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More photos of the free Rossin.. after dismantle and a quick wash..
What would be the correct english word for tubes shaped like that?
The finishing of the frame is not very good.. the decals bubble a bit some places and the paintfilling in the lugs are a not done very good..
If you ever decide to sell/trade that frame then let me know!
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1) Velocio.
2) Capt Cleft wild she-dog of the deep
3) Capt Soulbeard*
4) Rear Admiral damo
5) wools
6) Oliver Schick
7) Deep, deep, Dovvles
8) One eyed Greasy
9) ARRGGHbrows
10) Long Joe Teenslain
11) HaHiHuHeHo! Where's me Rum?
12) Cap'n Joe Sparrow
13) Balkbeard the Pirate
14) Cap'n Jam Donut!
15) velib
16) skive
17) cliveo
18) 1st Mate Sweaty Ring
19) DeepBlueSeaQuinn
20) NurseHollidayOnTheOceanWithLotsOfRum
21) EdmundrowrowrowyourboatCan fit out my beater with the LHT's rum holster. win.
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:( does that mean i can't come on my deeply (un)cool LHT?
@Skully + dj - quality tales.
Still yet to have a bike on bike altercation. Seems more sporting than shouting at/out of trucks at morons.Gonna go play nodderderny this avo
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Essex seems to be just fine fixed/ss from what i've seen so far. htfu! You'll be fine.
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Friendly activist types with spare time plan to build monster bike vehicle to weird out the squares.
Or did i miss something ;)
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^^ I have those on the tandem. epic tyre win.
I've been treating my rubino pros like crap for a few months and they refuse to get torn up or puncture. Also an epic tyre.Got a pair of pro races III on sale in a supermarket in france for crazy cheap; need to build a bike to use them on ;)
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I wish i lived somewhere that justified a post-apocalyptic winter stealth bike. Needs a spok.
You're a lucky man. Want spiked tyres on the off chance the snows ever return to london. -
Red white raleigh mini burner
Single Speed Raleigh mustang
5sp Raleigh mustang handmedown
15sp Raleigh mtb purple(can't remember name)
edit-Apollo rigid mtb
Gary fisher marlin mtb
Raleigh Burner with yellow skyways
Fly bikes mosquito flatland
Proper Houdini built with parts from above
Giant Bowery
Carton Corsa
Surly long haul trucker - still have
Pennine Marilyn chrome built as first fixed - still have frame
Diavolo budget slave fixed - current main ride
Peugeot grand touring tandem - still have
Plus cilo racing frame to finish -
- Velocio
- ladystardust
- DMCZone
- Jacqui
- Big Red
- mc_nebula
- Oliver Schick
- Zane Chaos
- Spudge
- Lileth
- LaLiLuLeLo
- braker
- villa-ru
- SnoHoHoHowy
- D. Generate
- jcgarcia
- joe smith
- Bernie
- Santa Cleft
- Plastic Pedals
- hillbilly
- miss_socks
- Kirth
Twenty Five. Sparky - snowbody
- Dan-cer, Prancer, Donner, Blitzen etc.
- Xmashineisbored
- Psy
- Slaytanic1 (will try not to smash my hand open at this one)
- party_paul
- BlueChristmas
- deckthetreeze
- mjs110
- mmccarthy
- Max
- S4NT4
- hael_mary
- d14vd_h
- Edmundro
- Velocio
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I lost a baby tooth to a dime bar. They're awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo0qjuA42HA
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Bored on day off.
Realised out of my bikes i ride my fixed most often(more fun, pile of shite so happy to lock up etc) it only cost me £87 to build up inc a couple of parts off last bike.
My surly tourer on the other hand cost an arm and a leg and only gets use on long rides, wet weather missions in london where it will be welcome inside at the destination.
Building a roadie that will prob fall somewhere between the two for cost/use. The tandem doesn't count cos its too awesome.Is this normal? Those of you with several bikes is your most expensive/interesting bike your favourite form of transport or do you ride the first bike you grab as you leave the house?
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He started with a frame and some bits and bobs(i think) and made a well thought out build and took good quality photographs
You started with a perfectly good, complete and almost original bike. Then ruined it with poorly chosen cheap components of a lower standard than the originals.Finish bike, ride it and htfu.
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I'm sure i've seen it or something incredibly similar zip past me in dalston while i was wobbling along lighting a cig while riding. Vines and stuff sound pretty groovy.
I'm sure that someone else on here made themselves a mini frame with mono fork that looked the business(maybe in a polo thread...)
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That puppies certainly bleedin but it ain't dead yet!
Looks fun
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^^^ whats the story?
handmade, butchered, og status?
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Pascalo:
True. a comment too far. May not give cyclists a bad name, gives people who convert road bikes to fixed a bad name tho.
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No.
You're wrong. It's only original once. You've fucked it. Not job done.It's morons like you that give cyclists a bad name, what made you think you know better than the guy who designed that bike. Did you save lots of paint chips so the original paint could be matched? No? What a surprise.
New decals are usually not perfect so no. Its not respray+stickers = job done. You made a good bike shit.
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Well i think theres no doubt whatsoever that it looked considerably better before you got your hands on it. Did you grind off the braze-ons as well for extra puppy-kill points?
Well, you're happy with it which is all that matters but seriously, look at the before and after pics, surely you can't think those fucking awful bars, ugly wheels and shitty cheap saddle look better than it did before??!
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^^Haha i have a vision in my head of what this bike will look like.
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I couldn't really care less what you do to your bike. It was free at the end of the day and its yours. Just reminds me of people chopping up 3 old cars to make one still shit old hotrod. Somethings permanently fucked with no real benefit to the owner. Still, makes everyone who hasn't fucked their ride slightly better off as the become rarer. Win.
Enjoy your bike, frame geo etc looks good so i'm sure it rides nice.
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[QUOTE=dilster101;1028622. I've been wondering recently if I've destroyed a piece of cycling "history" in doing so[/QUOTE]
Removing original paint means you've definately destroyed its history.
Why the fuck does everyone want unbranded generic unipak looking bikes when they start with fantastic original paintschemes reflecting the design and fashion of the age the frame was built.
Always a massive fail imo.
Rant over.
Now go get the decals/og paint reinstated.
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Why on earth did you strip such perfect paint?!
Lovely looking bike, send the frame off to argos so they can redo the paint as in the picture, then polish all the gear bits and put them back on. Then ride and enjoy it.
Yet another puppy killed. But it might not be too late(despite ruining the paint)
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Some serious anti-porn in there :/ along with a few 1 brak ss abortions....
Beautiful pictures though, especially the gazelle in the coffee shop. Lovely.Are those haircuts for real or styled for the shoot?
LFGSS
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Thought i'd share my small experience of an old brooks on here in case it helps.
Got an old b17 that was a little splayed out but not banana'd and with a few shallow looking cracks/hard as nails.
Hadn't found this site at the time and had a quick look on sheldon and classic lightweights, where i also saw how to do a skully-esque chop. Then promptly forgot most of it and made it up as i went along.
First i tried warming it up slightly as has been suggested above, found this didn't really help to shift the wax, more drastic measures required. So i took a sharp penknife and scraped all the crap off, didn't take too much leather off in the process but it also significantly reduced the size of the cracks.
Then performed a chop using a dremel with cutting wheel(the smell of burning leather is not to be underestimated) and used a shoelace to stich the sides instead of a plate or chainlink. Did it a little further forward than i intended but tightening the adjustment bolt just a tad sorted any risk of sag out.
Seemed a little dry at this stage so i rubbed in half a small bottle of extra virgin all over and wrapped in a rag soaked with the other half bottle overnight.
Then scraped the excess oil off with a plastic ruler and buffed for ages with cotton cloth. The cracks are now invisible pretty much and what was originally a dark brown/black rock hard mess of a saddle is now an arrow thin, really soft yet rigid where it should be saddle that i've used on my main bike for a year now.
Saddle - £5(it really looked bad)
Olive oil - £1.50
I have no idea if using olive oil was a good idea, i know i had to wear dark trousers for the first couple of weeks while the last of the oil settled.
I'm chuffed with how it turned out but i have no idea if its relevent to the op's question.
I also have a brand new b17 on my tourer which is still hard as nails. Htfu is the only remedy