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As a note of caution chaps, I was having a few beers in the earth and stars with my bike locked outside the other night. When I came out an old bloke who looked like Santa was cycling away from my bike, I thought he'd just been locked to the same lamp post but when I got closer it seems he'd unbolted my back wheel and took out it of the dropouts. I must have disturbed him when leaving the pub. This guy was late 50s and looked like a normal cyclist, it could have only been him or else the thief would have took my wheel after going to the effort of unbolting it. (my d-lock was locked around front wheel and frame)
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RichC I just think it was a bit dark n quiet on that street and old Santa had a lot of front! I was in the Brunswick last week and was shocked how nice it is now its been renovated especially in the garden. Sidewinder is always classic pub too.
yep both smoker's havens now. sidey is my preferred late night messy drinking venue. that 1am westons cider is always a good idea.
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Kelvin Bit off topic but my kona needs pretty much a complete new drive train, how much do you think Baker Street will charge me to get it all fitted cause by the time I've bought the tools or arranged to borrow them hardly seems worth it?
And anyone fancy that pint next week?
is it a paddy wagon or a geared kona? price will depend on spec but they are recommended.
pint + freezing track session next week would be good. any day but thurs for me. rich??
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it's for my cindercone, basically the bottom bracket, middle chain ring, chain and front mech are all on their way out. it's lx/deore mix at the mo, would like replace the whole groupset with XT stuff. More concerned about how much they'll charge to change it all, have heard some horror stories about ultra expensive services from some brighton LBS
It's prob easier to replace the whole bike... or scrap it completely and get a custom fixed!
Monday might not be ideal for me if we wanna incorporate a ride, other than that i pretty flexible
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Find early mornings the best time to use the track as most of the ball games don't start until 10am at least.
As Elvis said, Preston Park does indeed have a 'serious' track league but they do make decent effort to encourage beginners. At the beginning of the season (March/April) they have a few intro to track sessions which are a good way to get some experience with the track. Sadly there are no organised training sessions for the track, but you can get to Herne Hill quite easily on sats if you're serious.
During the racing season, they guarantee you 6 (I think) races every wedsneday night and often you're racing just in your category so you can actually have some competitive races. They do have national champions (youth, masters etc) racing down there on some nights, so the standard can be quite high (even for such an exposed track with an uphill back straight and no real banking). However, everyone on the whole is really friendly and theres a really nice tea lady as well, for when you've had enough.
'bout the only downside to the whole thing, is that up to now they haven't been part of British Cycling's "Go Race" initiative which is all about bringing more beginners into the sport - so you can't race on a Bronze licence, you have to the more expensive silver licence. But you I think you can buy just a day licence if you just want to turn up and ride.
Look out for posters announcing the new track season in the beginning of next year, if you're interested.
Nice article here:
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/tra/EventReports2007/20070502_Preston_Park.asp
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A quick question to you Brighton heads and this may seem totally off topic but do any of you guys do the accounts for a kiwi guy called Greg Bourne?