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A 10 speed Townsend that was rescued from rusting in a garden, built it up with a new rear wheel and some 2nd hand bits.

Ah those were the days... last month! :)

Try searching on ebay for similar specced bikes and see what they are going for.

I work right up the back behind the toyota dealership, none of the bikes seem really large (although they're all too big for a short-ass like me!)

I've used tyres with black mouldy spots on the sidewalls with no problems. Scrub the mould off and inspect the rubber underneath, if it looks solid then I'd say you should be ok.

I work in Slyfield in Guildford and turned up to work today to find a purple Charge and a red Wilier Pista parked amongst the bikes.

Anyone on here?

A bike to convert can cost a LOTS less than £100-150.

it could range from free to £50 easily if you know where to look, especially if you ask relative and friends if they have any old bike in the shed.

a complete rear wheel cos £75-100 OTP, and you're sorted (once you get the small stuff sorted, i.e. chain).

Agreed, put the word out that you're after an old racer, loads of people will have something in the shed that will sit there until they hear of someone who wants to re-home one. Check on freecycle.org as well.

To give you an idea of how much a conversion could cost here's a run down of mine:

Old Townsend 10 speed (don't laugh!): Free from a neighbours garden.
Brand new fixed rear wheel: £100, check on here for cheaper 2nd hand ones.
2nd hand tyres, tubes and front wheel: £30 from this forum.
Grips and brake cable: £10 from Evans
Brake lever: £5 from ebay.
Chain: £6 from ebay.

All the other bits and bobs I either had lying around already in my shed or was kindly donated from the pile of bits my mate at the local bike shop has.

Welcome to the forums.

Converting a bike to fixed gear doesn't have to be a bottomless pit, it depends on what you start with and wether you feel you *need *to have lots of shiny components or can make do with what came with the bike. In theory you could start with an old 10 speed bike and replace the back wheel and leave it at that. If the bike is complete and in a rideable condition you'll have everything else you need.

My bike is an old 10 speed rescued from rusting in a garden. I replaced everything except the frame, fork, BB, seatpost, stem and headset, mostly from 2nd hand parts and spent less than £200. If you start with a bike in good enough condition you can easily do it for less than that.

Is anyone else reminded of the Rednex "Cotton Eye Joe" video?

Crikey I remember seeing Known's work back when I painted in the '90s. I'm getting the urge to paint something now!

Frame is a bit too big for me but I'll give you £5 for the flymo hanging on the wall :)

Oh I'm so looking forward to Rochester Sweeps festival this year, Ex Catholics for Christ always come down because they believe Morris dancing is a sin. These t-shirts just reminded me.

Tori Amos one did "Recovering Christian" t-shirts.

Hash brownies, they wouldn't have batted an eyelid if you were sitting on a bench with a packed lunch!

The big Tesco stores (the ones that also do clothes/electronics) have a small cycling section, usually neat the other sports goods and toys. Seem to recall them being quite cheap. They also do basic black toe straps.

The nice thing about chains is that you can go into any bike shop and buy one, unless belt drive took off overnight and a standard belt size was agreed on by the bike industry I can imagine getting hold of spare belts/pulleys would be alot trickier than finding chain driven components, you wouldn't be able to shop around as much either.

I've got a pair of yellow skyways if you're interested, should clean up ok.

from a little ride to stansted today (normally have bulls on though and different stem)

Eddie, your bike looks scarily like mine, bare metal, cable guides removed, short stem and naked bars.

If you are planning on going to the police and want it looked at as an attempted assault then I'm not sure if it works the same way as in the "what to do in case of an accident" thread but that thread is worth reading. It may be worth mentioning to the police that you want it looked into as a criminal offence, not a traffic offence.

I'm sure there's someone on here that knows more about these things than me.

All sorted, thanks for all the offers. I'm probably going to be selling the left one soon so there may be someone else who wants some shims too.

Named after the mutant kangaroo from the Tank Girl comics, It was my nickname when I used to do banger racing. Pronounced to rhyme with "sugar".

I read somewhere that alot of those Paris bikes have gone missing, despite them being built with parts that are not interchangeable with normal bike parts to prevent theft. Apparently some of them have been found as far away as Australia!

Awesome film, reminds me of the "shopping trolley flatland" we used to do as kids!

Does anyone have any brake lever shims that they don't need? I'm in Surrey but can Paypal or send money if you can post them.

Cheers

are terrorists nicking bikes now, is there no end to their evil doings....

Yeah, apparently they are big fans of this band http://www.myspace.com/tbiapb

I had a stolen bike recovered by the police once, I gave them a detailed description and a few weeks later it had been found dumped in a ditch. Shortly afterwards it was stolen from the same shed again, the scum obviously thought I'd have a replacement bike to nick by then, it was never recovered the second time.

Cheers

I've got some RaceFace riser bars that I want to cut down and put on my bike but I want to remove the black anodising that looks a bit tired.

I've read on other forums about using oven cleaner. Has anyone tried this? If so is there any particular type/brand of oven cleaner I need to use?

Cheers