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Whiteley's is shut down, petrol bombs being thrown.

This is officially insane

Anyone seen/heard anything concrete on Kilburn? Not sure whether to believe twitter ramblings or not

^^really? I live up the road from there. Haven't participated in the world for a couple of days and this is all lost on me.

It's just breaking on sky news and a few comments on twitter. Seems to be small scale and police are there. Worrying tho (I used to work round the corner)

apparently people attacking westfield and throwing stones at cars on wood lane...

^ I wouldn't trust my laptop in my garage when mechanics are involved tbh

Tablet computer essential? Really?

And just read your blog - Good chance your tyres won't fit your rims

73' Carlton track.

Just need to get a new sprocket for the rear and I can fit a bigger chainring on the front, also need a rivet for the Brooks.

Sorry for the poor photo -stupid photobucket compression

130 rear with space for 25c tyre

Cheers, If it's hasn't sold by next week i'll be down in london and would like to take a look

Thread updated - All PM's replied to.

Another plus 1 for Zinn - Lovely diagrams!

What's the rear spacing and tyre clearance on the Olagnero frame?

sold

will take 27.2 push seatpost if you will post

Really Enjoyed Birmingham to Banbury - Would of loved to have gone further but was feeling pretty faitgued and sunburnt to f*ck.

Good luck with the rest of the ride!

Right - Just double checking - Tommorrow, 8 AM EMM's house mosely?

^ Yeh sorry worded it wrongly. I was aware that I was never going to be building muscle on that diet - just hopefully maintaining and limiting losses to an extent, but I don't think I've had enough protein to even support that unfortunately

@ Tenderloin - Stomach mostly, the rest of me is fairly lean. I do a fair amount of abs,obliques and core work so I've got decent muscles in that area.

I've been on a vegan diet, whilst I enjoyed a lot of aspects of it, I do think I've been lacking protein, and although I've noticeably lost fat, I believe some of my weight loss has been muscle loss, and I haven't been making as much gain muscle-wise as I should have by now. So I'm thinking of keeping some of the good elements of that diet (all whole grains, lots of leafy greens and fresh veg) Introducing some more protein through lean meat and the occasional shake, and cutting out some Carbs aswell.

Coupled with working some more high intensity cardio into my workout, i think that sounds like a good bet to get over this plateau, I'll try it for a couple of weeks and see if it makes any difference.

Right - over the last few months I've been exercising alot more running/cycling/weights and on a fairly strict diet - Finally got a handle on portion control, eliminated snacking and started calorie counting etc. In the first month it was working, lost a decent amount of weight etc.

Now I've plateaud completely, and can't shift that last bit of stubborn fat. I'm thinking of going of swtiching to a high protein/low-no carb diet to see if that will help. Think atkins but a tailored-to-me healthier verison of it. At the moment it's the only thing I can think of that might help.

Stupid? Any other solutions?

too cheap! Shame about the black paint - I have a very similar 73' Carlton track (same factory) that someone powdercoated a horrible blue

FFS - where am i gonna order my rivets from now SJS have let me down

FREECYCLE

23x700c tyres + tubes. 1 Schwalbe stelvio, 1 Bontrager Hardcase - Well worn but still usuable.
Basic plastic pedals
Short rubber grips - Nearly new (off a marin dominican)

FOR SALE

Tektro R200 drop bar brake levers. Sound condition, few scratches on the blades. Hoods in good nick. £10 (Look like these:)

Will be in town tommorrow lunchtime - Anyone wants any of this I can meet then. PM me before 12 and I can bring along.

WANTED

Cycling cap - Dark preferably

Nowhere east of digbeth

Anyone know of a brown bar tape that's darker than fizik antique brown? I've just bought some to match a brown brooks saddle and it's still too light

Ok cheers.

One other question, ive just noticed the 2011 Allez comes with Shimano 2300 which have the thumb downshift? Ive heard terrible things about it, would it be difficult to replace for a normal style shifter?

I've got Sora shifters on one of my bikes which are essentially the same - It's fine if you spend most of your time on the hoods, as it's not really possible to drop down gears whilst in the drops.

I'd avoid 2300 like the plague tbh, it's cheap and nasty, still has square taper cranks instead of the hollowtech like the sora. I'm with dammit on the 105 suggestion, if theres any possibility of stretching to that (there will be some good deals over the next few months as the 2012 models start appearing) The quality is much better, and your more future proofed.

I had butterfly bar as an experiment, it's great to shift my hand around, but turn out that's exactly the problem I found, in the end I realised it's idea to have one good hand position than multiple compromised one, at least for me that is.

I loved drop bar, especially on fast tour, but for a steady tour (50 miles average), a flat bar wouldn't be a deal killer for me, apart from headwind of course.

I noticed last summer alot of the touring cyclists along the trans-canadian highway route had drop's with aero bars aswell. Not something i'd seen very often in the UK (for touring)