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In the interest of balance: I have a lot of time for Tokyo Fixed, but I have also had an order with items that were originally marked as "in stock" then not be despatched for over a month. The communication was pretty good, and I was informed there would be a "short delay" and given the option to cancel the order, but it's still not ideal, and there does seem to be a bit of an issue with some emails not being responded to at all.

Still, as I said, I have a lot of time for them and I still use them.

Cheers Jammy - I have been told a couple of times that its been added to an order, and then nothing. (I've also asked for a price a couple of times and not heard back.)

If it's in the new shipment then that would be awesome. Will PM you my email address so you can join the dots.

Scoblism mugs!

Scoble fridge magnets - hundreds of rearrangable words like "comfty", "sit bones", and "cucumber".

I did, Ed. Three times, twice by email and once in person. They never get back to me.

Perhaps we could combine shipping if you're going to order soon?

Tilover wanted some as well.

I was thinking about two pairs (for two of my bikes) but the yen price on that site works out at about £80, and I suspect they'll get slapped with import duty on top of that...

I might be ordering one pair soonish because the reach on the Noodles I have on my commuter at the moment is really starting to annoy me. I'll PM you and tilover if/when I do.

I should import them, there's a clear demand for that bar. Neither Tokyo Fixed or Hubjub (who have pretty good relationships with Nitto) seem to be able to get them.

anyone?

There's the Nitto NEAT M106 NAS that I'm on a mission to acquire, which is a proper compact curve and a 26 clamp:

http://www.alexscycle.com/handlebars/road-1-2/nitto-neat-m106-nas.html

That's the only place I've found it online and it is pretty expensive. I'll probably end up buying from there though.

Otherwise there are a couple of ergo shapes in the NEAT line, if you don't mind an ergo shape:

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/HBNIN184-42/nitto-neat-m184-road-bar---42-cm
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/HBNINM153-40/nitto-neat-153-junior-road-bar---40-cm

The M186 STI and M85 STI-73 are also both ergos with a 122mm drop. It's just a question of getting hold of them. You could also try the NEAT Mod M104:

http://www.alexscycle.com/handlebars/road-1-2/nitto-neat-mod-104.html

The crosstop lever will be fine. internal cable routing is no problem.

Because the internal bit is just like an extension of the cable outer, right? Stupid brain.

67 pounds? I hate living in the middle of Canada.

Yeah, the jammy bugger, it's worth twice that I reckon. The seller was also about two streets away from where he lives.

Building a commuter singlespeed for my brother. Budget ~£400.

Found this on eBay, won for £67. 653 frame & forks, Campag dropouts and Cinelli BB shell.

It's in pretty good nick. Going to do it with risers and build some sensible 36H wheels.

I want to use Nitto B259AA bars but they're 23.8 on the grip area (right?) and I can't find any decent simple flat-bar levers in that clamp size. Don't want the Paul E-Lever as I hate them, and they're expensive. Is there anything else? I'd use Tektro RLs but I don't think the cross lever design that pushes the outer rather than pulling the inner will work with the internal rear brake cable routing. Right? Or is my brain failing?

^^ Repped for "Blue Pista".

hail no. At 6'2'' get him a 58. That Cinelli looks nice.

Definitely a 58.

The Cinelli's a nice looking frame and the complete's not a bad build for the money either. I recommended one to a friend of mine the other week - in Wiggle's 20%-off-bikes sale he got the complete for £664.

Obviously there are better options if you're actually racing, but he wanted something good-looking for the commute that he could occasionally stick a rack on and go for long countryside road rides.

Cinelli Gazzetta Strada, if you can find the frameset separately - http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cinelli-gazetta-strada-frame-2011/ ? Surly Pacer? Or yeah, a Guercotti from PX - http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/FRGURE/guerciotti-record-frameset ?

Gorgeous baby blue geared Robin Mather this morning at Hackney Downs. If you're the owner: nice bike.

Cheers for this. I'll have a look in the morning. I think I've definitely over-tightened it! :s

You're welcome, it's easy to make a mistake until you realise exactly how they work. I first thought the top cap on a threadless setup did nothing - on the first bike I owned with a threadless headset I used to tighten the stem up without preloading the top cap. Never seemed to get any knocking, but now I know better...

Wanna have a chit-chat with my bottom?

My bottom says your bottom's a wuss.

And it's a saddle, not a seat.

I hate to agree with jersey but he's right....

You're both dead to me.

That was nice, if necessarily brief. I'll pop down again soon for a proper evening. Nice to meet y'all.

You could also criticise the mismatching cable outers and MTB pedals if you were nitpicking.

Great, thanks.

Ah, yes, if I can travel light and not have to carry a lock that would be nice.

It is still at the Raven, right?

Going to make a flying visit tonight.

Ok well I've tightened the headset and it's not feeling as free as it once was. It's still smooth but the steering feels a bit dampened. Can you over-tighten a headset for that to happen? Or would you say the bearings are just knackered? This question is open to the whole forum by the way so feel free to chime in, anyone. :)

It's very easy to over-tighten a headset. You want it almost as loose as possible without any play or knocking, otherwise you'll wear the bearings more quickly (and you'll feel friction in the bearings).

The Park Tool explanations are spot on:

Threaded headsets -

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/threaded-headset-service#adjust

Threadless headsets -

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/threadless-headset-service#adjust