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cor, girls with a strong grip really do it for me :P

jest kidding with you emeila. That's a beautiful bike, I hope you have lots and lots of fun on it!

Thanks. I picked it up intending to use it as a hack-bike-about-town (was going to upgrade the Surly to be my long-distance inter-city bike) but now it looks like it's going to be my main bike for a while. But it's actually a really nice ride!

(That's weird - how come the quote says something different from your original post?)

OK, so having recently been bereaved of my Surly (sniff), I am starting to think about the Next Big Thing, and have decided that, since I was always going to drop a grand or two on a top-notch custom-built frame at some point, it might as well be this point.

But how on earth does one decide which framebuilder to go for? At the moment I'm erring towards Mercian, but this is on the fairly flimsy basis of a couple of 5-minute test rides on other people's bikes, lots of positive testimonials, and (ahem) the fact that they're really really pretty.

But it seems ridiculous to make such a huge commitment without really knowing what I'm talking about. Shouldn't I at least try and ride a couple of hundred miles on several different frames before I make my decision? Or do I just need to learn all about the mechanics of frame-building, in order to make sure they'll be providing me with exactly the sort of ride I'm after?

Seriously, how do you know?

Just got in (still sweating onto my keyboard) and apparently a whole gang of people were waiting on the bridge and I managed to miss them. Not sure how that happened, but hope you had a good ride without me.

(Maybe next time I should wear a big flashing light or something. Oh wait, I was...)

On my way out now. I'll hang around at the bridge till about 10.10. Maybe.

Ooh - I've never ridden on a track, but was planning to do the induction that weekend anyway. And you should get some comedy falls if I come along...

pictures with random objects in the way of faces should be banned!

But I always have a coffee cup attached to my face! No one would recognize me without it.

If anyone still fancies a spin, some of us (not just girls) will be meeting on Waterloo Bridge at 10pm for an insomniacs' ride. There's no plan beyond that...

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread10239.html#post288272

Tonight! Meet in the middle of Waterloo Bridge at 10pm! (Unless anyone has better ideas.)

(Post on this thread if you're coming, otherwise I won't hang around.)

Only just discovered this thread!

Bike 2 looks like this:

Bike 1 looks slightly less like this, since I wrote off the frame :(

And I look like this (all the time):

Maybe we should all wear bras in homage. But then people might think we're a stag party or something...

Where are we going to be meeting? Has this been mentioned? Am I just being unobservant?

Richmond Park (of course!) is excellent if you want to make a day of it, and have a picnic or a pub lunch or something. And what about riding along the river to Windsor?

I think the trick is to make a date of it - include treats and incentives, keep complimenting her on how well she's doing (and how good she looks in her lycra), and go out somewhere swanky for overpriced pasta afterwards.

You might find you actually enjoy it. I took a very wobbly friend for a spin round Richmond Park a few months ago, and found I used all sorts of different muscles riding slowly for a change.

Maybe it's just wishful thinking. After all, in 2009 I will have finished the dissertation.

Huh? Thought I already responded to this. Whatever. I'm in.

1. dogsballs
   1 - flickwg
   2 - *frank
   
2. JOL
   
3. eyebrows - if it is the 6th
   
4. mooks
   
5. johan
   
6. Last Caress - If it's september
   
7. mashton
   
8. Ma3K
   
9. fred
   
10. rik
    
11. hillbilly(I love the night ride's)
    
12. PeteScotch
    
13. Mongrel
    
14. TheBrick
    
15. illy
    
16. Dougie Fresh
    
17. runtime (depending on dates)
    
18. gizmond
    
19. bigglesworth
    
20. Selim (if I'm around then fo shizzle)
    
21. somebody
    
22. Skully
    
23. shootthebreeze
    
24. pajamas
    26.Brain-Flick
    
25. teddy
    
26. johnny h
    
27. crabtree
    
28. gabes
    
29. slaytanic1
    
30. horatio
    
31. rocksteady
    
32. joelounge
    
33. Jamie
    
34. PaNo
    
35. ro-"pedal strike"-LAND
    
36. Lucky7
    
37. spagettihoops
    
38. Aleksi
    
39. Walled (splatbucket)
    
40. CYOA
    
41. wools
    44.fixedfreak (max)
    
42. guyup.
    
43. Emilia
    
44. Emilia's mate Ais
    

Oh shit. Brain fail.

(Am still laughing at myself. How did that happen?(

probably merits a new post, but the programme guide on the BFF looks ace. Lots of events to be getting excited about in October!

Erm... where is it? I have googled, but I can only find the 2008 one.

If you want to give her a present, I'd recommend a session or two with this chap. He's very very patient and reassuring, and I've heard he works wonders with nervous cyclists. I think even just having had a bit of 'official training' will make the world of difference to someone's confidence.

And if she wants a bit more experience of riding away from busy roads, Brian Wright at Hillingdon
track does ladies' sessions on a Friday afternoon (about 1-4) which are very easygoing. (Most people there start off unable to ride a bike - some are now up to racing standard, others are still wobbling around on MTBs, so there's a huge mix of abilities.)

Oh, and introduce her to some of the girly retailers, like Minx and CycleChic. She may end up doing more miles just to justify some bling new kit. (When I first started commuting, I decided to spend all the money I was saving on travel cards on pretty lycra. That was fun.)

Oh fuck! Get well soon - and I really hope the bike's OK.

willo, if only i knew what your thighs looked like!!!!! i don't know about the experts but i think you need to be aiming for 70 gear inches. there are others on here who know more about it than me. I ride a 42 x 16 and i wouldn't like to go any higher on that front ring but then i've got girl's legs. (clintsmoker speaking not jonny who can turn a more powerful ratio)

Oh really...? resists temptation to post picture of own legs

Count me in for the 30th! Wish I could make the 16th too, but I have a prior engagement with Ditchling Beacon.

Ooh - yes, I've done loads of these in the past! (Wish you hadn't told me there was one this Friday - my deadline isn't till Monday.)

But for now I'm thinking just of off-the-cuff jaunts round London. If anyone finds themselves at a loose end at about 9.30 tonight, post on this thread and let's meet somewhere improbable...

Most of my riding seems to happen between 10pm and 1am these days. (I'm slaving over a hot thesis all day, and just know I won't get to sleep unless I go out and stretch my legs first.) It's a glorious time to be out - nice and quiet, hardly anyone else on the roads - so give me a shout if anyone wants to come out and join me. There's so much fun to be had in London late at night - it upsets me that no one seems to be having it!

missing it again! will hopefully have the dissertation out of the way for next week!

Hah! Was just about to post a very similar comment. See you next week, for a post-submission pint?

(Where are you studying? And please don't tell me how many words you've written.)

races into thread

Tenner for the saddle?

Ooh - this ride has been on my To Do list for ages...

And I see you discovered FresCo!

For some reason this thread makes me all happy.

I've got the gore-tex, and find it very very breathable, so I'd recommend you just go for that, but maybe we should do an actual comparison at some point. Anyone up for it? Meant to be raining tomorrow, isn't it...?