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I will offer the £90

Dalston

@Andrew

There are no decals indicating tubing stock... I wouldn't know how to tell otherwise...
it's not very heavy... you're welcome to come and have a look...

Cremer St

Under the arches on Cremer St (Cut-through between Kingsland/ Hackney Road)
there is a garage/bodyshop that is selling a load of bikes...

There is a large Look frame with a Black Brooks B17... and a couple of Peugeot ladies bikes... A few more that I didn't get a good look at...

didn't seem very Kosher.

price drop... Now £65

Probably not gonna make too many friends by posting this but here goes:

Me and a couple of mates were walking through Soho yesterday evening, it was busy as is usual, and we were chatting and strolling down the middle of the road. In other parts of the city this would obviously be wrong but Soho is practically pedestrianised due to the sheer amount of people moving about. A bike messenger came up behind us called us 'wankers' and said 'do you think you're a fucking car?'. He was gone by the time any of us had a chance to unleash a series of what would have undoubtably been world-class witty responses.

I must say, having given it some contemplation, I think the guy was a total prick.

Of course in many ways I sympathise with the chap: long, difficult, arduous days dealing with idiots throwing themselves in front of him must be frustrating. I too have had similar experiences in a life-time of cycling in this city.

But knowing I ride my bike in a place I share with millions of others means a bit of give and take. When I am on my bike I don't go looking for fights, even thought they do, on occasion, find me.

What, on reflection, irritated me the most was his petty fascism. I would like to have replied to him that: No, I do not think I am a car, but neither do I suscribe to your constricted worldview that rules must be abided by at all times!

It seems to me somewhat ironic (and perhaps telling) that a bike messenger would ascertain that to be in the road one must be a car. I like to think that even under a state of violent financial capitalism good people remain flexible enough that we all have room to breathe. I use my bike most days, and am largely filled with happiness by doing so. It offers me the opportunity to pursue less-restricted routes through a city I am still discovering after decades of adventure. It is one of the the few things I enjoy that is actually good for me. I also feel a real sense of camaraderie in the cycling community, which is another reason I put it to you that this geezer was a dickhead.

Moreover, I resent being called a wanker, and having my sanity called into question (I was exhibiting no outward signs to indicate I though of myself as anything other than a human). He spoiled what was otherwise a nice moment, with unnecessary aggression and intolerance.

I know there is nothing particularly special about this event, I just felt the need to vent. And what better place for it.

Fuck him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTC93bTg_Qc

Fucking love Reverend Bizarre still...

DOOM OVER THE WORLD...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-kFv_3dgd4

Best doom track about doom ever...
Chriiiiistiiiinaaa Ricciiiiiiiiiii!

Gorgeous!

Here is a shot of the bike built up from last year...

Trying to keep it to London pick-up only...

Could you get any pictures with wheels on it?

Can do so over the weekend...

Yes...

If you're based in London you should try the London Bike Kitchen... http://www.lbk.org.uk/
Membership is £10, and then £10 per hour after that...
Instead of paying someone to do it for you, you can pay them to teach you how to do it yourself...
Very nice people there, and you're bound to save money that way...

Price drop

Hi all,

Bought this frame from hilarystone in Dec 2010
Didn't fit me well so hardly rode it...
was brand new,
now slightly less-than-new.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread56313.html

TOMACC ROAD FRAME
Seat Tube (ctc): 23.25in (59cm)
Top Tube (ctc): 22.5in (57cm)
Rear dropout width: 126mm
Seatpost size: 25.8mm
Wheel size: 700C with brake drop of 49mm
Tomacc road frame from Belgium.
very nice condition - the paint has a small number of marks but they are not too obvious. It can easily be used as a singlespeed or fixed conversion. Tange headset fitted.

London pick-up only...
SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/SOLD/

ah yes, sounds good... I would like to give it a go but it seems that someone else has actually used the words 'dibs' before I could reply to you...
Bollocks...
I will still take it if the other one doesn't want it... cheers

Frame is huge! Have you ridden it? How tall are you... I'm looking for a fairly large frame but this might be over doing it... I'm 6.3 and have been uncomfortable on smaller frames...
if its 64 cm center to center then how long is the top tube?

1 . Ma 3 k
2 . Sumo
3 . TheorySwine
4 . smiff
5 . Velocio
6 . cyclotron 3 k
7 . skive
8 . BlueQuinn
9 . middleofnowhere

1. Gav86
   
2. Roymund
   
3. CG in like Flynn
   
4. braker all over it like a flannel
   
5. dimi3
   
6. Fieldcoil
   
7. Marco
   
8. T 4
   
9. kattiep
   
10. supertony
    
11. Cafewanda
    
12. hartxander
    
13. the -same -sky
    
14. John H
    
15. ladystardust
    
16. OLC
    
17. EEI
    
18. Nigel 182
    
19. ian (conker)
    
20. Jogger
    
21. catfood
    
22. Teee and a few
    
23. Tommy Mac
    
24. Fox
    
25. K-Dizzle
    
26. sherbertflyingsaucer
    
27. laner
    
28. Oldskoolracer
    
29. yasi
    
30. ashleyisdabest
    
31. Murtz
    
32. federico!
    
33. katie-coo
    
34. jamestz
    
35. =rob=
    
36. statticjnr
    
37. Sorethroat
    
38. Jamesc
    
39. tofu is murder
    
40. nelaii
    
41. (((toughknuckles)))
    

cheers for the tip... I'll have a go at that... I really can't see why it's so tough to get out... surely it shouldn't be any harder than removing a bottom bracket?

or it could be a great opportunity to start expressing yourself in vivid colours
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=55415

@sweetvalleyhigh Oh great! you found some just like the one's that got squished!

I dont think it's rusted... It's a NOS frame... but as I don't have a vice I think it's a trip to the lbs... now I know that it's called a fixed cup, I see there are quite a lot of threads already confirming you are correct!
Cheers for for the help

okay, I tried that with a big adjustable spanner... but it won't shift... it seems to have been sealed on some how... maybe just painted on... it wont budge though

I've just removed my Sugino Uno BB from my old, now dead, frame and I was about to stick the same BB into the new frame I'm building up and it won't go because one side of the BB Shell has this cover attached to it.
I haven't encountered this before, do I need a different BB?
Help appreciated...

Cheers!