London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

not so i'm afraid crank, i've got two... one simoncini and a concorde. not the most practical town bikes, but so very fast!

My current project is saving the money to buy an FBM Sword, then totally enslave it. Gonna have to have bmx pivotal post and saddle, stem, maybe some super low bmx race bars?

Hmmmm, student overdraft opportunity

lol. Yes its nice. I had some money last month and wanted to get something different. I like bright coloured things. Everything on it will be chrome. Thats all I know. Never ridden a bike with drops before know nothing about stems etc. Dont even know what size stuff I need to get for it.

your yellow number on sun, was worse :p

Hey All,

Heads up! I'm currently working on a sneaky little plan to get gear from USofA to London, cheaper than most.

Let me know if there be parts that you're wanting.
Also, feel free to exploit me while I'm here. (I'll exploit you back) I'm in the very bike happy land of Madison WI.

For vintage, nagasawa, or other hard-to-find stuff check out Yellow Jersey here.

Did you see how I cleverly managed to attract ALL of the bugs thereby ensuring you a more pleasant and bug free afternoon? Yeah...taking one for the team baby!

why did you put jonny there?

LOL :)

My new project: The Bridgestone.

Pictured here with loads of cheap shit parts I had laying around.
I took it to Herne Hill on Sunday and riding back the cranks all but fell off!

Need: NEW CRANKS (Sugino or Dura Ace), Nitto seatpost, Dura Ace hubs/Araya rims, new chain, etc, etc,

http://www.londonfgss.com/members190...picture328.jpg

I have DA cranks!

Eyebrows: Are you bragging or is that an offer of sale? :)

check your pm's.

What happened to those ones you usurped fropm my grasp Dave? pm me if necessary you sauce....

Yeah, they're going on it for now. Til I can afford the real deal.
Then they either go on the beater or I offer them to you.

Is that a kashima(x) saddle?
Not comfy- trust me (I've been there?)

No it's a Brookes Vitesse 600.
I was planning to change for a Kashimax or something NJS. Are they really bad?

more to follow...

not grumpy, quite happy today - hence laughter on the previous page.

lo-pros look nice, but the current hipster trend is beyond ridiculous.

oh god, so uncomfortable. It'll tear you a new arsehole.

Nice

brain-flick: u want me to hook u up for some njs parts?

Low profiles are going to be the ubiquitous mode of fixed wheel transport at this rate. I might have to go back to the alf webb! (with a 650c front wheel, obviously)

Projects?
Cleaning all the mud out of the S-Works after the various river crossings necessary yesterday.
Selling the Raleigh to a yank for £700

s-wroks eh? i'm thinking of getting an SL2 Tarmac. or a rubaix elite. riding cross country on a fixie is beyond this dudes awesomeness.

finally caved in. should keep that and sell soma, but put the black phils on raleigh.

So, after a bit of time I finally got the Bridgestone finished and rode her in today, first time riding fixed. Gotta say a few thank yous, firstly to SBB for the masterclass in wheel building and his patience, and also to Eyebrows for the frame. Finally thants to Dale for the cog last night, the final part of the jigsaw.



Few pics for you, she runs so smoothly compared to the SS, not a single sound, love it.
Just gotta get some leather bar tape, as not 100% sure on the bare bars, i'll decide after a few days of looking.

nice. although, personally i'd dump the brooks/bullhorns and go for a sleek coloured saddle and flats or risers.

also, who's the one with those blue cards? one appeared on my polo bike (amongst the other 10 cards)

Did toy with risers, but really like the positions available with the bullhorns.
Thought I would try a brooks, always liked them, and felt it fitted with the look, thinking of matching the tape to the saddle.

SmallBrownBike

yep, v. nice (Dura Ace hubs?)

-1 on losing the saddle and bullhorns. Keep both (but I would say that as I have same saddle and bars on me ride), but do put some tape on them bars!

Yup Dura Ace hubs, purchased on a trip to Tokyo, 110mm rear spacing, so was having trouble finding them at a sensible price over here!

noice!!

@ tomiskinky - looking good.

congrats tom, she looks good again + it is good to see it being ridden after a while in my parents basement.

Just finishing off the Moser lo pro new wheel this week.

Got a sirius (british built lo pro) frame and waiting to find away to get it in the kitchen with out getting my balls kicked by her in doors!

getting the wheels built up and then lets see! it's a bit on the small side but I want it for messing around on not for any distance!

Know the problem ! I crept in late Sunday afternoon with a lo-pro frame, you would be amazed at how good you get at hiding something as big as a bike frame.

My current excuse list:

1) I am building it up for a friend.
2) This one I am building up to sell, I don't even like it.
3) I have had this for months, it has been stored at my friends house.
4) Someone gave this to me for free.
5) Look what I found in a skip !

this old thing? i found it.

I'm just waiting for a seatpost before the Watanabe is finished, not back to London til June 6th so no major rush BUT I'm bikeless in Paris at the mo as still haven't had chance to come back for the Vivalo :-(
I've been in Paris just over a week and I've spotted a grand total of two fixed wheel bikes - one even had a rear Aerospoke!

Yes please!

Ha ha ha. This is how my bedroom is full of frames etc... Really should reduce this.

My favourite, oh this? I bought it ages ago, it's to replace that one, you know, the one i sold.

Chris

Actually Lo Pro's are the new fixed gear ;)

You would also be amazed at how a frame can change size, colour and shape by simply cleaning it.

stripped down the copacetic and put all the parts on the Monoc picked up from brian. first ride this morning and sweet as. thanks to brian for the frame and to dogs/prav/snowy for the BB, momentum for the saddle and to good old John Macadam for inventing the blacktop. gonna clock up some fast ally miles.

now just need the seatpost i am waiting for for the polo bike and my projects are done. at least that is until i can get on to fixing up the mtb frame from prav.

oh, and think i will be looking out for a longer Thomson stem maybe 100 - 110 mm, and some Cinelli Criterium bars for the Monoc, but no rush like

Working on my first road conversion (always used straight track frames before), old 531 that is gonna end up pretty sweet, already rocking full campag, chorus HS, hubs and seatpost, record cranks and carbon record BB, I'm going to loose soooo much money when I sell it finished, just can't stop myself putting the nice bits on

Got a Condor 531 road bike in the shed, built for me in the 1980's. Not sure what I should do with it. Replace parts and keep it as a road bike, or convert it. Think I might do the latter...

Hah, I actually found mine in a skip... it's pretty crap though, even has eyelets for fenders and shit ;)

eyelets for 'fenders' is not necessarily a mark of shitness.