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Jammy Scrote!!! Lol.
You planning on doing out with it, or leaving it ratty?

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What on earth is that??

Get that red mini back on the road rather than dragging old bikes up from the sea bed!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Quiet you! or I'll lock you in the box and chuck it back from whence it came! LOL

I'm pretty much gonna leave it as is, as Gary points out i really don't need another project! the bike frame was painted a few years ago so thats not too bad, the front carrier needs a paint though so I'll pull that off and give it a rub down and paint and fix the box up, its dead handy for getting the shopping and takeaways in... the worst bit is the rear wheel so I'll keep a look out for a period 3 speed one as its a bit of a nightmare fully laden...

Shame you don't live closer, we could split the sturmey and rebuild it. As long as the shell cracks they are easy to do.
If you want a new wheel, have a bit of a search, there are loads of companies doing 'old' wheels now, realising there is a bit of a resurgence in classic bikes. It wasn't that long ago that cotter pins were like hens teeth, now you can get the bleeding things in hellfrauds of all places!!

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Here is a very well done video of the local bike park
http://vimeo.com/couchmode/user9125988/vid...t:date/31498971

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I'm doing the Retro Ronde in Belgium next weekend, So I needed a vintage bike to do it on,

managed to borrow this little beut.... a 50's Gillot track bike with a Sturmey AM.

Good luck with the ride Joe. I reckon we might do London to Brighton this year as a first little run.

I'd like to do the Ridgeway on a bike. I've just walked it over 5 days, but would be great to do the 87miles on a bike over 2-3.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Cheers, should be a giggle,

Jason is signed up for the L2 but is having 2nd thoughts due to the logistics, we're looking at doing a few local ish ones,like london southend, colchester castle etc, so if yo want in

token anecdote...

Maldon cycle club run 10mile time trials near me tuesday nights so ve been going over there for a ride out as I know a few of the guys that take part, a few weeks ago who rocks up... Alex Dowsett, and does a 19min55 10mile.

tut! 87 miles! 2 days! You walkers have no idea! That's a day job!
Followed your walking trip on Facebook. Very worthy cause, well done fella.

As Joe said, London to Southend in July is on the cards. More the merrier!

Was he the fella that won a stage at the Italian cycle that I saw on the news?

Mind Joe......the bike rides generally end up having a pint of local ale at some point!

On 18th May, 2013 Joe C said:
Cheers, should be a giggle,

Jason is signed up for the L2 but is having 2nd thoughts due to the logistics, we're looking at doing a few local ish ones,like london southend, colchester castle etc, so if yo want in

token anecdote...

Maldon cycle club run 10mile time trials near me tuesday nights so ve been going over there for a ride out as I know a few of the guys that take part, a few weeks ago who rocks up... Alex Dowsett, and does a 19min55 10mile.

Cheers J

If there's ale, count me in!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Excellent! Haven't see your crowd for a year or so. Be good to catch up!

I got myself a nice retro bike the other week, for £15 I couldn't turn it down. About 30-40 quid later and this is how it looks

Edited by jakejakejake1 on 22nd May, 2013.

Nice :)

That looks real nice man, but maybe drop that stem??

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Yeah I do need to drop it a little, but as its only a single speed and not an out-and-out racer its not going too low as its more comfotable having it higher haha, but there are a few other little things I need to sort out for it, including moving the stem down a tad. But overall not a bad bike for about £50 all in :)

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Did you already have the wheels jake? Or did you manage to find a bit of a bargain somewhere?

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I managed to find a proper bargain, my step dad restores and sells lots of bikes, buy them really cheap from charity shops and scrap yards etc and so has a lot of mates who always know to give him a ring when bargains come up. And it just so happened that these wheels came up, with inner tubes and tyres for £10 for the pair, and they were exactly what I was after. It would be rude to turn them down! They are massively heavy and are clearly cheap wheels, but they look the part haha.
I think in time I will replace them with something better, but for now they are perfect.
The seat I already had off my mountain bike, and the drop handle bars and brakes I swapped with a mate for the old chrome wheels and tyres that came off the bike.

Lol, good effort :) a definite bargain at a tenner for the pair.
Looks good, and at £50 ish it's even better :)

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I love cycling, i have a 25km loop that takes me around 50mins to do (thats with a flat bar roady!)

i love making/revamping bikes, im currently in the middle of a 1950's Speedwell rebuild, will be using a 2 speed internal change hub with coaster brake and painting back to original cream with decals :)

“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

My BMX better spec'd than my car.

Spec:

Blank Bio Hazard Frame 2012
Fit bike co Fit Benny 2 Forks 2012
Vocal Tweet bars Chrome XL 2011 Rise 8.25" Width 28"
We The People Purple Stem 2011
Fit Bike co Pivotal plastic Seat
Fit Bike Co Pivotal Seat post
Salt pro break lever 2012
Salt Pro U brakes
Salt Pro Soft Pads
Salt Pro Crank 2011
Salt Grips
Primo 7 Series Rims (Front & Rear)
G-Sport Marmoset Female Front Hub
Primo Mixtape 9t LHD rear Cassette/hub
We The People 25T Chain Ring 2010
Half Link Chain
Primo Monster v2 Rear Tyre 2.1"
Odyssey Rodyssey front tyre 2.3"
Adi Bar ends

Fairly decent spec

Why's the chain on the wrong side?

Left hand drive set up (American spec)

if you look aswell break levers on wrong size but I grind on right so leeps chain from being snapped

My brother lives in the states and came for a holiday and brought his specialised Roubiax and the brakes on that were on the wrong way round as well.

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