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Wow, that beard has really grown in nicely now Smyth.

Celebs go 'fixie'...

http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com/bfm_gallery/2009/05/milo_ventimiglia_riding_his_bicycle_in_santa_monica/gallery_main/gallery_main-miloventimiglia-biking-05182009-01.jpg

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Long Acre....

Approved by proximity to Bow Street - taxis, peds, coaches, u-turns, carnage.

It depends... for commuting I just wear regular clothes, nothing padded, but for longer rides I wear bibs (mens ones at the moment, just with the shoulder straps crossed on my chest faux assos style) or padded undershorts. I've personally found no real difference in comfort between knicks and commando, but then the furthest I've ridden in a day is only about 60 miles (though it was over cobbled Ronde van Vlaanderen routes, so not exactly easy going).

Padded undershorts are useful because they're cheaper than going the full bibs route (I personally hate cycling shorts, and womens bibs are stupidly expensive compared to blokes versions, which I massively resent), and you can chuck normal jeans and shorts over the top of them.

nope brixton just before jamm and brixton hill just before the top.

nope, Waterloo Road by the station

@souths massive in general, lambeth country show: worth going? i'll be picking records and stuff during the early afternoon (depending on time home from brighton) and may fancy some mini festival vibes.

There are worse ways to spend an afternoon :) Depends on your fondness for reggae, sheepdog displays, and novelty vegetable competitions though...

Video about lorries and blindspots from TFL released today:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/11687.aspx?lid=switcher

News link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8153875.stm

Lambeth Country Show for the morning / early afternoon, followed by Bright Times!
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/Environment/ParksGreenSpaces/EventsInParks/LambethCountryShow2009Programme.htm

Hold and owl for a pound! Plus King Tubbys on Saturday lunchtime. I'll be on the field by the lido, with a rival sound system, some chucklehead cider and a frisbee...

Oh and the Victoria tube is closed this weekend for any walkengers.

Don't forget the goat milking, it's not a Country Show without ungulates :) Housemates and me are planning a cider and jerk chicken epic from the food stands, breakfast, lunch and early dinner, both days, be rude not since we only live across the road.

Probably been seen before, but this ad was on the back of the Country Show flier that was delivered in Lambeth today. I suppose it's something atleast, but the white space at the bottom seems like a missed opportunity to actually explain in a sentence or two why the left side of a lorry is a dangerous place - to a less-aware cyclist it could just seem like a general nag about not getting close to lorries, and doesn't address the left-turn issue at all. The photo is quite poor too, the perspective is odd, so I'm not sure if it's meant to be an example of a dangerous or safe road position...

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2. Aleksi
   
3. Pistanator
   
4. coppiThat
   
5. damo
   
6. Snowy Again on a duff pc.
   
7. Dov aka DJ Talent
   
8. Charco-al
   
9. jaygee
   
10. Cleftiko & MOC (Chili Lamb Burgers and Kebabs?)
    
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12. Chicken Wings Pun
    
13. Pop 'N' Fresh Squire
    
14. stevo_christmas burgers
    
15. gizMmmmmmond
    
16. Kirth
    
17. No Oven Reed
    
18. huge pulled pork 16 - Soyaburgers - marinated chicken thighs - condiments
    
19. bigcitybilly
    
20. Buddha Sausage-Fingaz +1
    
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31. the 4th assassin & kim
    
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33. hillbilly
    
34. Gina - homemade focaccia
    
35. Jacqui - marinated portobellos and courgette. (about a dozen or so) and possibly some wee potatoes in garlic butter in foil - 2lbs worth.
    
36. miss_socks - veg/hallumi kebabs, BBQ sauce
    
37. Iwelumo - will be along later after jumble sale in euston
    
38. Marie - corn on the cob, and then some homemade dark chocolate and raspberry brownies for afters (it's all about sweet after the meat)
    
39. RPM
    

What kind of pace are people aiming for on Saturday? Will my legs fall off trying to keep up?

Before I order them from Outspoken, does anyone have 32 x 292mm spokes (plus one or two for spares)? Black preferably, but silver is ok too.

Can collect from Holborn area or South London, cheers.

The link says **£2,599.95 **ssp (frame and fork only). Sory if I missed something...

Like it a lot, especially the seatstay and chainstay. Anyone know what frame/model it is?

C50 pista I think? only £2500 frame and fork...

It's not that cheap, there's a lot of veloce mixed in with the supposedly record groupset, but it looks neat and tidy enough. Maybe worth buying to make a small profit parting it out, or equally nice to get a sub £500 ride-away Merckx.

More than likely I would be all over this if it wasn't 1cm too big for me:

Hope nobody is hurt in the fire.

Lots of complaints in our office about the smoke now, windows are closed but it's really strong, which is worrying as we're all the way over on New Oxford Street/High Holborn.

thanks. unfortunately i'm not.

Neither am I, you don't have to be signed up to search. I use it for checking traffic on the way home sometimes.

Dean Street, it's on twitter

I'm having good luck with the p2p feed so far each day, sound is perfect, and video runs without skipping for hours at a time. Such a pleasant way to skive :)

Just swap the tyres out for 23mm?

Just to be different, I had a shimano freewheel and 1/8 chain on the Bob, chainline was good but it still regularly binned the chain under anything more than a mild effort. Same set-up worked perfectly on the fixed side though.

I'd be surprised if the shell was 80mm, have a read...
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_bo-z.html#bottom

... then remeasure...

I've seen cyclists doing that though, albeit not at 50mph

A cyclist isn't 14 tonnes of metal with poor mirror visibility.

Regular bus drivers seem to be pretty good on the whole.

Fucking tour bus wankers can rot forever in a pit of burning tar.

It's not just Central either, every 6.20pm on a Wednesday night the same convoy of 3 or 4 German tour coaches do their best to wipe out every cyclist on Brixton Road. Driving in the cycle lane and and stradling the white line at 50mph, moving across 2 lanes without indicating, and bowling through red lights to keep up with the coach in front is all fine apparently...