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i wanted one for a while, still do, nice frames, bit pricey in blb but i suppose not too bad. get one.
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"Damn you bike! I hate you so much today!"
haha! am i the only one that noticed that?
Yeah I offer *ANY *cyclist who is stopped with a technical use of tools/tube whatever, unless they look like they're in the thick of changing it and patently have what they need, this is just the most stupid thing ever.
Recently, I stopped to help a woman who's chain had come off her SS ('slack chain tut tut', I said of course) and a friend off this fourm came rolling down the road on my route, stopped and insinuated I was trying to score. As if. I only dig chicks with tourers. Heh. ;)
good to hear, i would do the same provided i had the tube/patches/tools spare. i got stuck with a puncture in rush hour last week without anything and nowhere near my house (yes, thick i know). most bike shops were also closed. so many nodders/commuters passed me but NONE stopped or even batted an eyelid. i wasn't at all shocked or disappointed, just a bit like oh, hmm what do i do now. haha.
there's a lot of this "I'd better not help, the other person might take offence / think or feel something inappropriate is going on".
Not singling you out TSK, as it's an English trait and most of us do it. HTFU and risk the slap / court case. You never know, he / she might actually appreciate your help.
+1 fred, i notice this kind of thing more and more every day and its so depressing.
talking of helping random strangeners, I was riding home along clerkenwell, and saw some dude with a nice old 10 speed walking his bike, I assumed he had a puncture, but on slowing down to offer a pump up, I saw his rear derailleur jammed into the spokes, preventing the wheel from turning at all. Without a adjustable spanner (I usually only carry a hex) I managed to get his wheel unstuck by hand but with chain hanging down with the derailleur still attached, he could now coast, so I towed him (he grabbing the webbing straps of my bag) home to Bethnal Green - we must have been a weird sight.
thats brilliant. much kodus/rep/respect to you sir.
haha, i wanted to post this but you beat me to it. snuff box FTW!
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hahahaha ^^^
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get a cheap hacksaw from a local hardware store, measure twice and take your time.
why do you want to chop down a seatpost???
+1
and yeah why the heck you wanna cut a seatpost?? you ride bmx??
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her and chloe will both see this, stalking fools
and screw tyres im going for the rim look
this is true, tossers.
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its still ugly though.
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...all the funny parts about this bike were completely intentional. it's like laughing at a trials bike because it has no saddle.
+1
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don't worry dude hahaha :)
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normal wheels FTW.
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you should see her.
and for the record, shes lovely. just a bit of a psycho sometimes. (i hope she doesn't see this)
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Understand? Understand? That's just fucking typical. I don't want you to 'understand', I want you to take ownership of your part of this relationship. For fuck's sake. you're supposed to be a man.
For once in your life can you not try to act like one?
And as for your family...you sound like my girlfriend.
alex can confirm this.
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dude could have just asked me, continental gatorskin front, vittoria randonneur/ specialized armadillo rear.
or if you like matching go for double armadillo.
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C2, that extension thing is genius! getting one. thanks dude!
the reason i posted this thread is i keep having horrible visions of my stem pulling off... absolutely no way i wouldn't hit the deck.
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I've just fitted some forks with a slightly-too-short steer tube, so short that only one clamp bolt on the ahead stem is actually clamping it, but the bolt in the headset does grip the starnut etc and its all fitted fine.
just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this, or if anyone knows if its safe enough to ride normally.
thanks
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looks like you're using the puddle to look up her skirt. ha!
p.s. sorry to hear about what happened, hope you get it all sorted asap.
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if you want discount my friend works in the putney branch. when do you need it by?
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i have a noice 60cm unknown manufacturer frame, of Reynolds 501 tubing. Never been riden on the new paintjob. Let me know if you want some piccies.
i want some pictures.
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@Zed - Ask maxcrowe about his part-timework as a Vanilla Ice impersonator, I'm sure he has some old hip-hop tapes for you...
oi! just coz i'm an *O.G. Whiteboi™..
*i think i could pull it off tbh. usually after riding my hair forms into a natural quiff anywayz..
and regarding tapes the closest thing to hip hop i can find right now is Prince.
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55cm!!?? i'm 6'5" and could *never* ride something as small as that. got a pic of you on it?
good luck finding a frame, i'm also looking.
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*OP *edited.
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i'd love to have been multi-lingual. like 6 languages.
and something more realistic, i wish i had been taught how to ride a bike and had grown up with cycling from an early age. i learnt how to ride a bike when i was 10/11 because when i was younger i chose rollerblading instead haha.there are infinite things you can think of that you "wish" you were brought up on. for me at least.
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i obviously have preferences but open to anything at the moment.
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wayne, its putney cycles, you and alex should ride together seeing as you live so close!
only get a front one. get something more skiddy on the back like an armadillo or randonneur (rando's are 28c smallest though, the one i had on my bike before i got the 'dillo)