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This was my winter commuter. Built from a nice 653 frame with lugged construction, I had the frame powder coated in a light sand colour for durability and built it up with some really great components:

Phil double sided rear hub with EAI 18T track sprocket on Open Pro rim
XT front hub, also on Open Pro rim
Stronglight Myagi track chainset with 48T chainring
Track chain 

Nitto bullhorn bars 42cm
Nitto UI-5GX stem
SKS mudguards

Fork left uncut (I never got round to it) so you can trim to length and bung some spacers 

Campagnolo Chorus 1” Headset
Diatech Dirty ~Harry brake lever

Shimano SLR front brake (no rear, obviously)

The frame measures 56cm centre-centre on the seat tube.


A few of the fasteners have rusted a little as the bike has been in dry, inside storage in my garage for a couple of years (see photos). You could totally ride it as is, but I’d be inclined to replace the tyres and chain before hitting the streets with it. 



Like the other bike I’ve got up here, I’ll be really sad to see it go, but my knees just can’t take fixed any more so it’s time to find a few of my bikes a new home.



Pedals not included. Collection from UB6 - I’ll only consider posting it to you if it’s fully insured at your expense and you pay the full asking price.

Probably best to get in touch for a chat - 07960 875660.



£400


This was my summer fixed wheel track bike. Built from the most beautiful vintage FW Evans track frame, it’s one of a kind and gets noticed everywhere. I had it powder coated black for durability and built it up with some really great components:



Surly 1” forks (utterly bombproof for the street) left uncut so you can trim to length and bung some spacers Mavic 32h Open Pro rims
Goldtech hubs front and rear

Stainless black Sapim spokes
18T track sprocket

Track chain

FSA single ring track crankset (48T)
Ritchey Stem

BBB Headset

Profile bars 42cm

Diatech Gold Finger brake lever

Campagnolo Mirage front brake (no rear, obviously)

The frame measures 56cm centre-centre on the seat tube.

I’ve put an absolute fortune into this bike and although it’s not 100% perfect, it’s in really beautiful mechanical condition. A few of the fasteners have rusted a little as the bike has been in dry, inside storage in my garage for a couple of years (see photos). You could totally ride it as is, but I’d be inclined to replace the tyres and chain before hitting the streets with it. It’s absolutely light as a feather, handles whip-fast and purrs along like a baby.



This really was my absolute favourite fixed-gear ride of all time and it breaks my heart to see it go, but my knees just can’t take fixed any more so it’s time to find a few of my bikes a new home.



Pedals not included. Collection from UB6 - I’ll only consider posting it to you if it’s fully insured at your expense and you pay the full asking price.

Probably best to get in touch for a chat - 07960 875660.



£500


Yeah, I did the same. So count me in. Hopefully without gears.

1. Clefty
   
2. Mrs_Socks
   
3. Caz
   
4. T4
   
5. Charlotte
   

Ain't no way I'm carrying a toddler seat on my fixed!
But I could make those dates on my own. It's been a while since I rode anything other than my tourer...

there is this girl called Charlotte.

You called?

Katie - YHPM :)

Wow, what an absolutely top day out that was! Without wanting to repeat what everyone else has said too much; big, big thanks and massive props to the organizers of this awesome bike ride. This surely has to be up there as one of London's premier annual bike events now, doesn't it?

I made a little time lapse film from atop my penny farthing handlebars which you may want to see. It's on my blog at www.velopoly.com where I've written a bit more about all the fun I had yesterday.

Sad story of a garage being broken into in Ealing and 8 bikes stolen, 4 of which were fixed/track bikes.

http://bicycleslut.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/break-in-at-the-seekrit-bunker/#more-949

That's me. Our garage. Our bikes.

Including two fixies (three if you count the S3X) and some unique, irreplaceable machines.

Please keep an eye out for 'em, folks.

Kat and I will be there, racing pre-1910 penny farthings at the Centenary Grand Old Ordinary One Mile Challenge.

Nope, I'm afraid that's all Phil took. Which is a shame because if you're going to go headbutting the tarmac on a penny, it would at least be nice to have some decent mid-air shots...

Does anyone actually bother to contact RP about this kind of thing? Seems like an accident waiting to happen (maybe)?

It's getting to the point where it's fucking dangerous in there right now. I grinked the Royal Parks Chief Exec. about it this morning.

More details and photos on my blog

Rogerzilla and I are teammates on the Brompton World Championships race. He built me a sooper SEEKRIT hub for racing and is a very lovely chap.

Oh - and just for the record, I'm a sturdy girl and would cheerfully kick the OP's arse for him.

My mate TJ got hit by a taxi this morning and wants to know if anyone witnessed it and would be prepared to give a statement. In his words over on YACF:

It all took place between the Oval Junction A3 Clapham Rd crossing A202 Camberwell New Road, and the turning of Kennington Park Place northbound about 0815 onwards this morning

A number of cyclists were witnesses to one or other part of the events, but, as I was dealing with an unstable cabbie at the time, I was unable to take details.

If you saw any of the following, I (and the Police) would be keen to hear from you:

1. Taxi sideswiping me on the junction (I was not knocked off, but was injured)

2. Taxi driver getting abusive after being stopped

3. Taxi driver hitting me and grabbing my bike, throwing it to the gutter while I was on the phone to the emergency services

4. Taxi driver yelling at me to disrupt the emergency call

5. Taxi driver attempting to drive away from the collision, apparently happy to run me over in the attempt.

6. Taxi driver's second assault of me.

When I left the scene, the Police were still considering whether to arrest the driver. I have not been able to be in touch for an update.

Please PM me your contact details if you can help.

I'm not going to say more online just now (though I will be posting this request elsewhere) because I am determined these crimes will be prosecuted.

You can contact him at YACF or PM me here. He'd have posted himself, but there's a waiting period between joining and posting here (there's not over at YACF if you need to PM him there).

Sorry if this should be in Rider Down, please move if needs be.

Yesterday's grimp-fest. Not awfully fixed friendly, I'll grant you - but an excellent ride, nonetheless.

YouTube- C&MHilly50.wmv

http://bicycleslut.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/the-cheam-and-morden-hilly-50/

What a thoroughly unpleasant woman she is. I hope she reads this and the many other threads all over the intertubes dedicated to her today.

http://bicycleslut.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/petronella-wyatt-is-wrong/

graeme have a word with charlotte, she and a couple of friends ride penny's round london, think they'd be the best people to talk about riding farthings around ye olde london town
http://www.londonfgss.com/member482.html

For the avoidance of doubt - I'm in. Definitely coming. Wouldn't miss it for the world.

I'm so there if this happens again.

Chapeau!

Anyone know who the chap on the Brompton was? I had a brief chat with him en-route - very nice fella, who rode fixed one year wearing a kilt (he described said kilt as afterwards smelling like a dead fox).

That's The legendary Andy Gates and yes, he's mainly on YACF. He did it onna Brommie last year, too. Straight out of the box, it was. What a shakedown ride! The rest of the time, he rides a Mercian fix, down in Devon.

http://andygates.livejournal.com/

It's Wednesday and my poor arse hasn't recovered from what I did to it at the weekend. I have learned that sitting bolt upright for fifteen hours, whilst pedaling 30Kgs of recalcitrant steel up and down hills isn't particularly good for you.

But what a ride it was! I think I must have been passed by pretty much every Dunrunner, which was brilliant because everyone was giving me so much encouragement. Not only that, but I had a load of friends who stuck with me, looking after me in the badlands of Essex and then keeping me awake and motivated in the wee small hours. By the time the sun came up, I still had half the ride to go and despite having had a lot of experience with long-distance riding, I'd not quite imagined how tough the DD was going to be on my penny.

I had to have a snooze at about 8am in Needham Market because I was a bit shot away. Twenty minutes power nap, followed by a strong cup of Joe sorted me out and I was good for the last stretch. I strongly recommend taking a little camping stove and the makings of your own coffee and hot food, by the way. Even if it's only instant coffee and dehydrated camp grub, everything you need to conjure up a meal can be packed into a little saddle bag and it's such a boost to the morale to know that you're not dependent on the official feed stop.

We did a little better than this as we were carrying fresh coffee, pasta and a load of really nice food. My friends Andy, Phil, Duncan and David were absolute stars for sticking with me throughout the ride. Andy and David deserve special mention for their daft bikes - a three speed Brompton and a similarly geared 1950's Triumph gents' roadster!

Arriving at Dunwich was really special for me. We got in at almost exactly noon, to find my partner Liz was waiting with a stove and sausage sandwiches, which we had after a fabulous swim. If you've not experienced the sheer bliss of jumping into the cool sea after a Dun run and feeling your muscles relax and start to heal, you really must try it next year.

Anyway; Phil was wearing a head-cam as we rolled into Dunwich. Here's the footage:

YouTube - Arrival at Dunwich on my penny farthing

Oh arsicles. My mate Andy's penny is unwell. We spent most of the afternoon fettling it to within an inch of its life, but it still feels the need to spit its cranks off every couple of miles. And the special pedals it uses are Donald Ducked.

he's going to borrow a safety bicycle and come along as my Egor. Am I to be the only Ordinaryenger?

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There and other way back:

1. Wibble (road bike) - parents house then train the day after
   
2. Sam (fixed) - riding back to Ipswich to catch the train
   
3. C2 (fixed) - to Ipswich maybe :D
   
4. actualmatthew (fixed) - ride to Ipswich for the train back to Cambridge.
   
5. 
   
6. EcoLoco (fixed) prob ride to Ipswich, may ride back
   
7. huge16 (ss) beach BBQ and beer then lift back. Hoping to put some beer n BBQ in the car for all you lot if possible!
   
8. The Seldom Killer - Geared. Getting a lift home with gf who is bringing the van and has assured me that she will bring some beer and stick it on ice.
   
9. Sasmon - Fixed or geared - haven't decided yet (staying with some friends in the country)
   
10. jonny. not sure if fixed or geared. riding back part of possibly all the way. like everything in life it will depend on the wind.
    
11. Shazam (geared or fixed, likely riding to Ipswich)
    
12. photoben (fixed) - Cycling to Ipswich, or maybe Colchester.
    
13. Emilia (fixed) - B&B and riding back the next day, or something
    
14. clintsmoker - there and bit way back - geared -
    
15. texas. not sure geared/fixed/ride back/ride train station/ only think i'm sure of is cider in the morning
    
16. furious tiles (road bike) - picked up by gf.
    
17. Gav - geared. Riding back to a station but not sure which one.
    
18. Porter Pearson(fixed)- there and halfway back
    
19. BMMF - sucking TNRC wheels.
    
20. one1 (fixed, 44x16 and 44x18 SS on the flip in case I'm not man enough)... mate lives in Ipswich
    
21. Evin Munchkin (Geared) riding back to Ipswich
    
22. JimL (Fixed 48:18) Getting lift back
    23.gormley (fixed) train if riding fixed
    
23. habbi (caramel shortbread and ipswich train)
    
24. Barbados (fixed - lift back)
    
25. DGaff13 (fixed - lift back)
    
26. Crowbar (fixed - lift back)
    
27. Gralegav - geared. also riding back to a station but not sure which one
    
28. Chartlotte (penny farthing, getting a lift back from my partner)
    
    

There and coach back:

1. broker (fixed)
   
2. clefty (road bike)
   
3. Soul (road bike)
   
4. Olly398 (not sure whether geared or fixed yet)
   
5. mo_mo (fixed)
   
6. Olly398's 5 roadie mates
   
7. mjs110 (road bike)
   
8. Crispin Glover (fixed and brakless)
   9, 10. Sparrow + friend Duncan (2x fixed)
   
9. Steff (road bike, probably)
   
10. CheBeef (roady) Not going :-( I'm broke and saving for the hols.
    
11. Aroogah (Geared)
    
12. horatio (geared)
    
13. tika (i don't know yet)
    
14. tonythetiger (geared)
    
15. Cohen (sturmey-archer!)
    
16. Hoops (geared)
    
17. VeeVee (maybe and if maybe, definitely geared)
    
18. Jaygee (fixed)
    
19. middleofnowhere (fixed 46/16 with 46/17 ss on the flip for when the pain starts)
    
20. Polybikeuser (shiny new road bike - & probably embarrassingly slow as I haven't had time to do nearly as much preparation for this as I'd intended :?)
    
21. Taogeogheganhart ( Road bike and broken finger+hand )
    
22. Owen Jowett (fixed)
    
23. tom-saracen (geared)
    
24. harry__ (geared)
    
25. Ali_w (geared)
    
26. Shippey (geared)
    
    

There and back:

1. hillbilly (road bike)
   
2. object (road bike)
   
3. Oliver Schick (road bike)
   
4. Scott not Scot (fixed)
   
5. Tricity bendix (fixed)
   
6. Greenbank (fixed)
   
7. Radius (road bike)
   
8. Nishiki (road bike)
   
9. gormley (road bike)
   
10. Davey C (fixed)
    
11. fiddy (geared)
    
    

There and no-idea how getting back:

1. MA3K (Fixed 47-16)
   
2. marcom (geared)
   
3. jcgarcia (fixed)
   
4. diapo (fixed)
   5 BigFatAl (fixed)
   
   

There and back at a 400 mile 24hr pace:

1. disrail (road bike with clip on Tri bars)
   
   

Not going there at all but lying back, cockateel in hand, on a beach in the south of france / croatia / Teddy Sheringham:

1. Slag (fixed!)
   
2. shoots
   
3. Skully (Audi A2 tdi)
   
4. Cornelius SouthofFranceBeachFestivalFoot
   
   

Going up the aisle to get fixed

1. murtle
   
   

Drinking all murtle's beer while he gets all soppy:

1. hippy
   
   

Sat at home wishing they were going:

1. stompy
   
2. pascalo
   
3. CheBeef
   
   

Crying into a bottle of whisky

1. hael
   

Look out for a pair of idiots on penny farthings. That'll be me and Andy. You'll not be surprised to hear that we're not going to be riding home.

For one night only, shouts of "do a skid" will be encouraged (if not actually acted upon...)

Mostly he does, yeah :)

Pictures available here:

http://bishopsimeontrust.wordpress.com/

[mode:radicaldyke=ON]

Assuming I actually wanted to pull blokes...

A woman should try letting some air out of her tire--and thereby give a male biker who might happen to pass her by an opportunity to be a kinght in shining armor."
So I'm just going to ride around and risk puncturing on the off-chance that someone will take pity on me? And WTF is a kinght anyway?

I can tell you from my own experience that I love men who offer to help me in any way with my bike
I sodding don't. They give me the right fucking hump.

I do all my own maintenance and I build my own wheels. If, as has happened in the past, some know-it-all twit comes and tries to take the spanner out of my hands when I get a mechanical, I'll be very tempted to ram it up his patronising arse without benefit of so much as a squirt of WD40.

Crap article, crap attitude, crap magazine. I'll stick to Bizarre when I want a little glossy light reading.

[/dyke]

I was there today. Any other Forum Nakedengers want to own up?

For those of you who are too achingly hip to be seen within a country mile of a CTC ride, I've made a short film to show you what you're missing.

Warning: for those viewers of a nervous disposition, there is explicit man-on-man canvas saddlebag and white beard action in this film that has been rated Parental Advisory.

http://www.vimeo.com/5117138