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Just get this chap to do some bloody marketing! There is obviously a demand!

You could try biting them off.

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You'll have to sign into YouTube to see this one but it is worth it.

scangers

Is that an Irish chav?

The Queen has only one ball. She lost one during the war.

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i've just come back from cologne in germanyland where (as in most of urban continental yerp) it seems that everyone rides bikes as practical, cheap, healthy and non polluting urban transport. what's more they do without giving a flying fuck about 531, NJS or being "all italian".

Yep, they love these handlebars over there:

In London not even the squarest, boring 40-year old virgin would be seen with those.

mashton is the Finnish word for "wheeled warrior delivering exculpatory verbiage to semi-imagined horde of unbelieving throngsters"

it seemed appropriate

Aren't you called M Ashton?

cmyk, can you take the bike inside the building at work?

If no, get two bikes, one for commuting and one for racing/tricks/whatever you're into.

I for one would get a classic Italian road bike.

My surname is Ehrenfried [earenfreed] and English people always pronounce it [earenfried], hence ehren_fried_chicken. I'm a vegetarian though.

Formula. They get rebranded by a lot of shops as their own (SJS, IRO, Zenith, Harris...), maybe Planet X as well.

Many people have them and they are alright.

Exactly!

My phone can map the route on the GPS - not as good as the Garmins but good enough. I can stick with a group (well, the group sticks with me!) and navigate.

So in between us we have something like 3 GPSs.

So, which locks are targeted then? Hopefully not our beloved mini ds!

Clunge! Now there's a word you don't hear often!

My local bike shop is either a cyclopedia or an Evans cycles. What should I be asking for? I don't want to mince in there lugging the frame over my shoulder and wheel it out covered in over expensive and unnecessary crap!

Also, when I did ride it I only really ever used 3 of the gears, yet it has like 15 different combinations. Can I get it set up with just 3 or 4 gears?

Cheers!

There is shit load of information on conversions already on this forum and on sheldon brown's site.

Basically you want to get a new rear wheel for your trek or maybe get an old racer from ebay.

Duh, just read "from the end of the month".

when exactly is it free from? July 1st?

I just cycled past two chaps in Islington Borough flouro jackets angle-grinding the lock of the ghost bike on Old Street. Two fellow cyclists and I challenged them but all they had to say was "Sorry guys, we know what it is but we're only doing our job."

Is this a policy or some just overzealous council department?

why don't you just stick them on a photo sharing site like flickr. Or start a blog on wordpress.com or blogger. Pm me if you'd like a hand.

The first time I saw John dropout eat just plain pasta on a ride I thought that was ridiculous; on the next long ride I tried it and it is great!

roadiesan, rodeo, kx.001 and whoever else wanted to learn: I will do a session on Sunday noon. If you can't get the components in time you can use an old wheel (I have one) to practise.

Or go to the tool library and see who had a pipe cutter.

Hi all,

I am trying to build one of these up as a single speed relatively cheaply - i've never tried building a bike up before so this'll be my first project.

What wheels would you recommend for it? I also need to find a good bottom bracket/chainset combo that works for it. Any suggestions? At the minute all I have is the frame and headset...

Mavic CXP22 rims on SJS/Formula/Zenith hubs (all the same) would be a good starter combo.

I think there will be a session next Sunday; tcman is calling the shots on this one since I messed him about a little bit.