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I am honoured by this thread - and thats the tooth.

ha.

updated.

1. Tiswas. Being at no.1 on the list makes me feel like a winner already.
   
2. OSR. Being at no.2 on the list makes me feel like i've lost already
   
3. Also Sumo (because fuck you Tom)
   XXL. Chainbreaker (just because im different)
   XS: Damo (making CB feel less different)
   XXXXXL. cliveo (making Chainbreaker feel insignificant)
   XXXS: marcom (making myself a skinny 14yo teenager girl pushing my pube on a king size luxury mattress)
   
4. smiff
   666: hillbilly (666 the number of the beast!)
   531: Sumo (because I'm the most awesome)
   853: Xanderh (because im the toughest)
   ∞. laner
   
5. Oliver Schick
   
6. 606
   x86-64: John H
   
7. fade
   ..86.. Gav86
   
8. sherbertflyingsaucer
   62x13 - Dracula
   

Man, what a steal. Perfect size for me. Can someone lend me £595?

Tuesday sounds good... It's pretty much built apart from the seatpost and seat so I will gingerly ride it over... early eve good?
Cheers,
C.

Sounds good to me man. Dont go over any potholes!

Would you consider splitting front Shimano 105 pads..?

Hey man, not really, sorry! The brake is a steal as is, retails new for £45 and the pads are £20+ for 4.

thompson stem - take a look at this photo - http://www.socaltrailriders.org/gallery/data/1514/ThomsonStem1.jpg

at the back - there is a solid bit of metal with bolts. the stem for sale has had that bit drilled out (its a 2 piece clamp that tightens onto the steerer tube) it can be replaced easily, but i havent bothered. So thats why its cheap - you will need to put some work in to find the clamp.

Okay!

So, Wheels are gone to CEDYWEDY, as is the BB and Nexus Cranks - pending collection
Goldfinger leaver has been sold
SABA bars gone
Straigh bars gonet

Chris - the 26.8 is from the frame you collected - when i first bought the frame it had been rammed in there and i really struggled to get it out. If you want to you can bring the frame over on tuesday and we can try them both? Up to you. Ill rustle up some calipers and we can measure.

Bars - L-R

SABA World Champion 26mm clamp - good condition - 40cm - SOLD
3TTT NOS - Paris Roubaix Bars 26mm clamp - 40cm - £20
Bontrager Select Ergo Roadbars - these have a scuff on one side from a crash, but are absolutely structurally sound - 31.8mm clamp - 38cm - £10

Bontrager Flat bars - Slight Sweep - 600cm, 25.4mm clamp - £10 SOLD PENDING PAYMENT
Profile Design Airwing Bullhorns - 42cm Width, 38mm Drop - 26mm Clamp - Great condition - £18

L-R

Laprade Aero Seatpost - 26.6mm x 15cm - £10 DIBS BY CHRIS
No name - 26.8mm x 17cm - £4 [B]DIBS BY CHRIS[/B]
Bontrager 27.2 x 27cm - £12

More to Come

Had a big old clear-out of my shed and bits that were just sitting redundant. All for collection from Stoke Newington - Dibs followed by PM.

ITM Aerolever - NOS with box £15
Goldfinger (white and black) £6SOLD PENDING PAYMENT TO FRIEND
Modolo Lever with White Hood £6
Pair of BMX Levers - £5

Top Saddle (Bontrager) - £5
Bottom Saddle - Bontrager SSR - brand new - £9
Shimano BB - English - 110mm - £SOLD PENDING PAYMENT TO CEDYWEDY
16t BLB Sprocket - £5
130BCD 48t Chainring - £7

Bontrager Race GXP Track Crankset - with External BB. 175mm, with Shimano 50t chainring. A really stiff crankset - £39

Shimano Nexus Crankset - 33t - 170mm. Perfect for Polo. Barely used. The gold mark is just some paint that dripped and is purely cosmetic. - £20

Shimano 105 Front Brake - Fresh Swisstop Pads - great condition. - £24
No Name Black rear - with pads - £5
Shimano SLR Front - short reach - £6SOLD PENDING PAYMENT TO FRIEND

L-R - all for 26mm bars

130mm Reach 3TTT world champion stem - £13
95mm Reach Cinelli Stem - SOLD TO STUBO
70mm Reach Cinelli Stem - **SOLD TO STEDLOCKS **

Top to Bottom
Thompson Elite Stem - Perfect condition - Bit of a funny one, the clamp for the steerer tube had to be drilled out - so you would need to find a clamp (probably relatively simple from a LBS) - other than that - its laffin. 100mm x 5 degree x 25.4mm £12

CW&T Blockhead stem - More info here - http://cwandt.com/#blockhead-stem - great condition, but not for me - £35

Bontrager Select Stem - 17 degree posi or negi x 110mm x Oversize - £10

yes!

I dont mind the Benitos Hat burito's on Goodge St. Reasonably tasty and filling. Could def. improve the guac and pico bits though.

slightly OT but a Chicken Biriyani from doughmasters round the corner is waaay tastier, just not as filling

Yeah dude, they need to buy some Limes!

Mercado is grim. Food is shitty, cocktails suck. An american mate of mine identified the problem to me - English variants on Mexican food suck because we HAVE NO MEXICANS.

There's a good street food place in Soho which I thought was OK but I've never had a good burrito here. Gah.

Ben right (Rae's friend?)

Definitely not El Buen Sabor on Valencia St right?? Hands Down my favourite Burrito ever. Dude we should go for beer and tacos soon.

mercado in stoke newington is pretty bad. i had their mexcian beer, they serve it with ice cubes and some kind bloody mary mix - sick in a glass

It's called a Micheleda dude - really quite a popular and authentic drink in mexico (not sure how they make it at mercado, place has always looked a little sketchy to me!) - I have fond memories of sitting at a church atop a hill in San Cristobal De Las Casas drinking too many of these!

Wahaca do a good one with Habanero in.

Mexican food in London is a bit up and down - my favourite Tacos are at Taqueria on Westbourne Grove, although the Tacos at El Camino were pretty good versions of the USA style truck stop Tacos - nice and greasy, they do a nice fish taco too.

Burritos etc are ten a penny now and the general standard of them here is only average - The meat always just ends up tasting a bit plain, with anything thats 'slow cooked' ending up just tasting boiled. Most places need to sort out their Pico De Gallo, Guac and Tomatillo salsa though, they always end up being lacklustre. It'd be nice to see somewhere to Chile Rellenos, or Mexican Chorizo Burritos - but its always just Steak, Grilled Chicken or Pulled Pork - although Poncho No 8 in Spitalfields does a decent Barbecoa...

I went to a new joint in Victoria called Picante the otherday - really well tucked away, only open at lunch and mainly frequented by office workers, but great Carnitas - best i've tried in London (could be a bit crisper round the edges) and for a 'Burrito' shop, it was quite refreshing to be able to have Corn Tortillas (double hulled as well) instead of flour - always much nicer IMO.

Sounds great, will try and come for the first time to one of these..

Anyone considering going to this - I would highly reccomend it, Doug is totally sound and allowed me and my friend Rob to bugger about in his shop for a couple of hours looking for old headsets, hubs, stems, seatposts etc last summer. Some real treats in there! Doug if you ever sell that Ergo stem let me know!

Tom (Came with Rob Obeng on his Plum with Pinarello decals and me on my Purple Lo-Pro..)

Around where Mercian actually is its not that Hilly! Only when you go into North Derbyshire really..

Also - If you need a hand planning a route - I am from Nottingham & we used to do rides out to Derby all the time so know some good routes - also If you fancied spreading the love to Nottingham afterwards we can organise some kind of drinking as I have a lot of friends that ride fixed there + a roller racing set up we could utilise!

Tom

The Bonk
Skully
Mr & Mrs Tiswas
TheorySwine
Upstart
Day-Moe (no border crossing)
Blue fleet
Superprecise
CG
Pharoahsanders (depends on timing)
Woodie
JD
manchesterwords (depends on whenabouts)
Sorethroat (depends on timing)
veLLo (pending timing)
coppiThat (ha!!! you need to find one now!!)
Dracula (my 853 proteam vigorelli is ready and waiting for me there now! need some money to go pick it up!)

why is the sky blue?, why is water wet?, why did judas rat to romans while jesus slept?

Big quote.

I dont know the beef here, and 5 on 1 sounds pretty harsh and cowardly. But judging from some of the stuff on the 5th floor's site re: saying shit about people's wives? Mans would get knocked out for saying that shit to someones face, so I don't see why, if you're a bit of a prick on the internet, you shouldn't have someone step to you in real life about it? If i text someone some bullshit, i'd expect to deal with the consequences - especially if it was a direct insult to me or the people around me. Maybe not for messing with a blog - but personal is personal, and just because someone rides a bike it doesn't mean you're automatically a pacifist.

As the great Floorpunch once said

"I won't apologize for my actions
When I did what I thought was right
You got what you deserved
The only answer was a fight
You brought it upon yourself
I did not ask for any of this
I know violence is never the answer
This time, I had to use my fists
You acted so surprised
How could you think that this couldn't happen?
Everyday I heard something new
What did you think would be my reaction?"

Oh - its about 52cm by the way - Ill get home later and put up a pic.

Tom

Hey man,

I have an 80s Orbit frame that has been powdercoated a 'patina green' colour (i didnt kill a kitten, It had been spraypainted an awful red which was cracked and flaked - and only after i nitromors'd it did i find out it was an orbit - which had an amazing flouro paintjob)- Its Reynolds 501 frame and the forks are 531. It is an odd one - not all out track, with braze ons for brake cabling, a drilled rear bridge etc - however it does have track ends and these were definitely an original feature of the frame (when the red paint came off i inspected the brazes and they were fine). Anyway - 120 its yours, comes with Shimano BB and Tange Headset.

Tom

Is this the one from Doug?

Rob - what were you trying to post me the other day? It never arrived!