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CINELLI-RALEIGH-Reynolds-653-Race-Frame-Forks-56cm-cc_W0QQitemZ230248378376QQihZ013QQcategoryZ22679QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
*

that's awesome! if only you met the same people on the road all the time innit.
that's why cyclist get a hard time i rekon, cos you can't [in theory] catch a car on a bike,
and the chances of seeing the same person twice is minimal.
people in cars feel they can do anything without remand.
Boo i say !!

wasn't me !!

ok i was being sarcastic. yes pull the wheel back, or adjust the tension with the tensioning pulleys if you have em with the horizontal dropouts.

just seems obvious thats all.

no, move it forwards. doh

say what ?

nice!

sick bike

if you use your bike for work, and dont intend on using the clothes you rode the bike with, mudguards are the way.

this one would leave your trousers dirty. ^^

tynan, what lever is that with the 4 embossed card suits on them? looks superb

not a particularly good one but its stubbe silver and you coul polish it nice.

free if you want it

armourtex, 45 dolla for a whole job.

p.s.

they do fit my tyres ? i have 622mm x 25mm tyres at the mo.

they'll suit me fine as i need some a couple of tubes. what next ?

what's this vibe im getting about using the word "fixie" ?

is this a shunned and shameful word or just a cliche'

i always thought it was an easy acronym to use TBH

thats a mad-one hippy, cough

you could buy the frame separately i'm sure.
for those with weight saving addiction this is the killer conquest, the holy grail, given the killer rabbit is not about or otherwise you have the holy grenade at hand :D

this i have no real idea on, but one thing i know is that the Trek Madone frame is one of the lightest available.
Making this frame into a fixie would be :-

a] possible ?
b] given a] is a yes, awesome ? or
c] given a] is a yes, plain daft and not cool at all ?

YouTube - Tour of California - Astana's Trek Madone 6.9

just a gander at a fleeting thought. What you think boios' ?

if you know it's slippery,its all about keeping it steady and slow in corners. keeping your weight away from the front and your body upright as possible so in the event that you do slip you can put your feet down and prevent the body against tarmac smash effect. If you have SPD pedals, un-clip them before the corner just in case. Absolutely nothing worse than being stuck to your bike when you wipe out.

i think, if it was somehow possible, for the ultimate snob ride of the century, would be to build a fixie out of a Treck Madone frame. they only weight 3 lbs i believe. imagine that.

indeed your right Tynan, but this idea is just different isn't it. i like different. hehe

ok. a few minutes ago it was a revelation to me now im defeated, and deflated. still. its a good-un me thinks.