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Tomorrow I'm going, tomorrow :) Thanks

Ah they have? Using the search on such a unspecific word didn't yeild that great results, I'll troll through backwards I guess.

Flexy in a I-normal-don't-ride-a-steel-bike way or... actually-its-going-to-break way? If you remember?

Thanks!

Pls does anyone have any hands on experience with / know about the VIVA bike brand / bikes? Three of their pista range are in the >1000 yet I can't really find anything on them. The Pista 2 is 479 at evans at the moment....

Would appreciate any comments?

Also talking of the bike stations around Waterloo, especially outside the Evans, some guy has literally tried to break the stands out of the concrete beddings! Now most of the racks are alarmingly loose, as if one more go and you'd get them out. So perhaps even if it is cemented in... how safe is it if the thief is properly determined!?

Is this any good?

The pedal through the d-lock is a good idea you guys gave me :) & the chain is from decathalon...?? Can't find anything on it, but they seem to rate it. Got to say the paddlock on the chain is poor looking.

27"... and flip flop/trued in the middle lol

Yeh I'm all over Sheldon, it's great someone/people have done that site. And I've seen the other too :)

I guess it was the case that I had neither set of tools so I thought I should go about it properly and then came across the compexities of it. Here's a pic of my rear cassette. The guys in Halfords near me helpfully told me they can't get it off anyway - too old?

*Bump any 27" rear wheels out there?

Sorry! too small :S

size of the white one?

Dibs! I'll PM you. What cogs have you got?

Yeah this is true and even Halfords or whatnot can do it for a few pounds.

Do I have to redish? It this important for getting the alignment or something?

Any chance of a PM with pics for the second wheel, running true?

Nice but was looking for something "newer" / what are their condition? Worked for ages to get rid of the aging chrome ha ha could you PM a pic? Even a bad one.

I want to replace my old 70s peugeot 5 speed rear derailleur for a single speed, but can't redish nor breaking the poor wheel/assembly all apart as I have no special tools. Having said this - and being a student - was wondering if there are any going for £40ish.

So am looking for a "new" rear wheel, 27" and with nothing on or a freewheel with 16t on already

Needs to be true!

Would also accept a flip/flop or threaded on both sides (would this be special?).

If you have a better idea with what I should do then say! The wheelset on at the moment are cheap replacements that came with the bike.

All the best!

is this gone?

Oh, and what if I run a 3/32 chain on a presumably 1/8 chainset? Will this jam the rear cassette?

Sorry for the delay - I'm new here and didn't know it doesn't inform you of people replying to posts!

An update if anyone cares,

Sorted out the chain length so it wasn't binding and got a good chain line with 52t / 21t. When I first did it, it would jump out/off the gears especially at the front when I went over a drain cover (ouch) but now i think I've got it down and smooth. All sorts of noises came and went, but as I say... really smooth now and that's a couple weeks ago.

I don't think I have a lockring so I am looking for a new freewheel?

I would prefer to get my hands on a flip flop that has been properly redished. But I'm skint lol any advice on finding one?

What tools do I need to remove the freewheel? the converter that goes inside and a chain tool? Who can I borrow them from? is there a forum here?

@Clwydian - it's my baby!

Evening all,

I also have an old Peugeot - though its 1981 I think - that I am meaning to convert.

It's a ten speed (two at the front, five at the back). I have a particular combination that I run all the time anyway, and tonight the gods of fate have decreed that my rear derailleur should completely fail and basically blow up. Parts were left all over the road in the dark and in the rain, so I cut my losses. SO I'm thinking creatively about what I can do to get me through the rest of my uni term, since I'll be converting the bike within the next two or three weeks.

On a level of 1 to 10, how mad is it to simply remove all the crap, find a gear combination with a good chainline and shorten the chain to get a good tension? Horizontal dropouts mean I can get to a fair tension pretty easily, no? And gear... 8 (?) is perfectly in line, and I normally ride quite high in the gears anyway.

Any thought would be appreciated?

Ta