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Dulwich rented a bus and a van with drivers to transport the people and bikes, they also provided cardboard and stuff to protect the bikes, think it cost about £15 per person.

I've not done it before but should be able to make it this year so really looking forward to it. How far is it? I might be tempted to cycle back as well.

I copied a route of the internet onto my GPS for a group ride up there, didn't bother looking at the profile and it turned out to be a total killer of a ride. Defintaly the hardest 60mile cycle I've ever done. Started with Kirkstone pass then did Hardknott pass in the photo and another equally tough one. I was releaved from navigational duties after that one!

Also i'm putting up a list for another batch of BLACK Rosies.
BLACK exteriors...choose your liner colour from the following...RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, CERISE, SILVER, BLUE.
Add your name and liner colour to the list.
Cheers!

BLACK Rosie's...

1)... IDoNothing - Orange liner
2)... aufbruch - silver liner
3)...daccordi - Blue lining
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I'm out this year too, can't afford it. Trying to do stuff closer to home this year seems I spent the whole of last year travelling about the place.

Never met Fiddy unfortunately but from hearing all these stories of the man he was a legend and an inspiration to us all. RIP 50/14

a paypal account is being run by another member of lfgss (cheevil) the email address for paypal is chithai@mac.com to which donations can be made.
Please only put your name down after you have made the donation. Please add your amount to the total amount in bracket after your name.
Make sure you have not omitted the person who posted before you

donations:

1. Velocio - £20
   
2. Wibble - £20
   
3. Joe smith - £50.14
   
4. Dropout - £20
   
5. Vinyl villain - £15
   
6. Sharkstar - £20
   
7. Furious tiles - £20
   
8. Dancing james - £20
   
9. Moog - £10
   
10. Murtle - 20
    
11. Jonny - £50.14
    
12. Oliver schick - £20
    
13. Rod munch - £20
    
14. Bluequinn - £50.14 - good idea jonny!
    
15. Mc_nebula
    
16. Tricitybendix - £20
    
17. Sam - £10
    
18. Clefty - £50.14
    
19. Cake - £20
    
20. Casasteve - £10
    
21. The seldom killer - £30
    
22. Teen -£30
    
23. Owen - £10.32 (5.31 x2)
    
24. Spins £20
    
25. Damo- £20
    
26. Jaygee & veevee - £60
    
27. Jung £30
    
28. Town £10
    
29. Willo £15
    
30. Slamm -£25
    
31. Tika - £20
    
32. Shinscar £20
    
33. Two omegas £20
    
34. Sammy dodger £20
    
35. Estelle £20
    
36. Andy p £30
    36 jacqui £20
    37 anon £150
    38 skully £50.14
    39 marcom £20
    40 sparky - £2.12
    41 shoots - 20
    42 edd 13 - 10
    43 vanuden - 50.14
    
37. Lileth - 25
    45 spinftw - 10
    46 middleofnowhere 20
    47 aroogah - £30
    
38. Hoops £20 (will pay next week when i haz more money!)
    49 longandwinding - £20
    50 khornight - £20
    51 villa-ru - £10
    52 flickwg
    53 bernie - £50.14
    
39. Mmccarthy - £20
    
40. Clever pun - 20
    
41. Huge16 -£20
    
42. Sano - £22.13
    
43. Stevo_com - £20
    
44. Bigfatal - £10
    
45. Willski - £50.14
    
46. Playswellwithotters - £20
    
47. Gormley - £20.50
    
48. Diable - £20
    
49. Stringerman- £30
    
50. Gabes £30
    
51. habbi £20
    
52. mjs110 £10
    
53. edscoble £10
    
54. Timmy2wheels £10
    
55. Buddha Fingaz £20
    
56. Pink and Sarah £20
    
57. hael £20
    
58. mashton £20
    
59. veLLo £20
    
60. Superprecise £10
    
61. teddy £20
    
62. daccordi £10
    TOTAL £1826.19
    
    

leave the paypal address when you quote the list so that the next person gets the deal, donates and extends the list.

Attending funeral

1. Dancing james
   
2. Alien
   
3. Velocio
   
4. Ladystardust
   
5. Joe smith
   
6. Fruitbat
   
7. Wibble
   
8. Furious tiles
   
9. Dropout
   
10. Wiganwill
    
11. Sharkstar
    
12. Moog
    
13. Trum
    
14. Jonny
    
15. Oliver schick
    
16. Bluequinn
    
17. Mc_nebula
    
18. Tricitybendix
    
19. Clefty
    
20. Cake
    
21. Max
    
22. Spins
    
23. Damo
    
24. Jaygee
    
25. Veevee
    
26. Jung
    
27. Slamm
    
28. Rocksteady
    
29. Teen
    
30. Shinscar
    
31. Two omegas
    
32. Sammy dodger
    
33. Estelle
    
34. Jacqui
    
35. Skully
    
36. Marcom
    
37. Shoots
    
38. Habbi
    
39. Lileth
    
40. Aroogah
    
41. Hoops
    
42. Longandwinding
    43 villa-ru (if i am not filming)
    
43. Flickwg
    
44. Mmccarthy
    
45. Huge16
    
46. Sano - if i can get out of work
    
47. Stevo_com : If i can get off work (let them try and fucking stop me)
    
48. Bigfatal
    
49. Charco
    
50. Playswellwithotters
    
51. Gormley
    
52. Diable
    
53. *FRANK
    
54. Stringerman & Stringerman's woman
    
55. Stix
    
56. Gabes
    
57. fred
    
58. Buddha Fingaz
    
59. Pink
    
60. Sarah
    
61. hael
    
62. mashton
    
63. veLLo
    
64. Superprecise
    
65. teddy
    
    

Attending wake

1. Dancing james
   
2. Alien
   
3. Velocio
   
4. Ladystardust
   
5. Joe smith
   
6. Fruitbat
   
7. Wibble
   
8. Furious tiles
   
9. Dropout
   
10. Moog
    
11. Murtle
    
12. Jonny
    
13. Bluequinn
    
14. Mc_nebula
    
15. Tricitybendix
    16.clefty
    
16. Cake
    
17. Max
    
18. Oliver schick
    
19. Owen
    
20. Spins
    
21. Damo
    
22. Jaygee
    
23. Veevee
    25.jung
    
24. Slamm
    
25. Teen
    
26. Rocksteady
    
27. Tootoughtodie
    
28. Shinscar
    
29. Two omegas
    
30. Sammy dodger
    
31. Estelle
    
32. Jacqui
    
33. Skully
    
34. Shoots
    
35. Vanuden (if i can get away from work)
    
36. Lileth
    
37. Aroogah
    
38. Hoops
    
39. Longandwinding
    
40. Villa-ru
    
41. Flickwg
    
42. Mmccarthy
    
43. Clever pun
    
44. Huge16
    
45. Sano - if it's after work and i have a feeling it will be...
    
46. Stevo_com
    
47. Bigfatal
    
48. Charco
    
49. Playswellwithotters
    
50. Gormley
    
51. Diable
    
52. *FRANK
    
53. Stringerman & Stringerman's woman
    
54. Stix
    
55. Gabes
    
56. fred
    
57. Buddha Fingaz
    
58. Pink
    
59. Sarah
    
60. hael
    
61. mashton possibly
    
62. veLLo
    
63. habbi
    
64. Superprecise
    67.fixedfreak
    
65. teddy
    

Good luck with the recovery Clive!

I always use Campag on my road bikes, I just prefer it to shimano, I prefer the looks and the function of the levers and it always works flawlessly for me. Not tried SRAM yet but since all my wheels are Campag compatible now it would be annoying to change.

I'm sure Shimano have had some terrible/flawed products but the thing with Campag is these seem to be the ones that become most collectible or desirable so we keep getting reminded about them. Sherriff Star Pista hubs = explode when used on the road, Fluted pista cranks = crack and snap, delta brakes = hard/impossible to set up to work properly yet these all sell for big bucks on e bay.

Don't shim it that will make it worse

As an Engineer I wouldn't risk it, doesn't look like theres much over lap and I've always been paranoid after using a badly made stem that caused my bars to snap because of the pressure points. These bars wouldn't snap but I'd still be worried about them moving slightly and then coming free.

On my road bike I use a Ritchey stem that has quite a small clamp that would probably hold it well.

i'm famous by proxy. i was there holding the front flash for famous bike photographer Geoff Waugh and i personally know the famous model pictured above.

Ahh but I was holding one of the flashes for this famous photo! I feel like I left my creative touch on the photo!

Ive got that M Wave one, not very good flexes loads and measuring bits are not too accurate

I cycled down that, its amazing 6hrs cycling downhill!

beautiful route. and to reassure your dad, it's rolling mostly (+lots of big groups so fast average speeds)

the main climb up shiehallion (sorry can't be bothered to check spelling) is not as bad as I thought it would be, and there are just a couple of short sharp spikes (not talking about the tacks). from what I remember.

I did it this year and was surprised how un hilly it was and Shaiehallions quite easy as it levels of at loads of points. My Dad will be fine, he will probably end up nailing it! Me and my brother are doing it as his domestiques so we'll be there to help him and set him up for the sprint finish!

It sold out about this time last year, the Tour of Wessex is also getting full apparently. Accommodation and transport can be a nightmare but there will be loads more trains up to perth which you can then get a local train to Pitlochry. I've booked a B&B which you have to do 2 nights but I'll probably only use one. I can't wait for it, doing with my Dad who is crapping himself already about it, he's lost a stone from training so far!

Didn't realise it was that early, going to have to get a move on with my wheels for the track and I suppose start training!

Cyclefit can order custom Colnago frames at £650 above thier standard prices. Don't know if this extends to getting track ends put on but it would be worth a shot it you really want one.

Another few options you might want to think about around those prices are a Parlee or Viner

What are realistic speeds at Herne Hill in a sprint?

I've used my speedo a few times but it didn't have the sensors so it was using GPS which spike a lot and not that accurate for sprints and stuff. It had spikes of 44mph occasionally which I know are totally wrong but also some more leveled spikes of about 33/34mph, are they realistic speeds?

What Sportives is everyone doing this year? So far I've signed up for the Etape Calidonia and Tour of Wessex

Might do the Burgess Hill Rumble but not sure what else, would prefer to do ones that are close to London that I can either cycle to or get there easily by public transport.

you will be able to order it in cyclefit, probably cost between £2500 and £3500

I've got a Gary Fisher Paragon, love it, its a great bike. Found the transition from 26" easy and felt right almost straight away. If your wanting something cheaper the on ones are great value and get good reviews. I thing GT do a single speed 29er quite cheap, a guy at my work has one and raves about it. If your going for something cheap definately don't get a full sus, you'll be better off with a hardtail or fully rigid.

I got one of them fluid sacks from a crash at easter, it stayed for about 6/7 months and then went away on its own. Now I have an indent where it was!

You can get some fairly heavy duty 29er rims, maybe not downhill rims but should take the punishment from fixie tricking. Although putting thin tyres on wide rims does not work too well as I found out at the muddy hell

The guy after Marc and before this guy kept missing out bits, he flew out of Iran and missed out Pakistan because he found them too dangerous but made up the distance in America. I was pleased he got beaten pretty quickly as I think thats not a real attempt, its not meant to be easy!

I think its a great idea but like has been said I would stay away from wooden handlebars. Unless you have thoroughly tested them and got sufficient insurance to cover yourself for if you do have a failure. Remember if you sell them and they snap and someone hurts themselves badly they can sue you for a lot of money.

I know wood is strong enough but if your not properly protected its not worth it in my eyes.

Just donated, very good cause which I've never given any money to before.

Good Luck!

Chris