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I'll keep an eye out for that. Got Bladerunner cued up for watching on my commute.

Three. Hmm, no, six:
-CHOPT XB3 fixed gear
-Vitus 979 for teh gears
-1939 Parkes, work in progress

Plus:
-Raleigh RSW
-Raleigh Richmond mixte (hers)

And in the loft:
-20" Universal shopper with a home made non-folding frame
-edit, bugger, there's a unicycle up there too

As long as you space it over a bit, it'll be fine. Probably need about a 10mm spacer on the freewheel side.

Spotted this on a random Facebook group. I think they were done by Kirk Frameworks.

Jesus, I didn't even see that!

Ha, that's amazing! Is that seat tube bent or is it just the picture?

Frame is starting to look really rough, particularly around the stays. May be repaint time soon.

Not sure yet. Veloflex Vvlaaaanderen are pretty and are 27mm but are too much $$$ to justify. Most other tan walls are much narrower. I think they are out there in 25mm, just not sold at the usual outlets like Wiggle, Ribble etc.

Way too big. Which is a shame, because these are really lovely looking tyres. Needs to be a 25.

Anyone lost a 60s/70s Schwinn single speed with backpedal brake from Brighton/Worthing direction?

Not got a pic but pm me if so.

They are FIT. I'm starting to sound like a fanboy on this thread but they are, lol.

Disc and Corima for commuting or gtfo.

Good nights racing so far!

Anyone notice the mad cockpits on the NZ bikes with the side braces? Look from a distance like there's hardly any fork crown.

Colour is mazing - love it.

Lol, bang on.

The William Lennon ones come up very wide. Size-wise, length is exactly as it would be if you were buying a normal leather shoe. They are quite shallow at the back, so they don't stay on very well if you have narrow feet. I tried going down a half size but the shoe was then too tight on the length. Quality is ok, but nothing special. Shame, because I really wanted them to be 'the ones' but I hardly ever wear them.

Black leather Converse look like old cycling shoes from a distance if you have narrow feet. I've always liked how the rubber toecap grips the toeclips compared to full leather cycling shoes.

Haha, I wanted some comically silly drillium, the sort of silly thing they'd have done back then with big scary looking holes and no regard for personal wellbeing!

Final build on the Parkes is ON. Frame painted and wheels built. Tyres are on their way, wingnuts for the front on their way. I just need to find a brake lever and I think that's it.

Scuse the plasterboard. It's not just the bikes which are WIP!

There were track-specific Fiamme rims and the catalogue shows them as having quite angled sides. I haven't seen any in real life and the road ones are also quite shallow, so it's difficult to tell from your pics.

My one, attached, is definitely a road one.

Convenient that this thread has popped back to the top as I'm looking for a new bag! Any recommendations for a warm synthetic bag, comfortable (snug) sleeping around 5 degrees? Size and weight not too important as its for o/t camping.

Has to be synthetic so I can chuck it through the wash and generally not worry about looking after it, as it only comes out 2-3 times a year. Current one is an old Millets mummy bag which must be over 10 years old but has never really been warm enough despite being a bit sweaty as well.

5mm on fixed gear will make a lot of grinding noise and it'll rapidly tear up one side of the teeth on the fixed cog. You could use a 3/32 cog with 1/8 chain to give it a bit of relief. I'd look at keeping the chainline correct though.

Anyone been to WGT in Staines? Billed up as fine Japanese dining. Has struck me as being a slightly strange place to open an indie veggie/vegan restaurant (this end of Surrey is all about its cars, meat and chain restaurants) but they're quite nice in there and the food is good.

@edscoble how is the veg growing? Sounds like you had black fly or aphids if there are ants up there with them. You can scrape them off and give the plants a spray with dilute washing up liquid to discourage them coming back.

Went to a talk on nutrition by Etixx a year or so ago and they were really banging on about magnesium for cramp. Said that almost all of their riders were low or deficient in magnesium and needed supplements. Not tried it yet myself.

Out on the road, I find Shimano SPD-SL slightly easier to locate and clip into than Look Keo. Something else to think about is resin road cleats wear out incredibly quickly if you have to unclip and put your foot down a lot (eg stop-start commuting). In that case, metal SPD cleats can work out a lot cheaper in the long run, especially if you get shoes with concealed cleats. A lot of road shoes also now have holes for both road cleats and SPDs.

Reydels were pretty wild. Equivalent gearing change is from 48 teeth at the low spot to 60 teeth at the top. I can't wait to destroy my new knee on them!