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and there was me fretting over a 60 mile ride to tenterden the morning of the tour. 300k!

I think this is it......

http://www.parker-international.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/4002/groupID/3/categoryID/39/v/b5a866dd-ee37-47d9-bcbb-c8b17e480edf

Izumi... I know they do some very expensive chains but the one I get is £10.99, used them for years as a courier and race track on them too....never let me down....they're a very nice silver just like the more expensive ones, just wipe off some of the packing grease and don't oil for as long as you can....will keep it looking nice.....I always pair it up with a 1/8th dura ace sprocket....good match.

helmets are compulsory, if you want to use your own bike, it must be track legal, or use one of theirs...

no brakes, bar plugs compulsory, no flat bars or low-pros....proper drops, no extras like bottle cages etc...

See you there for at least one of them too....

I tried googling colourtech a few weeks ago as someone had told me the same couldn't find them....thanks for the info.

Nice bike, hope you don't reach for that blue bottle whilst riding!

somebody ends up saying "its all cycling, it's all good" :-)

If I had the money I'd get a Ron Cooper frame:

http://www.veloworks.com/roncooper/rcooperabout.html

Harry Rowland is the best wheelbuilder in the London area without doubt, ask any South London racer of a certain age!

Builds wheels for certain "high quality" shops some mentioned on this post that they then sell on as built by them on their top end bikes and for their sponsored riders....

A hard man to track down (try googling him).....he'll talk you through what's best for your requirements and build to your type of riding (my courier wheels had different tensions to my race wheels).....if you're lucky he'll deliver the wheels on his motorbike!

Did I mention he's very reasonably priced too.

P.S. I've just discovered an excellent mechanic in the Stoke Newington / Finsbury Park area.....he retrued my road wheels and track race wheels today, he's got a workshop in a very small outbuilding of the Castle Climbing centre on Green Lanes.

Highgate West Hill is nothing compared to Swains Lane which dissects the cemetry....try that on a fixed....I've done it on 74.....slowly. maybe you should try that one Thursday as an alternative route?

could goldtec do you a silver pair?

Small flange dura-ace 36 hole are the best hubs I've ever ridden as a courier, 36 holes makes the wheel really strong, but the small flange gives a more comfortabe, compliant ride, large flange track hubs are for stiff wheels to ride on smooth tracks.....a bit harsh on the streets.
they don't have sealed bearings but in three years of working 5 days a week as a courier I had zero problems, also mine came packaged with optional circlip style silicon seals, which I put in, learning at the same time that Shimano use almost zero grease when building these hubs up (for minimal friction, I guess they assume you'll be racing on a track out of the rain) so when putting in seals it's a good idea to pack in as much grease as you can.....they are silver and look very classy if understated....it does say dura ace on them, if anyone's lookin!

Goldtechs would be my second choice.

maybe start a fakenger thread instead ? :-)

as a rule no. never ever at junctions with crossing/joining traffic. with pedestrian crossings (straight road, no crossing traffic) i sometimes slow down to a crawl look both ways then roll over slowly if there is nobody waiting to cross. everyone has their reasons for jumping lights backed up with arguments/statistics/accident avoiding examples but at the end of the day it pisses people off, is often dangerous and from talking to cabbies and other drivers is the main thing that makes them hate cyclists so much.
does it really save that much time? is it really worth it?
i once followed a RLJ from waterloo to stockwell, he nearly went under a police van at the old vic (it was on a call so didn't stop to nick him), caused a car to brake suddenly at lambeth north, got through the next junction safely. i then met him on a cycle route further on in stockwell coming round the roundabout the wrong way trying to join the same (narrow) exit as me, resulting in a "fuck-off".

so why put yourselves in so much danger if it doesn't really save any time?

I'm not going to try to tell other people not to as it's down to them, i just really can't see the point in doing it.

billy preston and syreeta 'with you i'm born again'

when i finally get my bike from condor i should have a carbon cross top lever going spare (31.8) has a hinged clamp it's the left hand one but you can flip it for r/h use.
don't know what i want? nude pics of that bird from life on mars? decent 18t cog?

i used to use a contra-flowcycle lane from chiswick to hammersmith roundabout, a kerbed off 1m wide strip of broken glass that would fill up with pedestrians because the pavement was too narrow for a high st. a waste of space.

the one down the middle of the traffic island southside of blackfriars bridge is a bit odd, you ride over peoples toes as they wait to cross. i used to use this lane when i started cycling, but there is a post in the middle which i always went to the right of, one evening i went left of the post but because of the a box for the pelican crossing button the gap is a little bit narrower resulting in clipped bars and me hitting the deck.
i stick to the road (mostly)

i found this little gem on lafixed, made me laugh:

one for the old shit--

rollin thru the hills on my NJS thrilla
blazin thru your grandmas lil' italian villa
OH SNAp yells your pop when he sees the naga'
says he seen it on some emo kids blogg-a!
be like fuck that gramps
this shits straight from the east
rear ends so tight it be givin yo girl yeast!
forks so straight, it makes MJ corrupt!
my lugs cost the moneys
and Id never give it up
even for the honeys
my NJS shit is off the hook flyin'
thats why your pista bitch ass is always cryin'!

and one for the new--

spinnin the hed three
like mad. fucking. crazyyy.
my concept is so bling
chicks all over my ding
hipsters yell DAMN that shits tacky!
but oh lawdy how I skid wacky
right down ol 6th street
one leg in the air
blowin tires is oh such a treat
all the rich girls stare
going wtf is this hack
with his tight pants and AYO! hat
he wont stop till hes gott'em in the sack!
front wheels so tech
NASA be ringin me up
askin for big ass check
tell em to shut the fuck up!
without my hed3 spinnin'
my bike is a fuckin' wreck!
thats why I'll always be winnin.

it's a shit hole inside though!

but i think they do proper beer

Hi, another tootin based rider, but possibly the only one on here without a fixed gear bike. (Hurry up Condor build my bike!) been into mtb's for a couple of years mostly on a ss, riding fixed seems like a natural proggession