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now you just need to get a decent bike!

Your mum's more than enough for me thanks.

yeh! fucktard!

I like the idea, but get the feeling the missus would kill me what with the likelihood of having tyre marks all over the wall within a few days. That said, I would be able to keep my fixed and geared indoors with a couple of those...

You could always screw a small plate of metal to the wall that sits directly under the rear tyre and paint it white (in a non racist way).

I still haven't had sushi, though, I've been meaning to for about 20 years

This place is great, have eaten there several times. Very good quality of food (preparation/freshness).

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/1661.htm

yeh! fucktard!

^ Does it come in other colours (racist)?

what argument?

read my posts, I have been asking BMMF to explain his comments, there's no argument.

was i dissing the organic swede by having it in the same sentence as a 4x4? but I wasn't dissing the 4x4 either, maybe it was the association with nimhbus he objects to?

Meh, my comment was directed (badly) at BMMF (and in josh).

^^Association is open to interpretation. Your argument has tossed off.

Bought one of these:

http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/5676.html

Stuck it up.

And it does this:

Job done.

I'd argue the toss.

And remember kids, undertaking lorries often leads to the following predicament:

just to remind everyone else apart from VanUden, there are some cons:

https://www.londonfgss.com/thread12230.html

True, fred. Another thing about cycling is I've always felt a lot safer on the bike when traveling through London, especially in the dark, which is why I was shocked from that thread to see what had happened to tynan's mate. Being attacked while on your bike must be pretty bloody rare in comparison to being attacked on foot?!

I've always preferred the Mexican wrestling mask for chilly cycling.

I had no such problem. Have you seen a doctor?

My asthmatic mate, although initially sceptical, now swears by those filter masks some people use.

I used to wear a mask but found it really annoying, it was like breathing through a clammy paper bag. Also heard some stuff about them not being that healthy?

Some great tips/info here. Cheers!

Right, back off to bikeradar now for a really interesting debate on bottle cages ;)

Cool. So, start trying 5 days a week and just vary the level of pootle/hammer by way of recovery and muscle mass will still grow (I want to lose weight but gain strength). 14 miles a day 5 days a week may not sound like much to you guys but bear in mind I'm back to cycling after years of not riding and have been building it up gradually over the past few weeks :)

Was just wondering from a fitness and weight loss perspective. I've been riding to work and back off and on for the past few weeks and enjoying it. But doing Mon-Fri (it's about 14 miles in total, there and back) would probably increase general CV fitness over time and quite probably accelerate weight loss (simply burning more calories) but building muscle would suffer as my legs wouldn't have a day in between to rest and repair (I've always been told that from a gym perspective you need a day between workouts for the body to repair/build). Does this sound about right?

Wondered what the advantages and disadvantages are to cycling every day (well 5 days in a week to be specific) as oppose to every other day, if any?

Ta muchly.

I used to get pulled off at half-time at Crewe Alexandra though...

Did they charge extra?

Heh, heh, heh - they said kunst.

:D

Honey, if you think I'm fat you need your eyes tested.

I heard you've got a fat punani. Hippy told me.

:)

can we have head from a specialized angel for a couple days?

Fixed.

Seriously though I got a PM from someone in the marketing team at Specialized and that they would be removing my avatar to use on the new Berlin Langster.

Thanks for that stunning header shot of the beautiful London's famous London Langster. I especially like the way the crop has captured the immortal 'God Save the Queen' - how quaintly punk.

This came up on an email list I belong to and is basically a summary of some really handy info if you'd like to try and recreate a rare or near impossible to find head-tube badge:

This is a "thank you" to the many people who offered suggestions on ways to
get a head badge replicated. As one way to start to repay them, what
follows are some of the leads and ideas you, the CR members, shared with me.
In most cases, I've shortened the original.

WHAT KIND OF HEAD BADGE DO YOU NEED?
I haven't seen the "Andy Hamel" badge yet, and my own small collection and
casual looks hadn't clued me in to the many options available to the bike
owner. Some (Legnano comes to mind) use elaborate castings. Most seem to be
stamped in sheet stock to get the 3-d effect. Some are apparently etched and
printed, with minimal relief.

POSSIBLE CREATORS OF REPRODUCTION HEADBADGES?
Robert Clair, Ken Denny, and others noted the custom headbadge shop,
http://www.headbadges.com/ George Ramos suggested a jewelry manufacturer who
is doing nice work for him, a place called JCCO Enterprises in Buffalo NY
that manufactures jewelry.
Dental labs for 3-D work (suggested by Dee Gordon) Metal stampers who do
things like police badges, suggested by Sarah Gibson.
Dave Bohm (Bohemian bikes) made a headbadge for Greg Thies a few years ago.
Emanuel recommended another jeweler with bike connections and experience
making custom badges: If you don't have the skills to do it yourself, I
recommend the girlfriend of Noah Rosen at Velocolour in Toronto -- that's
Mike Barry's Mariposa shop (Mike still lurks there).
Amir Avitzur noted that Mick Butler seems to have connections in this field;
he can be reached at pariscycles@yahoo.co.uk.

WISDOM:
The Wheelmen (antique bike folk),
http://www.thewheelmen.org/forum/default.asp, suggested by Jon Williams.

DIY:
Scott Minneman (and Bruce Thompson, and others) suggested LOST WAX CASTING
and similar: "Elaborate cast badges are harder, but there are low-volume
casting techniques that'll get you most of the way to a good copy. Lost wax
is a good direction to take. Direct casting in an ultra-low melting point
alloy is possible if the type of metal doesn't matter much (you make a mold
out of RTV silicone and then pour directly into that mold). If you're
wanting to do the work yourself, consider taking a jewelry metalwork
continuing education class and use this as your project." Along a similar
vein, Joel Uden suggested, "you might like to find out more about 'model
metal'. This used to be available to Fantasy Role Play Gamers who made their
own miniature models, taking a cast from a mould. The metal is an alloy and
has the advantages of being reasonably hard wearing (although would scratch
quite easily with a sharp object) and having a very low melting point (I
remember literally melting it on a stove in an old pan), ideal for the home
hobbyist."
Norris Lockley suggested "ELECTRO-FORMING:" (Gabriel Romeu's term): "If you
could get an original one you could easily have male and female press tools
made from it, by casting, possibly in bronze as this material would be
strong enough to press quite a number of badges using annealed thin guage
brass or copper..or aluminium. It would be interesting to try to make tools,
just to run off a couple or so badges, using cold cast polyester or epoxy
resin as the die material.
Alternatively with an original to work from tools could be made from
composite materials, such as hard resins, and the female form could be used
as the tool on which to deposit copper and nickel by electro
deposition...like those rreplica leaf broaches that women used to wear on
their Sunday-best jackets." Gabriel Romeu further notes, "as your are able
to get a casting from it in rubber, there are
(microcrystalline) waxes used in jewelry and dental industry that make
excellent and detailed casting that can be electro-deposited with copper
(and nickel, but everyone iknow uses copper). good article:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/electroforming.htm"

Gabriel Romeu suggests PHOTO-ETCHING (stainless, brass, copper, etc),
followed by painting, if you are working from a photo: "This is a very
interesting process that I have a fair bit of experience with using zinc,
copper, bronze and aluminum. I have done it with commercial photo resist
etch products (radio shack is one of the suppliers in the US, it is used to
produce printed circuit boards), but i prefer using laser printer output
which results in a 'looser' image. basically, it is printing out the reverse
image as dark as possible from a laser printer, and transferring it to the
metal through heat, then etching the metal with the appropriate
mordant/acid. For copper/bronze the item is placed face down in ferric
chloride, face up with zinc and nitric acid, and aluminum face down in
sodium hydroxide (lye). I am sure you are aware of the implications of the
care in disposal and handling of these chemicals, this is very
important...."

Finally, I must quote all of Norris Lockley's lovely essay:

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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 19:02:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Norris Lockley
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]How to make a headbadge..
Reply-To: xxxxxxxxx

That's quite a task Harvey, but it isn't impossible..just takes time,
effort, dedication, and some money thrown at it would make it quicker and
easier..

Trying not to adopt the latter element, there are probably four of more ways
to make the badge.

If you could get an original one you could easily have male and female press
tools made from it, by casting, possibly in bronze as this material would be
strong enough to press quite a number of badges using annealed thin guage
brass or copper..or aluminium. It would be interesting to try to make tools,
just to run off a couple or so badges, using cold cast polyester or epoxy
resin as the die material.
Alternatively with an original to work fromtools could be made from
composite materials, such as hard resins, and the female form could be used
as the tool on which to deposit copper and nickel by electro
deposition...like those replica leaf broaches that women used to wear on
their Sunday-best jackets.

Repousse technique ie the beating of thin non-ferrous metal into the design,
using a bowl of pitch to support the metal plate.. this would be done from
the reverse side first in rough, and then the metal badge would be turned
over and set in the pitch and the accurate definition of the badge picked
out by chasing with very fine tools. very skilful..but not at all
impossible particularly with the aid of watchmakers googles to magnify the
workplace.

Casting would be another form of obtaining a badge, assuming that you can
get your hands on an original one. Dental plaster of cuttle-fish bone could
be used as the mould. Some one whom I think is associated with this List has
had a hand in reproducing those bronze Hetchins badges that turn up from
time to time. This is of course would be handy if the original ones were
cast.

Assuming the originals were in plate copper or brass or aluminium, it should
be possible to make a mould from the original by spark erosion., or deep
engraving,.followed by some press work.. Finally, for now, assuming that the
original is low relief brass or copper or even aluminium, like some of the
later Hetchins, ie almost flat brass plates, this could be copied easily by
photo-etching. All you would need for that is either a good photo to scale
or accurate artwork.

If you can get your hands on an original or a photo so that you know what
you have to try to make, I would take it along to a silversmith in the first
instance. These days such smiths are trained in multia-medi processes..and
they should be able to master repousse, casting, electro-forming/plating and
engraving.

Norris Lockley..Settle UK
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Thank you, friends, and I hope that this compilation will be of use to
others. What a bunch!

harvey sachs
mcLean va usa

^ No, you're thinking of hydroexplodium.

I can definately see why people say the seat is horrible, that will be my next upgrade.

The only saddle that looks really good on a Fuji Track is a Brooks, although this goes against all fashion conventions it just works and nobody really knows why. Dale will be along to confirm this shortly.