London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

new fashion; gussets are qreat.

ok just put the new front wheel on!!!!

Spinergy carbon painted!!!!

changing the bars tomorrow for some nitto risers, and the new (vintage) rolls from roberto fitted!

wowser!
that is nice.

Old Bastard Track Bike?
is that what it stands for?

nearly done

is that frame in cavendish at the mo????

If so it's sick in the flesh!!!!!!

is the front a tub?

got it back this afternoon
both tub

ok, i can only presume this is some kind of 1950s HHSB, with a 27" rear wheel, complete with Sturmey AW 3 speed hub. Front wheel is a 26", with a dynohub. Bike also has numerous other things attached, and shitloads of tape which i peeled off. in the seller's pic it looked like this:



it looked like a path frame to me, so i bought it.

you can see the full glory of the front wheel thing going on here:


and other details (lovely handwriting logo):


so basically, i stripped it right down, gave it a brief clean, then built it up on the sly,swapped the pitted bars for a nitto stem i had lying around, few other bits and bobs, quick quick, to see what it looked like ((note pencil thin seat stays) :



and all was well, and it had a vintage pump on the bosses. and i rode it around until i got totally nailed by a bicycle courier on the wrong side of the road, who essentially flattened me and my nose pissed blood and hurt my shoulder. the pump also got flattened. well, things happen. the bike's fine, the pump and my nose and arm are not. i went to critical mass after walking roudn town in a bit of a daze, sort of shock, looking for somewhere to clean the blood. nice to see corny and lebowski and chug it and stevechugit, and mike c, and phil, seb, joel and others.

i'm going to get it shot-blasted and resprayed, should be nice. looks very much like a 1950s zephyr path frame.

oh and if that wasn't enough - whilst sat in soho square, licking my wounds, this happened:

pj I am lost between love and hate.

I was going to edit this bu i can't be bothered.

its' nice isn't it? it is rather rusty though. as soon as the other one comes back this one can go in.

its quaint, pj. would make a lovely rain bike

(complement).

lovely frame!! is that a 700 front wheel?

i'm not sure whether to put a longer fork on my lo pro to avoid catching pedals... does it effect steering much if you do that?

"affect". verb.

Wow, that wheel is loverrlly.

thanks tynan, good old ebay and a father in law with a spray booth!

please excuse my poor grammar... but how does that affect the handling ? i've been considering doing this myself to gain a bit of clearance. i guess it will depend what fork you put on?

any advice appreciated!

650c
i can even do a bar spin on mine ;-)

For pj:



:)

I think, given the 28 minute delay in witty retorts, that you have just induced a heart attack in PJ...

Are you happy now?

:p

yes, actually. Where's your corima quadspoke going ian?

Good. The wheel is going on Slave One, my new bike... Rode it today, me likey...

slave one, you bastard. That's a bit presumptious don't you think?

i have ordered a new tub/tape/pump from ribble. I am hopeful that i'll be able to try out the trispoke early next week. By the way, if you want to do a temporary trade in the future and experience cycling 1 spoke closer to the revered monospoke, let me know :)

Not presumptious, it's the name of Boba Fett's ship - it's a bit beaten up, kind of like my bike. It's almost anti-slave to be honest.

I got my tub from Planet X - £20 for a conti 650c. It took fucking ages to find a decent priced one to be honest. So I accidentally ordered three... Damn me and my shit 'click to order' fingers...

i know, i was referring to it's other meaning as the originator of the hip-hop-slave meme. :P

I've gone for some cheaper rubinos (2 of them) which i'm not really expecting to last for long. lots of tpi for the money though :)

Ooh, what is that crankset? I want.

Looks like a vintage Campag Pista to me... they nice.

did someone gob on your bike ? What on earth is that ?? ewwww!

If you are nice to me I will let you have a go on my monospoke. ;P

Is your new 650c trispoke a Hed ? If it is, do you know there is a backwards and forwards - ie: you can put it on back to front.

If you put it on as it appears in your picture - it would be on the wrong way - the valve hole needs to be on the drive side as the blades are not symmetrical, they have a leading and a trailing edge.

campag pista, 151bcd, pre 1974

indeed
just like the wings on a aircraft

so with a hed 3 I can fly?

Incidentally I sort of guessed that. The wheel is propped up so for show only. the hub actually has threads, and has been re-spaced for use on the front, so i sort of guessed I should probably use it with the threads on the drive side :)

Thanks for the concern, and eagerly anticipating experiencing monospoke.

Was a lovely blue . . .

I ran my Hed3 back to front for a while before someone pointed it out to me.

Before you can ride the monospoke you must pass the 12 tests.

Congratulations, you passed the test!

That's the first test passed, well done, you have 11 to go.

It looks like I'm going to be getting a couple of 650c front wheels with a frame I'm buying. I think I'll put one on my current bike to make a faux-pro. Then I can be part of the lo-pro-bro-(therhood).

I have 4 650c front wheels, 3 tubs and a clincher. Anyone want a vintage mavic-weinmann tub with 2x bladed spokes, or a radially laced one in mint condition, with excellent condition tub?

I have one v similar - campag pista 165s with a zeus 52t ring. They're a bit beaten up, but attendees at south london drinks have given them the LFGSS seal of approval.

i have 2 650c wheels and 5 700c wheels, i dont know y do need them all
too much ebaying i guess, cant resist it

im kicking myself now
was trying to bid for this in the last minute, but missed it due to slow internet connection
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=130225877860

briankwan you have lost the plot.
That rossin is actually the best ting ever

did you paint the spinergy yourself?
it looks nice. i've got one in the post, but i don't really like the look of carbon.
does the paint go over the braking surface? i can't tell from the pic.

His father in law did it for him, he has a spray booth set up.

I have the same question re: the braking surface ??

ah ok.
so next question...
where's good to get it sprayed in london? i don't fancy doing it myself.
i've heard talk of a couple of places on the forum, but can't find too much on the search. what's mario vaz like?

power coated my rossin (pic up the page) in armortex for 40quid, frame only
they did a really good job

can't powder coat carbon i'm afraid...
do they spray as well?

Got some stuff done cheap in Aus at a car body place.
Worth a shot.

complitly agree, 200 degree is not the best for the carbon

got a 650 shamal on mine too. also bar spinable;)

This just came in the mail:

http://www.londonfgss.com/members165...picture370.jpg
http://www.londonfgss.com/members165...picture369.jpg

It's pretty and opalescent. It also came with these:

http://www.londonfgss.com/members165...picture434.jpg

Building it up for my girlfriend (the Raleigh she's on is too big).

Does anyone know anything about this frame/company/team? It has a small plaque (!) on it that says: "Level Four Team Issue 1996". And it's steel, so no likely to be a Lynskey ;)