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Even the blue boxes stare in admiration.

For now, you're just getting the bike.

Ha Ha - no, not all. The company I work for has been approached by VanHawk because they want to use some of the small components we sell - it's boring stuff.

As such, I'm reluctant to offer an opinion on the project - suffice to say, I like my cycling kept simple.

It's not an application - it's built into the bike itself.

I agree - nice, simple, good use of colour.

But I instinctively find DHB kinda unappealing; I guess I just prefer continental clobber...

http://vanhawks.com/about/

This is work related for me, in a third-party kinda way...

... and relax. It's a lovely colour; sort of 'teal'.

I think I've got the post Vuelta blues...

Lederhosen has expressed an opinion. You don't have to like that opinion but Lederhosen's quite entitled to express it - don't be so sensitive.

Youth of today...

Clear, but I dispute there was any humour involved -let alone lyricism.

"@T_K..statement of the obvious, to what purpose exactly?2

You seemed to bemoan the fact that the bike's marque could be up for debate - that the matter was as trivial as how one might pronounce a word such as potato. I wrote that I didn't think the analogy really worked. My 'purpose' therefore was to make explicit that whether the bike was a Vitus or a Peugeot was something that could be important to some people; a potential buyer who was specifically after a Vitus, for example.

Getting the provenance right or wrong is hardly comparable to personal pronunciation; people deserve to know what they getting.

Looks bigger than a 52?? Have you looked at the head-tube?

I'm not knocking the idea; I suppose part of me quite likes having to deal with situations as they arise, taking evasive action. I guess it also depends on how well you know your way around London.

Fair enough, but it's still pushing it. After taking the time to log on before you left the house, you'd have to establish where exactly the hold-up was, then plot a new route, which may in turn be interrupted elsewhere...

Isn't one of the points of commuting on a bike the fact that we're fairly inured to all of this? We're able to manoeuvre round static vehicles, improvise short-cuts, dive down side-roads.

Horses, doors, stables and bolts come to mind. Who has time to check LFGSS as they're actually riding to work?

Between 5′ 10″ - 6′ 0″ actually.

That's helpful, benbrangwyn, thanks. I might need to replace the rear cassette/freewheel, and the rear wheel also needs truing, so I thought this might be something I could do whilst I'm at it.

I've been riding the bike for a year and a half, fairly regularly, in mostly dry conditions. However, because the bike is 25-odd year's old, I have no idea whether the hubs have ever been properly seen to, even if ostensibly they look okay.

You can buy it off Amazon for £6.99.

As a present, maybe it would represent better karma if you gave it away?

How often should one get one's hubs serviced, bearings cleaned, etc..
And what should one expect to pay for this?

I'm talking about a 25 year old pair of Campag Record hubs here, which I've been riding on for a year and a half.

too big for her though...

glws

Yeah, you said that you were providing the original stem - I just can't believe the one that's currently on there. Your brother in law must have very short arms.

I was actually thinking of buying one of these when last year's models were being sold off cheap at the start of the year - they've had some good reviews. As it happens, a better (but more expensive) offer turned up elsewhere and I went with that instead.
I like that matt black finish.