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apologies.

did armourtex to the pearlescent paint?

there does seem to be an awful lot of Keirin frames that are drilled front and rear, any reason why there are?

oh and cheers to ed for putting me right, i knew something sounded wrong. :)

yep, i know - and its annoying - these pedals wont take a toe clip and i like them. could just have a strap?

Not advisable, power grips are the only alternative i know of, heard mixed reviews of them, felt a bit too slack when i tried them. Just buy a pair of MKS Sylvans, cheap, good looking and do the job. Put some single toe straps or doubles (i am lusting over doubles atm) and enjoy stopping safely.

i know of the panracers, they had some down in edwardes not long ago, quite a deep tread on them, but alex had some cheapo michelin gum walls and got a rip in his tyre after about 2 months or something. So good quality ones are few and far between, definately check out the panasonic panracers tho!

Billybob, what tyres are on that Milano?

Vittoria Rallys, tubulars, great wheelset, just not all that practical.

they should definately make scots bike standard issue to the army, that thing looks like it could run over and iron bar and just crush it, sick.

Since my good friend mr alexander batchelor just posted his bike i thought it was about time i upped my game and posted mine.

This was my first home build, which will no longer be in my possesion due a need for cash, unfortunately.

And my newest edition, which is what i need the money for!

hahhaha micheal parkinson and david frost in the box...legends.

i've always wondered this, but why do mountain bikes tend to have sloping top tubes, something to do with strength?

right, putting the thread perfectly back on track thanks to Peter for the frame sizing chart, really helpful, so from my measurements i can now deduce that anything between 59cm C-T and 54 C-T is correct for me. Cheers mate!

1. Guerillaphoto
   
2. Soul
   
3. Ldngrrl
   
4. williamshatnerpants
   
5. Spudger
   
6. CrazyJames
   
7. CheBeef
   
8. BillyBobSS
   Providing i can get the money together for the train back down to london, also u can probably count me as at least 4 others as im sure my housemates will be interested.
   

the fuji i currently my everyday bike, however, my NJS is almost built up and should be ready by 2moro or thursday, this being the case the fuji will be on sale sometime after then, i think it will be a split job now though as i need the wheels for the new build, run out of $$!

what bike have you ordered?

track bikes and TT bikes are generally a couple of cm's smaller to try and a achieve a more aero position, but if ur riding on the road then this is largely irrelevant. However the fact that they ONLY asked for your standover height is odd..

there were a couple of nice roberts down the velodrome last night, and a beautiful mercian. porn-a-licious.

jesus, i wasn't expecting to yield so many results. All very helpful, i agree that the smaller frame feels like riding lo-pro most of the time, i've never done a long ride on it tho, i think the most has been about 40 miles in a day with breaks, whereas the time when i found the fuji most comfortable was cycling from london to cambersands, only thing that hurt then was my knees, and im pretty sure that was a fairly natural reaction to trying to ride fixed for 65 miles on 48/15. Each has there merits i guess. The smaller frame is definately faster and the compact geometry means its nippy round london, which is kinda what i want.

milano is back on sale after fall through on the deal, if anyone is still interested then PM me!

see the fuji is well uncomfortable, but the smaller frame is lovely, obviously i have the stem and the seatpost at the correct level etc. surely that will compensate slightly for the frame size? especially using a 125mm long stem with almost no drop?

maybe i just have tiny legs. lol

It may seem like a silly question, and i know bike companies are all making those shitty compact frames, but it seems that the advent of mass produced bikes has allowed longer seatposts and stems that allow for more frame sizes to fit more people. I am 6'2 and a bit, and ride two bikes, one i built which is 53cm c-t and a fuji track which is 61cm not sure if its c-c or c-t, but i find the fuji considerably more uncomfortable in almost everyway, bar the fact the smaller frame has a slight toe overlap problem. What do you think?

id say it looks quite relaxed, or am i mixed up?

EDIT:just realised i was looking at the wrong falcon...

hope whoever it was is ok, damn. Thats on my route to uni everyday, lorries are always cutting the corners in the bus lanes.

Fuji will be available next week when i have been able to build it up properly, short on time atm.
Cheers