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If you can find me a jersey that can accept a full size baguette, brie, a heap of ham, and a bag full of cherry tomatoes, then I'm all ears.

you legit eat this as you ride? you dont stop to eat? if you stop why not just have your food in the top of your pannier?

have you considered Rigida Grizzly rims? Don't be put off by their low cost. I love mine (laced to hope hubs).

Could you not have fixed the basket for her tho?

indeed, and i offered this...but turns out a rear rack and basket was preferable to her. win. win.
and i did give her a "got car door'd" discount too on the labour....

(we are indeed very nice people do deal with, in case you had any suspicions...ha!)

lady brings her bike with broken basket in for replacement today. 1hr later my pomp has a new basket!

good shots of the black cat on their blog. lovely bike.

http://www.blackcatbicycles.com/2012/01/steel-that-sleeps-eye.html

cross check (now called "the donkey" in honour of its predecessor "the mule") reached a state of semi completeness.

Tanwall/black crosschecks unite

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m50a175ij41qkaq0ko1_1280.jpg

mine will soon look even more like yours...mudguards to be fitted, and a pair of tubus racks for touring.

pretty happy with this bike - rides really well. a suitable replacement for my long haul trucker.

bike finished...

• so possibly quite similar to UpNorthChris - any photos of that final build?
  
  
  
  

not yet...i have been taking my time with this...waiting for parts to arrive etc...i just got a stainless steel freehub body for my hope wheels which i am pretty psyched about.

a few pics here: http://vagrantbicyclist.tumblr.com/

love the red cross check here btw. great parts selection!

so...do you own the merckx too?

"No matter how hard it tries to deceive, it's not a Pinarello"
http://www.lfgss.com/thread94083.html

oops. bloody nice bike though.

things moving on. switched out the tyre choice for paselas.
headset + bb in. waiting only for thompson bits from chainreaction now.



wheels ate hope pro 3 x pillar x rigida grizzly. built by Tom at alphawheels.co.uk (picked up this summer when back in the UK). Lovely job again, and very good price.

rather than start another thread. i am picking up a cross check frame today.

it will not be built to look beautiful, just work and be purely functional for the kind of riding i want to do (touring).
Parts are a mix of what i had already, some stuff from work cheap, and a few nicer bits i have bought.
still waiting on some stuff to arrive, living in Canada with its tiny bicycle market can get annoying ordering from the big internet shops in the UK. (lighter colour is ordered, but not arrived).

poor job wrapping the bars there.
nice bike mind.

Thanks,
I have adjusted the original post - photos should work fine now.

Chris.

For sale is my Surly Long Haul Trucker (26” wheel), 54cm. This bike has been used on two tours (Manchester to Windsor and LEJOG) and for some general commuting. I was always intending to do more on it but it never happened, now I have moved away.

Geometry here: http://surlybikes.com/bikes/long_haul_trucker

PHOTOS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/47853324@N08/sets/72157631419691376/

THE BIKE IS IN OXTED, SURREY. (I am in Canada, but you can meet my Dad at his house for test rides or purchase).

PHOTOS SHOW A THOMPSON SEAT POST AND A SADDLE– THIS IS NOT AVALIABLE, either I can order an inexpensive (GBP9.99) 27.2 post, or you can take one along to test ride – you will have to let me know on this.

The bike was built up by me with a Deore 9 speed groupset (a few exceptions):

1. I wanted to run 8 speed, so it has an 8 speed shimano cassette, KMC chain, and “no name” shimano rapid fire style shifters (at time of purchase Deore was 9 speed). It works perfectly and smoothly like this. By changing the shifters, chain and cassette you can run 9 speed if you desire.

2. Wheels were handbuilt by Merlin cycles in Leyland, Deore XT hubs, mavic 717, 32hole. Strong and true.

The photos show that the bike generally needs a clean (taken on a visit home this summer with very little time), there are a few tiny marks on the frame here and there as you would expect.
It has the words “LEJOG aug 2010” and “the mule” (its name) written on the top tube with sharpie – easy to rub off with some alcohol.

This is the nicest bike that I have ever owned, in terms of comfort and ride quality.

A complete build (of much lower quality parts) retails at around 950.
I would like 550 for this.

Please contact me on here or on chapman.chris at hotmail.co.uk

I ALSO HAVE A TUBUS REAR RACK (CARGO, SILVER) FOR IT THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THE SALE IF YOU WISH for 40 quid.

cheers, Chris.

I have them with 35 and mudguards.
kona project fork on the front, not the stock pomp one, dont know if they would fit that?

Here is my LHT last year. She's a whole lotta Rosie. I'm currently looking for info on a Scottish tour between Inverness and Isle of Skye. If any one has any tips.

make sure you go to the bakery in Dunvegan.

disk brake bosses.

incase people are wondering...you put that inside the sleeping bag btw.
it means that you actually use the insulation in the bottom side of the bag as it isnt just squashed flat under your body. cleaver design.

not used one - interesting to hear some feedback.
i tried a neoair that i borrowed from work the other week. amazing.

hello team touring.
Im putting the feelers out there to sell my Long Haul Trucker. Its a 26" wheel. nice build with deore, and wheels handbuilt by Merlin cycles (Leyland).
this bike here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/47853324@N08/4944963213/in/set-72157624848518178

cant remember the size off the top of my head, most likely a 58. trouble is that im in Canada and the bike is in Oxted, Surrey. Ill be home for 3 weeks in August to try and sell it.

good condition - only one long ride, lands end to john o groats.

question for you guys is...what price should i go for? how much does one go for??

folding touring tyres?
how about the panaracer PASELA TG folding? we have them at work, tick all the boxes.

http://www.tubus.com/

re the horizontal top tube debate.
mine (the blue one) has a konaP2 and I'm looking at it now and it deffo has a sloping top tube - just the camera angle.
so...dont buy the same fork if you think it will help!

uh-o