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roxy: i'd love to but i think I wont get in to london til tomorrow morning!
either way, i'll check back here for spontaneous meet ups and such! you girls have fun tonight :)

hippy Yeah, I've recently been on a ride where brakeless newbie ended ride in ambulance (taking out some others too).
I'm not about to get into brakes vs. brakeless debate, but for newbies I certainly do advocate the use of brakes!
To me, "if you're not skilled enough to ride brakeless" made it sound like brakeless was some kind of higher ability level.. and whether it is or not I just don't like even mentioning brakeless riding to new fixers, especially after 50:14's crash. Sorry, personal beef against brakeless newbs I guess..

I think we're on the same team here.

Maybe its just the way I said it, but yeah, I was just saying that if you're new at this, certainly run a brake. That was all? Though I think riding sans-brake(or rather, one who decides to ride brakeless) does require someone who knows what their doing-experience as well as skill-to maneuver in, through and out of situations. Everyone crashes, no matter what, but the difference is in the how and the why. Newbies riding brakeless is them putting themselves in that situation and they should realize that and carry all responsibility and consequences that comes with their choice. I have bike mechanic friends here and I hear about stories of how some guy ran into the garage door because they can't stop and whatnots. Its hilarious to a degree, but when you hear that for the 100th time, yeah, its just annoying and sad almost.

hippy Or get a brake if you're not skilled enough to ride brakeless.

That annoys me. Any muppet can ride sans-brakes. To do it and not suffer injury (or inflict, eh Mr. 50:14) is what counts.

True. But ya gotta start somewhere, and safely at the same time, no?

Be very careful with that.
~~Check to see that the lockring is tight. It might be loose. Or else you might strip your hub out and hurt yourself.
Also the obvious. That your bolts are properly tightened. ~~
*someone beat me to it.

And you can also slow down by foot braking.
Or get a brake if you're not skilled enough to ride brakeless. This option comes highly recommended. It beats getting yourself into an accident.

Ok...

Mmm ok? No bike with us, but not anti-bike things. Aidan you're confusing me...

Seeing as I'm actually Canadian, I should relate to the British humour a bit more. But I'm lost. Meh...

Perhaps!
But no need to go crazy. We wanted to be low-key on this trip. I'm there to checkout the city with Jonathan, so I think we will be doing some touristy things with our time - no bikes this time around. If something is happening already then we can just drop by and say hi, but otherwise, there's no need to make a huge thing out of it all! :) I will just check back here to see if there are things happening!

le car arrospok are america
please bring
we pay dolla, many

sorry i'm stuck at work til when shops are closed today! no time to grab wheelsets. though maybe in the future i can help out with things...

Wait, I'm thinking Velocity. My mistake.

But you still don't need them aerospokes.

arrospok = aerospoke?
you don't need those things.
plus they're from australia.

aidan: nah. its ok. wasn't sure if you were serious, but didn't want to overstep my bounds either way. plus i'm not here to prove myself. but i get in on the 5th, bright and early!

Just checking out the sites and things. Thinking about moving to London in a while, is all.

Oh that is me. I'm not even from London. I'm leaving SF to visit tomorrow and wanted to check out some bike related things. Sorry, I feel a tad fraudulent.

Am I the 1000 member? That's just silly.

Ah ok. We'll just hit up the shops or something instead. Thanks though!

I think Jonathan wrote an email via flickr to slamm about this as well. Just a heads up...

We actually leave to come back to SF on Sunday... But yeah, was just wondering if that space is open for visitors. But doesn't seem like it is? Do you all just hang out there or?

Hey hey,

I'm visiting from San Francisco in the next few days with my partner in crime(Jonathan of Mash...) I was wondering if the spot in the Mash showing is open to the public/visitors? It looks interesting. Is it a shop or just the HQ for London Fixed/SS? We won't have our bikes with us this time around because its a short trip, but would still like to check out shops and maybe meet some folks during our stay...

/Lily