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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    :lol:

    Fancy popping into Mosquito bikes ce soir? I'm (hopefully) heading up there to gander at a frame before they close.

    Mosquito are a Phil stockist as well...

    If you do, could you see what their price for a high flange front Phil hub is pls?

    Will try and remember to!
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    OOOOOOOOOOH titanium...

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    But pricey.... :cry:
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    But shiney!
    Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.

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  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    OOOOOOOOOOH titanium...

    Haha... I've definitely spent too much time drooling over frames... knew that was from hubjub the second I saw it.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    Oddjob, I think your front wheel is much prettier than the rear! Deep section black rims? Why don't you get "Hoxton Tosser" decaled on the down tube while you're at it? The rims will be heavy, prone to side winds and you'll look like a fakie :)

    1. Liverpool St is as close as i ever get to E London so Hoxton means sod all to me.... I can put "Liverpool St Tosser" if that will make you happy.... but i don't think that's got the same impact.
    2. 30g difference per rim (compared to the open sports on the front)... i'm sure i can live with that. My toolkit weighs more than that.
    3. My big body is more likely to be affected by side winds.
    4. "look like a fakie"... haha... you've obviously not seen me. I barely look like a cyclist.

    Thank you for taking my abuse with rather more grace than I deserved :oops:

    I want a mountain bike. Maybe another Focus as I <3 them and can get them on C2W. Though part of me thinks I should actually try, you know, riding one off road for the first time ever before committing...
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  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    biondino wrote:
    Thank you for taking my abuse with rather more grace than I deserved :oops:
    Abuse? Hahah... i must be spending too much time on LFGSS... i thought you were flirting with me :P
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    :lol:

    Fancy popping into Mosquito bikes ce soir? I'm (hopefully) heading up there to gander at a frame before they close.

    Mosquito are a Phil stockist as well...

    If you do, could you see what their price for a high flange front Phil hub is pls?

    He reckoned around £230.

    Well the Convert2 is a lovely frame, reckon I'm sold. Time to get speccing! Gonna drop the fella in Mosquito a line tomorrow and see what he comes up with. They had some lovely bikes in there, a few IF's and a lovely looking Pegoretti.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Il Principe wrote:
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    :lol:

    Fancy popping into Mosquito bikes ce soir? I'm (hopefully) heading up there to gander at a frame before they close.

    Mosquito are a Phil stockist as well...

    If you do, could you see what their price for a high flange front Phil hub is pls?

    He reckoned around £230.

    Well the Convert2 is a lovely frame, reckon I'm sold. Time to get speccing! Gonna drop the fella in Mosquito a line tomorrow and see what he comes up with. They had some lovely bikes in there, a few IF's and a lovely looking Pegoretti.

    RIGHT, damn it, as soon as I'm back I'm going. Grrr.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Il Principe wrote:
    He reckoned around £230.

    230 for one hub?? :shock: Sure that wasn't for a pair?

    Pair that's a very good price. For a front that's crazy as they are 140ish at Hubjub

    Cheers for asking though.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    He reckoned around £230.

    230 for one hub?? :shock: Sure that wasn't for a pair?

    Pair that's a very good price. For a front that's crazy as they are 140ish at Hubjub

    Cheers for asking though.

    Must've meant a pair!
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Yeah he must've - here's the front hub for £92:

    http://www.totalcycling.com/index.php/p ... ncy&id=GBP
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  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Spent friday evening playing around with my setup. Changed the chainring from a 46 to a 42 with the same rear cog (so. I'm a natural grinder, carp at spinning fast, and and reasonably high cadence for any length of time gasses me quick so i thought this would do me some good. Man i hate it... but in a good way (i guess). Gonna stick with this for a few weeks and hopefully when i go back to my old ratio (or maybe a touch higher) my sprinting should have improved.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Spent friday evening playing around with my setup. Changed the chainring from a 46 to a 42 with the same rear cog (so. I'm a natural grinder, carp at spinning fast, and and reasonably high cadence for any length of time gasses me quick so i thought this would do me some good. Man i hate it... but in a good way (i guess). Gonna stick with this for a few weeks and hopefully when i go back to my old ratio (or maybe a touch higher) my sprinting should have improved.

    I did a similar thing with my gearing recently, due to buying some second-hand wheels... only had a freewheel 16t, so have been spinning everywhere in 46/16, and just gone to a halfway house between this and my usual 46/14... so I'm currently on... wait for it.... 46/15!

    So far good, but hopefully once the new chain arrives it'll be silky smooth.

    I'm now having an indecisive moment on the Lincolnshire Poacher... I'd really like something with rack mounts.

    Can frames be drilled for rack mounts? Is that possible?

    Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I'm now having an indecisive moment on the Lincolnshire Poacher... I'd really like something with rack mounts.
    :roll: here we go again.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I'm now having an indecisive moment on the Lincolnshire Poacher... I'd really like something with rack mounts.
    :roll: here we go again.

    I know, I know, I'm hopeless.

    Also, much as I'd like to build a tarty pretty bike, what I really need is a practical runaround that can take the abuse I give it.

    Gah. I am so lame.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
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  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
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    oh no, sorry........ it doesn't have rack mounts :p
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Oddjob62 wrote:
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    oh no, sorry........ it doesn't have rack mounts :p


    :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    But that front wheel is like totally rad, duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Wooliferkins
    Wooliferkins Posts: 2,060
    LiT, How much stuff are you looking at carrying? I've got one of theseon my commuter. You can get your tools and a jacket in without effort but there are larger ones Or my colleague uses one of these as it will take A4 files
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  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I'm now having an indecisive moment on the Lincolnshire Poacher... I'd really like something with rack mounts....Also.... I'd like to build a tarty pretty bike, what I really need is a practical runaround that can take the abuse I give it.

    It should also be suitable for time trials, light touring, towing a trailer and should cost under 500 quid :lol:
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    vorsprung wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I'm now having an indecisive moment on the Lincolnshire Poacher... I'd really like something with rack mounts....Also.... I'd like to build a tarty pretty bike, what I really need is a practical runaround that can take the abuse I give it.

    It should also be suitable for time trials, light touring, towing a trailer and should cost under 500 quid :lol:

    :lol:

    I'm prepared to sacrifice SOME prettiness for the practicality side...
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    This I like... looks like a good compromise between style and practicality, and it's available at a great price at my favourite online bike shop!

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    http://www.ritcheylogic.com/dyn_prodfamily.php?k=114837
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Rack Mounts?
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Rack Mounts?

    Shut it. :lol:

    No, it hasn't, but won't look quite so dreadful with a p-clipped one as the Poacher would have done!

    I've actually finally realised that I can go onto the Giant website and look at the Bowery geometry, and it is indeed too big.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    OK, OK....

    So, this frame has raack and guard mounts, and is still (I reckon) very pretty...

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    Only problem is that it ain't cheap!
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    :shock:

    UGLY!
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Il Principe wrote:
    :shock:

    UGLY!

    :lol::lol:

    It seems pretty much a given that if I like it, you won't!
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    :shock:

    UGLY!

    :lol::lol:

    It seems pretty much a given that if I like it, you won't!

    I like the Ritchey frame!
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Il Principe wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    :shock:

    UGLY!

    :lol::lol:

    It seems pretty much a given that if I like it, you won't!

    I like the Ritchey frame!

    But not the Ti Van Nicholas... Interesting!

    What don't you like about it?
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    :shock:

    UGLY!

    :lol::lol:

    It seems pretty much a given that if I like it, you won't!

    I like the Ritchey frame!

    But not the Ti Van Nicholas... Interesting!

    What don't you like about it?

    Where to start?
    Silver silver silver = Yuck
    Decals colour = Yuck
    Decal font = Yuck
    Van Nicholas = An awful name for a bike mnfctr. Sounds like a tribute act, or a "clever" meedja name for a new range of builders vans.


    The Burls is nicer.

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