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You could go ultra-trad and try ventile. Most breathable waterproof fabric there is. Bit heavy though, being cotton.

Ah ha, another milestoner. nice one. Do you have any info on when Froyo is coming?

I WISH :-)

There are unofficial releases for the Droid, but they don't work on the Milestone yet, AFAIK.

has anyone turned their android phone into a wifi hotspot? i'd love to ge this set up for a trip in a week or so.

Various colleagues of mine have 2.2 Nexus Ones and have used this. In fact, I was using someone's 3G-less iPad via just such a hotspot in the pub the other day. It works very well. 2.2 in general is a pretty big win - can't wait for it to come out for the Milestone.

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Cn1VXsPJrOE

I saw a bike thief being arrested on the side road between Old St and City Rd. A whole vanfull of Police pinning down some hoodrat and recovering the bike.

Yay! Between this, the bait bikes and the Great Recovered Wheel Story I'm starting to wonder if some reassessment of priorities might be going on within the Met. Long overdue, if so, but VERY much to be applauded.

FWIW, the police are pretty hot on goings on round there - there's a police station just off Pitfield Street and apparently they've been briefed on a small number of persistent dickheads and told in no uncertain terms that they're to get them. Some work colleagues saw a car being broken into of the windows the Last.fm office on Baches Street and called it in - about a minute later many, many police turned up. Didn't get the guy, but major show of willingness.

I am also replacing my Fuji track stock BB, but with a Phil BB. Happy with the installation part as that is documented on the Phil website (as long as I can track down the Phil BB tools), but it is removing the stock BB that has me a bit confused:

1) Can I use the Park BBT-22 Shimano and ISIS Drive tool to remove the FSA Alloy BB? My research indicates that FSA may use something called "Power Drive" but I'm not sure if this is the same as ISIS Drive... Do I need one or two of these tools for removal/installation (as the BB will be used for another bike)?
2) Do I also need a crank extractor? I was under the (possibly naive) impression that the FSA cranks would just slide off the BB spindle when the bolts are removed?

Yes, you'll need a crank remover. You'll get plenty of use out of it if you intend to fix track-type bikes though, so don't worry. I have a Condor own-brand one, which has been fine.

For the BB removal, I didn't have the tool, but noticed that the BB itself protrudes slightly from the BB shell. Cut two flats opposite each other with a hacksaw (being careful not to hit the BB shell) and you can remove it using a large adjustable spanner. I was delighted when I worked that out, as I'd no intention of reusing the BB or installing anything that uses the same tool, so it'd have been money for a one-use tool.

Well, it doesn't have an engine, for starters.

The "Rapha to buy a shire horse" campaign starts here.

Also, anyone who's ever been on Critical Mass (or any other mass gathering or demonstration) knows what utter dicks they can be about that sort of thing. The excellent Bruce Schneier would probably lump this in with the "War On The Unusual" he's been arguing against in a security context ever since the 9/11 knees started jerking.

Well, from the London cyclist POV I'd say it boils down to two things:

1) They're apparently happy to devote resources quite regularly to ticket RLJers (who are primarily a risk to themselves) but not notably enthusiastic about enforcing traffic law against bad drivers, who are primarily a danger to others. I suspect some of this is simply organisational inertia, since there's a distinct (and very much too small) Traffic division who deal with motor vehicles, but cyclists seem to get dealt with by the normal round of beat cops.

2) Notwithstanding some recent positive developments, their response to cycle thefts has traditionally been to issue crime numbers and otherwise do nothing whatever.

Team Mule Bar Girl? Much represented at the Nocturne.

http://www.mulebar.com/girl-team/index.asp

I'm not any good at any of it.

thrrrrrrrrrrrrpt

Respectfully, this is untrue.

In general, if I had to stereotype (and it's hard to avoid in a thread called "Women's Safety In Traffic") I think I'd say that I see much more active idiocy from male riders - such things as RLJs at preposterous points in the phases, going for gaps with no idea what's going on in the space they're riding into and so on. What I've seen more often from female riders is a sort of zoning-out, leading to a failure to predict something awful about to happen. Laura Ashley-type dresses and/or hi-viz seem to be the most strongly predictive of this.

I wish to emphasise that I'm talking very, very broad brush here - we all know many absolutely focussed female riders and plenty of distracted male ones (not least me, which is why I'm a pretty risk-averse rider these days).

Tip that has served me well: old-fashioned lanolin-based Germolene ointment (not the cream, which is much thinner and pretty much vanishes). It contain pretty much everything you'd want to keep your bits from becoming abraded and sore (lanolin, zinc oxide, methyl salicylate etc) and is powerfully antiseptic to boot. Also cheap and readily available in any chemist.

Credit for this excellent tip goes to my training sergeant of long-ago Territorial infantry days, who told us in no uncertain terms to use it before timed marches, exercise weekends etc. Ta very much, Sgt C!

Where's GA2G when you need him? This requires a "Best OTP scissors for pizza-cutting under £500" list thread.

Hahahahaha. Hahahaha. Hahahaha.
We've all been there at some stage. You should have come home with me. I cannot for the life of me remember which route I took, but I do remember cooking 3 steaks and eating them watching Miami Vice when I got home. Seemed like a sensible idea at the time.

A massive THANK YOU to whoever lent me their lights. I cannot recollect who it was, or indeed who they where but if you post and let me know I'll get them back asap.

I have no memory whatever of the ride home, but I awoke fully-clothed and undamaged this morning so I presume it was successful. Excellent to see everyone.

If one of the lights was a black Knog front light, it would explain where that's got to :-)

@steff631 but it's more arbitrary ranting and retweeting than anything bike related.

I'd say ambrosio excellight rims, 32 or even 36h and Ambrosio or PMP hubs.

TBF, the Fuji has spent many a pleasant evening locked to the railings outside Forchetta and come to no harm. On the other other hand, mine is by design a very, very unbling bike.

Face (from the first Tweed Run, but I still look roughly the same):

Bike, just after receiving new pedals/cranks/BB:

Sorry to change the subject of this post, can you put a deeper rim on the front than the back

Absolutely. In fact this an ideal aerodynamic setup for high-speed reverse cycling.

The illustration looks like normal braze material. Perhaps worth giving Dave Yates a call? I suspect he can do this if anyone can - genius brazer and possesses a very covetable Colchester lathe and Bridgeport mill.

Banrock Station do a sparkling shiraz. Could it be that? Tastes like fizzy Ribena, hits like a sap to back of the head.

FWIW, I had a rubino pro tech split in the centre of the tread on the Dunwich Dynamo once. Definitely properly inflated. Great fun doing the last twenty miles or so on an underinflated tyre with an improvised boot holding the tube in.

Colliding with you and driving off would be leaving the scene of an accident, no? Definitely something to report to the police IMO.

FWIW, I have a cheap Chinese clone of the MV80 camera off eBay. 11 quid shipped from Hong Kong and seems to work nicely - certainly beats £50+ for the official one. Currently waiting for London Hackspace to fix their Makerbot so I can make some nice custom bar/seatpost mounts.