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If i had to choose a way to die, going down oxford st on that would be it.

£90 on a simple caliper brake?

I DON"FINK SO!

SMEEAR [quote]provenrad I has yellow? Sunday polo come get.

TTTOOOTTTOORRRRRROOOOOO!!!!!!![/quote]

NEKOBUS!

Said it before and i'll say it agian - i love BSNYC - some people are just begging to be made fun of.
Brakeless, and no foot retention system - AND A BUCKLED FRONT WHEEL - HAAAAA HAAAAA HAAAA!
I laughed a lot. "Potholes" my arse!
Back of taxi/old lady/brick wall is more like it!

[cite] Sano (Samsonite):
Can anyone tell me if the 'Fahfuckssakehowsitspelled?' is big enough to lock wheel and frame to something solid, or is better to get one of the 3000's for that?

Yes the Fuhg is big enough to lock wheel and frame to a regular bike stand/iron railing, but obviously not a lamp post
or anything "wide".
Heavy mind, slightly more than the abus chain but not much. No where near as heavy as the 3000 though.
As Eeehhhh said somewhere: "The strength of the NY 3000 but the small size of the mini so no one can get any tools in."
Still wouldn't leave a nice bike locked up for more than 4 hours at night though. Aint nothing that tough.

I usually tuck mine into my belt between belt loops, d bit pointing down, just above my arse so the weight is around my hips.
I find it a tad too heavy on my back in my rucksack if i am carrying all my other stuff there too.

I can't believe no one has posted the correct answer yet...

Which is:

GET A FRONT MUDGUARD.

Seriously - in light or medium rain you'll be fine for a 45 minute commute.

For me, it's only the water coming off the front tire & downtube that makes my feet really wet - most cycling
shoes can handle the water coming down from the sky for a bit, but get soaked through from direct splashes...
Front mudguard will solve this.

Like Roberto says - in really heavy rain you're going to get wet anyway. Much better to put a pair of dry socks
in your bag.

Overshoes - pah!

RPM yes, tell them your insurance won't cover the outside storage.

hadn't thought of that one - thanks.

RPM
you could also get a bike hanger to go up on the wall in the hall (if there is space and enough height) which would mean it's hardly a fire hazard if it's up off the floor and not in the way.

Tried that one but they won't have it - they want the hallway to be an oasis of calm in magnolia.

Thanks for all the comments guys - and bike storage suggestions - i've been thinking for a while that a hook in my flat will
have to be the way forward - but even this isn't good enough for the thesp who doesn't want any tiny tire marks on the walls
on the way up the stairs. Pretty hard to avoid as there's barely enough room to get round the bannisters.
"I can't live like this - in this filth!" was one comment i believe.......... I was pretty gobsmacked at that one.

I won't bore you with any more details of how impossible it is to explain my situation to this guy - and honestly i've
tried - i've even offered to repaint but he was livid by then and had stopped listening...

hippy Fscking non-bike people and their fscking fire hazard whining bullshit!
Kill them and use their flat for bike storage.

Now that's an idea!

Well now i go downstairs, prepare myself in lovely warm light hallway, hop on bike - ride off.

With that thing - go downstairs, go outside into dark peckham street, fiddle with 2+ padlocks to open it,
lift bike out, fiddle with 2 padlocks to close it - ride off.

Maybe i am being selfish? But i think the hallyway's perfectly fine. It's very wide and my bike's very skinny.
(One of my neighbours has stored a french woden drawer unit with shelves and coathooks that's at least as
big as my bike there for 7+ years...It's still there as well!)

Ableton?

Right so i have two busybody neighbours who i share the downstairs hallway of my house with.
Neither of them have to commute (one works form home and one is usually away in scotland)

But they both whinge constantly about my skinny bike "making the hallway look messy" and being a "fire hazard"
Yeah right. If you're five feet wide.

Came home today to find this note under my doorway suggesting we club together to buy one of these:

http://www.trimetals.co.uk/bicycle-storage.php?m=4&g=9

My major problem is the bike mag reviews saying how wonderful they are - so i can't say flat out - "they're no good".

Personally i'm fine with leaving them in the hallway...

vegansdontneedgears any one ever tried to claim bikes back on the loks insurance? just wondering if its worth any thing, or jsut put on their so they can charge us more

from what i've read your chances of a claim are not good - read the fine print on their faq
you need the remains of the lock for a start - which you have to send to them...
also you have to validate the insurance withing a certain amount of time of buying the lock
by sending off all the reciepts for your bike or somesuch nonsense - one of those things that
if you were super organised and had the remains of the lock you MIGHT be in with a chance but
basically i wouldn't count on it.

Love bikesnob:

"Sugino knows that fixed-gear riders’ unquenchable thirst for cheap beer and snug trousers is rivaled only by their adolescent girl-like obsession with color-coordination and accessorizing. These candy-colored cranks are anodized to get you notice-ized. Because posing should never be monochromatic."

MA3K Yeah the Lycra posse in the later sessions do fly along - I know if I went down there wearing something other than baggy-denim shorts and 100% cotton shirts I would wipe the floor with 'em.

"Hello, Claims Direct. How may i help you?"

These guys aren't about bmx grips, custom paintjobs and risers on "pub bikes".

Looking forward to seeing you put your money down tomorrow!

billa nope my last two bikes that were pinched had d locks through the rear and abus granite cable through the front. i've given up now if i'm out at the pub i just use a shit lady bike, until they become cool that is haha

How long were they left for by the way? was there anything left of the D locks to give you an inkling of how they might've gotten
through them? Info mucho appreciated!

ps. Agreed - shit looking bikes are the only way forward!

andrewleitch86 [quote]lpg what's up with all these mini d locks

...and I thought I was a fakenger, jeez.

;)

I just bought one because I read that they are the choice of couriers and urban bike riders. I thought that must mean they're a good choice among people who really need to make sure their bike doesn't get nicked.[/quote]

Refreshingly honest answer.
Also, a strong mini D lock used correctly (and yes, it IS a pain in the ass to find a proper bike stand), combined with a second lock
where necessary is - as far as i know anyway - the strongest locking strategy.
Nothing beats a bike that looks like shit though.
I have a NY fuhg mini D lock which i bought when i got my Pinarello- it weighs a ton and to be honest is slightly pointless.
It won't stop a determined thief with tools. All it does is buy me a few more minutes.
Abus discus chain round waist far more comfortable... that and my beater is the usual (and most useful, hassle free) combo for me.

Just don't spend too much money if it's your first and only bike- i've seen guys who literally can't enjoy a
pint in a pub because they have to go and check on their bike every 43 seconds... (I'm not kidding.)
Avoid bright colours and large logos - then when you have your fuji (or whatever) and you've fucked it up
good and proper you can go and spend the money you saved on some decent strong unfancy wheels.
You'll then have an amazing bike that won't attract thieves quite so much.

Or... if you always store it inside and never let it out of your sight (ie you are it's slave) - or if you have another
bike to use as a beater then yeah -go ahead with the white deep Vs, the anodized chainring and the £90 saddle...

Ultimately your call - but i've made the mistake of thinking "i'll get a nice bike and a really strong lock" myself.

Also - what The Brick said.

provenrad The ABUS around my waist took a LOT of the edge off my fall on my right hip - the plastic cover where the cable enters the locking mechanism came unclipped (snapped back in place and solid as ever), and the armoured cable got scratched almost down to the metal!

That's why those Abus armoured cable locks aren't so good in my opinion. I've seen a few cut open where the thieves have managed
to pull the armoured covering open a little (like when you fell) and get mr snippy on that weedy cable inside.

hippy It was removed before I proceeded to crash with the brand new alu steerer fork in.. the day after! Fsck!
Still, can't vouch for its history although the bike when I bought it was barely used and it didn't snap during the couple of weeks I rode it. :)
They're kinda like these without the mudguard eyes: http://www.highonbikes.com/product.asp?cookiecheck=yes&p_id=309
Make me an offer.. I can only refuse :)

I cant see that website properly hippy for some reason - can you find another pic of em?

i would say get a cheap fuji track to begin with - cheap fun and you can lock it up while you
pop into the pub without looking out the window every five seconds like a bloomin tit.
Then you'll have the time to figure out what you really want - i guarantee if you build up your
dream bike now, before you've ridden fixed for a while you'll be wasting tons of money..
Good luck though, whatever you decide.

hippy [quote]Mr Bungle I'd like some forks please.
suitable for a 1 inch head tube, steel frame that i'm converting to a winter bike.
Ideally i'd like to ditch the threaded malarkey and go with a 1" ahead set even though that will
look terribble i don't care - especially as i'll be riding in the rain and road grit a lot - don't want
another alu-stem seizure!

How about 1" full carbon? :)[/quote]

Hmm would actually prefer a carbon fork if it had an alloy steerer - i find those expander bungs
don't grip tightly enough in a carbon steerer and things get all loose. I suppose i could glue a
bit of metal to the inside and use a starfangly thingy. How much did you have in mind?
It hasn't been doinked has it?

I'd like some forks please.

suitable for a 1 inch head tube, steel frame that i'm converting to a winter bike.
Ideally i'd like to ditch the threaded malarkey and go with a 1" ahead set even though that will
look terribble i don't care - especially as i'll be riding in the rain and road grit a lot - don't want
another alu-stem seizure!

explorer There are a lot of twats in uniform in this town. I factor the occasional ticket in, but the attitude and abuse I sometimes get is just out of order.
I learned (at my expense :-) that the City police are the worst, so now I (mostly) respect lights in the square mile and that seems to do the job.

You are so right!

You should try skateboarding in the city - you can see the cops excitement as they think - woo easy, non-violent 'criminals' to lecture.
They literally have nothing to do in that sterilized boredom zone that is the city.

Once me and my girlfriend were driving back through the city after a festival.
Our numberplate was a bit faded so it was getting hard to make out.
We get pulled over and three city police separate us and ask us if we have drugs in the car
independently question us to check our "stories", after about 40 minutes of this shit they let
us go but not until they've taken both of our details down, given us a huge lecture and
"1 hour to get off the road", threatened us with possible jail terms and so on.
PRICKS!

All it would have taken was "excuse me - do you realise you numberplate is getting difficult
to read? Make sure you get that replaced asap ok?"

I'm really looking forward to the week when they crack down on RLJ cars and careless driving (not giving cyclists at least as much
room as a car as per the highway code for example)

When is that again?

And one of the "key residential complaints" is RLJ cyclists?? Can this actually be true?? Or do they mean
"one of the key residential complaints (there was that old lady who called up last year wasn't there frank?)
that we can police with near zero effort and still make it look like we're doing something useful?

The police force are a joke in my eyes. They choose what to police based on effort and what ever
is currently a hot potato politically - itself generated by column inches rather than evidence. Nothing
more than jumped up statistics collectors.

I get mugged and nose broken- Police response: ZERO
My friend gets burgled - Police response: ZERO
One of our bikes gets stolen - Police response: ZERO

RLJ - Police response: Instant

Grrr etc