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personally, i'd like to meet the roadie, on his £300 giant, for a post SE beers Tower Bridge TT...then we'll see how his never letting anyone pass him motto holds up...

People on their flashy geared bikes can be funny, When i used to ride my raleigh lizard bone shaker to work sometimes I'd spot them from miles back and slowly catch them, over take (all at my normal steady pace btw) and seconds later guess who's overtaking me cos my bike's a clunker!! Watch them pull away and then slowly catch them again....

Considering they are all cast iron they are actually not too bad. Lighter than anything english of equivalent size from the same period. A complete one minus manifolds etc weighs in at around 100kg or so. The previous owner owned the car for about 15 years and did all the conversion work. He told us the first engine he measured up was one of these:
http://store2.hemiperformance.com.au/images/uploads/hemi_6_crate_engine_2.jpg

Luckily it didn't fit or we'd probably all not be here right now. The red motor just squeezed in and sat nice & low to clear the bonnet. I agree it's a nice conversion and in keeping with the period of the car.

I was reading a book on renewable energy the other day and in the introduction chapter it shows all kinds of data showing a rapidly warming planet and skyrocketing CO2 levels. CO2 was at 280ppm for thousands of years and since the start of the industrial revolution has risen to 380ppm and rising. I'm no scientist but that kind of an increase has got to cause problems. That's nearly a 25% increase.

So much energy is wasted needlessly its an absolute disgrace. We all rely on energy sent down pipes & wires to our homes & offices, often to vastly inefficient buildings that require huge injections of energy for light, power & the daddy of them all - heating. With good design masses of this inefficiency can be gotten rid of. People go on about cars etc, homes pollute just as much if not more. Saving the planet starts at home IMHO.

My 2cents

My brother bought one of these in the early 90's in Oz:

http://media.photobucket.com/image/triumph%20vitesse/ourclassiccars/67Vitesse.jpg

The clincher being it had a worked over holden 202ci (3.3 litre) 6cyl under the bonnet:

http://www.musclecarcalendar.com/MyGarage/2005/1971Holden/71H1.jpg

Plus a Datsun 240z 5 speed and independent rear end grafted in by the previous owner. Absolutely went like stink and handled awesome. Scary as hell with no roof and no seat belts though.

It seems pretty obvious that whoever designed that photo shoot doesn't ride a bike. I bet everyone down at the GQ HQ thought it was the cutting edge of cool. "You call that a low crotch?Tarquinn darling, go to wardrobe and get me some other pants, that crotch is nowhere near his knees"

there's some real nasty wierdos out there, I once found a piece of heavy gauge fishing line strung across a down hill section of single track at neck height, I was on the track on the other side of the fence and spotted it to my right. Then promptly snapped it in half. Still glad I didn't take that track to the right......

That gumtree ad is bizarre

"I am afraid it is pick up"

I am just plain afraid

fair points on the full face, but how is a slower bike safer? If you're doing a speed closer to that of the rest of the traffic surely that is safer than crawling along with every impatient mf cutting you up?

If the helmet fits you correctly it shouldn't move virtually at all once it's on your head, even with out the chin strap done up (you would of course need to do it up however).

It will be tight getting it on and could maybe move your jaw a little in the process.
Your ears will also be covered and you won't be able to hear the traffic the same.

I'd say not at all. BMX race helmet FTW

Oliver,
I only found out about the bill because a male meter maid told me would be ticketing my dangerously parked bike soon.

So, I am very glad to hear it didn't go through. Good work lcc.

Hypothetical now i know but, how the hell would they trace the "Dangerously parked" bike to you? Check your numberplate?

Still, so glad this did't get through - Thanks LCC

These unipacks might get more people on the road but like anything that's too good to be true, it most likely is. Reading the kind of failures mentioned above I reckon it is only a matter of time before someone gets either seriously injured or worse, killed when their unipack has a catastrophic fail at the exact wrong moment. Any product that is commercially sold must be 'fit for purpose' by law, these things look not to be an could indeed be deemed illegal. Who knows, maybe there will be lawsuit on this one day.

IMO Rubbish like this is simply a crass waste of precious natural resources.

No. 2 is the new No. 1

^^looks nifty^^

You might have one of these stuck in your chain....

Remember, gremlins only fuck things, they never fix them

pajamas crossing amhurst road at around 6 last night. I called out but you were moving too quick across the lights

Daily Heil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail

Check the section on Inter-war Period, this paper was actually in support of Mosley, Mussolini & Hitler.

Needless to say I fucking hate that newspaper and IMO anyone who reads it is claerly of questionable character.

+1

I'm a noob to ss & fixed riding and started on a 48x18 ss about a month ago. I didn't have clips either and my knees found it a bit tall - especially with a hill & headwind combination. I've changed to a 19 tooth fixed sprocket with toe clips and the difference is phenomenal. I still find it hard to max out on the spinning and it's much easier to get the cadence "on the sweet spot" where it's comfortable. Having the clips has allowed me to alter my pedaling style, I can lift and push forward as well as pushing down, which makes me go faster :-) and further reduces knee strain

Maybe look into hiring a petrol saw and get a metal cutting blade - speedy, HSS etc.

Cheers nat, you go to any of the drinks? We could potentially meet up and I can fix it on there and then, saving having to take it away. I don't have a vice tho unfortunately. Has the cup welded itself in there?

351 FTW, god knows what gearbox you'd use, have to be a 2speed powerglide.

Top loader 4spd FTW!

I had this problem a couple of weeks ago. A socket (15mm I think) slipped over the end of the spindle and at the sam time inside the remover tool, stopping it from twisting out when you heave on it. The tool still moves a little but not nearly enough to twist out. Works mint, is fast and simple.

Found On Rubbish Dumps
Fast On Race Day
Heaps Of Loud Donking Engine Noises
Chrysler Hemis Rule Your Strip Leaving Everyone Roasted

Cheers for the heads-up peeps. I tried the search option first before posting but had a criteria fail

Fiat?
Fix It Again Tony