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Any alternatives to the jaguar?

I meant flat bars!

I want the risers im gonna get for my bike to be a bit lower than they would be with my current stem.
Ive seen some stems with a real tight angle which bring the bars down by a bit.
I know the Nitto Jaguar stem is like this but its quite expensive!
any alternatives? its obv gotta be 1" quill.

you'll be worrying about aesthetics when your face is sliding down the road/under a bus

wise words.

ebay/freshtripe/hubjub

Ok, Price ammended.
Bars are now £12 quid
Stem is no longer for sale.

I don't have them to hand so cant measure.
I'm fairly sure the bars are 38cm and the stem is 110mm.
I could be wrong though, ill know for certain by tomorrow.

**Cinelli Giro D'italia bar £12
**Supplied with white fizik bartape (less than a week old but nice and dirty)
it has a right hand dia compe vintage drop lever on it which you can buy with it, or i can take it off and redo the bar tape.

Lyotard quill pedal - £20Alright condition, will considor trades for other track pedals
clips and straps not included.

Vintage Shimano Dura Ace double road crankset (currently being used as single ring on my bike) £unknown
Used but pretty nice condition, 40 and 52t chainrings, pretty light and nice crankset! 175mm length. supplied with double chainring bolts. Ive heard these cranks are pretty rare!
PLEASE NOTE I am not 100% decided on whether to sell these yet, I would considor a trade for a nice more modern track crankset in 165mm, I just want an idea of the money I could get before I sell them.

**Dia compe vintage drop brake lever - £7
**No hood im afraid, fair condition for their age.
cable comes out of the top unlike modern levers.

I live in bristol so I'm afraid ill have to post the items, I im guessing the lever and pedals will be £1-2 and im not sure about the bars! cranks will be about a fiver?
Incidentally im coming to london this weekend so I can possibly be at BLB on the sunday morning, so if that would be easier for anyone..

The only argument I can think of is aesthetics.
I swapped my dropbar/stem combo with a mates gripless riser and stem just to see what it looked like, i also disconnected my brake, looked wicked.
had a nice ride up and down the gloucester road was great fun without breaks, my tyre consequently blew, lucky it was 3am with no cars.

But yeah, especially because its winter Im starting to change my mind about going brakeless.

How many of you lot ride brakeless in bristol?
Im toying with the idea but I'm not sure if im being entirely realistic.
park street and coming down whiteladies from the downs are easily do able without using my fron brake, but hills like st michaels would be pretty scary!
anyone run brakeless? how do you find it?

I run 40x15
dont know what it is in inches but its fairly light.

gt85 works the best.

stock chainring

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£35 quid seems a bit steep. I might take it to a furniture upholsters or something, see what they say.
thanks for the info!

I had the same problem.
Sorted it out by drilling, aslong as you have access to a vice its definatly fine to do.
get a drill, put an 8mm drill bit on it, wack it into a vice, keep spraying gt85 onto it as your drilling to keep it lubricated. make sure you drill perfectly straight!
since its thick steel use alot of pressure and go nice and slowly with the drill.
I asked the guys at work (bike shop) about it first, and yeah its common practise.

I have a saddle that I wouldnt mind being re-covered in white leather.
any ideas where I could get this done/how much it would cost?

cheers!

gully

I don't want to buy them, but what is the rear spacing, some old french hubs are 110mm which isnt ideal.

Yeah the cables getting cut tomorrow, its 15 on the back 40 on the front, I dont know what gear inches or whatever its called

Needs a longer brake cable...

Yeah in my haste to ride It I forgot to cut it down ;)

Mine, built up today!

So I built up my newest fixed wheel today.
Been riding it around and its a very nice ride.

Spec:
Legnano 57cm steel frame
Mavic ma2 rims on milremo/systemEX hub with dt spokes
white KMC bmx chain
shimano 70s or 80s vintage dura ace crankset
dura ace lockring/cog
15t on back, 40t on front.
vittoria rubino front, Panaracer extreme duro rear.
Cinelli Giro D'italia bar/quill stem.
Vintage Dia compe lever/brake
Lyotard track pedals/campag clips/christophe single straps
Selle Italia turbo.
shitty seatpost.
Fizik synthetic perforated bar tape.

Been a while in the making and now significantly dirtier after a day of riding, but I love it!
opinions?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOW-RATIO-FIXED-GEAR-TORNADO-TRICYCLE-FOR-SPECIAL-NEEDS_W0QQitemZ150304864719QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150304864719&_trkparms=72%3A1298|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

drilled mine to 8mm to accomodate a recessed nut.