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Does anyone have any recommendations for places to get photos printed for framing that strike a good balance between quality and price? Cheers

I've a Cycloc "Solo" wall mount to sell here. It has the extender section in case you have very wide bars, and the template for positioning the wall fixings. It's in very good condition overall
SOLD
Pick up is either Holborn area daytimes or Harringay Green Lanes area evenings/weekends. I could also post at cost.

Don't suppose anyone has one of these kicking about? I've got a ContourHD 1080p which doesnt have the screw fitting you get on a standard tripod that would allow me to use another type...

Indeed! I was most upset when I crashed my previous one. Certainly looking forward to riding it at last though I will have to try and find some time for weekend rides as it is not a bike I want to use for something as mediocre as the commute.

I can’t quite believe it, but a Coppi that I bought off here last November is now up and running. I didn’t have a lot of time to work on it given the demands of a baby and house renovations took priority over dicking around with bikes and when I did work on it, it presented a lot of problems. However, after a lot of swearing and heinous chemicals it is finally rolling. It’s one of the Columbus Genius frames with mostly Campag Chorus bits. I had one of these up til about 6 years ago, when I concertina’d it in a crash with a Ford Escort. I’ve been looking for a replacement ever since, and finally found a frame and forks separately which had both been resprayed dodgy colours, so I got them restored to the right palette, then of course a full bike came up at a good price.

However, what the seller didn’t say/didn’t know was that the 30cm seatpost and the stem were fused in the frame. With the seatpost, as well as the usual basic tactics I tried Plusgas, a slide hammer, ammonia and an 18” monkey wrench. I’d never tried the slide hammer approach and I don’t think it was at all effective despite some youtube videos endorsing it as an approach. It was probably the combination of the ammonia and the wrench that did the trick. Obviously I was not giving it all the beans with the wrench so as not to damage the tubing.

The stem was more of a bugger in some ways and easier in others. It was an quill to ahead adapter so it wasn’t possible, nor indeed really desirable, to exert any twisting force, so I just sawed off most of what protruded above the steerer tube and stuck the forks upside down in a jar of strong caustic soda solution. That was fun and the reaction looks like this:
https://vimeo.com/226446381

I covered the painted sections of the forks to avoid getting chemicals splashing directly on to the paint.

In terms of the actual build, I cant say I have changed a lot from how it was when I got it since my main efforts have been in getting stuck bits unstuck and then tuning everything up but I did replace the bars with some NOS Cinellis and put on a quill stem to restore a look more in keeping with the bike’s age. I’ll get a more respectable seatpost in due course. The rest of it is fine as is and the colour-matched USPS seat is a nice touch.

Amazing! Thanks very much!

Anyone know what these are called? "Ancient metal connecting whatnots" probably isn't the best descriptor.

Full marks to the self-sacrificing bloke on a mtb who was going a little over a sensible pace on the pavement near Turnpike Lane station yesterday: upon being faced by me, my gf, her brother and our respective kids he heroically stacked it into a parked car and came to rest at our feet in a very sheepish heap. Luckily everyone found it amusing.

5 years is the max sentence, what with guilty plea to take into account judge did what he could. Imo we need higher stat maxes for serious driving offences.

Price drop bump

Yeah, I try and filter on the right every time, but the best positions to cross to the right on the approach were blocked and the lights were green, so I was less able to put myself in a good position.
As you say, stupid junction.

I was in the flow of traffic on Penton Street crossing Pentonville Road onto Claremont Square this morning and almost got taken out by a car turning right onto Pentonville Road from the opposite direction, being as he was a bit too fucking eager to get on his way. While I would normally be aiming to have a road position which allowed a better line of sight to oncoming vehicles when crossing a junction, at the very least riding primary, due to the nature of the traffic in the approach to the junction I had made the schoolboy error of using the cycle lane which meant that this chump did not have such a good line of sight and naturally assumed that not being able to see meant ok to proceed. I'm sure most people are aware of this hazard, but let this serve as a reminder.

Pair of Northwave road shoes in a tatty but sound condition. The buckles and velcro work, there is no major damage but lots of scuffs and there are no inner soles.
Pick up Harringay evenings/weekends or Fleet Street daytimes.
£12

I can also bring this to central London

That would seem to be a very accurate assessment!

Saw a couple of young kids on a scooter cautiously jumping the lights at the Grays Inn Road / Clerkenwell Road junction last night, weaving around peds at a reasonable speed. Despite the obvious variety of criminal offences involved, it was a pleasant change from other scooter arseholery encountered on my commute, the most recent being some scrote who undertook me at speed while I was signalling left and starting to turn, whacking my arm and then threatening further violence when I described him as being one of the standard anatomical parts. Since I started going through Barnsbury I seem to be seeing a lot more scooter related nonsense, but it may just be the general trend at work.

It's specc'd as a study of cyclists' experience of using them - sounds wider than something on the benefits or otherwise.
Qualitative interviews are a pretty standard format of research.

I bought this a while back, but it’s not quite right for my purposes as well as being a tad too small.
It is in overall good condition. There are a few paint chips here and there, but nothing significant and there is no damage to note.
The spec is as follows:
7005 frame with Blackstorm carbon fork
Campagnolo Veloce 10 groupset, 170mm cranks, 53/39 chain rings , power torque cranks, 13-26 cassette
Campagnolo Khamsin wheel set, both true, some wear to the rims, but lots of life left.
ITM bars and stem
Wingflex saddle
New KMC chain
New Deda bar tape
New Campagnolo cable set throughout
Bottle cage
I can supply some basic pedals if you need them.

The bike is in Harringay N8 and I am generally around evenings and weekends.

£SOLD

Yeah, the only new Cinellis I've seen in a 26 have the 'milky' anodising, whereas the bars I've got are shiny, so it doesn't really go (first world problems). I've got some shiny Cinelli stems but they're 26.4. The one pictured looks a bit long - is it definitely a 90?

Anyone got anything fitting the spec of good condition, 26.0 clamp, 90mm length in shiny (not matt anodised) silver? Cinelli ideally, Italian preferred generally...
Cheers,
Nick

Cool, PM me re pickup!

I've got these moustache/riser bars - 25.4 clamp and 61cm wide.
They are in good condition bar some minor marks
There's not a lot of info on the Vanmoof site, but you can find them here:
https://www.vanmoof.com/en_us/accessories?cat=23
Pick up from either Harringay N8 evenings and weekends or Strand/Fleet Street daytimes
SOLD

So this guy overtook this morning then pulled over onto my line - I didnt have much choice in getting sprayed. Yes, I overtook asap, but why cause road shit to be flying about anyway?

People without mudguards: why you'd want to go out in the rain and marinade your arse in road spray I don't know, but have you not figured out that it is rather antisocial to be spraying anyone who has the misfortune to be behind you? C'mon, it's not hard to put on some friggin clip-ons.

Did anyone else see this picture of the PM and think she was in the process of onstage metamorphosis to reveal her many-armed ultimate form?