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^ Get around locally to The Peace House, Action 21, Bike Foundry, or Youpunkeroo and find an old bike that fits and do it up.

Your £50 fuel today would've gone along way towards one of those - typical price at Action 21 is £35, there's usually some nice 531 frames knocking about there worth much more than what you'll pay for them, often almost as new / unridden.

One of the keys about the primary position is, of course, that you don't always have to be in the primary position. The point has been made above but I thought I'd pull it out into a shorter post.

Well pulled. I think this can get lost sometimes.

I regularly ride down a 3 lane radial into Manchester, and spend very little time in Primary. What I do is spend alot of time looking over my shoulder, so I know what each vehicle is doing as it approaches to pass me & can tell if they've acknowledged my presence.

This approach (right or wrong) may well be based on my development as a trainer in Cov, not in London or elsewhere, where it's easier to ride in this manner.

Will look out for it and spread the word. Hope no-one at home got hurt in the invasion...

Plastic Po-Po here riding in the gutter, with very tired knog's not really making them show up in the dark. Maybe they were working undercover, fluoro and blue PCSO panels didn't help that argument though. Didn't even acknowledge my ting ting and hello as I passed them nice and wide.

Edit - yeah, they were trying to have a chat, but riding single file so front officer was talking over his shoulder all the way. What a mess.

"Why don't you cycle and what might change your mind?"

I've done plenty of 'i'd like to cycle but...' sessions, generally not much use unless there's a specific tacklable local issue that you probably are aware of but just want to draw out of the target audience.

Typically barrier 1 is roads are dangerous, barrier 2 is bad weather. We know and can tell folks the answers to both, however like horses to water you can't make them drink.

Is there owt you can do to get folks out riding with their kids? After work office family ride or something? Pester power from young un's to do more cycling might help.

and bringing this thread back to quality

Hope you weren't referring to Emilliana there? Fine voice and great songwriter, covering a folk great in Sandy Denny. [/interwebztuffguy]

Is he the guy that bunny hops the curbs?

The one and only.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4HEUXxt9SA

5 * thread

Vouchers for discounted Sports Massage - ease those tired muscles.

Discounts on tech widgets folks can't seem to ride without these days, then link this to reward - i.e. If you can present garmin plots for 3 of 5 days per week on average you get a 5% bonus at end of month.

You'd need to tweak days and percent to make workable, but just an idea.

Carrots, Sticks, or a combination of both.

I like your mince pie idea *mf.

Will have a think but it seems you've done most of what is considered a normal approach to promotion. Time to get creative.

Just had breakfast with Franco Marvulli!

Nice.

How Random was the Robbie Williams tribute artist / Points Race winner?! Rumour has it that Wiggo will be doing Paul Weller covers at the next one...

^i'd have to be powerful for that to happen! Think what you describe is effect of poor contact point. Not often feet slip off a decent grippy pedal.

Ouch sounds painful. I run two brakes on the beater so not been concerned about feet slipping off or owt, rightly or wrongly.

Spotted tonight Caspar and Winston Rollapaluza in track centre at Revolution, from the cheapseats.

Any opinions on Ken Fosters, or Cycle Surgery?

Was it someone who posts here suggested i get foot retention for my beater yesterday up near hulme? Nice black frame, had been trackstanding whilst chatting with another rider at cornerhouse a few mins before. Hello.

^ Yeah bunch of loners! I guess I was as guilty as any, was hard to juggle Tri training, work, and riding out - especially as weekends were not really happening for me once I started heading to Manchester.

My BMX track? down the towpath that me and my mates started with a single jump when I was 10 (i'm now 23) it's now been upscaled to the level where no one rides it, which is a shame. Or the skate park in Beduth?

Greyhound is the best pub in the area...and my local, so if you can have a 'rideout' to this area why cant you come play Polo? hrmph sulks

Never made it to your ones, but had heard about them... I mean't the new(ish) pump track at Allan Higgs off Allard Way.

Greyhound is lovely, especially in summer.

Always thought this'd make a nice pint to pint / point to point ride / race... Greyhound Racing.

Edit - another highlight was mine and Steve's treck across fields to get to a pub in Berkswell. Happy days.

Not so much covers, but some nice mashups on this Girl Talk track (feel free to flame me and/or move to a more appropriate thread if one exists), fave has to be ODB vs Radiohead 3m10s onwards:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka3GznTXur8

Stats time!

Biggest turnout ever for Cov FG ride = 5

Allthough my faves were when 4 of us went to the BMX track then ended up at the Greyhound for a drink, or the time me and Joe headed out to Wroxhall one Sunday evening.

Happy days. Hope you can keep it growing.

Yup.

^ maybe tricky to puncture them, but from experience very easy to slice through the valve when removing said track pump in a hurry.

Despite all the Conti haters on here, I find I keep coming back to them...

GP4000S - fast rolling and grippy in the summer, fast rolling and grippy in the winter.

+1

FWIW - Cav name checked Conti during the Chasing Legends Q&A. If they're good enough for him...

I don't think this ends well

He's just copying Tim Knoll. Bet it looked awesome.

I had a quick look last night but didn't post, will now tho. An entry level - Sora - Cannondale costs somewhere 6-800 notes. Assuming it's in good order and not crashed, 250 second hand isn't bad (it's not bargain, but don't feel ripped off). If it's specced higher once you get to look it over, then your deal just got better.