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hippy
You're scary sometimes Bill.

Not sometimes. ALL the time.

If you can afford it, the speedplay frog system is pretty secure.

The cleats do wear pretty quickly and they cost a lot!

trampsparadise Switched to Time atac and then to clips and straps. It's a natural progression...

The word Mike's looking is 'regression'.

Do you now believe the earth is flat, too?

:-)

It's ironic that Mike's gone that way - I was delighted to dump my clips and straps as soon as SPDs came out. I found clips and straps way too fussy. A lot of guys migrated back when there was that problem with Sidi Dominator soles. But whatever works for you is good.

We want workers, not shirkers!

Get a job. And a wash.

PS having poorly adjusted pedals, cleats or badly adjusted seat height is much worse for your knees than big gears tho.

I think that it depends on your legs, but basically big gears (lets say anything over 42 - 16) on fixed hurt your knees, unless you are very strong.

Fixies aren't bad for your knees, repeatedly stressing the quad, so that the micro-tears form bigger and bigger lumps of scar tissue, eventually constantly irritating the patella (chronic knee pain) is. Big gears can do this. But you can ride a small gear fixed.

I ended up riding 42 - 20. I have worked on 42 - 18. Spinning is cool. Spinning is the thing. Spinning rocks. Spin to Win!

Take a photo of the frame from behind. Line up the wheel, seat tube and brake bridge.

Just so as the rest of us can see how straight it is!

Just got to some londnfgss sql error page -

'support personel only'

Can't programmers spel?

Was just having lunch today on Brushfield Street today and thinking how much I dislike the 'new look' of Spitalfields.

London, eh? Who'd live here?

Yep. Chipped straight away. Wrong colour. He was cheap, tho.

RPM good idea.

If we advertise it properly we might get 200..but that IS a lot

it would also be good to have it in waterloo as that's easy for out of towners to get the train to (I'm thinking nationwide man, not just london, we need 200)

Speaking as a roller race organiser, I can tell you that the minimum you need for a truly rock'n'roller race is 16 racers, but it's more fun if there is at least 32. Anything over 50 is... pretty mad.

The more spectators there is, the better. It's a scientific proven fact that rock'n'roller racers go faster is there are least 3 people screaming their name at them.

The Rollapaluza roller record is 16 something secs for 500m.

Their most recent outing is here.

polybikeuser Er, how many of the people railing against cheap made in China clothing have bought (relatively) cheap made in Taiwan frames and components? I'm all for ethical and responsible purchasing, but does that necessarily mean that everything made in China is the product of sweatshop labour and is inherently bad? If of course you know the details of Howies/Timberlands manufacturers and know them to be sweatshop operations, then of course I stand corrected.

No, given the state of labour rights in China, it's for the brand owners to demonstrate that the factories in which their goods are manufactured are good factories. And that proof does not include 'I go there every month and it's very nice and all the workers seemed very happy'.

Also, no-one ever forced Howies to put all that rubbish about the 'rocking horse test' on their marketing materials. Or all that corporate responsibility blah.

I would wish that Howies were willing to engage a little with the issue, rather than striking an 'ethical' posture.

pip
You may be able to get some old Binda straps which had a tan colour that definitely seems more yellow.

Binda straps? Bloody hell, rocking horse manure

Coppi won the Tour in 1949 (not 1947! any serious cycling scholar knows that the first post War Tour was won in dramatic fashion by Jean Robic) and 1952. I can't say for sure, but it's virtually certain that he was riding gears. Coppi was very scientific in his preparation, and it's hard to believe that the Campionissimo would sacrifice a whole bunch of time (which he would certainly lose on the descents) simply to ride a fixie.

Coppi could and did ride the track - he broke the Hour record at the Vigorelli in 1942, and rode a major track meets across Europe - including the Good Friday meet at Herne Hill Velodrome.

There's a brief list of his wins here:
http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=2679

Let's be fair, Mr Merckx liked the odd pie, and got to the size of a small barrage balloon a few years back.

hippy [quote]TheBrick(Tommy) Yep I am just reading The Hour and it goes on in there about how (forgoten the name) the guy who started the tour at first did not want to allow gears and the stages where 400 + km, he 24 hr type rides, he wanted to more or less see people collapsing.

"Desgrange stood out against the use of derailleurs for decades, and that, in the year he finally gave way, Roger Lapébie won the Tour on a gearie bike."

Yeah, his idea of the perfect Tour was where only one rider actually made it to the finish. HARD![/quote]

The Pelissier brothers hated him! They thought he treated the riders like slaves.

Damn! 2 posts. I lose.

the-smiling-buddha
did not Fausto Coppi win the tour on a fixed

No!

Early Campy clutch thing, I reckon, cos that looks like northern France.

There was a rod and tine arrangement to move the chain across the 3 sprockets.

Have a look at this
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/campagnolo.html
for a closer look.

Well, that makes £260 for a slightly used frame, in a hard to find size look like a decent price.

Shall we have a sweep on how long before

a. photoben and hippy start flirting

b. beer/sweets get mentioned

???

bagsy 1 post

Nah, Ron's still breathing - I can testify to that cos I had to meet him to pick up the frame.

mashton I was just looking at the members stats: hippy has posted 1200 more posts than velocity boy who is the second most prolific poster. With over 2800, hippy is miles in the lead.

Don't say that - you're just encouraging him.

Andy just paid £800 for a custom Ron Cooper frame no forks.

How much is a new Jackson these days?

Yeah, I take your point - it is a little low to exploit good-will for profit.

PS 18 years ago, my mate Andy bought pretty much the exact same frame (in red) from a guy in Camden for £75.