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Darkin, they've not been living there for that long, the first show was only in April, with the same opening hours as this show. I'll grant you that a fuller program wouldn't be a bad thing.

I didn't develop any particular preferences about inner tubes I'm afraid.

The skipping of stuff was done by Whitcomb's representatives, not the new owners (who are friends of mine). I saw the state of the place as it had been left by Whitcomb, and it was pretty bad upstairs, looked like more than a year's neglect. The gallery has a show on now, open Thursday to Saturday 12-6.
My wife's Whitcomb was built in the 70s in what's now their living room.

I had those on a bike, they're quite heavy and don't give the greatest ride, but they're tough. I found these to be better:
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/panaracer-panaracer-pasela-tour-guard-compe-folding-tyre-27-x-1-1-8-inch-(28-630)-prod1027/

Or if you really need 1 1/4:
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/panaracer-panaracer-pasela-pt-tyre-amber-wall-27-x-1-1-4-inch-(32-630)-prod1026/

I had one of those '91 'dales with that green spatter paint, but in a larger size. It was great. It got crushed when a digger reversed over it, driver didn't have a mirror and didn't look. I loved the bike but it gives me chills to remember nearly getting killed on it.

Another attempt at a bike light - a bit overcomplicated, but it could be OK:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/19/velodroom-does-what-every-bike-light-should-responds-to-your-ride-and-turns-on-and-off-automatically/

Point taken.

There are a number of misplaced bikes in this thread, but this is most egregious error. this doesn't fit in this thread at all. This is a gorgeous bike made by Evil, one of the better companies on the planet. Been in MTB for ever and has pioneered some of the earliest and best chain-guides, a part nearly as important and ubiquitous as suspension nowadays.

i believe that particular bike has an adjustable headtube angle.

Dave Weagle heads up the design and he is quite well regarded. He is the pioneer for virtual pivot points. Appropriately named the "DW-link."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DW-link

"The DW-link suspension design was used to win six Elite level UCI downhill World Championships from 2005 to 2007, the highest contested level of the sport. This winning streak made the dw-link the most successful linkage suspension platform in the history of the sport of downhill"

Anyway that there is a sick sick sick bike. It is a different design and you'd be hard pressed to buy a better DH bike.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_suspension#Rear_suspension

a titanium GT.

That looks like it's not a Zaskar - my understanding is that the plate on the back of the top tube of Zaskars are always flat, not rounded like that. Not to mention that the Zaskar logo is more forward than it should be. Sexy bike though.

looks fantastic.

Don't use that chrome spray! I tend to get rid of the residue left from the rust remover and use autoglym resin polish (also good for paintwork) to polish and protect, it's quite popular for classic cars, and does the same job on a bike. Needs re-polishing up every now and then.

Try some rust removal gel next and see how the stem looks after that, it may look OK. Try the gentlest approach first, you can always wire wool or rechrome if that doesn't look good enough.

I have happy memories of going to Whitcombs in the early 90s. It was fantastic.

I'm a friend of the people who bought the building. I saw everything that was there before the clearance was done. The clearance was undertaken by Whitcomb people, not the new owner. My understanding is that not everything was to go to the skip. There were some nice things, but a lot that looked less interesting close up than from affar. It's quite possible that most of what was practically worth saving was saved.

I hope this amuses for a first post on this thread:
http://www.shorpy.com/node/12535?size=_original