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mdja - woah, that's impressive.

that dahon that buddha posted does look pretty slick. if my uni won't let me take my bike into my room in a bike bag overnight i'd probably end up getting a folding bike. i'd fix it, of course.

surely it wouldn't take long to get one shipped via cetma? their racks look reaaaally durable.

there was a guide to free stuff in the guardian a few months back, it might be on their web site now.

i've only got a front brake on my ss - simply because i've ran out of money building it up. Saying that you'll fly off your bike is a load of bollocks, though.

what... i thought this was the downhill biking forum..?!

Yeah, definitely. I was 16 when I went to Germany as a language student with my college and I didn't see any people of the same age binging like in the uk.

The beer was lovely, we went to one bar that had hundreds of beers on tap in Berlin... can't remember the name. I'd love to go back.

haha, yeah I saw that this morning. Surprised it wasn't checked before being uploaded.

31trum [quote]lpg It's a cultural thing. UK has never had a culture of food and cooking, eating meals with family. Not big agricultural industry, either.

er....sunday roast???[/quote]

Yeah, I can't even think of the last time my family didn't have a meal together on sunday.

ffub
Plenty of kebab shops in Germany, and a snitzel is basically just fried chicken.

Yeah. The food when I went to Germany wasn't great. Endless schnitzel and wurst cooked in endless ways. Loads of beer too, which isn't necessarily a bad thing!

hippy http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170115486306

mmm black phil wood hubs... i love them. i wonder if will/hubjub can get them ...

hippy
Glitter, pefect for a Sat night out at G-A-Y..

i'm stunned.

someone actually made that :O the chrome was quite cool in a awful kind of way, but that is just horrendous.

lol! very homo.

hmm i'll drop the pressure down then when i go out today to around 120, see how it feels.

i guess i've got used to the possibly slightly bumpy ride, but i've put that down to the sh1t road surfaces.

(i checked mavic's site and the cxp22s are rated to 138psi... so i won't end up with my rim exploding, that would hurt.)

MrSmith they were probably some 20 something graphic designers with a manga fetish and a membership card for the ICA. or washed up ex-messengers or perhaps students?

:-)

exactly the kind of thing i was thinking

another vote for chrome! amazing.

Yeah, 130-140psi, normal road use. I haven't experimented, tbh. You think its too high?

ahhh but the topeak has no gauge, decisions decisions...

hippy But can you beat drivers with it like you can a track pump?

that's always the most important thing - a light u lock is nice to carry, but it means you have to work harder to beat them.

knucklehead - i'm really tempted by the cyclaire, but i usually buy new gadgety stuff and they turn out crap so i'm sceptical.

1bhp, dc, fixedpip - topeak looks good, plus it claims it can get upto 160psi which looks appealing.. my tyres are normally about 130-140psi anyway.

david - yeah i've frozen myself before in a chemistry lab, not good.

After a 45 minute walk home because of a flat from my friend's place this morning I think it's time to invest in a mini pump, rather than risk a long walk home :-/

I have yet to use a good mini pump that gets my tyres above 100psi, so can anyone recommend one? CO2 cartridges look really wasteful, so they're out the window.

Small, light(ish), less than £30. 100psi (actually pumps to that rather than the manufacturer claiming so), 140psi would be nice :P

rkn The London one looks sh1t (thats for you hippy) as.... i don't know. Why do we have to have the crap one?

Probably because of some prick in an office somewhere.

they do make a blue one... http://www.suginoltd.co.jp/singlespeeder_e.html

Something just looks weird about them, but I can't put my finger on it...

nah, i bought it because it got me the most for my money, plus its a lot more versatile than a pure road frame. :)

i'm tempted by mini v brakes, since they can be used with normal drop brakes. decisions, decisions.

edit: now these look pretty good!

Yeah, I've pretty much looked at most of the stuff online about how they work and so on. Just wondered if anyone has used them because they look a bit cheap in pics. I don't like buying crappy stuff!

rattlebag - yeah, i'm looking forward to it a lot. cool, i'll remember that and pm you when I find out the required texts, cheers.

i'd like to stick some drops on my roadrat, but it's drilled for v brakes so you can't use normal road levers etc....

the 287s pull the right amount of cable, apparently, for vees. anyone had any experience of them?

Tom.

imperial college, for chemistry

i realised that i've been posting for nearly three weeks and haven't introduced myself!

My name is Tom, I'm a student from Basingstoke. I know that the forum is mainly aimed at london riders, but I am moving to London in September for uni plus there aren't any other fixed/ss forums, that i've discovered, as good as this.

I ride a cotic roadrat, currently set up as a singlespeed. As soon as I have the cash in a couple of weeks, going fixed :) Wouldn't mind a old track frame, too.