London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

Two things strike me as wrong in that sentence - first, I have no recollection of any notable fatalities in track tandem racing, and second and more importantly I have no recollection of the UCI ever taking a decision in the interests of competitor safety.

I think the tandem sprint was eventually eliminated from high level racing (Olympics and Worlds) due to lack of wide support from world class competitors. The fact that it is still contested at a very high speed by blind stokers indicates that it is not inherently substantially more dangerous than solo competition.

Old Bars being kept to put back on if I ever Sell.......

But at the moment....It's a Keeper !!!!!

Lovely, and a bargain, but have you tried it with those wheels? I'm thinking you might want something a good bit stiffer than Shamals for sprinting on a tandem.

i hate to sound rude, but you ruined a perfect bike

Got a normal stem and 27.2-28.6 shim for £17 total. Proper stokers are much more pricey.

It will get different wheels but I'm not sure where to start. Don't want to spend alot on the bike as I'm not sure it will be ridden often.

^^^ The frame looks too big for the rider, which accounts for a lot of the dislike

I was thinking that.
How can a set of Shamals take, say.... 170kgs at 50mph?

No Worries it only fits me because I'm a Lanky Git.....!!!!!

Well each to our own and if anyone visits Willy Wonkas Choclate Factory and leaves after being stretched... then make me an Offer for the bike.... but I may not sell......
:-)

Perfect? How was it perfect before? Standard 18-23 frame. Dime a dozen! Personally I like it how it is now. Proper basher material.

Rear is easy, just borrow a disc, preferably a Comete or Corima HM. On the front, axial stiffness is basically directly proportional to spoke count, all other things being equal, so whatever works for a solo with ~50% more spokes should be OK, e.g. a 24 spoke Deep V is fine for solo use, so a 36 spoke should be OK for a tandem. Same rules apply as for any wheel, deeper rims both improve the spoke bracing angle and shorten the spokes, plus the rims themselves are usually stiffer. On indoor tracks, most teams seem to use a disc on the front too, if you can borrow one off a pursuitist it might be worth a try to see how it handles outside at HH.

I've been thinking about a tandem for time trialling just in case my dad gets too old to be let out on his own, and I fancy B43s might be a good choice for a reasonably priced wheelset for clinchers, nice and deep and strong and if you divide the weight between the two people and you can tell people you're on 350g clincher rims :-)

I'd probably whack in a threadless fork (are the existing ones a bit bent?) or quill stem (but I just dont like the quill-a-ahead things). Grips on your risers. and it's fine. Better thats it's used and functional than mildly better aesthetically (debatable)...

You really should have sold it on to somebody the right size and used the money to but a bike your size.

Agreed, just go with a quill stem or fit new forks if the current ones are bent.

What tyres are these?

pasela tourguard?

looks fantastic fun, didn't know you could get black shamals

^^ Yep http://chrisborneorestos.files.wordp...5/wheel-21.jpg

700x35

thank you!

That looks like tonnes of fun! Dibs a ride on that.

Huzzah, just got my 1982 Mercian Olympic back from them boys in Derby!

...base coat only... must...decide...on... colour....

I wonder how difficult it would be to ride a tandem on the back by yourself, as if you were riding no handed...

Fuck yeah. Maybe not with the shamals though and 200 odd kilo of riders

I want black Shamals.

Not hard, apparently. I think you need Orang-utan arms or some bits of string to hold the bars when you set off, but after that it's just riding no handed on a long wheelbase bike. Haven't done it myself, but I know my dad has back in the day.

Even easier if the tandem is designed for it...

But impossible if it's designed wrong...

Used to be mine, Nigel 182 if you get Sturmley's dibs the stronglight's I loved those, other than that, do what you think looks best with your bikes, we don't all like them the same.

Wow... impressive.

Looks like good aerodynamics tho.

I keep thinking of these 2 poor sods, when looking at the tandem.. (sorry dmczone)
;)

ha i like that video, square wheels ftw! must have cut some nasty chunks in the track

It makes me cringe.every.time.

ha wasn't expecting that... thought the pilot was gonna shit or summat... the sound as the disc cuts through the track.

Same here, amazing how they managed to reduced the speed pretty properly still,
they do look like they have proper sprinters legs tho.

There's something wrong with modern tubular gluing techniques, every time somebody punctures on the track the tyre comes off. In the olden days, people used to try to avoid that by using Shellac, now they don't seem to be bothered.

next LFGSS track day?

Got my Textima back from the painter today. Really happy with the result ...

yeah I've got the one that originally was on the frame ... no oval seattube though

as every seatpost was basically custom fitted for every frame (especially the oval ones) I doubt there are many spares

shit when did everyone start building MTB's? anyone inerested in a 19" 853 genesis altitude i have to shift?

Two of my newborn.

Concorde. Unicorn vomit pub bike. I apologise for my crimes against velo.



Enigma esprit Ti Track



Cheers
Colin

Colin, are those open pro cd on enigma

Both wharry nice.

;)

No they are Open pro Ceramic

Enigma is ridiculously nice.

that enigma remminds me of a bike i used to own. very :(

New track project, will also be ridden on streets in between hence randos....











now i just need a longer stem (110ish) and some classic drops 123s or 125s.... can any one help?

Also forgot to say, thanks to Aidy40 for the frame.

what a superbly stacked woodpile, you can come and do mine if you like?

Glad someone else noticed it. Although, I'd rather have more equal access to the big bits and the small bits.

remember the "rodaplana" bike i showed some days ago?
The owner brought this one now. It's the "time trial" bike his father used... Wow! This bike is very very very light and it was made for hight velocity. Two big chainrings and a cassete with only 5 gears (all small "cogs"). The bike use a campagnolo super record (front and rear derailler. The rear one is perfurated... maybe to make it lighter; brake levers, headset), a pantograph cinelli stem (similar to the one at the pic but not with "Eddie M"), a NJS FiveGold saddle, two FIAMME Hard Silver 24h rims (very light rims), a cinelli dropbar...

i think this one will have to be painted... i'll have to "strip&clean" her first to see the real condition of the frame.

^ oooooooh! also a ZEUS Cranks and chainrings and campagnolo super record pedals