bikeworkshop
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On the basis that the saddle and stem cover the cost, and I'm picking up from there anyway
Just bought this🙄
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On the basis that the saddle and stem cover the cost, and I'm picking up from there anyway
Guinessisgoodforyou
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Not just me then 
bikeworkshop
Senior Retro Guru
Not just me then
I don't have to keep all mine in the front room though
*And people come and give me money and take them away
leaving space for more
*just a select few
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
I don't keep mine in the ...I'm gonna stfu.I don't have to keep all mine in the front room though
And people come and give me money and take them away
*just a select few
bikeworkshop
Senior Retro Guru
They are just resting between rides
Talking about stuffing bikes into houses, I remember going to see a pair of wheels in a big flat in old Edinburgh. It had an enormous square hallway with all the rooms off it. There must've been 20 bikes in the hallway, and as I passed another door to a room, it was stuffed full of bikes and frames to the gunnels.
The guy was, how can I put it: a fair bit weird. He took me to a big walk in cupboard which was absolutely rammed with bike parts. There was loads of Campagnolo in boxes. I asked if he was a mechanic or owned a bike shop 'No, just like bikes, eh?'
It was only then that I noticed on the back of the doors he had about 2 foot square of tiny mirrors glued into them. He caught me looking... 'So ye can see him coming, know what I mean?'. I made my excuses and left without the Shimano Dura Ace large flange wheels, quick style. I heard he died in the very same flat a few years later and they had to break the door down because it was almost barricaded with bikes. The local bike recycling had a field day!
The guy was, how can I put it: a fair bit weird. He took me to a big walk in cupboard which was absolutely rammed with bike parts. There was loads of Campagnolo in boxes. I asked if he was a mechanic or owned a bike shop 'No, just like bikes, eh?'
It was only then that I noticed on the back of the doors he had about 2 foot square of tiny mirrors glued into them. He caught me looking... 'So ye can see him coming, know what I mean?'. I made my excuses and left without the Shimano Dura Ace large flange wheels, quick style. I heard he died in the very same flat a few years later and they had to break the door down because it was almost barricaded with bikes. The local bike recycling had a field day!
jim haseltine
Senior Retro Guru
The only reason that there aren't two bikes in my dining room at the moment is that one of them is on a turbo trainer in my garage.
bikeworkshop
Senior Retro Guru
Collecting tomorrow along with a ton of oak carpentry offcuts.
I'll let you know
I'll let you know
bikeworkshop
Senior Retro Guru
A fairly basic Elswick, but charming Norex saddle, missing a nose adjuster, sure i can find one and I bet its brooks- compatible. worth £20
Milremo stem worth £15
And a pair of saturne-rimmed 27 clinchers, handy to assemble a nice vintage piece, value£40.
So although most of it will be recycled
a lot will go on to save other vulnerable and elderly machines in the twilight of their days. 
