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I am 21 and have pretty much given up with life down here in Sussex (about 30miles from london and same from brighton). Have been working in a bike shop for a few years but finally decided i needed to get serious and get a proper better paying job... well i have lasted a month at a financial publishers, couldn't really handle working for a large corp.
So im looking ot get a new job and also to relocate myself towards London

So a bit about me, ive studied music technology, really into recording bands and making noise. I ride and fix bikes, fixed wheel, tourers and bmx. I play bass. Heavily into music, favourite bands being small brown bike, defiance ohio, HWM and also some Explosions, Mogwai etc. A nice broad mix.
I am pretty laid back and easy going.

I have been veggie for a couple of years now and have been keeping to the veganism for about 6 months. One of the best things i have ever done.

Anyone know of anything going?
Ideally i want a room in a houseshare that isnt goign to cost more than about £80 a week. And a job which will support me at that room.
Working in a bike shop again would be great :)

Cheers

Hopefully coming in to 4D with the next FBM order... 3-4 weeks hopefully.
But you know how it is with bmx distros...

Still, major excitement

my stelvios have last through 3 bikes.. highly rec.

im going to give 4down a call tomorrow and see if they are thinking about getting them in.

.....http://fbmfixed.com/

Thinking i may have to get these hubs and a FBM frame,
Add on an elementary stem and some wombolts and it starts to match my bmx

i think it may even be copper.. doesnt look "white" enough to be chrome... but doesnt look copper enough to be copper...
i cant actually remember from when i boguht it

Its def. not Ti though

im all for DIY... but if you are having problems with it still, might be best to take to to you LBS

For Sale or possible Trade

Brooks Honey Team Pro.
Was about £85 new.

Make me an offer..
May also consider some Neuvo Wide pedals as trade :)

Reason for selling... well ive ridden about 500 miles on it and then turned vegan. Doesn't seem right riding it now.
Has a few scuffs
I can also throw in the brooks dubbing and cloth and the brooks ring spanner if i can find it.

To remove it it goes the same way that it freewheels...
Best bet is to put a track nut over the tool to stop it slipping. Put it in a vice and then use the moment of the wheel.

i live in east grinstead, about 25mile away
i normally park my car at park and ride and then cycle into town when crashing at friends etc.

i hear there is a track around preston park?

anyway.. if there is anything happening saturday, let me know and ill trip down.
i was chatting to a friend about doing the critical mass on friday and then crashing over at hers.. though im not sure if that will happen yet.

I did it unofficially a few years ago on not only a BMX but also a massive hangover.
We decided to catch some z's in the park before hand. Found a nice tree to lie under.. but was so frigging cold we ended up getting the whiskey in.

If you can keep your cadance up then its all good.. that is until someone stops infront of you.

Once we had finished and found out there was no chance of getting a train back, we ended up cyclign another 15miles back to a main line train station.
That wasnt fun.

Sun cream is a given.

the government has a really good website for diy ltds

yeehh intersection is cross..

Today i have mostly been listening to

Q and not U
Cap N Jazz
Cursive

Get hold of a bottom bracket lock ring as well.

Ive been running a suicide hub with bb lock ring for a while now on a brakeless pub bike with no worries

...not wanting to hijack the thread.
But when i come to skid stopping with spds, my pulling foot sometimes unclips.
Fresh clips and cleats, tightened up to the max stop.

are egg beaters better for this?

yeh threadless would do,
i can easily cut a thread on.

what style are they, have you got a photo?

Looking for a set of forks. Nothing fancy, as long as they aren't bent or out of shape.
Track forks would be nice if im being picky. Minimal front rake.
With or without brake hole. But no lugs!

531.. would be very nice if possible

As for colour.. im going to spray them black so that would save me the hassle

You must have something hidden away..
Paypal/cash waiting.

Cheers

if the security guards do quiz you as to what you are doing.
just tell them that its your girlfriends bike and she foolishly lost the keys to the lock..

and then say something like " well you know what birds are like mate, would loose their tits if they weren't attached " then he would reply with some equally chauvanist comment and forget you are stealing a bike.

1. Nitromors... pick up a can for about a fiver, get some gloves and away you go. As for plugging up holes, some tape on the insides would do, you can always get a LBS to spina tap through there to clean it up afterwards. i wouldnt charge more than £7.50 for doing that

2. I dont think you quite understand the concept of having a fixed wheel. The campy wheels use a freehub, which unless you are planning to bead weld the pawls stuck... i wouldnt really recommend it. Best bet is to get an actual track wheel set with a hub which is all ready for a track cog and lockring. Again there are plenty of shops on ebay with these. Search for "robertociclismo" for cheap s/h hubs.

3. The dawes will be a standard english b/b size. 68mm stands for the length of the shell. (73mm being the oversized equivalent) the other numbers are the length of the axles. Depending on the chain line i would probably go with 110mm.

Search the net for Sheldon Browns guide to fixed wheel bikes and conversions. pretty much everything you will need to know. Its just too sad that he passed away a few days ago.