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Wind crossing London Bridge last night was horrendous. For a moment I thought I could stop for the light without braking.

Went to sign up for Watership Down on Saturday and registration closed :(

Send a PM to Gaz1979. I think he was after some of these, unsure of width though.

I don't know how much you can conclude about any of this from the data, was my first thought. You would want to look at percentage of traffic for cars vs cyclists, but I suspect there was uneven enforecement of violations, etc.

With new bike done wan't going to miss chance to ride into work. Left early, before the rain. Loadsa wind though, especially crossing the river.

Thanks. We have a stand with merchandise at most events at the track or track related We will be at London bike show for example. Also at Good Friday meeting etc. Mine dribbles a bit but mostly because 10 year old son chewed the cap.

Yes there is a whole discussion on some other thread (maybe the Lights thread) and flashing indeed is annoying.

And Ho, please get another mudguard solution ... :)

^^^ Brakes are Tektro standard reach. I looked at the TRP version of these and couldn't justify an extra 100 quid on them, as nice as they are, especially after I splurged on the group and CK hubs.

Skully I know what you mean, one of those things I have been meaning to do but just haven't gotten around to. As I said up there, there are a few things to fiddle with....

Probably SKS longboard in silver.

Thanks JB, really pleased to finally get this rolling.

Yes, I went back and forth on the bars/stem decision whether to go this route or black stem and bars. Since I already had these bars and the stem was only 25 notes, it was a small investment to go this way. And it will be easy to change should I want to.

So, knowing that my incompetence is not irreversible, I took this to see Krisz at Cyclelab off Old Street, who has done some small work for me in the past and I know a bit from the Saturday training sessions at Herne Hill. He is a mechanic I would recommend if you need work and are around that way. He quickly sorted me out, and so now it looks like this

Well pleased, I have only had time to ride it home and a bit last night, so 10 miles or so through London, but it's incredibly comfortable. Far more so than my track bike, which also is 853. I am sure a lot of that is in the bigger tyres and wider rims. Unfortunately, I had plans all day today so though the weather was lovely I only had time to take a picture, no riding. It may look a little off due to the camera angle, I will try to take better pictures next weekend.

Still needs mudguards and probably a little fiddling, but very close.

Cheers Tim... we'll have to go on a Roberts ride when they're done : )

Indeed. I still have some nice Belgian Afflingens around

Bars up, shifters down!

and yes will sort this later

For the love of God, when you say a trip to the LBS please tell me you don't mean your actual LBS on Creek Road, you'd be better off asking my dog to have a look at it!

Don't worry wouldn't trust them to fit a valve cap.

Almost there, except my inability to get the front derailleur working makes me want to cry. It's rideable, just won't shift into the big ring. This may require a trip to the LBS. Once I get that sorted it's just mudguards and bar tape.

Very nice Gaz. Good work on the decals too.

Well that was quick, nice one.Lapped me easily.

Moar bread. This time, a Roquefort bread. The method recommended making this if you are showing your house for sale, as it fills the place with the most wonderful smell. I'm not moving, but this is worth making certainly for the smell alone. When toasted, it returns. Lovely stuff.

This is gonna be so good, what size tyre width can it take with the mudguards?

Not sure yet. The short reach brakes that came with the group aren't long enough at the back end. And the standard reach brakeset I bought expecting this might happen I can't now find :(

Thanks to Jingle Jangle who loaned a tool or two, it looks like this now. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

So the last couple of weeks have been quiet, waiting for the relatives to arrive from the U.S. with the groupset, which was a bit of a bargain. As advertised earlier, Force 10 speed with Red black cranks. Time to get to work.

Aren't land speed records always done on sand?

C'mon people. Constant downhill!

I think Dumps is cold blooded and adapts to whatever the temperature is around him.

I may have some too, where are you located? cant look until this weekend mind.....