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Yer I have seen a few people who have non-machined deep v's on the front and it doesn't look too bad scuffing on the coating, just wondering how much it will damage the rest of the paintwork if it does start to get rubbed off. Juts thinking they're going to be baby blue so I can't decide how much of a mess black brake skids will make. gah

My rims will be going in to Armourtex one of these days, and I need (ok, so *need *is debatable, I would prefer) to mask the braking surface on the front one, as they said they don't do the masking themselves and didn't seem to know much about masking materials. Has anyone had any experience with masking tape for powder coating? Do you really need tape to stand 400-500F or does the lower temp tape work ok?

Also anyone had much joy masking off a curved surface with a straight tape?

Also into covered/indoor areas as I too have the sickness. How long will folks be at the RO before setting off?

1.Building new wheels: anyone have a pair of 28h track hubs lying around? I can get Suzue ones for quite cheap but only from the US. Thought I'd check here first. Anyone?

2.Since something (not sure what it is) has decided to throw the towel in somewhere in my BB/cranks, and my LBS cannot get the cotter pin out to regrease/investigate without an angle grinder (thereby probably demolishing entire lot), I need new stuff!
I think I need a Raleigh compatible BB (1 3/8, 26tpi - ???) and my chainring is currently 45t (I need maybe a 42t though as it's quite a big gear right now) and my crank arms are 160mm since my bike is quite dinky.

All suggestions welcome!

My bike is making a nice grinding/creaking sound on the downstroke of the left crank arm, and BLB cannot get my crank off to regrease my BB without using an angle grinder. Stupid cotter pin and stuff. Grr! I need a new one! But if I can bear my evil bike noises I may be down for a very short time for some trackstand practice - its the only time it doesn't make a noise.

+1 recommendation for the roxy award - best idea/organisation of the year.

What were these 'obnoxious f*ckers on the motorcycle' and 'mr.neighbourhood busybody?' Did I miss a fight? Can we still do it again next week?

Drunk enought to not realise how cold I was. My feet were so red when I got in - potential hypothermia issues.

Chandra, reckon you must have the most bruises. Fearless!

Good times! Very poor spatial awareness on the way home... wonder why that was

That pub (if its the one I think you're talking about) is the Royal Oak and it is on Royal Oak Road, just off Columbia. How quaint. I don't know any you ladies so I guess I will just look out for the bin bags ;)

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=the%20royal%20oak%20columbia%20road&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Cajeta [quote]millierider o the guys all ways start list's lets do it...

1.roxy
2.chandra
3.millie
4.cajeta

5.vic if it's not really really pissing it down

it's torrential rain - what's the plan?

juliettyspaghetty It is a 1984 raleigh team replica. £45 for the bike. I hope it's ok when I get it this weekend.
Here's a picture:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k108/milcymilcy/RaleighTeam1984.jpg

Looks around the same size as mine. What size wheels does it have at the moment?

Is anyone going home for dinner before 7? I'll be the only one lazy and podged full of food!

I rode with a s/s bmx hub when I first got my bike. Personally I felt like I was doing it by halves (ie if I stopped eating meat I'd just go straight to vegan) but fixed isn't for everyone. When I got around to having new wheels built I used a flip flop hub but I really have never used the freewheel since. Once you're fixed you won't go back. Also I reckon flipflop hubs are harder to find - esp if you have a dumb spoke count like me (28).

I never tried anyone else bike before I rode fixed (same reason - too big for me) - my bike is usually the very tiniest at polo if you want to try it :D

alone in a crowd - alone in a crowd.

oh i do love nyhc

JOL please do shout yes - I reckon we all just keep quiet too much when we see other fixie folks we don't know. I hardly ever dare to speak to people I see on my commute. Mo shouting mo friends. Or soemthing

I'm not that short I suppose (5' 2"), plenty of people shorter than me ride bikes bigger than mine, but I think it's better to ride something slightly too small than too big for you. I don't know the general opinion on that though - what do other people think?

Rims wise, just bought deep V's, grey ano 28h which I will be having powdercoated baby blue (like the Celeste colour Velocity currently do). My bike will be, er, pastel bling! I really should have gone for a 32h to make the hub search easier... but these were cheap, and I can get quite cheap Suzue hubs for them I suppose.

I did play polo once. The mallet came way up to my elbow

Heh thanks... sometimes I feel like its a bit of a circus bike or something. I guess that makes me a circus midget? I'm have new 650 rims coming so I will be a few inches higher from the ground soon. Then I can play with the big people. Haha!

I am not 'escorted' thank you! I can ride just fine by myself, without a chaperone... or stabilisers either ;P

baddesigner some scruffy cnut sat drinking coffee outside LCB, off brick lane, hollering at any riders that rode by.... big hair, strange beard, mcdonalds happy mean shades....
Yeah I seen him too. In fact, two scruffies outside LCB! They drink a lot of coffee those two ;D

Very nice clean white frame, lovely drop bars, ahead of me at Blackfriars roundabout, heading west on to Embankment this morning - dude with a canvas/leather satchel I think.

I agree with Roxy on the Tuesday/Thursday thing - but if we start it off on Thursdays and mean to change it to Tuesdays in the long run, should we just do it starting from today? Or is that too short notice for everyone?

+1, especially on the skid practice. Venues in mind?

1. dude on black bike, yellow checked cap, going west along Bethnal Green Road last night (to Hallowe'en Ride I guess) about 5.45pm - very sorry, but I was really gawping at what I thought was a bling chain (is there such a thing?) but was probably in reality the only thing that I could identify a fixie with in the dark. Hello! I was on my tiny yellow/pink affair. I do forget there are often people atop the objects of my stares...

2. two dudes going east along Bethnal Green Road, 8pmish, crossing the junction with Brick Lane and getting beeped at. Me and my boy were walking along east. NICE BIKES i did yell, which they were.

3. nice blue fixie locked outside the Redchurch, Brooks saddle, and then me and my boy stared at you outside Tas Firin - we meant 'hello', it just didn't come out and we gawped instead.

If you're after civilized venues similar to the Alley Cafe, my favourite cafe bar was always The Malt Cross, just south of the Market Sq - http://www.maltcross.com (it used to be a music hall - quaint restored Victoriana etc), and also Fade and the Hard to Find Cafe, which is right at the top (171 to be precise) of Mansfield Road, just north of the city centre. The Social (Pelham Street) is a good bar/club of the slightly indie/electro variety, with a post-student age patronage. The Old Angel in Hockley was my local - excellent punk/hardcore jukebox if you like that sort of thing.