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Do you post on pistonheads every time a motorist kills a pedestrian ? or are you only interested if a cyclist is involved ?

I assume you've posted the same on pistonheads, seeing as motorists are responsible for the vast majority of pedestrians deaths.

If they brag about it on some forum and say they like to drive like Vin then it might bite them on the arse at court later.

It's reassuring know that there's a crack squad of police officers looking to social media habits of the drivers that are responsible for the 5 deaths and 60 serious injuries a day on the roads of Britain.

Fuck me,

As to why you chose to ride without a front brake and other safety precautions such as wearing a helmet, you deny it was for the thrill of the experience. However on 5th Feb 2015 you posted on a cycling forum the following message: ‘the time when you 1st take your brakes off and feeling like you’re in an @lucasbrunelle movie’. Lucas Brunelle, it seems, makes alley-cat films in which he and his group, often on fixed-wheel bikes speed through city streets, weaving in and out of oncoming traffic, bus lanes and alleys, narrowly avoiding pedestrians, going through red lights, constantly breaking road traffic laws, and riding in a manner highly dangerous to the public and themselves. This is clearly done for the so-called thrill. It was you, in that posting of the 5th February, who drew the parallel between Brunelle’s movies and your riding. I am satisfied that in some part it was this so-called thrill that motivated you to ride without a front brake, shouting and swearing at pedestrians to get out of your way.

I assume if a motorist kills somebody when over the speed limit and they've watched the fast and furious it'll be used against them in a similar way.

18 months seam harsh, i'm sure he'll appeal.

You can drive a 40 ton HGV over the speed limit and on a mobile phone and kill somebody and get 18 months.

http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/county-news-lorry-driver-jailed-after-motorist-crushed-in-a27-collision-1-8134606

The judge even trotted out the classic “No sentence a court can pass can compensate the family in question"

That was brilliant!

I've run a couple of wheels without a lock ring. I use the bikes chain wrapped round the sprocket to torque it up. This has always been on track hubs, but I've never had a problem, the rear tyre will skid before the sprocket unscrews (most likely) I do run a front brake at all times.

Well, I was forced to upgrade to 8plus this morning.

I'm switching from O2 to EE as I get a 20% discount with work and the bonus of getting some mobile signal when I'm at work as they have boosters in the building.

When I say travel agent, I mean these.

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/cables/tektro-91712-v-brake-lead-pipe-with-adjuster-90-deg/

Which are less hassle than an normal travel agent.

I've got these on my Nature boy, there very good but not really bling enough.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/tektro-926al-mini-v-brake/rp-prod34580

you'll need some kind of travel agent to get them to work with drop levers too.

These look nice.

https://www.merlincycles.com/trp-cx9-linear-pull-cyclocross-brakes-black-pair-54955.html

or Pauls, but I don't like the way they tension the springs.

Sir Roger Scruton

I'm my head that read, Sir Roger Scrotum

Moggs record on voting to help people less fortunate than himself is pretty dreadful. So it looks like he's picking and choosing the parts of his faith that also a line with being a general Tory cunt.

V3s have a 27.2 seat post, don't v1 have a 27.0 ?

My v3 doesn't have a number on the bb

Yeah I had a feeling that might be the issue. In all likely hood I'm unlikely to put anything larger than a 28c tyre on it which is a more normal isn't it.

Time for wider bars ?

I would like a steel fork for my IF Crown Jewels. Fairly standard stuff, 1,1/8 steerer, Axle to crown 367mm, 43 rake, but clearance for 30mm tyer. From an aesthetic point of view I'd like it to be a straight blade. Does anybody in the UK make stuff like that ? if they do, would it cost more than £300* ?

*the point at which I should just go and by an Enve fork which will tick most of the above boxes.

I've been just calling Rees-Mogg a cunt on instagram, just to try and even things up you understand.

More babies so they can get a bigger house I assume

Yeah, mine was 11-13 N.m, I hadn't even considered looking for updated specs.

Thanks for the info..

yeah given the price difference I'd go with the DDs, but closely monitor the non drive side for a couple of rides as it's likely to come loses at some point.

what's it going on ?

I'm running both on different bikes, The DD have been fine since I ignored the torque wrench settling and just tightened them up as much as I could. They came lose a few times which more a bit disconcerting. The standard BB doesn't have a great rep in terms of life expectancy but I've got just over 1000 miles on mine without an issues, but all dry miles.

My standard Sugino 75 are great, just fit and forget, I'm running them with a campagnolo BB.

I'd go with whichever pleases you most aesthetically.

I use a travel agent on my nature boy v brakes and they work well. I've been using the ones they had on planetx with the barrel adjuster where the cable outer joins the v brake pipe (well described I know)

Unfortunately, I can't find them now, so not much help.

On the way home tonight a guy on D2i Storck, asked if I was riding fixed* I said yes and he told me I should be on the track, not on the road. I didn't full appreciate what he was say at the time so I just laughed.

*I very obviously have a v brake on it, but I guess if he couldn't work out I was riding fixed he might not have noticed the brake.

Dry feet are over rated.