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hi firstlove,

welcome. yes, there are a few of us on here - not too many social things happening at the moment because we all seem to be caught up in serious training / injuries / track racing and more.

other than that, should be a bit more lively by august. the seafront and the undercliff are good rides, and we also ride out over the downs a fair bit. drop us all a line when you're down.

@ digs - i've ridden critical mass here once - unpleasant! not very many riders so the cars were really dangerous

That means it has a Cinelli BB shell. You can almost make out the maker's mark on the rear brake bridge, but if the guy says it's a Cougar I'd see no obvious reason to think he's bullshitting.

if it's a cougar then it was built by terry dolan.

man, i keep on missing this through my own stupidity. i will get there tho as it's right up my alley!

i'll take the wheels for £30, maybe some of the other bits too if you're splitting. (will have to check - building up a bike for a mate)

i'm in brighton but will collect in london if you're up for it.

up for it any time past the dynamo

1. (46) Cornelius Blackfoot
   
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    Just 17. Crispin Glover
    
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if you want a route going up devil's dyke rather than ditchling (slightly more manageable, pub at the top) then holla at a playa.

i've asked my pa to put it in my diary... so yeah, i'm there ;-)

holler at a playa closer to the time

keep going lads - following with interest and envy!

is this thread a lure to out the old duffers who wake up to the today programme? this old duffer heard it too.

it was predictably embarassing (jolly beeb reporter saying "gosh" and "fixie" a lot) but it was neutral to the point of being banal which was a bit of a relief. it was also the first mainstream piece i've heard to mention the coming fixed gear apocalypse by acknowledging that the phenomenon had now entered the mainstream and concluding that when something enters the mainstream (i.e. when jolly beeb reporters become aware of it i assume?) it ceases to be cool. the piece finished with the assertion that fixed gears will soon be riden by nurses and grannies alike.

fair enough.

i heard it too, i agree... talked about brakles fixiebikes® but didn't make a big deal of it - seemed to think some were street legal, too.

also, it was pretty funny when the reporter bloke tried out the bike shop guy's bike. cue lots of huffing, puffing and straining followed by: 'i can see why this is fun'!

my friend Seb did this live on tv for a kids programme, against a British junior champion. He just pipped the dude on the line. Sprinters have serious acceleration...

Yeah, but you're not allowed to ride the "Athlete's Hour" with carbon bling, you HAVE to ride a "normal" Merckx's record-style bike. The performance hour allows aero bits and bobs but people don't seem to bother with that since it's not the 'true' hour record - not even sure you CAN ride it? Boardman might keep it forever :)

sosenka rode a carbon-tubed bike. rules only say you have to have round-tubes. obviously he wasn't acting in the 'spirit' of the rules but that's not really fashionable these days - just ask an MP.

sosenka also tested positive for crystal meth, so it's fair to say that he didn't make all the best choices in life...

go on papa winston!

there was a CTC article on this in their magazine a while back. seems it's ok, although at the driver's discretion

16 spokes is the minimum I believe (per wheel, not each :O)).

those wheels have already broken an hour record - he lent them to darren kenney, who set the para-cycling record in february, at the world champs i think.

Thanks Ben, I'll pop down soon. Let us know about those film nights.

and the parties!

that donald hirsch route is pretty good, but completely fucks up in the suburbs.

we did it last year, brighton to paris in a day, didn't really sleep the night before (overnight ferry) and we went totally loony trying to find our way through the housing estates, across major roads etc.

not sure what to suggest except to get some sleep!

hi,

the redevelopment will take years to be sorted out, if it happens... plenty of time to show your support. will talk to anthony and pm you

are any of the chainrings 1/8"

ta

yeah can we arrange another, really pissed off to miss it.

foot feels better tho

^^^ not entirely true... a pearl is longer than a nitto dynamic of the same length. only theory me and elvis could come up with is that the dynamic is measured horizontally, whereas pearl is measured along the stem (ie, at an angle to the horizontal). this isn't what the diagram on the box says tho!

wish i had a girl who looked good... i would call her!

I may be wrong, but it looks like the stems you're looking at are for unthreaded forks - and the one on benscycle is for 1 1/8th.

If you want a nice silver stem with an aggressive angle, go for a Nitto Pro AA. Hubjub sells them, not cheap tho cos of our shit currency

friday night its latex and feather boas

yeah fixed riding is still very much a minority interest here!

hey guys,

gonna have to give tonight a miss. did something to my achilles shifting boxes over the weekend and had a light ride yesterday that's made it worse.

don't want to jeopardise calshott!

good luck andy on your first race!