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I'm thinking of putting the cross tyres that came on it back on my bike (got 32c randonneurs on at the moment) to deal with the snow / slush that will no doubt be encountered on my commute this week, but they don't offer much by way of puncture protection (ritchey speed max pro).

Does lining the tyre with an old tube actually work to increase puncture protection? all i've got to hand that might help is gaffa tape and a couple of old tubes.

I have the same issue - there is quite a lot of cable action going on, but I really like how the bar-ends work.

Yesterday, Birmingham.
Rode home from work on the canals, was like playing QWOP on bikes but without actually falling off, was with a mate on a Kona Coiler with ridiculously wide tyres, I had 35mm Schwalbe Land Cruisers and got up a few ramps/bridges that he didn't.
I can't recommend the tyres enough, they have a centre line for riding on tarmac but plenty of grip. Perfect happy medium for me anyway, might tour on them next year.

Sorry about phone picture

are you using downtube shifters? can't quite make it out - if not, what are you using?

that is ace.

I didn't know they had fried chicken shops in Narnia.

Last night at almost the exact halfway point on our ride home my wife got a puncture and the tyre was so cold and stiff I couldn't get it off the rim (they are quite tricky at the best of times), so we had to walk about 4 miles home. the walk would have been quite nice if it wasn't for south London doing it's best ice rink impression and us slipping all over the place. I did see a cat doing a brilliant Tom & Jerry style bit of running on the spot though, which was ace. Left work just after 6, got home at 8.40.

that yellow bike is nuts, I love it. looks like something from mad max.

looks quite nice though.

I have been thoroughly recommended brooks saddles by quite a few people and with a monster ride on the cards for the summer I thought now would be a good time to get one, to wear it in in advance. So, I just bite the bullet and got one at the weekend (team pro). I'm used to a specalized alias 143, which has one of cut away things so it does feel quite different - the team pro has the closest measurements to the spesh 143 as I could find. I'm as yet not sure if this is a bad different or just a different different, only time (and some miles) will tell I guess. It doesn't hurt or anything like that and it not 'uncomfortable', which is a good start I suppose.

I'm a little irritated with myself as I know I am paying more attention to what bits are touching the saddle than should be just because I'm paranoid and I'm sure I am over thinking things.

How long do people think is a good amount of time to give a saddle to decide if it's for you or not? I was thinking a few hundred miles, or do brooks take a bit longer to get used to?

I bet you can get a bit of a stonk on when you try. I'd really like to give track riding a go one day. have you used any of your older track bikes on the track? how much quicker are you on a modern bike?

Most productive afternoon I've had at work, EVER....!!!

that really is very good. nice work.

I certainly don't doubt that, I hope KC rides it so fast no one can get a proper look at it.

I know that BMC is a really good bike, but I don't like it. Looks like a load of decent parts chucked together whereas KCs white planet X looks more like a thought out overall project.

Obviously as this was on the last page ppl have forgotten all about it...

I'm really don't think surly is in the running for this one.

Surly's really aren't that heavy. a 56cm cross check frame is 400 grams heavier than a 54cm Soma ES frame. It's got more room for bigger tyres and has the ability to run fixed/SS easily without the need for magic gears, or tensioners. which, if you're after a bike to do it all, is pretty handy.

Glad someone else brought this up.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4349848937_0932c7f267.jpg

like a giraffe on a micro-scooter, but, racked up, the menopausal escape vehicle.

Surly's a brilliant. If you're after something a little more spritely than a LHT a Cross Check would be a good bet. If you get a new one they've added mid-blade braze on's to the front forks which means you can fully load it up front too.

I got one a month or so ago and am extremely happy with. Really can't recommend them enough.

strange that they've gone to all the effort of brazing on the bits to mount the brakes, but not done any proper cable stops.

^ looks more like the seam in a pair of tights I'd have thought.

Finished the Mercian yesterday. Only thing left to do is change the freewheel.

Running Nuovo Record groupset, on record hubs laced to mavic open sport. Nitto Noodle 40cm bar, Mafac racer brakes with front rack, tubus rack.gilles berthoud mudguards and panaracer 28C.
The color of the saddle hasnt come out at all right.

this is seriously tasty, well done. where did you get that bag from?

it really is such a tragic waste of life, horrible.

dibs for a friend - PM coming.

ha!

tube angles look quite relaxed from that pic, aren't most track frames from that kind of era a bit steeper?

I've got some northroad bars going for a fiver: http://www.lfgss.com/thread55363.html

Ha! rubbish.

I fancy making one of these.

do it.

A CX based utility bike is most versitile bike you can buy IMHO.

+1 to that.

I got myself a cross check a few weeks ago and it really is very good. Sadly I can only have 1 bike, so I need a bike that can do everything, which I think the cross check can better than anything else that isn't custom. At the moment it's got some 32c road tyres and full mudguards on it, and I'll be making a front rack over Christmas. It feels a lot more spritely than I was expecting, it's not light, but I'm not finding that a problem really. I think my cycling ability is holding me back much more than a slightly heavier bike ever will and it is an extremely comfortable ride, which makes the weight sacrifice worth it.

I'm using (and really getting on well with) bar-end shifters. I know they are a sticking point for a lot of people, but I like the accuracy you get, it's a nice feel. With the addition of some STI type shifters I bet a cross check would rival a lot of those spoken about above.

I've heard good things about the Salsa ed posted, but they really are ugly, and not even in a way that I could grow to love. Just plain ugly. There is a review of some £1,000-ish CX bikes in the December issue of Cycling Plus which might be worth a quick read.

^Had a look at the Venturas in Condor at the weekend, they are seriously beefy. Did I imagine a fleece lining on them too?

I've had oversocks and Endura MT500s doubed up and they have been a stellar combo over this weekend. And some tinfoil under my insoles just in case.

do you happen to remember how much they cost in condor? I believe they are fleece lined, I'm in desperate need of warming my feet up.