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Nope, NY to LA was the thought. It would have to be on roads, because of the pedal-powered device proposed.

Anyone have any experience with this? Thinking NY>LA specifically.

Haven't pre-booked either. I reckon we turn up en masse, and demand equal representation for fixed gears. Shall we form a no-coast peloton?

Where is the start? I'd assumed it was Norwich Start-Finish, just like the Norwich 50/100.

I think that we've all learned how to fix punctures, and we all have slightly different ways of doing it, and they all work.

Am I right?

Go to the street, I forget what it's called - the really tacky one where all the English-speaking teachers and US soldiers go - and befriend someone in the military. They'll get super-cheap postage from the States...

I use this for my Fenix which is similar to a Maglite.

http://www.fenixtorch.co.uk/led_torches/lockblock.html

Are they good, then?

I used to run my finger around the inside of the tyre - a man's thumb fits perfectly into a 23mm. Then someone told me an horrific story about a used needle embedded in a tyre. Complete tosh, I imagine, but now I can't do it until I've eyeballed the whole thing. Waste of time.

Right, you lot. Me and machineisbored are doing this 60 miler on Sunday. We want volunteers. Anyone?

Come on, it's only 60 miles. You can do that before breakfast.

£30, cash. Used fivers, non-sequential.

By the way, is that a Maglite on his handlebars? Can you buy an adapter?

Truth is "Countersteering" is the ONLY way to control a bike at riding speeds. That's why it's so hard to learn when you are 6. The handlebars are for keeping your balance having initiated a turn. The only way a bike will turn right is when the rider's weight is displaced that way. It's done by turning the bars to the left to unbalance the bike, or leaning your weight to the right. What some folk find hard to understand is that there's a SPECIAL TERM for what we have all been doing since we were kids.

On your way home tonight, don't try "Countersteering". Try steering by turning the bars the way you want to go. It can't be done! It's absolute proof of the thesis that you don't need to be able to understand something scientifically to be able to do it.

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Check out this video, I was waiting for something dreadful to happen.

YouTube - Counter steer on a bike

Greetings all. I know many of you are trendy graphic designer types...

I have a blog all about bikes;
http://stopreadingthisandrideabike.wordpress.com/

And I'm moving it over from Wordpress.com to a proper host;
http://fletchycorp.com/stopreadingthis/

I just need to iron out the glitches, get a domain and a logo.

So, would someone be up for doing me a logo, in exchange for a few beers?

The site is called Stop Reading This and Ride a Bike.

Local news in Bristol did this the day before "Bristol's Biggest Bike Ride". They chose a route that was dual carriageway between Bristol and Bath. Not suprising the car won.

They chose a dual carriageway that ran a few miles?!! What did they imagine would happen? The car floored it at 70mph the whole way. Nice one local news.

:)

liking the videos on your channel tynan

Nicw work

Yeah, what did you use to do the camera steadying? Adobe [insert package name here], no doubt?

"a French team called l'Equipe Genève won" ??? Ignorant muppet.

I checked in to ask who won, with someone involved in the tournament, and was told it was a French team.

By the way, while I'm on here... Does Norwich FG actually want to do something? Since leaving London I've been thoroughly bored by the lack of group rides. Let's do one...

Come on. I'll come with you, you can draft me. Did anyone else say they'd come; Sailor, Andy?

I'm meant to be doing the Suffolk Coast ride for charidee at the weekend but neither my road bike nor my fixed wheel is ready yet. Does anyone have a bike I could borrow for 24 hours from Saturday night? Preferably geared and in good nick.

Backbreaker GT........

Thought you might want to see this;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/aug/03/bike-polo

Maybe we could dedicate a forum thread to your stint on the plinth. You could go up there with a big sheet of rolled up paper and basically read what we're posting on your iphone or whatever and write it on the sheet of rolled up paper with a big marker pen so everyone in the square can see our valuable opinions about art and bikes and so on.

That's interesting. I could take a whiteboard and write messages on it that are sent to my Twitter account.

Is that the winning idea, it feels a bit like it...

I just got a tour of the factory and chatted to the MD. Nice guy. No ride, unfortunately, so I can't comment on the product yet, but after hearing the background I am curious and looking forward to seeing it.

http://www.factor001.com/

Hoping to get a ride soon, will let you know what it's like. For £25,000 it should be bloody amazing.

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It's a good idea, for the one time a month something really shocking happens in front of you, but who can be bothered filming a month for ten seconds?

In a month of filming it would probably catch me doing something bloody stupid on the roads as well. We are none of us perfect.

Yep, where they had to pray to get their tea and bread-and-butter?

I think ghost bike, white clothes, white makeup and t shirt with URL of ghost bike website, or maybe some stats about cyclist deaths.

I know it's a bit morbid, but it's an issue, and that's sort of what the plinth is all about. I would like to highlight cycling being fun, but without being allowed to circle around the top with a big grin on my face I don't see how I can do that.

Yes.

That sounds really snarky, sorry.