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Old 2nd August 2008   #51
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What Dylan said, or thereabouts.

'the pump don't work cos the vandals took the handles'?
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Old 2nd August 2008   #52
Scrapper
should just be happy she has a eddy merckx
but in away i do understan the stubs are pretty ugly really
i have the same frame sitting in front of me like that and it does bug me as well.
depends on the levres though i think
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Old 2nd August 2008   #53
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I'm in Ur forum, readin' Ur posts!
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Old 2nd August 2008   #54
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Yes, indeedy.

But you've gone fixed gear, which I'm not planning on doing, so I'll leave all my stuff on. The bosses do kind of annoy me, but has anyone seen the new bright green Bianchi that uses what look like zip cables to secure the brake line?!?! What's up with that? Tres inelegant!
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Old 2nd August 2008   #55
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beauty

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should just be happy she has a eddy merckx
but in away i do understan the stubs are pretty ugly really
i have the same frame sitting in front of me like that and it does bug me as well.
depends on the levres though i think
Keepin' everything Campy that I can as who knows, I may just get a real single-speed & learn how to use tools by replacing my derailleur.
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Old 2nd August 2008   #56
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She's clever. When she realises this whole single speed malarkey is quite silly and wants gears back again, she's not hacked apart a nice road bike.
Agreed.

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Why didn't you take the derailleur hanger off as well? Since you've now rendered it useless.
Not necessarily. You could get a band on shifter.
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Old 2nd August 2008   #57
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When I had a single speed roadie conversion I had bosses on the frame. I was always planning to get some old shifters and chop them down (so no lever, but the circular bit covering the boss was still there). Completely useless but maybe better looking than the bosses.
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Old 2nd August 2008   #58
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leave them on. otherwise she'll scratch her legs on the braze-ons.
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Old 2nd August 2008   #59
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leave them on. otherwise she'll scratch her legs on the braze-ons.
Hey! you talking bout my girlfriends legs?? ;)
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Old 2nd August 2008   #60
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Hey! you talking bout my girlfriends legs?? ;)
(insert perfunctory joke about a bit of rough between girlfriend's legs here)
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Old 2nd August 2008   #61
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I will resign myself to just shut the F#*k up about it. After all (said in monotone robot voice) "Girls are always right"......... She will still look good riding on it. (but it does look silly) ;)
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Old 2nd August 2008   #62
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Why didn't you take the derailleur hanger off as well? Since you've now rendered it useless.
On a single speed it can still act as a chain tensioner, just gotta take it off when she turns fixed.
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Old 2nd August 2008   #63
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+1 And sell her frame to fund a project for yourself. You know it makes sense. :)
hahahahhahahahah!
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