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If you're not a member you have to be signed in by a member, I'll be there from opening time so will be able to sign people in, easy. Just come in and speak to who ever's doing the door. Cheers! Iain

The Cranks (cranks.org.uk) lot are hosting a film and beer and music night at the Cowley Club on London road in Brighton tomorrow (Friday 12th) night from 8pm.

Film: 2 Seconds (French Canadian film about mountain bike racer turn messenger). Starts at 8.30.
Music: all sorts of fine fine tunes, honest.
Beer: lots (and cheap).
Bike chat: lots (and cheap).

Members and guests only though guestship can usually be arranged...

Free! (but donations won't be thrown back in your face in disgust)

Cheers!

Are you sure it's not a gear set-up issue? The derailer could be sitting off centre, causing the chain to slip occasionally.

Yep, I'm sure, it shifts perfectly and slips like a slippery thing, poop.

Apologies for drunken posting. Apologies for asking about bikes with more than 1 gear.

Anyway, I do measure the stretch of my chain and the tool indicated it was not stretched enough to require cassette replacement but it slips real bad so I will have to replace it anyway.

My point/question stands though - 7 speed chains are wider and should therefore should stretch more slowly. As I understand the internal width of chains and therefore the width of the sprockets hasn't changed, is that right? But if 7 speed chains stretch more slowly they'd wear the sprockets more slowly?

I am quite competent at installing chains thanks, it's kept oiled but never cleaned, maybe I should try that.

What kind of mileage are you doing on your 3 year old 10 speed chain?

I had to replace my stretched chain today because it's measured stretched and it doesn't bastard work so I;'m going to have to chan ge my bastard cassteet again and I oin;y changed them 5 minutes ago. Bastard.

So, retro fit to 7 speed and everything is 7 9ths fatter and lasts equivalently 7 9ths longer. Yes?

How come there are still 7 speed freewheels from the 70s that have done a million miles that still work and...fill in your own beer flavoured nostalgia that's not as good as it used to be here:

Another absolute joker:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Custom-90s-Raleigh-Racer-Reynolds-501-Perfect-Fixed_W0QQitemZ250584338685QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item3a57fd90fd#ht_500wt_1182
I think the paint job was wasted on the frame but now it's done the frame/s worth 150. No?

Depends on the frame too, if the seat tube extends well above the top tube and seat stays it will be in danger of damage if you only have a really short bit of seat post in.

Perfect for sorting out that uncomfortable riding position on a lo pro frame...

New Carbon FSA wheelset, £190, less than an hour to go...

"this bike is in need of some tlc"

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I'm not a conscientious objector nor a pacifist and I don't care if you respect my position.

"I believe most people in the UK...now and then would agree......people in the UK accepted the price of doing so....not to civilise but to preserve british freedom"

Most people are fed so much bullshit about it (world would have ended if we didn't fire bomb Dresden and that there weren't all that many people killed anyway and they were all baddies etc.) they accept anything they're told. Who knows what people would think if they knew the reality of the situation.

You can analyse wars as long as you like. You have a view that it is acceptable to kill tens of thousands of civilians to win a war and you'll use the details of wars to justify that and will rewrite history to back yourself up.

I don't agree.

And anyone who rubbish thing like this:

"Jews in Germany preferred death at the hands of the RAF than face nazi death camps as they believed Nazi germany was being destroyed.....eggs and omelettes!"

is unlikely change my mind.

I've got some speedway bits (tyres, bars, maybe forks and rear hub) that'll be available for next to nowt if the winner of my speedway to fixie conversion wot's on ebay doesn't want them...

My post was not about the second world war, it was about politicians, historians and your view that it's ok to send off thousands of people from their country to kill thousands of people in other countries in order to civilize the world / protect us from baddies / help develop foreign mining interests. It's not. Ever.

I don't doubt the bravery of the soldiers of either side. I'm talking about the leaders - Winston "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes" Churchill and co won by being more efficient at indiscriminately killing thousands of foreigners than Hitler. Talking about ww2 as if it was some noble, just war is bollocks and exactly the same rhetoric is being used to justify our current wars. Hey, they're all just backwards arabs we killed and we had to anyway to get the oil to protect our just and civilized way of life and they would have killed us back if they could but we've got a better army. Hoorah for us.

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speedway they say

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290402322033&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123

:-D

Had it been down to me....Germany would have been razed to the ground by 1945 and I would take responsibility for my actions.....My feeling is clear on Dresden...succesful raid and finally broke German resistance.

Well thank the non existent lord that it's not down to you. The slaughter of an entire nation to protect your (comfortable academic) way of life. How exactly is that any less repugnant than the doctrine of the Nazis?

I'm no historian nor a politician but I know that wars happen because a few people think shit like the death of a few thousand foreigners is an acceptable way to get your way.

People like that should not be teaching children.

cough...

There's a stunning 50cm lo profile time trial frame on the bay just now and it takes 650 wheels so the effective size is a bit less than 50cm, ooh, around 48cm I'd say...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290400133191&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

feel free to pm me for more info...

Another pair(ish) of beauties for the more romantic amongst you:

Please someone buy the mens one at least to take my temptation away...

Travel Fox - Classic

fugly but a potential bargain and it pumps up!!!

Shit, I didn't realise the bb30 was a weird, thought it was just a model of external BB, have just looked at the listing and it's not clear at all. Hey ho.

Bet someone in the tredz web dept got a ticking off.

hope you make yer £27.95 back.

Took a chance and ordered on of these: Arrived this morning. FSA Gossamer with bottom bracket all for £27.95!!

Look on the Tredz website now and they are £227.95.
OOppppss.
Only trouble is I can't find an adapter to fit BB30 to a standard 68mm bottom bracket.
Looks like I'll have to bung it on e bay.

bump :/

super fast price drop - £150.

anyone know any fast midgets?

Too small for everyone huh??

Maybe one for the ladies or juniors?