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Thanks depps....

Read your fixie/finger story. Yeugghhh. Friend of mine, new to maintaining fixies did similar. Found himself on his council flat balcony with his finger between rear cog and chain - minced but firmly locked between sharp metal parts. Now get this....with his free hand he reached for an open ended spanner and somehow released the rear spindle from the drop outs, slid the wheel forward to introduce enough slack in the chain to turn the rear wheel with his finger in it and then out of it. Similar pictures of jam on a stick!

OK tjkwood. Let me know. Don't want to tread on toes.......but it's a beauty!!!!

Hi - if the deals above fall thru I'm willing to pay the asking price for the racer and come to Stratford to collect this weekend.

I'm 5' 8" - what do you think fit-wise?

Mel

Permission requested to wear lycra...?

My route home....city to Archway and up Highgate Hill - passing almost stationary cars with drivers looking slightly envious and impressed. Loop round the roundabout at the top and start back down Highgate Hill. Even MORE respect from the same drivers! At the bottom at Archway swing left and do Archway Road to Highgate tube. Turn right and right again thru Queens Woods and into Wood Vale. Turn right into Cranley Gardens and then it's decision time.....left and do Muswell Hill...or right to Crouch End and Archway - cos that's where I live. In the old hospital at Archway - looks like a Victorian institution for folks with issues.

Thanks John - really appreciate you organising and leading this. I had a great day - good pace and great company. I don't know what happened at the end - I stopped right of the pier - then waited - and then cruised around but couldn't find you guys. Had fish n chips on me lonesome and got the 17.05 to Liverpool Street. I definitely wasn't being anti-social - in fact I was concerned that something was amiss. Clearly not, I'm pleased to note! Thanks again. See you at The Bridges.

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Looking forward to this - hope the weather holds - no doubt we'll face a headwind!!!!!

That's how it is - WOW or yuch....and no way of knowing. I monstered it to Balham last night - I mean really hurt myself. Woke this morning and felt the prev evenings effort and thought I'd crawl along the CS to the city for work - til I notice I'm flat out again! Again! Why? Because I could! Simple. Good luck in Somerset! At least the forecast is good! Cheers.

Swerving and mountain biking - my downfall. :-)

Nice to know I'm not the only plonker out there!
Public transport....shit...forgot about that bit....now there's an eye-opener! Tube escalators on crutches - feck!!!!! Getting to a seat on a bus before the driver floors the go pedal and tips you on your arse. Black cab? Forget it - not made for people on crutches with steel reinforced bones. And the final leg to the office. Slithery wet pavements and not-very-grippy crutches. I confess I am a convert to the London bus - always my second choice after the cycle.

I guess lots of riders time themselves over their daily commute. I never do - although I do try to get a sense of how well and fit and fast it feels! You know - some days WOW and some days yuch. In October last year I was on fire every day - 15 miles each way - city to Poplar - including 3 laps of the Isle of Dogs. Felt like I'd reached an unstated goal and I was maintaining it. Then...disaster. A mountain biking accident. Serious. Smashed pelvis, lumbar and cervical vertebra. Discussions with people in white coats about wheel chairs ...forever. I lay on my back for 4 days - had surgery to screw my broken bits back together - managed to lean on a zimmer frame and drag myself a few steps, then crutches to the end of the ward, crutches to the loo(can't tell you how good that was), crutches to a shower and eventually crutches to the café! I was sent home to recover - climbed back on my bike in March - and have since ridden the Dunwich Dynamo in 8 hours and f*cked around with the HHSB lot to Cambridge. But it's my daily commute that is the yardstick for my recovery. And I can tell you that this week I am back! On fire and up to speed and knocking off those miles with a grin and many monster pedal strokes! Feels good. Love my commute. Love cycling.

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I’d really like you to come along and support this…………and encourage others to come along too…..

Film Project by my friend Julian Sayarer – author of Life Cycles and one-time holder of the world record for cycling around the globe.

Last year I cycled down to Brighton with five London youngsters from different backgrounds. Together with Bruna and Damien and other friends, we've turned it into a documentary. I'm copying the short brief I've sent out, you're all welcome, but do let me know if you plan to come, as I'm having to keep on top of numbers for the night.

Details:

Wednesday 10th September

Look Mum No Hands, Old St. 7pm arrivals for a 7:30 start time on the screening.

Brief:

Changing Gears is a 20 minute short film, showing the journey of 5 young Londoners as they cycle from London to Brighton. Having never met before, and each from different backgrounds and life stories, the film is a look at the transformative potential in bringing people together and breaking down barriers. On show is an insight into the sense of freedom and independence young people gain from a bicycle in a city, the worries and problems they face growing up there, and how they react to new geographies outside London.

Trailer link (not for public sharing due to soon-to-be-resolved music licensing issue):

https://vimeo.com/80186157

Hope this finds everyone well

Julian

Mel Glass,

In.......

Good route and lovely scenery. Some chatty folks too which is always nice. I guess the stops are part of the character of the ride but would suggest fewer or shorter maybe - then there's a chance of seeing Cambridge before it closes! A good day out and big thanks to organisers, bag carriers, junction markers, dead-fox-pointer-outers and entertainers (Sven). Respect to those who raced at Herne Hill, drank beer then turned out for the slide (Sven).

OK - dad's in.........

Are we talking strictly fixed here - I mean - can I freewheel up on my single speed? Or would I be made to feel a tad inadequate? In mitigation I might add:

1. I'm recovering from major pelvic trauma
   
2. I could be as old as your Dad
   
3. I haven't got a fixie
   
   

And everyone says oh you must see Cambridge you must go to Cambridge it's so beautiful in Cambridge especially if it's sunny in Cambridge.........

I'm out - short notice visit to see dear old Mum in Durham - will join you remotely for the fish n chips n beer. Have fun....

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For sure the rucksack is a mountain biker thing. Full of charged camelback and spare derailleurs (in my case!). Tried a rack pack but downhill on the rough stuff the bike handles like a pig when weight is behind the seat. Panniers are better but snag and slow down progress thru single track. I'm amazed at how much weight I can take in a rucksack packed sensibly. And (in my case) when falling off it behaves as a back protector. (See prev pics of my screwed together pelvis - on that doomed downhilly day I didn't carry a backpack!).

then the people wearing rucksacks.........................
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Ex mountain bikers lost without a rucksack.

You roadies - lost without a café - whereas I had on board my own personal café!

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Yep - why not - sounds good - see you at Greenwich.

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