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Be aware that there seems to be 2 sizing systems with cycle clothing. One is the usual s,m,l,xl, etc common to most clothing. The other seems to be confined to Italian made cycle kit which also uses the same markings but starts at children's sizes, so that an adult large equates to about a xxl in this Italian system.

Things obviously had moved on in club since I was a member in the 70's. The furthest we got was a youth trip to the Cotswolds!

Some excellent fashions there :-)

A bit after my time at the club but in 1994 I was living in Bangor when I saw a cyclist in Paddington CC colours coming out of a shop. I stopped him and he told me all the Bangor training weeks and that John Austin had moved here from London.

On a slightly related note, is it ok to ride on a velodrome on clinchers or does it have to be tubs?

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Diagnosis of type 1 at age 63 is unusual. He is between a rock and a hard place, on the one hand, the pills will help reduce the risk of developing complications of diabetes (e.g. heart, kidney and eye disease) but on the other hand, exercise will help lower his blood pressure.

I think he needs to talk to a diabetic specialist.

How long ago was he diagnosed?

These days, newly diagnosed type 1 diabetics (often kids or teenagers) are not given specific diets to follow, just sensible advice about healthy eating which is not really that different than for anyone else. The trick is to teach them to adjust their insulin dose according to what they've eaten, not the other way round.

It's the same with exercise. As the exercise uses up blood sugar, they don't need as much insulin during exercise. I even know one diabetic cyclist who needed no insulin during his rather hard training sessions. It is a matter of experience to learn how to balance food, insulin dose and exercise intensity to keep his blood sugar levels in the right zone.

If you go to iTunes and search for BBC Discovery podcasts, there is a very interesting one dated 8th September 2010 about muscle wasting and age.

Insulin is not banned in sport if you are a type 1 diabetic, for obvious reasons. I only meant it is banned as a performance enhancing drug.

Just because the body's cells become less sensitive to the effects of insulin, doesn't mean that we all become type 2 diabetics when we get older, as it is only 'relative' resistance. Diet and lifestyle factors also play a part.

Not so long ago, type 1 diabetics were discouraged from physical activity as it would make them prone to hypos, it was thought. Regular exercise can actually reduce your insulin requirements in the long term.

Ageing and exercise is a very interesting area of research.
The decline in muscle bulk with ageing is not inevitable but can be almost completely halted with exercise. I say almost as the body's sensitivity to insulin declines with age and is something you cannot stop.

(Insulin is also responsible for muscle growth as well as blood sugar control, which is why it is a banned substance in sport)

Carbon tyres are quite hard to inflate.

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Hi Guys
Nice to see some old Paddington CC members on the LFGSS forum.
I became a member in 1986 until Sport and publicity folded in 2003.
I am currently Roller racing and ride down at Herne Hill.

Lets get a list of members together. Add your name and all those you remember

1. Me Stephen Aslin
   
2. Steve Wharton - ex club sec
   
3. Spencer Kirkham
   
4. Nick Faint
   
5. Paul Shuttleworth
   
6. Tim Dolphin
   
7. Paul Savage - ex London Fire Brigade...........
   

1. Yoav Tzabar (1976-1979)
   

Good point.

There are 3 locking standards but only 2 are common. Sheldon is your man.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_l.html#lockring

FWIW I had exactly the same problem a couple of years ago. I couldn't work out why the locking I'd been given with the hub wouldn't go on properly until I found out that there are 2 sizes and I'd been given the wrong one.

Try increasing the tension in the shift cable to get the shifter moving more with each click.

They won't fit, unless your brakes are really, really old. You'll notice that the brake shoes have rounded ends whilst these blocks have square ends.

You can buy replacement Campag blocks on eBay for a few quid. Graham Weigh Cycles is where I got mine, but there are plenty of others.

What year Athena? I have 97 Athenas and they are dual pivot. Those are single pivot so are either older Athenas or from a lower group e.g. Mirage. Anyway, those are the right brake shoes but deep section rims didn't exist then so either remove the wheel guides (the metal v shapes) or get some new brake blocks.

If it's just to clean it then wire brush it and then stick it in the dishwasher whole, just don't tell the missus. The other thing is that those chainrings are steel and thinner than removable aluminium ones. That means that conventional crank bolts won't secure them properly.

If you peel back the hood rubbers on the Campag you'll see that the brake cable emerges on the inner side of the lever, whilst the gear cable emerges on the outside. Therefore it makes sense to route the brake cables in the groove at the front of the bars, and the gear cables in the rear groove.

Campagnolo never made shifters with gear cable runs like the above. With Campag, both cables run under the bar tape..

I have the Park tool, but I also have a double sided tool which I acquired so long ago I can't remember where. This tool has the larger splines on one side and the smaller on the other so that's how I know there must have been 2 sizes at one point.

I've got a feeling that's the wrong tool. There are 2 splined BB tools that look very similar but one had a larger diameter than the other. I think you've got the smaller of the two.

Ah, very good - the London School of Cycling, although the Cycling Proficiency Scheme precedes it by quite some time :-)

What do you mean by "he started cycle training in this country"? Was there no training before he showed up?