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I would head to Brixton if it were a little closer, I agree their service is spot on.

Whatever. I have heard stories about BC giving bad service, all of which sounded a bit like yours. BC is a really good shop, but they have humans working there, not machines, so sometimes they get it wrong, even after 20 years.

BLB are a young shop, and still learning.

What's this stealing? Every1 wants Eggpie, but he knows where his true loyalties lie (plus I asked him first!)

I thought you said his assistant stepped in?

Most bike shops are busiest over lunch times and saturday mornings. Man needs to eat at some time of the day.

+1.

Yeah, little.

Yeah, I ain't no working messenger.

I am riding for Rollapaluza, innit.

Nice games! Thanks for improving my skills a little, fellers.

Team Moving Target is:

1. Janky James
   
2. Carsmasher Ryan
   
   

and our star player

1. Little Jon
   
   

Ha!

I'll have the forms on Sunday.

Sunny here in W1 - thunderstorm has passed.

Anyone else?

So am I, I went for Tumblr which is fucking great, surprisingly flexible and easy, I managed to score a great looking theme and added a photo my girlfriend took of London in the background;

http://edscoble.tumblr.com/

Looks f***ing mad. Nice one!

don't Wear Flip Flops, They Get Caught On The Cages.

:-)

+1

a track frame is intended to be used fixed from day 1. it has track ends, tight geometry, and probably isn't drilled for a rear brake.

No, if it's a real TRACK frame SET (as opposed to a fixie frame or what used to be called a road/path frame), it DEFINITELY will not have a drilling for a front brake.

+1

And as a seller, i had quite a few items which ended for 7p - can remember of a 3T quill stem which ended for 7p, and a track chainring which ended for 7p as well! :(

I think I got a stem off you for about 40p or something. ;-) Yeah, eBay is up and down, but if you're buying 9 speed Dura Ace STI levers, forget value - I got mine £30 cheaper than any of the 2nd hand listings NEW off a web shop.

I agree with Dogs and Roberto, tho - patience and willingness to comb thru the listings for mispells and mislists pays off.

On feedback: I think they have changed the rules now, but after receiving neg fb for leaving neg fb, I would always wait til the seller has left fb before leaving fb.

I love leaving neg fb. LOVE IT!

Thursday is good for me!

This week?

there's this one near southhampton - Calshot velodrome :

I haven't ridden Calshot, but everyone who has raves about it. Would love to try it!

You got the tennis socks on inside out today, RPM?

;-)

Yeah, neither of us were laughing at first - but so lucky she wasn't hurt. It was one of those were there is a stunned silence while everyone tries to work out whether any major injuries have resulted.

Not sure what happened - but I think it was too much booze and other things, plus cycling shoes on slippery floor.

Hello all,

I worked in Condor as a Sales Assistant for a few months a few years ago. Around 4pm on an ordinary weekday, a little black kid (no more than 10 years old) popped in to have a look around.

A few years ago? Why have you waited this long? As David says, this is slander. Did Grant say this in front of witnesses? Care to name them? Otherwise delete the post.

Scary in a nice way! Yeah, it was gr8. Apart from dropping Anna when we trying some silly upside stuff at about 3am in the Macbeth, and sitting on her face... luckily no major damage.

Yeah, am ok though. just think i might have fecked my back a bit : ( just need to HTFU.

You don't need to HTFU - you're pretty scary already! Hope you're not too sore. Crashing sucks, no matter whose fault it is. It doesn't hurt any less when it's someone else's fault.

Rakan and a mate who was practising his already rather fine track stands in London Fields.

I rode up and pushed his mate off. I can't help it - every time I see some1 track-standing I just want to push them off.

This is crap. There are heaps of different disciplines on the track, and many different types of track, short with tight and steep banking, long with shallow banks (HHV), wooden, concrete, asphalt etc. Therefore different frames will be more or less suitable for specific events on different tracks

A track pursuit bike looks different to a madison bike, which both look different to a sprint bike. A super-stiff ally frame fitted with super stiff wheels is probably not the right choice for a hard bumpy track like HHV, but might well be the perfect mount at a wooden wall of death like Calshot.

Therefore the only generalisation you can make is that a track bike will have a fixed-wheel, no hand -brakes no quick releases and capped bar ends (although you would have to ride drops for mass-start events, whereas you could ride lo-pros for time trial events). I don't think there are even any rules that stipulate that any bike to be ridden on the track has to have backward facing rear drop outs. I am pretty sure that you could get up at HHV with forward facing rear drop outs

Likewise any bike that any courier rides is a courier bike.

There was a guy who used to ride a MTB with a dog in the front basket, wouldn't have been my choice, but it was still a courier bike.

Moving Target is textpattern. Works really well for me.

must buy a Ron Cooper before it's too late.

Exactly what Cappa thought. Well, actually he thought must buy ANOTHER cooper. Frame no fork £800.