Any question answered...

Is there a good reason why the "look right" and "look left" pavement writing is not used on any of the major cycle paths?
Having nearly been knocked off a few times by peds it occurred to me that there is signs on the ground at road crossing points saying which way to look. But on the cycle path across Blackfriars and beyond there is nothing.
If a motorist splats a ped that equals one casualty, if a cyclist hits a ped that equals (at least) two casualties.
Surely it is 50% more effective to be putting great big "look both ways" signs on the cycle paths?

Also, why are the roads that cut across give ways and not Stops? The amount of people who have pulled across and nearly hit me is silly. This turned into more of a rant than expected. But I need answers.

Is it simply a case of bad planning/non cyclists designing cycle paths or is there reasons for these things?

Ok, rim tape on, valve in (ghetto'd out of a tube), tyre at 100 PSI and holding air - but no "BANG!" which I associate with the bead seating correctly. No bang no seat?

Spin the wheel, is there a bump on the tire?

No bump

No bump, no problem.

My Bonty tyres didn't pop on my Stan's rims either :(

If it's holding air it's fine, check it in a couple of hours, may need a top up, then check again in the morning.

Is there a modern forward facing single speed dropout around? Obviously there's the classic campag geared dropout with the hanger cut off, anything else? Or examples of custom jobs?

Did Surly not once market the Cross Check as a single-speed option? If so, not sure whether they did a model with tarck ends or just used the same model...

Most flexible brake outer cable? The rear brake cable on my P2 has to take a rather serpentine route from the exit point from the base bar, through the stem, and then into the frame. More flexible = better for these purposes, and I'm not really that bothered about braking performance on the back end of a TT bike. Proper cables only though - none of this Nokon/I-link stuff. Can't be doing with that.

The shimano stuff is definitely bendier than jagwire.

Ah, yes, pretty much the same as the campagnolo design but the stragglers dropouts are a bit more modern looking.

How long?

I've got a 125cm length of NOS Campag, helical winding you're welcome to.

My jagwire road pro cable kit came with "Ez bend segments" bits, made for TT cockpit setups I presume. They are surpus to my needs if you want to grab them off me?

Doesn't the new Genesis Flyer had forward facing dropouts?

Aren't rockers modern equivalent of this?

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/239243/

The subject crops up in that thread.

Neither my Condor's, nor my friend's Flyer's dropouts are branded but they might be able to tell you who made them.

Thanks @Scilly.Suffolk and @Hovis for the offers, but I sort of need it yesterday at the latest, so will have to go shopping for it today. My TT bike is in pieces, @Cycliste's isn't built yet, and we've got the Ely Hardriders race on Sunday. Sounds like I should avoid Jagwire, and try Campag. Condor, here we come...

Thought you were on P5 this year?

My Campag outer is NOS: I'm not sure the new stuff will be as flexible.

I imagine any cheapo, helical (not compressionless) outer will be the same.

P2 for sporting courses, P5 for drag strips. @Cycliste now has two TT bikes (one for the UK, one for Switzerland) so I've got to keep up with the bike arms race.

And the P5 is even less finished than the P2.

I'll go and see if I can get myself thrown out of Condor for outer cable woggling.

Aren't rockers modern equivalent of this?

Rockers are an alternative, but I'm not sure they're any better if rim brakes are used. Horizontal dropouts are lighter and less complicated.

Thanks for the leads.

Ceeway part no. 505?

Doesn't look all that modern, and quite fugly IMHO. Shouldn't be too hard to get one laser cut from plate though in a slightly less eye-hurting design.

You mean 506 right?

Yeah. Fat fingers again...