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Haven't read thread, will just say this: troll troll troll troll troll

(either end but I recommend the chainring)

:D

I do reccomend a front brake though, in case any bits of descent do get away from you.

It's this that bothers me most. Put on a lower gearing=spin even more ridiculously down the other side. Tho I suppose as it'd be a social ride rather than a `club' ride people wouldn't mind waiting for me to gingerly pick my way down the descents?!

I used to run 42x16 and have to say there was never a hill I encountered that I couldn't get up comfortably. I've gone up some steep stuff on my current gearing and it just destroys your legs for the rest of the ride.

I could of course try option 2..

They're so pretty...

I reply not to be an idiot but because I'm around here too and actually would love to be able to ride these hills #onlygotonebike

on a forum designed for bikes with only one gear..

I'd love to, but I don't think I'd get too far on 48x17

Another thing I do is consider/contrast the benefits of wearing a cycle helmet to having a nice thick fleece scarf wrapped around your head a couple of times. Won't do much to lessen actual forces of impact but should probably stop you getting cut up as much as if you weren't wearing one

While the last thing I want to do is contribute to the helmet thread... dropping it from a metre seems to simulate the kind of `falling off by yourself' incident that I imagine most people would agree a bit of polystyrene round your head might do some good for. When I think about testing for helmet effectiveness I always imagine attaching it to the side of a wall and driving a car into at X mph.. makes you able to visual what effect a cycle helmet might have compared to motorcycle helmet/other forms of protection

Get TB14s!

If you can ride 60 or so miles (Cambridge for example) then you'd be fine to take on a flat 100.

The important thing, especially for first timers, is to get your diet correct. You will bonk and it won't be entirely pleasant but you can minimise this by eating plenty of the correct foods and sipping water regularly as you ride.

+1million

I recommend flapjacks and `Soreen' brand malt loaf (though any alternatively branded malt loaf may suffice).

It seems to me if you have enough food+water you can pretty much ride any distance indefinitely. For me personally I didn't take much notice of the first time I rode over 100 miles, but then it was on my own not as part of an organised group ride.

Also seconded the `get into audax' suggestion! :D

you already know what it is

organised food stops

bka 'Cafés'

Manchester = http://pcms.s3.amazonaws.com/ncc/file/1271/accreditation-diagram.pdf

Takes bloody ages..
Tho apparently one of the racing leagues you don't need to be accredited for, but as you can't do the structured training sessions without accreditation that's probably not wise..

Also like how this thread has been merged into one which links to an even earlier thread........

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Reynolds Alta Comp

PM'd

Oh wait.. what? More dtls plz

(see http://www.lfgss.com/thread30874.html)

Interested, btw.

Hmmmm I'd be in for this if it seems everyone else will be turning up at the same time! Or at least I might as well just book the thing regardless and see if anyone does turn up!
Saturday 20th at 5pm,then. If there's still space by the time I get round to booking it, I'll be there.

Got massively DAS'd going past Big Hands this evn'n; kind of fucked it due to slowing down for the lights but tried my best! What was going on?

woman like proportions (longer legs/shorter torso and arms)

citation needed

Saw a guy w/ a black/red stripe cycling cap who I've seen maybe a couple of times before going down Oxford Rd this evening, looks like the sort of person who should be on here but not someone I've come across as yet at any bike-related activities..

it is hardly an admin burden to activate it.

Yeah exactly, that's why it doesn't make much sense. If you've made the effort to go to the car park registering office that'd be enough to put off timewasters without needing any money being involved

HI guys, ive had receive this email form the london marathon organiser ...

Thanks to Velocio for starting this thread.

..

powr speak powr to powr etc.

Maths postgrad. Riding a black Langster w/ sky-blue rims, usually lock up in the bike shed opposite the Aquatics Centre car park. Yeah I hope the word 'deposit' means you get it back, but then in that case I don't really see the point of it either!

A BIG Thanks to all of you that contributed to this thread.
I'm going to tell the powers that be they need to include the following:

A friendly shop that lets you bring your bike, that's kind to newbies with really knowledgeable staff who aren't wankers. Repairs by the minute and a stand/ DIY area where you can fettle on your own. No coffee but perhaps tea and cider. A good stock of spokes, deep section wheels, track bits, some clothing. Stock of our classic on-one bikes, carbon road bikes and frames for proper roadies and trackies. A proper selection of quality tools, great prices. Late night and Sunday opening.
With regular coach trips up North.
A Zero tolerance approach to tashes and ray-bans
Forum discount

ftfy

No, the discussion was about primo vs segundo, not how to primo.

The cyclists in the photo is in the primo, leaving no space for a safe same lane overtaking. His primo is a bit slack, a tighter primo will be clearer communication.

There are completely justifiable "mind trix" techniques taking a bit slack primo, giving a message "oh I'm just a meek cyclists, just happening to occupy the whole lane, not a terrible uppity kind that does it intentionally" and the manipulated motorist "discovers" by himself that he needs to change lanes and gives himself a pat in the back for being such a smart driver.

But the beauty of your best practices is that it moves beyond this kind of petty manipulation. Taking a good primo is courteous, it's clear good communication.

I have no idea what almost all of this post means.

There are completely justifiable "mind trix" techniques taking a bit slack primo, giving a message
was a particular high(/low)point.

So should he be closer to the curb or further? Or are you saying he should be one or the other just not where he is? Surely the former would have him in the gutter and the latter would have in the middle of the lane, both of which seem stupid to me (at least in this situation for the latter - good point about not knowing what's coming towards him)? But then I don't know about flipping a mad slack primo to fakie mind trix etc.

YouTube - primo flip shizzle

Oh and your man Fausto said it would be better for him to have taken the lane, and I thought the whole discussion on this thread was about when cyclists should, alternatively shouldn't take the lane. But maybe I don't even know what taking the lane means, as like I said I can't rock a tight segundo etc. etc. confusing jargon etc.

They're for staff&postgrads only, I don't know how likely it would be to get around that. They are awesome tho, and also have an all-important roof!

but with the guy in the silly day time high viz to cover his brakes, adjust his hand position to prevent carpal tunnel, perhaps even raise his saddle a few mil and to have taken the lane, right?

Aaahhh.....the joys of proofing photos for cycle training literature.

No foot retention, needs drops etc. etc.

I can't see anything wrong with his lane positioning? Isn't that what this whole thread is about?