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cheque spread messenjah, cheque spread. give us 30% of the value of the bike up front, then split the rest of the money over 6-12 months in the form of post dated cheques.

fuck's sake man, don't tempt me.

Heh. I accidentally bought 165's as replacement for my broken crankz, I thought they were 175's for ages and it was strange how much easier it was to spin - not massively, but it was certainly noticeable. I thought my pedaling technique had improved until I checked the crank length out of curiosity one day. what a disappointment!

Wtf? fixies in bearwood? wtf?

Actually... I saw a lemond in bearwood a few weeks back

oh and veganyumyum.com

try italianfoodies.wordpress.com - lots of awesome veggie recipes on there.

oh and, veganfitness.net has a recipe section which is pretty good if you know what you're looking for, or if you're prepared to wade through all the crap recipes to find the good ones.

D-lock makes bag heavier and less comfortable. Strangely, you don't notice the weight when it's tucked into your back pocket or in the back of your belt.

I wish I had 500 quid, spare, i'd probably buy a genesis flyer but ive got to go to france instead :(

i suppose another possibility is that one of his parents/ relatives is loaded and bought it him because all the other kids have got them.

although if you're a bmxer its easy to tell a 'proper bmxer's bike' from a bog standard off-the-shelf bmx, so it does arouse suspicion when you see someone who's clearly not a 'proper bmxer' riding one.

Well dfp dan is right, but you are right that the leverage does make a difference. As you obviously know, longer lever = less force requiered to move a certain load, so longer cranks = a bit easier to pedal. But for a given gear ratio, the same distance is travelled per crank revolution regardless of crank length, thus the gear inche value remains the same. Gear inches ain't telling you exactly how difficult it's gonna be to pedal, just how far you're gonna travel per crank rev.

You fucking thick cunt! You... err... actually, you're right. I take it back.

I was wondering what skatepark you meant for a few seconds there, until it clicked. It'll always be Epic to me. Why did they have to change it to such a daft-sounding name, eh?

don't get the stainless skf ones, it says they have a lower load capacity. get normal steel ones.

it makes you a pussy due to the miniscule increased leverage compared to 165's

i ride 100mm cranks cos i'm solid

46 15 sounds harsh man

46:17 or 18 is better

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I'm pretty sure it was Anthony's bike, I've seen it on your blog.

It was a disaster for me! I would like to say I tried to take photos but my camera blew up in my face and bits of shrapnel injured the riders, but it's less interesting than that. Just bad timing and going to the men's room without my phone.

48:18

White PK Ripper, narrow-as-fuck bars (and you've seen my bars), blue rims, pink jacket going up Hill Street about 9:40ish

Badd!

I'm sick of you fakenscooters appropriating our sub-culture and turning into some hipster fad.
Scooters are a practical low maintenance method for couriers to get round the the city.
You're ride looks like you just bought it pre-fab from toys'r'us, (your deep t bars are lame btw) I spent months sourcing my parts.
Why don't you just go back to Shoreditch?!

Bah, you sound like a certain ex-fakenger who has the "only I'm allowed to ride fixed because I used to be a messenger for a couple of summer months, and all the other non-messengers are just posers" attitude. You should lighten up and stop getting angry at other people who choose this beautiful scooter-based lifestyle.

Ok. no worries if yous lot wanna take a different route though, I'm quite comfy with a shitload of Deep Heat cream on my neck and tasty food to cook with my right hand. Trying to chop stuff is going to be so much fun. Not.

Straight up broad street, straight on under the roundabout (or 3rd exit if you go over the roundabout), and then straight on up the road for about 3 mile. It's impossible to get lost if you take that route - however, I got lost on a straight road once. I was pissed and tried to ride my bmx from my house (just off Hagley rd) to the 24 hour booze shop that was about 2 miles away, on Hagley road. Luckily it was closed (24 hour my arse!), otherwise I would have had a much worse hangover the next day. But when I tried to get back home, I ended up in the Jewellery quarter :-S must have tried to get back via the back streets and taken a wrong turning.

Does anyone fancy riding to Bearwood? That would mean you get to thrash up Hagley Road (or a more interesting route via the reservoir or Harborne) and I'd be able to take some pics without causing myself too much more injury

TBH I'm tempted to just ignore the pain, but the tiny portion of my mind that's actually sensible, is urging me not to be so stupid.

Man I'm really fucked off