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I've made it to the Corny @cornelius_blackfoot shortlist.
I was riding a hybrid, but when I had to pay £100 for a new set of sprockets, thought I needed something simpler. Bought, and still have, a Lemond Fillmore but I am sure I spent hours trying to work out why a Langster was the right idea. My first post related to chain stretch, and if I had paid more attention to the 'slack chain' posts I would have understood.
Went to Norths because the hill was a challenge, and stayed for a number of years. I have never lived in North London.
The forum is solely to blame for the 2 bikes behind me in the study, and others downstairs, but also for some life long friendships.
PS I clearly spent far too long tagging many threads, but mainly the Norths one
Arvy.
I joined because I brought a titanium track bike, thinking it was a road bike for small beer from china. Had no idea how to build it up, so went on t’internet to find out, t’internet lead me here, over a decade later I’m still here.
Have to say the forum was the saving of me, providing a group of like minded cycling bods who have became close, close friends, at a point when I was finding it difficult to make new friends and relationships.
And I’ve had so many amazing, laughter filled times with them, some are still on here, and some aren’t. But all of them live on here, unless of course they’ve flounced and become deleted..
Witnessed births, deaths, marriages, and migrations on here.
Still remember my first forum ride, the first bridges ride, out on my road bike as the track bike was still in transit from china, and how every bridge was a sprint along the champs elysees, so much fun! So many forum OG’s. Was dead the next day, had to lie on the sofa to recover.
I’d been on a couple of forums before, and have been on a couple since, but this one is the one I keep returning to..
May up the beer donation to a decent bottle of wine, to show my appreciation.
Ps, there was nothing like the early days of the forum, when I’d spend my time riding round town and sticking spoke cards in the rear wheels of any track bike I came across. Remember putting one into @jonny during an open house one year..
Shoutout to @clefty for the original airfix spokecards, I still have some somewhere, @snowyagain first person I brought/sold from/to, and the amazing bods who I’ve met, spoken to, drunk with and ridden with on here, some that come to mind are :
@pajamas, @DDM, @pj(pj), @mashton, @ma3k, @hippy, @justMouse @andyp @stevo_com @StandardPractice @BRM @Balki @roboto @rik @rpm @Skülly @Arvy. @dicki @dubtap @ChainBreaker @Chalfie @Pistanator @EEI @edmundro @photoben @TW @IdealStandard @Oliver Schick @Object @Aroogah @dan @Fox @fussballclub @furious_tiles @Greasy_Slag @General_Lucifer @handtightenonly @HatBeard @JD @laner @Zebra_Cyclist @cliveo @Vince @villa-ru @veLLo @NurseHolliday @cake @freddo @fruitbat @NorthLondonLight @mmccarthy