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Again another thoroughly enjoyable ride last night. I just frickin' love riding those (practically) empty lanes at twilight! Really makes me want to get a g*ared bike and just ride some place far away. Of course I could always do that with the fix but it'd be nice to have a granny gear in case I wimp out on any of the more challenging hills. Some day, some day...

Awesome riding with you peeps. Special thanks to Dave for offering to stop with me when my lights refused to turn on and the pint at the end. Massive thanks also to Jonny for not leaving us behind and letting me use his spare batteries. That won't be happening again! Life savers both of you.

Hippy - didn't look like you were trying to break any records when you were on Finsbury Ave this morning. Maybe you were warming down... ;)

What is Gus' secret? Why he so damn fast?!

1. RockSteady
   
2. Stix
   
3. wools
   

Will there be a representative from BC coming to Easts on Weds? :)

Szczecin? Pff! Bydgoszcz reprezent!

Cheers for that mate. The majority of that makes sense but there's always plenty of scope for me to fuck these sort of things up. I'm useless with instructions - the better half can vouch for that. I'll give it a try when I get in after work. No doubt I'll be back here. Possibly with pictures for you to kindly annotate. :)

lol @ 'gives it the beans'. Ha! That's exactly what's happening.

OK,
the 'ickle chain' is called the indicator chain, though what it's supposed to indicate is anyone's guess.
It disappears into the hub on a threaded rod which should be tightened up all the way, then backed off half a turn to allow the chain to go in the right position.

Still at the back of the bike, the ickle chain is connected to a narrow barrel adjuster: a thread and a locknut, to fine-tune the cable tension.

The next point of contact is the fulcrum clip. This is where the bare cable enters the plastic sleeve. On older bikes this is a metal band which can be loosened and slid up and down the chain stay to give you coarse tension adjustment. On modern kit there is a fixed length arm bolted on to the dropout, a proper cable clamp, and a bigger barrel adjuster, as you'd find on brakes.

What's happening with your better half's bike is that the tension is too slack and it's enough to slip the gear momentarily into neutral when she gives it the beans.

If there is no tension at all (the loose chain) then it will be in 3rd gear. Really you want the chain to be just under the slightest tension in 3rd. This should make 2nd and 1st engage perfectly and not slip. Use the big adjuster at the fulcrum clip to get it near enough, and then fine-tune it with the narrow barrel adjuster

Sturmey's official instructions say adjust it in 2nd, but initially doing it in 3rd is easier, and you can fine-tune it in 2nd.

Marcola - do you still have the BJ as well? Stop buying lovely bikes! ;)

Needs a new saddle i think..

Noice!

Random question - do you live with a Toby?

I believe it's from the 'internt'.

Happy birthday dude.

Neil - I keep reading your post over and over again and it's just not making any sense to me. Could you explain it again in simpleton speak please?

Good time to dredge this baby up.

My lady bought herself a bike the other day and the cranks occasionally jolt forward (like the chain is skipping forward or something?) when she's riding in second gear. What the happy-hap?

When it's in third gear the 'ickle chain (official SA terminology) is pretty slack. Should it be like that?

Ha! Purple. Standard. There's a lot of sparkly black/gunmetal about. Not that that's a bad thing or anything...

1.spaghoops.
2.El Guapo
3.Eddie
4.Jayloo

1. badtmy
   
2. moog
   
3. clefty
   
4. kattt smells
   
5. Oliver Schick
   
6. 50/14
   
7. Crazy James
   
8. Aleksi
   13.Hellomiles
   
9. BlueQuinn
   
10. woman Tynan
    
11. Markyboy
    
12. Multigrooves
    
13. PicKle
    
14. el squire (we're in)
    
15. ev
    
16. mattty?
    
17. Stix
    
18. Brucy
    
19. Mettie
    
20. Temper
    
21. Plurabelle
    
22. Spins
    
23. samuelglanville
    
24. steves
    
25. marcom
    
26. Todd
    
27. jaygee
    
28. photoben
    
29. horatio
    
30. lal
    
31. murtle
    
32. a1astair
    
33. Pistaboy
    
34. Tomasito
    
35. Biancha\
    
36. Broker
    
37. Dammit
    
38. shootthebreeze
    
39. teenslain
    
40. Radius
    
41. spudger
    
42. Wiganwill
    
43. DMCZone
    
44. Lebowski
    
45. BDW
    
46. Hovis Brown
    
47. alockett
    
48. Hippy
    
49. Sharkstar
    
50. Cajeta
    
51. Ted Lancaster
    
52. Stringerman (north drinks)
    
53. brett
    59.Brows
    
54. Charco (SE Beers)
    
55. fred
    
56. billysan
    
57. Andrea
    
58. Balki
    
59. CliveO
    
60. Tika
    
61. Teenslain
    
62. ASM
    
63. Wibble
    
64. claus
    
65. stevo_com
    
66. Dancing James
    73.Ekomouse
    
67. flickwg - was on the first but i'll use another bike this time so no one will know
    
68. Ali_W
    
69. Shippey
    
70. Bad Matt
    
71. Paramounted
    
72. wools
    
    

I love a list!

Only question is, do i get it sprayed sparkly purple or sparkly black?

The first thing I have understood all thread.

I just don't understand these dickheads. There's a lot of aggro on the streets at the mo. Aggro and fucking stupidity. Is this what angry drivers do now? Bump our back wheels on purpose for 'a larf'? This happened to me not long ago (just a little bump I mean) with one of those little white vans. The Chuckle Brothers in the front found it hilarious. WAC.

someone on a nice blue & yellow bob jackson passing me as i meandered along bethnal green road this morning.

Twas I. Sorry - I did think 'is that jimbilly's missus?' after I passed but I was in too much of a rush to get to work to slow down and say hi. Belated hi!

Edit: in the spirit of keeping the forum bargan-a-licious, regardless of whether this frame fits, I'll be having big £150 sale late this week or early next week, including 2 out of the 3 track frames I now have, and maybe an aerospoke...

Dibs... :P

I'm delighted to report that we're blissfully free of BNP leaflets thus far. I think even their shrunken and misshapen intellects have worked out that Whitechapel is never going to be their Happy Place.

EDIT: though ironically, ISTR they do have a member on Cable Street of all places. belms at the fuckknuckle

Ha! I live on an estate (not the rich kind) in Tower Hamlets. No BNP leaflets so far either. Probably too busy concentrating their efforts on places like Dagenham and Romford.

And buy a couple of beers before you start as well.

Ha! I'm not sure if you're taking the piss but here goes anyway.

If you're willing to spend £100 then go for Kashimax double straps and MKS toe clips. Planet-X are usually pretty good for prices but I'd still hunt around.

You'll want clips and straps. Or you could get some power grips.

What's your budget?

Love Swrve stuff. Similar quality to Rapha (I actually prefer Swrve's merino baselayers) but cheaper. Stuff from Swrve usually arrives the next day if being delivered to central London. No complaints from me!

This was on Have I Got News For You the other night. Dear oh dear...

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1. teenslain
   
2. Ved (keen as mustard)
   
3. Sainsburys (i will buy hillbilly a beer for every time he beats me in a race)
   
4. Cornelius (Mid Pack Obscurity) Blackfoot
   
5. Greasy Slag all over your BOING
   
6. Object
   
7. mikec ( Planning to go on holiday in may, cause i am scared)
   
8. stelle
   
9. pajamas (might be drunk, might be stewed, to not come at all would be quite rude)
   
10. andyp (in the Bergkamp role)
    
11. CG lover
    
12. gustav
    
13. adoubletap
    
14. gizmond (luckily that number was free and it is the one printed on my jersey :-) )
    
15. fruitbat (DFL)
    
16. Aroogah (Guaranteed 3rd lap elimination from the Devil take the hindmost race)
    
17. mashton
    
18. MrSmith (i'm real, & such a cunt)
    
19. Nick (my legs are twitching already)
    
20. jaygee (I also have a itch, but that has nothing to do with cyling)
    
21. fatboyralph
    
22. Jacqui
    
23. Charco Darko
    
24. Pinkgottimobbs
    
25. Mobidog
    
26. brendon_a
    
27. stevo_com :- YOINK, not racing though, watching hard
    
28. Spencerwells (Big willie styles)
    
29. 50/14 hopefully on an NJS nag
    
30. badtmy
    
31. JDSH
    
32. scared of drops-trum
    
33. BlueQuinn
    
34. tricitybendix
    
35. <-------------------space over here. won't be able to make it. have fun y'all. bummer. :(
    
36. pj (pj)
    
37. fred
    
38. Oliver Schick
    
39. Pirat
    
40. hillbilly (on his new track demond!!)
    
41. Dogsball
    
42. tom.
    
43. DirtyD
    
44. Ant
    
45. but not RPM
    
46. dulwichrider (who doesn't live in dulwich)
    
47. Gina (really want to come, but not sure if I'm in the country that weekend...)
    
48. 50/14 (Got a nagging feeling)
    
49. jaygee (race you on my CR)
    
50. last_caress I'll smoke you fools.
    
51. Aleksi
    
52. johnny h[/quote
    
53. coppiThat
    
54. Babydinotrackboy (yes deff coming this time!)
    
55. Krisz
    
56. kisu_shimo (fuck yeah!!!)
    
57. Nick (make room for the mushroom!)
    
58. VeeVee (probablee)
    
59. Andy
    
60. STE5
    
61. Daccordi Do we have a date yet?
    
62. taogeogheganhart
    
63. TT Tom
    
64. town
    
65. JOL. gotta make this one.
    
66. Turd Furgerson (was trying to hold out for 69)
    
67. Johnny_Tang_888 (67, that's my age!)
    
68. samuelglanville (youth is on my side)
    
69. Max72
    
70. MA3K
    
71. brett
    
72. Anna G
    
73. tika
    
74. pipwish
    
75. lucky7
    
76. gormley
    
77. JD
    

TNRC 2nd June 2009 Herts ride from Roydon. Train 19:13 from liverpool st / 19:25 from Tottenham Hale.

please annotate whether you are riding out or catching the train and from which station.

1. Clintsmoker (ride out)
   
2. Jonny (train from liv st most likely)
   
3. Tika (?)
   
4. Ved (?)
   
5. wools (liv st)
   
   

KEEP THE LIST IN ORDER. LEAVE THE HEADER AT THE TOP SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE LIST IS ABOUT AND ANNOTATE YOUR TRAVEL AS SOON AS YOU KNOW.

^ An indicator that you haven't taken enough drugs. :P

Anyone else really excited about this??

Anyone cycling there from Central?