Surrey Sunday Training Club (SSTC)

Nah, I'll just stay on the road as long as I can, in my long bibs if needed, thanks.
Also, I have some rollers here. Got them when my back was shit last year, but hardly used them in the end. Maybe this winter they will get used a bit more.

I actually like cycling in the cold. At least you don't have to think about what you're gonna wear. It's like everything that you have all at once.

This is my most favouritest indoor cycling accessory/facilitator (I think mine's branded 'Honeywell', but they're all the same):

hmmmm: 55 might be too big.
i've just roughly measured my darklord one frame to do everything bike. it's approx 54 x 54 (probably closer to 53.5).
i think the seatpost on my beater was 55 and that was a bit too big for me, in all honesty (could just about stand over it).

in gym news, i'm investigating as i only need somewhere for the winter i think. i don't really like them, but there's a pool involved as well at ucl. and that appeals.

Love swimming. If the weather is decent this weekend I'm riding to a beach somewhere.

Damo: 500 squids should get you a decent alu/c road bike as the shops move into 2011 gear. Wiggle had one with 105 for 590ish the other day.

that was a great ride, brilliantly lead and very enjoyable company. interesting to learn what a lack of fitness does to one’s ability to regenerate. the first climbs went pretty well but luckily nobody saw me riding up Anerley

nice to see you again Mirco! and thanks for towing me in the last stretch

claus - you seemed pretty fit, motoring up the start of the 'surprise section', and forcing me to ride faster than I wanted to in order to get my line right. Anerly's a recovery climb anyway :D

Anerley was the only hill I got to the top of first, and as such I would like it to be instated as a points climb please.

Do whatever the fuck you want. I racked up so many mountains points early on, the polka dot jersey was safe by the time we got to the top of Tandridge. In fact, every jersey was, except the white one, and I was never going to be in the running for that one :p

Scarlett and his technicolour dreamcoat jersey. nothing but a multicolour blur. 's a good look.

It's a Merckx '69 thing (not a fucking Jason Donovan thing), especially as I picked up yesterday's combativity award too.

As of today, I'm retiring.

if oliver comes on here and makes a tired pun about tyres/tires......

any news on the vuvuzela jenny?

As it seems to be the freewheel thingy, I have ordered some new bearings for the hub.

I thought about ordering new wheels but HAVE YOU SEEN HOW MUCH THOSE THINGS COST?

Have no idea whether that'll do the trick or if I'll be able to fathom what to do with them once they arrive, though.

(I'm not even that sure I know what the hub is tbh but one needs to learn)

I didn't hear the freewheel issue, but are you sure it's not just crud and crap in the pawls making a racket? I had what sounded like a broken spring in my Fulcrums a few weeks back, turned out to be nothing but human hair (!!) and strands of cotton.

I dipped into this thread a couple of times yesterday afternoon and mumbled "I'm such a douche bag for getting hammered last night" numerous times. I fail so hard. To be fair I nearly puked going up Whitedown last Tuesday so this one would have definitely thrown me over the edge. Next time bla bla bla....

Sam, if I knew what pawls were, I might be able to answer your question.

The wheels looks shiny shiny and not hirstute, if that helps. Plenty of crud and crap in my cleats after all that walking, though.

Twas Tim what diagnosed the noise (which could be heard from many metres away); I defer to his better judgement. The wheels are canny old and have been thrashed to death over a couple of seasons of Cat 2 road racing (not by me obv), so not suprising if they're a little arthritic.

trundles off to start taking her wheel apart

wools, marco, yemble ... maybe we need a bit of douchebag preparation riding, before we roll again next time?

The next one won't be so hard, just one 21% followed by the usual whitedown.

only bmmf has the authority for the brutal...

@jenny - I'd agree with Sam. More likely to be the pawls etc. (new bearings are nice though). There are some little 'catches' in your freewheel. They're spring loaded, so they can be depressed inwards during coasting, but stay out and engage with ratchets (I think) during pedalling.

All very sensitive parts, once some crap has found its way inside your freehub body.

^^ this is looking like stuff I should get someone who knows what they're doing to look at, rather than have a go myself...??

(usual is to have a go myself...FAIL....then take my efforts to someone who knows what they're doing)

this diagrams make me sick
it looks really complicated stuff

It's quite fiddly, and sometimes you need weird tools to get in there. The little springs (they're teeny tiny) have a habit of pinging across the room into permanent oblivion.

But you can try less drastic measures. Sometimes just taking the cassette off will let you grab any thread/hair/blah that's wrapped itself around stuff, and often a squirt of light oil into various unscientific crevices (or even degreaser) will be enough to rejuvenate semi-corroded or gacked up innards.

Depending on the wheel, you could just pay a shop to fit a new freehub, although as Marco found out, sometimes the parts are hard to find.

haha..., anyway jenny I agree better to leave this kind of stuff to someone who knows where to look into, but needs to be a good one... as Scarlett said I had some previous misfortune regarding the subject, I gained some sort of experience... dunno... I might can help...