British Bicycles of Chicago

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Comment by globalguy on December 15, 2010 at 7:54pm

Are island chix really that good looking???

Comment by Alan Lloyd on December 15, 2010 at 7:34pm

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Comment by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on December 13, 2010 at 7:56pm

:-P

 

I wish I had the room for another tool drawer.  I used to keep it inside the garage out on the alley but someone broke in emptied it out for me.  Such nice guys for them to give me more room.  Now I have it inside and have it all refilled.

 

My name is James and I have a tool-buying addiction...

Comment by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on December 13, 2010 at 1:20pm

I don't think there would be room in my 7-drawer rolling toolbox for so much as a stem, much less a whole bike's worth of components!

 

I just bought an Avenir 3rd-hand cable buddy and a Park pin spanner and had to cram them in on top of other stuff to get them to fit into it.

Comment by Alan Lloyd on December 13, 2010 at 9:16am

And now a similar lilac Raleigh Competition frame pops up on Craig's List in Minneapolis - small world ...

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/bik/2109757643.html

Comment by SlyRed on December 9, 2010 at 2:42pm

Progress pictures . . . we want progress pictures!

Comment by globalguy on December 8, 2010 at 9:13am

This just in from The Chap:

Harris Tweed Turnaround

Sales in Harris Tweed, one of Britain’s last remaining cottage industries, are soaring. This year, more than 630 thousand metres of tweed have been sold, compared with 450 thousand last year. Harris Tweed has had its brush with the doldrums in recent years but, despite the recession, the Hebridean island industry forecasts a healthy future, with output soaring, thus ensuring that a new generation of weavers can be trained, confident in their future.

Lorna Macaulay, chief executive of the Harris Tweed Authority, said: “We have three mills producing tweed; they are selling to overseas markets and going to all the right shows. It’s very exciting, especially during the economic downturn. There is a renaissance in handmade quality products, which is exactly the box Harris Tweed ticks. There is still a discerning customer out there who wants quality goods, handmade in Scotland.”

While the tailors of Savile Row continue to use Harris Tweed in the construction of sturdy country wear, high-street menswear outlets with strange names such as Topman, Reiss and Banana Republic are now churning out admittedly less well-constructed off-the-peg suits and jackets, perhaps inspired by the popularity of the Doctor’s latest incarnation, played by Actor Matt Smith, whose fondness for a Harris Tweed sports jacket also shows an upturn in the sartorial standards of British science fiction characters.

Comment by mike w. on December 2, 2010 at 12:51pm

Well... "original" enough to interest. Just more ill-informed eBay Hype (and nowhere near the worst i've seen,) but still a damn good-looking bike. Thanks for pointing it out.
Peace.
Out.

Comment by mike w. on December 2, 2010 at 12:47pm

I'm kinda happy that this bike is too small for me... i'd bid on it if it were a 23 1/2... and seriously disturb my domestic life.

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