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S: Shimano top bar brake lever set £4

Are those standard flat-bar levers for V brakes? Dibs if so.

Also dibs:

Y – rear hub shims to adjust chainline x 2 new £1
solid rear axle F/C;

1. – Binoculars 8x22F, 126-1000m £2
   

Network Rail are doing the absolute bare minimum to control the Japanese knotweed on the land at the back of our house.

I want it gone because I know how hard it was for us to get a mortgage with it there.

Hence I am going to buy myself so Tordon and attack it myself. Instructions are saying late winter/early spring.

Anybody ever used it? Do I want for it to start growing and then drench it? I don't want to cause an ecological disaster but I will terminate with extreme prejudice motherfucker.

CheBeef's link suggests that chemical treatment is the way forward if the ground won't be disturbed, which seems likely if it's an embankment (I'm guessing here). If you want to feel a bit more optimistic, watch the video here. There is research into an insect that will reduce Japanese Knotweed to a rate of growth that renders is much less threatening.

I heard of this place recently. I've never been, but it looks pretty awesome!

Without knowing what the wheels are it seems pricey.

How bloddy big are you!?

This big (SFW I promise, no double-entendre, although I think it's about 64c-c!)

It must be a nice new frame to bump that from the collection. Enjoy!

You utter bastard! I love the look of that frame. Good thing it's just too small for me (it is it is it is it is itis itis itisitisitisitisitisitisitisitisitisitisitisitis!)

The bike probably costs £300 to make with £199700 going on licensing the name.

But the name will make it go sooooooooo much faster!

Sorry, how is this standing up?

Edit: Just noticed the crank arms. What the hell? Is there some kind of advantage to that shape?

Both good A-level physics questions.

Stupid question or not? Was changing my quill stem and noticed that headsets top nut has about two-three threads left free not on the forks steerer... As a big bike mechanic got thinking that my steerer was cut to short and not exactly with headset top nut.. Should i change spacer to smaller one so i can tighten the headsets nut all the way so no threads left.. Or this is how it should be and its all good?
Thank you guys for help!

As yoav said, you don't want the lip on the top of the locknut to touch the steerer otherwise the locknut won't be applying pressure to the crown race to keep it in place. The Barnett manual suggests that there should be at least 4.5 mm of thread for the locknut to get onto and that you should check that it's not touchin the top of the steerer:

Yes but don't buy a new bike for £200.

Build one on a budget or wait for something to show up second hand.

+1, you can build something quite rideable and a lot less nickable , with a lot more character for that money.

Very nice work! I've read about this frame design a bit, but I'm not totally clear on the "why". Is it just to achieve a slightly shorter wheelbase by tucking the back wheel in?

I still can't believe how normal it look, at that size, the wheel should've looked more like 650c rather.

I think, as well as the oversized tubing, the dark rims help with that because they make it harder to see the distinction between the rims and the tyres.

Absolutely gorgeous by the way!

"I'll take the..."

You're not taking it anywhere, so no, you can't. You may have, you may order, you may not take, you may not get.

But they're going to take it from the waiter/barista/dealer. Otherwise, how could they eat/drink/snort it?

Also, "for Christmas I got a..." is fairly standard usage. The situation is the same i.e., you've received something from someone, but it would be weird to say "for Christmas I had a..."

"May I fetch"

#worldspolitestdog

Because it is terrible English.

"May I have".

But if you're asking for something, you're not querying whether you have their permission to own i.e., "have" it. You want to know if you can acquire i.e., "get", it.

"can I get"

Why?

I could make good use of the brake levers! Will PM Clockwise to sort collection / delivery.

I need to get those chain tugs from you, but if you could come to me that would be great!

Ok, if anyone else is happy to take all the other stuff (stem, hubs, levers) let me know, otherwise I'll give it all to Clockwise in the next few days and you can get it off him/her (delete as appropriate, I don't know yet!)

ALL GONE! [strike]Some bits that I can't be bothered to try to sell and just want to clear out. Somebody take the whole lot from me please (you can bring beer if you like). It will go to a bike recycling centre in a week or two:

Includes

• Black alloy adjustable stem – 130mm (at 0 degrees), 0 – 60 degree rise, to fit 1 & 1/8” steerer and 25.4mm handlebar.
  
• Pair of old school drop bar levers – silver. One has a suicide lever attached, but this can be removed and they’ll still work fine
  
• Old school drop bar lever left-side only – Good condition, with suicide lever.
  
• Silver QR seat clamp – for a 34.9mm seat tube as far as I can work out.
  
• Quando rear hub – 6-bolt disc brake mounting, 135mm width. Has been laced but in good condition, spins smoothly and the freehub works nicely.
  
• Shimano RX100 rear hub - 125mm width but could be spaced to 130mm. Just repacked and turns nice and freely. The freehub clicks nicely and fits a Shimano 7-speed hyperglide or uniglide cassette (it might be compatible with more speeds).
  
• Look Carbon pedals (2nd photo) - Old school clipless! Seem to spin and click as they should, but I'm no expert.
  
• Short flat handlebar
  
  

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Does anyone have a carpet knee kicker that I could borrow?

Nice bike, but forum rules are that it can't be for sale here and elsewhere.

A question if you please?

Putting up a curtain pole above a 3.5m wide patio door which has a steel lintel above it...

Is the window flush with the wall above, or does the lintel stick further out into the room? If it's an I-beam then there should be a hollow section (i.e., the concave bit of the I facing out into the room. Is there any way you can get at that to whack in a couple of wooden blocks and hang it from those? It would be messy, but dead solid.

Fairly big 531 Raleigh Rapide with campag going for cheepz oop North on fleabay.

sorry everyone.

Nobody's blaming you (except possibly Jeez)

My key point was (as you say) that when someone is passed dangerously close that is 100% the fault of the driver and 0% the fault of the cyclist, even if the cyclist was not riding in the best way possible. My second key point was that to say that to say that the cyclist was not cycling very well is to imply that the driver is less than 100% at fault and the cyclist is more than 0% at fault, which is, by definition victim blaming.

You inferred the victim blaming, it was not implied. For example, "I didn't lock my house very well" does not remove any culpability from the burglar who then breaks in.