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Looks nice, mind telling how much this cost.. roughly?

There's been many innovations from the off road world that have come over to the road side of things but, almost without fail, the rate of adoption has been breathtakingly slow. They come eventually though.

If you're planning on cutting down the steerer once you're happy with your stem height, I have a clamp you can borrow. It is the £20 one from Parker.

Yes they are. I might go tubeless, depends if someone other than Hutchison brings out tubeless tyres. (I have a long standing antipathy to Hutchison tyres).

Cool, I'd be interested to see how you get on with them - I came to the conclusion that the low availability of tubeless tyres indicated that it wasn't catching on.

Exciting stuff jonny. I'll try and share a few of those celebration miles with you.

YouTube - Niner Bikes Fork Hammering

Don't want to look like a stalker but that deserve to be posted:

Wow! Nice! I wanted those wheels - are they two way fit?

5-6Nm is probably tighter than you tighten up your seatpost, if that helps. It is also tighter than I do my cleats, but I'm amazed you were able to damage the Sidis - I'd take 'em back.

Second-hand wheels going for the same price as brand new ones?! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330368466426

MA3K looking confused on a ladies shopper (??), followed by Nhatt looking elegant.

Also Jimbilly yesterday looking like he was wrapped up warm.

This is a total nerd thing to write, that I can't believe I'm writing, but I can't help myself:

I touched the "real thing" at the Harrogate Show in 1976...yes, I am that old....when it was on display there. The actual bike had drilled handlebars (yes, you read that correctly) and the holes then taped over with sellotape (yes, you read that correctly too) and was already pretty battered after 4 years of doing the rounds of trade shows. It looked nowhere near as prstine as the one on show in the tubestation, which no doubt was a spare bike.....

There you go....I told you I was sad....

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The new Pashley 3 speed fixed ...

I wasn't sure what to make of this because even with a nicely tight chain, the Pashley fixed mechanism had about the same amount of play which would make me tighten up my chain.

It is a clever idea, but one I suspect which hasn't been done before because it is nothing more than a clever idea.

It was a great day out. I've been very nervous over the last week or so about how this race would go, but it all worked out in the end.

I started off fairly well, but as soon as I hit the first steep section, I wheel spun a few times which knocked my rhythm and slowed me down a bit. I then relaxed on the flattish bit in the middle and went for it at the end with the crowd's encouragement. I was pretty whacked at the top.

My main objective was to beat last year's time, which I managed by two seconds (2:15 this year). What was even better was that all of the times this year were slower than last year, presumably because of the slippiness (I think most people skidded a bit). The winner was Richard Gough at 1:58.

In the event I was only 6 seconds off the podium, which I think is a pretty decent achievement, so I'm very happy. Bike performed well and no other complaints.

It was good to have a forum crowd as ever, and I hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

I had a thought that one of the best ways around the removable dropout/splitable seatstay would be to put the cog on the outside of the frame. However I couldn't come up with any sensible way of doing it which would still enable the wheel to turn.

Then I saw that Chris Boardman's Lotus does in fact have the cog on the outside of the frame:

I think this might be a good solution to the problem, though it possibly may still need a special dropout.

I met Eddy Merckx, which was the highlight for me.

I put some new handlebar tape on my sports bike.

Got some very nice NOS Benotto bar tape there today.

There's a good interview with Max Pendleton in the brochure. He basically says the record will never be beaten because to do so would require a tail wind, and the overgrown trees prevent there ever being a tail wind.

Did my final bit of training tonight. Now it is all massages from my soigneur and resting till the big day.

Winston was your shirt NOS?

It is a strange geometry, is that normal of these frames?

If I'd known it was 56cm top tube, I'd have bought it when it was on eBay first time around!

sounds like it was really interesting. I saw him out on his bike on Sunday.

Apparently pistolero is going to be there on Friday! Totall 531, going to try and get a pic with the big man, we'll both be finger banging!

how about a danger wank? family coming home at 6.00? start tossing in the front room at 5.55

I lol-ed for about fifteen seconds.

As I told you last night (I think - I told someone anyhow), years ago I read an article by Chris Boardman on how to ride a hill climb. He stated that you should be losing consciousness as you cross the line, collapsing into the arms of your helper. My thoughts then, which were along the lines of "Fuck. That. Shit.", remain.

Yeah, it was me you told. Reminds me a bit of Desgrange's ideal that the Tour de France should be so hard that only one rider would finish.

Glad someone started this thread, as it has been a good day out in the past and should be this year too.

I'm just doing my final bits of training, getting my bike sorted and myself motivated. The whole thing is quite an undertaking really; so I'm looking forward to it being over, sitting back with a cold glass of beer and hanging up my gloves for the final time this year.

fixed. i missed the deadline (bit of a fail on my behalf) so not riding up that hill on sunday...

Oh no, what a shame! How did the Brompton champs go on Sunday?