Fixed wheel groups - winter 06/07

[Matthew Ives]

[quote]Interested to know about Vaz, and his prices, location. Want to get my fixed resprayed (and as a vintage Holdsworth he should give me a discount Very Happy ) Does 40 quid (ish) include a ful strip, prime, plus top coat and laquer as that sounds bloody good value.

Cheers,

[mark mclaughlin]

Andrew, Vaz Address:
20 Elthruda Road, just round the corner from Hither Green Station.
Might try and get down there myself on Sat Matt with Claud!
Now your getting serious with the talk of medium gear events.

[Andrew G]

Thanks for the address, will have to pay a visit to get my dodgy home respray sorted out.

[MattD]

The respray cost ( I think its now £45 ) is for one plain colour plus varnish only . My road frame has 2 colours so as a sucker for the retro look I’m paying on extra £10/15 for this

The only other cost to consider is the transfers - Vaz charges approx £20 for the supply and install all the manufacturers and Reynolds transfers.

Decal fading may be reduced by asking for an extra layer of varnish

Only concern now is that I wont want to ride my pristine frame …..

[Andrew G]

Cheers Sean.
With the world and his wife going to be turning up to the CR on a fixed with a Vaz respray I think I'll have a look at them to see what his ye olde craftsmanship is like.
Mr. Lombari's Bicicletta nera does have a very good finish.
Probably wait until the worst of winter's over anyway so I don't have to put mudguards over the shiny new paint.

[Snoop Doug]

Dave's bike was sprayed by Pearsons, tipperty top!

Cheers - Snoop

[Mike I]

Just to bring this thread back on subject, I should be out on the Dave Russell (rather pricey Mercian respray, 68") on Saturday.

My spell-check wants to replace 'fixie' with 'foxier' by the way. Which I think is rather neat.

[sid_day]

Mike I plan to be there.
Mine is a blue no-name with silver mudguards.

What group should we ride with or should we form our own?

[Mike I]

I usually join the 'Gentlemen's 18' (or similar) group on fixed. The plan was for a separate fixed group if there are enough out, but it sounds as if a fair few are still in bits in people's sheds. Once they are all built up though, we might even need to split the fixie groups according to gear inches .

[sid_day]

I'm running 66" or 69" I can't remember waht the sprocket size is.
Anyway see how we go.

[sid_day]

3 agreeable people were out on fixed bikes yesterday.
Mike, me and another chap who I didn't have a chance to chat to.

Mike, a regular fixed rider and I were on similar gears 45x18 and 44x18 and we kept up fine with an 18mph group although we took the earliest left turn to the cafe and got a seat

My back is a bit sore today.

I really enjoyed it. The return climb to the church in Redhill was perfectly manageble.