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Did you say £1.99 a pint?

***Watches as East Beers gets a new lease of life***

:)

yep!...couldnt believe it, wankered for a tenner! ( plus scampi and chips ina basket for £5!)...pleasant ride through the marshes to get there too....

god knows how i manged to miss this thread...love beer me!

anyone tried brodie ales? great pub in Leyton (King William 4th)....£1.99 a pint!!!

http://www.brodiesbeers.co.uk/

some great wheat beers, a cracking porter and gorgeous golden hoppy goodness too

....and related to the mighty Mister Montgomery, is my fave jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin...

Also recommend The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMuWWfKUQ6c

oh yes....him and Jimmy McGriff on the keys - sublime

Jazz is inherently American [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHZyxpOAx-Q"][/URL
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...not strictly true...saw a great documentary that explored the Jewish klezmer/European "circus" music influence on the formation of jazz thanks to the influx of East European immigrants to the States....but i get your point

Latin /= jazz though. Sounds like OP is digging a modal jazz sound. In terms of contemporary stuff, The Bad Plus are definitely worth checking out. Their track "And Here We Test Our Powers Of Observation" is tremendous. Also check out Polar Bear (an offshoot of Acoustic Ladyland).

I would suggest Unity by Larry Young as one of the definitive Hammond / electric organ jazz records.

Then a load of Coltrane - A Love Supreme, Crescent, and Impressions. Ascension if you're feeling adventurous.

Then also McCoy Tyner (Coltrane's pianist for many years), Keith Jarrett, and Ahmed Jahmal.

Finally, Chris Bowden's album Time Capsule is also a favourite of mine.

Hope something there takes your fancy.

thanks, ill look some of those up....yes seen Polar Bear a couple of times, very good ( you would like Get the Blessing if you like Polar Bear...)....cant beat a little Coltrane...

...its a love or hate genre i guess, personally im a (ignorant) fan....other than that twee dixie-land shit....

so...help relieve my ignorance....love Blue Note 50/60s stuff...Lee Morgan, Thelonius , etc ("Mod" jazz for want of a better term......)....anything with a Hammond B3 turned upto 11 and a kick arse bassline...any suggestions for other stuff i should search out, old or contemporary ( James Mortons Pork Chop are a current fave) most welcome

also really love the alt/"punk" stuff around at the mo...Acoustic Ladyland, Get the Blessing, Led Bib......Get the BVlessing are stuning live if you get the chance ( comprised of Portisheads rhythm section, plus horns...)

a classic to get the ball rolling.....[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf1Eo-6sDIE"]YouTube
- ‪Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder‬‏[/ame]

Cycle Surgery used to rent them.... ( going back a few years mind....) ?

http://www.kvastainless.com/bicycles.html

not being a metallurgist, ive no idea how this compares to Columbus XCR or Reynolds 953...anyone know the answer?

interesting to see you can purchase direct from them...eg a complete tubeset for $389! (£250?...) http://www.kvastainless.com/shop/product_info.php/cPath/22/products_id/33

....if only i could braze...(makes some of the custom frame prices charged seem a little steep if you can purchase high end tubing so cheaply, no?...)

oh and theres a UK supplier....frame plus SRAM Force build + 15llbs!
http://blankcanvasbikes.co.uk/index.html

thanks again all.....more when theres more to tell.....working on cash flow forecasts/business plans and phonecalls to the council/development agencies today and tomorrow....

I may be a grumpy old bastard,

yep!

to be fair, the wholemeal sandal brigade were a minority...saturday was a glorious day, with some great bands on the main stage, and mainly loads of smiling families enjoying themselves...

the Bike powered music stage ( WELL DONE Mag Rev and Adam Thompson (zebra cyclist) for pulling it all together...) saw a steady stream of willing participants pedalling to power the sound system.....the tall-bike raised many a grin, with only a few minor industries from over-ambitious (blokes!) having a go!!!

Hackney Bike Workshop tent saw some steady business too, with many a happy punter leaving after a much needed fettle to their bikes....a couple of new volunteers turned up as well i believe

sunday unfortunately was a bit grim/grey/WET

all in a fun weekend.....

hemp waistcoated muesli weavers for my liking. .

"Lentil-botherer's i call em! ; )

thanks for interest shown so far...as previously said its early stages...more news as and when!

as to why Hackney...well i live there, and volunteer with Hackney Bike Workshop...who knows, perhaps somewhere else?...sunday opening would be a must, yes...

Sounds wonderful. In York there's a nice company that does that sort of thing:
http://www.getcycling.org.uk/index.php

They'll happily lend tools and workshop space if they've got it. I've since moved to Oxford where I'm sure a similar thing would also exist.

http://www.ocw.coop/

a good start!
yea, brixton are on the list to speak to, as is the Oxford Bike Workshop (and Edinburgh cycle co-op)
...lot of work to do, but there is a Cooperative development bank to apply to loans for....and ive written business plans before

....my thoughts are that it should be sharp/clean/hip, AND AVOID LIKE HELL! the scruffy/wholemeal sandal/soap-dodging hippy activist ghetto! ; )

very early stages...but...

im putting together a business plan/funding application to open a retail shop/social enterprise/cycle training centre/"community bike workshop" (ie rentable workstands with tools and/or supervision...) in London ( Hackney probably)

this would be a workers co-operative....ive been in the bike trade a while (mechanic/manager) and frankly im sick of working for the man....i could use my experience and entrepenurial skills to open my own shop ( in fact, almost did last year...funding feel through at 11th hour...grrr) but would rather do something community based and in keeping with my syndicalist/socialist beliefs...

would anyone here be interested?
mechanics/sales staff....folk with passion, drive, EXCEPTIONAL customer service/sales skills, positive can-do attitude...yadda yadda yadda

your thoughts?...

so there i am on Arseface...catching up with events ill never go to and tedious "status updates" from people i frankly have no interest in...when lo and behold!...and advert from FRESH EXCITING Felocchio/Felatio bikes appears..... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fenocchio-Single-SpeedFixie-Bikes/133446836733187?sk=wall

....i had a look, and having consumed a couple of cheeky ales ( Brakspear Oxford Gold..highly recommended..) thought it wise to bring to their attention the fact that, if i was trying to set up a new business importing (shite chinese made (?) poor quality bound to fail wouldnt be seen dead on fucking shit nasty piles of crap) bikes aimed squarely at the gullible wannabe hipster market...

....i would make sure i set the front brake up correctly for my advertising photo's ( ie pads hitting braking surface corectly, NOT rim...)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=134230946654776&set=pu.133446836733187&type=1&theater

they deleted my comment...
i was only trying to help.........

steve peat could ride anything and still win.
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it really is down to personal preference.

i don't do 750mm wide bars and super-slack headangles for 'x-c' either both all the rage at the mo.

indeed....i like it stiff in the rear, so will also go SP... ;)
...allways found SP's easier to manual as well....?....owned a Spec. FSR once, though sold it after the 3rd set of bearings in 6 months

nice....but nowhere near as techno nerdy as the Nikolai's!

ill take that back...they used to make a wickedfreeride bike with gearbox ( name escapes me) that looked like it was designed by a Teutonic Terminator, all a bit dull these days....http://www.nicolai.net/7-1-Komplettbikes.html

OT but I've in love with this for some time now, and wonderd if it was just my nerdism that was falling for it.

The overly techy AM frame from Corsair, the Marque.

nice....but nowhere near as techno nerdy as the Nikolai's!

What about one of these?

http://www.santacruzbicycles.com/superlight/

go for it!...love SC's me

doesn't lock out under braking (like single pivot),.

hmmmm.....NEVER had suspension lock under braking ( the mythical(?) "brake-jack" ) despite riding a Bullitt and a Heckler hard in the French Alps, Whistler and Vancouvers North Shore........perhaps im doing something wrong?...never seemed to harm Steve Peat when he rode for Orange....

horses for courses...cue tedious protracted online linkage vs. single pivot "debate" ; )

single pivot will allways win for me, pro-pedal works well, theyre stiffer than any linkage set-up, and fewer bearings to go wrong.....speaking from subjective personal experience of course

^ own a Heckler, love it....but a built over-built for Xc mind.........so how much you got to spend!? (WHEN YOU SEEL TH cx?)

technical XC rather than interminable plodding round the edges of fields on dull dull dull bridleways?....youll be wanting some rear sus. in my book then.....ride further/be less-fatigued/hit technical stuff at speed that a hardtail will shy at...

whats your budget?
trek fuel or Specializeds spring to mind....

Size 46 left which, I presume, is XL :(

"take me to my tailor!"