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Mavic Aksium Race Front wheel.

Slightly out of true, but all in all in good nick.

Pickup would be required from around Liverpool St on any weekday.

Make me an offer I can't refuse...

Needs to be in good condition & non offensive colours.

I've got a camo BigXtoP pouch if that's any use to you? Pm me if it is.

how much Orko?

Needed to fit an iphone 4s & timbuk2 messenger.

Ideally a Chrome one as they look like they're up to the job and will last.

Has anyone tried the Uniqlo HeatTech stuff as a base layer or under a jacket?>

agree with the other comments. great for city riding, anything with not too much sweating. i've not found it the best for long training rides.

that said i wear it virtually every day for kicking around the house in or as a vest type thang under a shirt/polo to keep my little weak frame warm in winter. great value too.

Finally come to the realisation that my stem is too long so I'm in the market for a...

...EA70 6 degree stem either 90mm or 70mm.

Anyone got one going?

just been to ellis brigham near st pauls. they shifting a load of icebreaker t-shirts with 25% off....might be worth a look if that's your bag....

does anyone know why a merino ss base layer is £60 while the ss t-shirt is £55?

bearing in mind the tshirt has a pocket you'd have through the extra labour involved might have meant that was the more expensive of the two?

answers on a postcard please.

i also heard you need those cr$ppy reflectors front and back. anyone know if it's true?

the apparent fix was:

1) the thread on the bolt was a bit chewed up (maybe caused by me trying to tap it down when the expander bolt was stuck in in the first place). with it removed i slowly worked the thread through the expander nut while holding that in place with some mole grips.

2) lubed the thread on the bolt and threaded up/down the nut to help reduce friction

3) cleaned the outside of the expander nut to ensure there was no grease on it to maximise chances of it biting the inside of the stem

4) tapped the expander a little inside the stem before assembling to ensure it got some purchase to start with.

seems to have worked once. will need to try to remove/reassemble a couple of times to avoid a foreign ride fail!

thanks. just gave it a go and it seemed to work after i also lubed the thread inside the expander nut.

whats the best 'grease' to use on the outside of the stem? I've some some park anti seize compound...is that nay good?

lovely thread.

our last pace had a cellar identical to this one. i'm now hanging my head in shame at how poorly is was decked out.

get some coarse grit sandpaper and some elbow grease will remove the .2mm after about half hour

I can get it in but am having troubles tightening it up. The expaander nut thingy just spins as opposed to treading up and expanding the stem :-(

major wimp out all weekend after checking the forecast on Friday evening. drove out to see the women's tour and just salvaged some fitness with an hour on the turbo!

...to fit my pug. the 22.2 i'm putting in won't tighten!

will take the lockring tool if can meet anywhere near liverpool street mid week?

Yes.
I reckon you're trying to put a normal sized 22.2 mm stem into that Peugeot's 22.0 mm fork.

you're probably right. this b$stard pug has been non standard all the way.

however i can get it in the hedseat but just cant tighten it up....

My stem has been giving me all sorts of issues. Probably not helped by the fact that I'm mechanically dyslexic.

After finally getting it out of the headset (it was tight as a nuns chuff) i'll be buggered if i can get it in and tightened up again....

When I put it back in the headset and try to tighten it up, i get no resistance. In other words the lickle bit at the bottom spins round as i try to tighten. I tried giving it a little tap up into the stem before I push that back in the headset but i just either keeps spinning or forces the quill stem too wide to go back in the headset.

Any ideas?

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clocked my longest fixed ride to date (200km). a fair old shlep with no gears!

I'm riding long distance fixed rides (48-18 with two brakes) reasonably regularly. Here's an average weeks riding:

• 2 daily commutes of circa 25km each way
  
• 1 session on the wattbike bike i the gym
  
• 1 weekend ride of 100-150km
  
  

I've been doing similar mileage geared for a few years so am used to the time in saddle/distances.

Since stepping up the weekend rides i've developed lower back pain (usually on my hip bone sits a knot) as well as more recently pain in my glutes. As well as dull aching pain it feels like I can never stretch it out quite enough.

Stretching my hammies and glutes twice a day seems to help.

Is there anything else I can do to try and alleviate the discomfort in the first place?

You doing much training for something like that ?

up to about 700km per month. longest fixed rides to date is 160km.

probably not enough!

This is why I can't have nice things. Kept the rain, sleet, and snow out. Shame the Rapha gloves got saturated and let my fingers freeze. Poor choice by me. Wished I had those water proof over mittens so bad a couple of hours ago....

if waffa made mudguards...

I've seen people ride shorter sportives fixed, but at least for me it is bit difficult to adjust to speed changes in the pace line.

not a problem if you sit on the front of the paceline ;-)

My longest ride to date on the fixie is 125km. Been regularly knocking out >100kms at weekends over the last couple of months. I could go longer but have been so short of time lately. Hopefully I'll start to get the odd longer ride in soon.

I recently switched to 48x18 which feels a lot better suited to my little legs!

That audax looks good. May well be up for it.

@funkt: what sort of mileages have you been getting in?