Cheap Langster frames at Pearsons

robbarker
robbarker Posts: 1,367
edited June 2008 in Road general
Quick public service announcement: Pearsons have some Langster frames to clear and are punting them out at £99.

http://www.pearsoncycles.co.uk/product/ ... _NOW_9999_
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Thank you!!! That has to be a bargain. Even appear to have all sizes.

    Ordered. Now where did I put those wheels......
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  • robbie the roadie
    robbie the roadie Posts: 423
    Wrong year though. These are 2007 frames. This years are a far nicer (in my opinion) green colour. Still if you've got a full spare parts box it's a bargain.
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Nah, green bikes (as with anything) unlucky! Not allowed "green" in our family. One of my great aunts once went to a funeral on a very cold and wet day and died shortly thereafter of pneumonia. This was of course because she wore a dark GREEN coat rather than black. And nothing whatsoever to do with her being over 80 and in poor health and getting soaked through.

    Brown is fine.
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  • robbarker
    robbarker Posts: 1,367
    Mine arrived today!
  • robbie the roadie
    robbie the roadie Posts: 423
    that was quick!
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    "that was quick!"

    Mine too! Ordered mid-day yesterday, here at 11.05 today!!
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  • woodford2barbican
    woodford2barbican Posts: 1,505
    Damm your eyes! I just bought one and now I will have to have that difficult conversation with the wife when I get home tonight.......

    "Another bike, that is 5 now, where are you going to put it?"
  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    just tell her you found it. or someone gave it to you.
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  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    the langster's not a real bike anyway. it's a piece of crap in disguise.
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  • robbarker
    robbarker Posts: 1,367
    Here it is by here!

    fixie.jpg
  • woodford2barbican
    woodford2barbican Posts: 1,505
    But 99 for a frame and fork.......

    Anyway it is a good way to introduce me to singlespeed which I have wanted to do for a while.

    This in fact represents a cost saving as it means I will be able to utilise all those spare parts I have at home. All I need to buy are wheels, stem and pedals. I have the rest of the kit sitting around depreciating!
  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    peejay78 wrote:
    the langster's not a real bike anyway. it's a piece of crap in disguise.

    What? Why on earth do you think that? What IS a real bike? Please tell. Or let me guess....any one that happens to be OLD? And STEEL? Are you even older than me or just a committed wearer of the ol' rose tints?
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  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    i'm pulling your leg. really, i'm winding people up.

    personally - i love steel and am not a particular fan of relaxed geometry from an aesthetic point of view.

    other than that, it's a great starter.
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  • JonBurns
    JonBurns Posts: 212
    Hmm no mister average sizes left. :cry:
  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin Posts: 1,688
    Are there any sizing conventions with a fixie?
    Would you go with a slightly smaller frame or same as your geared road/race bike?
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  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    same. as a rule.

    if you're riding track it might be different, but as your probably riding fixed on the road, go with the same fit.
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    "a great starter."

    Reckon it'll be approximayely my 12th or so fixed! But my first alu one!
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  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    not for you, mr carlton.
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Well, I like my current Sirrus (tho' I've just swopped forks back to original steel so as to 'guard it and fitted a "compact" Stronglight) very much also!

    Sirrus4.jpg
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  • woodford2barbican
    woodford2barbican Posts: 1,505
    i've been home for two hours, have not owned up yet. :shock:
  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    i can't stop tinkering.

    i just cut down an old b17 saddle to turn it into a swallow.

    i keep swapping things around. it's a disease.
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Second built?

    Lang3.jpg


    Lang2.jpg
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  • Dickie
    Dickie Posts: 1,489
    Dave, that was a cheap build, looks v smart.
  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Thank you, Rob! Not a bad price at all and I think the older, mainly plain alloy, parts quite suit it. And it rides pretty good - and a lot lighter than what I'm used to in fixed!
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    JonBurns wrote:
    Hmm no mister average sizes left. :cry:

    I ordered a 49cm (I'm a short arse, and I've got a 12cm stem I need to use) on Thursday evening. I'm hoping they've got it in stock - I didn't hear anything from them yesterday (Friday) saying they didn't have any.
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Ah I've just noticed they've only got 49 and 58cm left now, good job I ordered a 49cm.
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Mine's a 54 so a good job that for once I didn't dither...
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    meagain wrote:
    Mine's a 54 so a good job that for once I didn't dither...

    Looking at the Geometry it was between 49 and 52 for me, but with the 12cm stem I have lying around I get the same reach as all my other bikes.

    Is the conical spacer thing counted in the headtube length or is that seperate?
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    "Is the conical spacer thing counted in the headtube length or is that seperate?"

    The latter.
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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    meagain wrote:
    "Is the conical spacer thing counted in the headtube length or is that seperate?"

    The latter.

    and you can do without it if you want to go lower at the front - or at least the pre-build bikes did so assuming the frame/fork/headset was the same kit - the cone is a spacer that sits on top of (and covers up) the actual top cap of the headset.

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