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anyone know a few decent bars in barcelona? i'm off on a "quiet, relaxed" stag trip this weekend and I don't want to get stuck in the usual touristy bits. I've been a few times myself but I've never really been out late night boozing? Also, any ideas where to hire bikes, places to ride to if by any chance any of us are up for a roll-around on the sunday?

Whoops, sorry about that, I knocked that up as a response to someone else's request, yellow on brown they said and I knocked it up to have a look.

In fact any of the t-shirts in that list I did (with other people's designs) are just sketches of what people were suggesting - not meant to be taken as any kind of solid design idea.

I don't like the yellow/brown either, although I quite like the airfix kit design.

there really should be an arrospok on there.

that's just made my rash bidding on a "too small" gt pulse frame seem a lot sounder.
now i've just got to sort out a delivery address in the usa and some way of getting it back over here, oh and the funds to pay for it.

i'm crap on computer.

I probably haven't posted picture right, even after following detailed instructions, oh well.
Not really worth opening ms paint for.

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d.mac - eggbeaters are great in some respects. piss easy to clip in, secure when you're clipped in and they look ace. The basic cro-mo ones soon begin to look knackered (chrome flakes off, rust) so it's defo worth spending a bit more for stainless which are also meant to be stronger. The cleats they give you when you buy the pedals may as well be made from tin foil, upgrade to brass straight away.

so have I made a sale or what?

whinge about float? too much or not enough?

did my first long(ish) ride on my eggbeaters yesterday and I started getting a bit of pain in the back of my right knee after around 50 miles. I could possibly adjust the cleat position and continue trying to ride them in, but if atacs are as good as everyone says perhaps I should have a try.

plus, the logo reminds me a bit of the transformers hologram.

anyone tried the old 'sucking tea through a kit-kat' trick .. ends in tears every time, chocolate tears.

I can't quite explain it but my overwhelming feeling is "what a legend".. not many points on hipster bingo though.

feel free to build a prototype for me. if it's lugged the lugs need to be futuristic looking not all swirly.

could someone make it look like an important excel spreadsheet?

gt kenisis?

Looks like pulse was easton and gtb just basic alu but both had same geometry. I thought gt did a steel frame as well??

Me wants one.

Has anyone got one, had one, ridden one? I'm struggling to come up with much information on them. I believe it's an out-and-out track bike, i've only had conversions up to now, do I need to be aware of differences in sizing? I ride 56cm 'road' frames.

My evil plan was to begin collecting parts as I scour the interwebs for a pristine frame that has never been ridden and is being given away for pennies by a kindly old lady. Will it work?

i like it...
is it just down to bare aluminium & polished up? what rear hub?

seat-tube could do with a bit of work, otherwise a bargain.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RIDE-ART-HAND-MADE-TRACK-BIKE-BY-R-R-O-DA-SILVA_W0QQitemZ250224437951QQihZ015QQcategoryZ33503QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

On a slightly different tack. I watched a guy this morning bombing along the road full pelt on a full-suss mountain bike. He looked to be busting a gut but every pedal stroke he was bouncing up and down massively. I felt pretty smug about my efficient fixed gear bike. Is the difference in efficiency really as much as it looks?

Nodnol

Blazing Saddles in Hebden Bridge (google it). The guy opened REALLY early for me one sunday morning when i was due to start an audax. I'd arrived and couldn't unclip my from my pedal cause the cleat had come loose. The fella changed both my cleats for me for no charge.

anything for a hipster bingo card as a spokecard or does the whole thing implode?

i've just looked for handjobs in yellow pages, nothing?

bike looks ace, what seatpost is that? I feel a misguided purchase coming on.

give him a really nice spoke card.
or make him ride up some big hills with em on.

good stuff, my old man was only asking yesterday where he could find live coverage of classics which aren't covered by eurosport.

I know someone posted a few weeks back asking about any cycling blogs worthing looking out for so apologies if this recovers old ground.
With the pro season getting under way, I was hoping someone could point me towards a blog which covers the racing season, ideally posting the big race news and results (pro-tour, classics, stage races) but with some 'witty' commentary thrown in. BSNYC meets David Duffield perhaps?

Afternoon.

After a pretty horrendous experience converting an old peugeot (seatpost, rear dropout spacing etc etc.) I was wondering which decent quality frame manufacturers used the most 'standard' sizing, threads etc on their bikes.
I'm looking to buy a nice 80's road bike to convert (or track bike with more relaxed geometry if that's possible), maybe spend a bit of money on with paint, kit etc. but I don't want to be stuck trawling ebay for weird size components.
I understand there's probably no straightforward answer but any advice would be a start..
Once, just once i'd like to know what it feels like to be sat on a 27.2mm post if you get my drift.