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riding as the sun rises without getting up silly early.

porn...
classy stuff

steerer on the forks?

£8 in crc sale, vittoria zaffiro pro in blue. Fucking great tyres.

Snap! on those cranks.

+1 on the skid method. This works even when you don't want it to.

it's a date.

don't know, maybe some fool will start rding said 'fixie wheelies' OFF the 'velodrome'? ;)

Hopefully (subject to interest) there will be a ride in falmouth next sat starting on the moor and going to constantine and back. just testing the waters to see what is going in terms of fixed gear in cornwall. facebook goup; http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=243618680724&ref=nf

39:15 gives me about 70 gi and is just about right for hilly cornwall - on a nice light bike, you can just about grind up any hill thrown at you, but not feel silly on the descents. Although I might drop a tooth at the back in a few months if my training has paid off and i am a likkle bit fitter ;)

slack chain.

A nice ride, but not quite worthy of such boasts and acusations of pussydom?

I had a very old ratty cog on a rather nice old maillard high flange track hub that was stuck tight. I got the lockring off, but made the schoolboy error of taking the wheel apart with the cog on it. Everything I read seemed pretty gloomy gettin it off, but i managed to get it off without soiling the hub too much by filing two flats onto the 'blank' area between the hub body and the freewheel threads, which I clamped in my machine vice to hold it, then removed the cog with a chain whip and huge bar. Then I filed off the marks made by jaws of the vice on the flats, and sanded n polished them until they were the same finish as the rest of the hub - they just look like part of the hub.

chuffed.

made a proto of my bag a couple of days ago - Am going to start on the reall thang today. I'm gonna use some heavy waxed cotton for the structure, and sign material for the liner. My plan is to divide the main section in half, aving one section closed by the flap, and the other section having a roll-top with a buckles like a sailing or kayaking bag - will keep whatever's inside dry underwater if I get the seam sealing right. Any tips?

45m per day?
40l packs?

have a go at lacing your own wheels. The lacing itself you can't really get wrong - it's either right or wrong, and it's easy to tell, and most bike shops will true and de-egg a pair of wheels for less than twenty squid. And it's great fun, because you can then look down your nose at lesser mechanics than you mighty self.

weinmann 700 with drop lever and cable
got an old sr stem you can also have but it is cut down so it has to be flush with the frame. cheapskate weight weeny ftw.
some wideish alu drops.

all yours for postage

will measure my head tube and get back to you - what colour are (were?) they?
thanks

two wheels good, four wheels bad.

george orwell must be turning in his grave.

I need some 1" threaded 700c forks, hopefully by before we get too stuck in to next week. I need about 8" of steerer, but it's as long as it's not silly short i can improvise.
budget of about £20. straightish rake preferred - anything considered.
thanks, alfie.

how are the braking surfaces on the rims?
could i dibs n pick up in round camden on tuesday?
thanks

do the pedals come with cleats?

If anything falls through, i'm in cornwall and would love to pick it up.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris//chainrings/112.html

maybe worth a go

chas and dave FTW

cheese and onion sandwiches
and Derby chinaware
fiddles and jigs, and Wogie my dog
and Aunty Vi having a swear
taking my dad for a pint or two
on a Sunday morning stroll
licorice pipes and baggy suits
Glen Hoddle scoring a goal
catching a pike and riding me bike
old wooden wheels and a bowl of eels

yes, that's what I like, boy
that's what I like

pie and mash in liquor,
a-walking about in the rain
readin' 'em books, and comical looks
pianos, trams and trains
coals 'n cockles and thunderstorms
and plays on the wireless and all
grandfather clocks and Coke and brandy
fountain pens and Beano & Dandy

that's what I like, I said
hey, that's what I like

little pubs out in the country
mother of pearl and Barnet Fair
the sound of a banjo, barbershop singing
and having a kip in the chair
burnt toast and beer from the wood
and old Terry Thomas's teeth
Jerry 'n Chet, cannon & ball
and banjo pickin' Bill Keith
and ol' bank loads and wood burning stoves
Shirley Maclaine and Petticoat Lane

that's what I like, I said
that's what I like, yes boy
yes, that's just, ohh

bubble and squeak and jumble sales
Little Richard and Jerry Lee
bonfire nights, Southend lights
and paddling in the sea
polished brass and copper
Salvation Army bands
violins and old coach inns
and coloured elastic bands
tea in the morning and winter beginning
fishing rods, frogs and spurs are winning

yes, that's what I like
hey, that's what I like

a day at the races, off in the bases
going down hopping in Kent
a new pair of braces, little kids faces
sleeping out under a tent
and Waggons and chickens
and picking blackberries
and swallows and sledges
and Devon and cherries
and Haddock and trotters
and horses and nippers
and cider and celery
banjo and kippers

yeah, that's what I like, boy
that's what I like