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Gotta hand it to those guys. That's a cool vid.

I glued an extra one on my chainring and it worked a treat.

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Originally Posted by waterford

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peugeot-track-...1%7C240%3A1318
good beather or polo bike

^^ a guy offered the seller £200 bin for this (he refused) - madness?

AFAIK, if it was originally posted with a £200 BIN, which subsequently disappeared, it doesn't mean someone offered it and he refused (madness indeed), rather that someone bid on the 99p start price, which has made the BIN disappear.

Me too. Another way of putting it: with the bike upside down (or on a workstand if you're flush or pro), use one hand, placed on the bb and pushing against the tyre, to roughly tension the chain, but with the wheel slightly skew so that the tyre is a little closer to the non-drive side chainstay. Nip up the non-drive side nut to lock it's position, but don't fully tighten it. Now gently push sideways on the tyre to realign the wheel between the chainstays, also generating chain tension, and nip up the drive side nut. If all is well, tighten them both.

This takes a little practice and in fact as UH OH said it is easy to get too much tension, but once you've got it the method is simple and reliable.

Cheers for tip off. But only wankers and chavs cycle on the pavement. Lock 'em up!

Awful. RIP.

Can't be serious...

I am amazed Fatty has only just made it on here. My sides have been aching since August last year when I idly clikced on that FGG link...

But no, I ain't messin with the dude neither.

The gym snap killed me

Mind you, I can't talk. I quite want this.

But I can't be arsed to go to Kent.

What the hell is wrong with me?

Never liked them since I saw -

http://fixedgeargallery.com/2008/aug/4/AlexKleider.htm

Which made me weep with laughter though, so can't complain.

wrongness

yeah... what the fuck is that about??

Some dodgy bullshit designed to deprive you of £100, or worse

Hahaha seen this dude too! He commutes the A3...

He's a fucking massive unit. I swear he rides a cack old MTB, always in an eye-wateringly high gear - which does squeak like hell! It looks a bit like a brompton in proportion cos he's such a tank. He wears gruesome little nylon running shorts when everyone else is whimpering and snivelling in their alturas, and his two hams just grind him along through headwinds, rain, probably cars, brick walls, whatever.

Another of the classic Velo Mutantes a Londres.

Still rather have a fight with him than the Banshee though. You know, if forced.

Does she have an accent?

No. That would be funny, but its important that I stick to the facts. So no.

Her hair. Hmmm, if I was forced to make a call I'd say brown, possibly curlyish. Oh yeah, tied back under her helmet. Wait, it's coming back to me, she wears a pink hair clip. It was glossy, yet manegable; I'd say she uses Pantene ProV...

maybe she has a special pleasure enhancing saddle? does she look like shes having a really good time?

Definitely not a 100% good time. There's malcontent in there too. I don't want to think about what kinda saddle would do that.

Sound like her Tommy. Someone should jump on the grenade so to speak, but shotgun not me. Next time I see her shall I invite her to South Beers? Or perhaps just keep my head down and cycle in the other direction whistling softly.

If dis lady yo momma then man, I don't ever wanna meet you

Okay, this is a bit random but I've seen / heard this lady a few times now - always around the Elephant / Lon Bridge area - but I'm dead curious to know if anyone else has come across her.

She looks a normal commuter. Nonedescript gearenger steed, mudguards, day-glo jacket, helmet, rear pannier. So far, so normale. But then she yells. I would never even have noticed her the first time a few months ago, except maybe that she was pedalling like hell maybe, with her head tucked down, but she opened her gob and let out a deep, growling "yyyyyyyeahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!" that sustained for like ten seconds at about two hundred decibels. There didn't seem to be any reason for it apart from some basic animal emotion, maybe pleasure tinged with malice. This shocked me, and actually made me guffaw, but then she was gone in the opposite direction.

Then I saw her again this morning, at the junction of Borough High St and Long Lane, where I do a right on a filter lane every morning. Some slightly hapless cars didn't make the filter quick enough and got kinda stuck in the box - it happens quite a bit there - and guess who happened to be at the front of the queue coming the other way when the lights went green. Mrs Screamy. She shot towards them, even though they were desperately shuffling forwards, howling "GET OUT OF THE WAY!" in the loudest, most bloodcurdling scream I have ever heard. So loud and horrendous, it sounded like someone being maimed and caused cars to jam their brakes on. Which made everything worse. I could clearly see her jugular trying to force its way out of her neck.

Wow, that's a long post, sorry about that, I just had to tell I guess. Watch out for this lady. There is stuff wrong with her I reckon. Madam, if you are reading, please do not hurt me.

Olly

Kennington Park Rd this morning. Gnarly lookin dude with black cycling cap, 3/4s and calf tatts, on a yellow slopin Fort track with bullhorns. Gave me a friendly "hi" as you overtook. Hello mate.

Too much chain tension can do this.

Yes. Thats what I said. You can have too much... !

Tried the Polish method, works okay as long as you're careful.

Nice one snoops, will know for next time!

Sorry couldn't resist. I carry a spare tube / patches, levers, pump, one-one multi tool and 15mm ring spanner. At home I've got a good set of allen keys, adjustable spanners, chain whip, lockring spanner, pedal wrench, crank puller, headset spanners (for threaded headset). Oh and a wheel truing jig, but thats just me. Stuff like a headset press I've debated buying, but that's what a bikeshop's for right?

tools you recommend to have for mounting/dismounting my bike

Legs and feet are good he he

Snoops - with a lower gearing your body is able to exert more force (or torque if you like, which is just rotational force) to the road.

You can get up a hill easier (exerting a greater force than gravity), you can skid easier (exerting a greater force than the friction betwixt road and tyre) and you can bust stuff easier (exerting a greater force than a given component is willing to take at that moment in time....)