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Noob alert. I'm biting the bullet and laying myself bare in front of the LFGSS hyenas.. please be gentle.

Here's what I'm currently working on. I picked it up for £18, in this state:

I was going to bid on this! I cocked up last minute and forgot to log in to eBay. I was going to come in last second with a ninja bid. Oh well, glad it went to a forumenger :)

Are you a local (Warwickshire)?

It is? Crap! Just realised it's Midsummer's Day, not solstice. Ok, Midsummer's Day ride?

My Trek hybrid has a 20 spoke front wheel and 24 rear with V factory built (bontrager SSR) rims. Front has been fine, popped a few rear spokes, though after getting the wheel swapped via warranty it's been fine since. I'm 20st. Kinda tracks with the 1 spoke rule ;)

Anyone up for a ride anywhere? Longest day of the year and all. Andy suggested riding out to that pub Warwick way. I believe it's a good 20 miles from Cov? If so, bring lights ;)

I'm up for it I reckon. Can meet up anytime after 5:30/6pm.

Great stuff mate! Get any photos?

I was being carted about by my folks all day shopping and the like. On the plus side I picked up a turbo trainer at a carboot for £2! Only a cheap BETO thing but couldn't really say no :)

Good luck today Andy! Not gonna get my bike over today so not sure I'll make it over. Hope it goes well though. Hopefully the grafiti is gone!

I'm going to be stopping in Earlsdon overnight tonight and riding back tomorrow. Where abouts/what time do you want to meet up Andy?

Nice grips! What are they?

You have to look beyond the obvious. People's patience is waning. We need to drum up support.

BLB are awaiting stock. I tried them last week. Said they'd have some in 3 weeks as well.

holy crap, that took me a minute to figure out!

Not sure if fail or win. Touchdown Jesus struck by lightning and burns down:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGTBFPte-MY

The list:

MASH (got)
Macaframa (got)
Fast Friday (got)
Death Pedal 1
The Flying Scotsman
Quicksilver (got)
Bootleg Sessions (got vol 3)
Bicycle Thieves
Breaking away (got)
Triplets de Belleville
Road to Roubaix (got)
council of doom
Pedal (got)

I've marked the films available at the moment. Some of the others I can probably rent if needed (Lovefilm account). Tempted to buy some of the Bootleg session DVDs as a couple are going cheap on Wiggle at the moment. Not really willing to shell out £20 for one!

Sooo... Shall I kick off the first one - how does either Friday 25th June or Friday 2nd July sound? Meet in Coventry sometime around 6pm and cycle back to mine in Leamington. Order up some take-away and maybe visit the off license etc.

Film suggestions for the eve - Fast Friday/MASH? (both about 40mins long).

Good idea :) I was sort of assuming that we might not have the numbers to do it somewhere like that. At least, not initially. Also, the films I have are less than legit ;)

I'm thinking I'll meet you guys there (or you're welcome to pit stop at mine on the way) and then cycle back to Cov with you in the eve.

Ahh... "Triplets de Belleville" was the one I couldn't remember :)

The list:

MASH
Macaframa
Fast Friday
Death Pedal 1
The Flying Scotsman
Quicksilver
Bootleg Sessions
Bicycle Thieves
Breaking away
Triplets de Belleville

I'd love to see London to Paris but it's not around yet...

Just wondered if anyone would be interested in a bike orientated film night. I've aquired "copies" of a few fixed DVDs recently (MASH, Macaframa, Fast Friday etc) and also have a "copy" of Quicksilver to hand. There are other films out there though. I watched The Flying Scotsman a few weeks back which was pretty good.

So, no idea where to watch them, though welcome to do it at mine in Leam - it might combine a ride out from Cov I guess? Suggest maybe once a month?

So, First of can I get some help compiling a list of films to get hold of?

MASH
Macaframa
Fast Friday
Death Pedal 1
The Flying Scotsman
Quicksilver
Bootleg Sessions
Bicycle Thieves

Theres a few more listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cycling_films

What tyres are these? Nice looking build :) My kind of thing.

Gazelle 'Champion Mondial' Frame and Forks 57cm - £75 BIN! Too big for me.

Reading the blog it looks like this is just promo shots to get hype going, so yeah no gear. Nice stretch of road!

I need one of these making of my apartment.

You have many tourists?!

Haven't seen this posted, but apologies if a pearoast!

Spotted this on Lifehacker. It's a London "map" (not actually a map as such, no roads etc shown) with tourist and local photos plotted on it. The idea being that when planning a visit to the city you can choose to avoid the usual tourist traps. This guy has done it for quite a few big cities.

London - http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4671589629/in/set-72157624209158632/

All - http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/72157624209158632/detail/

Quite interesting! I think it'd be nice if you could actually see the photos somehow, like some sort of overlay/zoom-able setup.

You could probably retro fit some power grips. Done something similar on some different flat pedals.

That's literally 2 mins from where I stayed the other week. Wish I was a Londoner now :( No way I could do a week night.

...the chicken which his dad seasoned...

Special sauce? ;)