Upgrades/ New Shit in Norwich

Lets start throwing some dates around then, any particular day of the week suit most people? ie like a friday night or something. Beers used to normally be Thursdays, but I for one can't really do Thursdays any more

friday is fine for me

I am keen for this coming Friday. I will be off nights by then. Yay!!!

Fridays would normally work for me, can't do next friday though

Thinking of getting some cheap stickers made to cover up the British Cycling Talent Team decals on the new steed, but I'm struggling to come up with something suitable, and thoughts welcome? I was thinking "R is for Rad", but would like something a bit more bike associated than that - it's a shame we don't have a collective name for fixed Norwich riders, maybe we could come up with something?

Don't do it!

It is kid of funny when people, especially MAMILS, notice and give me a look up and down - it forces me to really hammer it to be a lot faster than them to justify the fictional back story I've now got! I'm perfectly happy doing it until I encounter someone faster than me, but then it'll just be awkward...

I still have a frame here with NVS on the headtube - ask Mark about it. Think he had the same in the Friday Night Ride days...

Back in the day... Lol. Just bought alphabet stickers from a carshop (Wilco, Dereham Road) and put NVS on peoples bikes. Sweet memories of better times. Hahaha

^^^ As Rikki said, don't do it. Just shake your head at the mamils and mouth "poor technique" as you ride away.

If they're alongside long enough to read that little sticker and add 2 & 2 to come up with 5, then you're not going fast enough...

;)

Aha, touche. I was more talking about being a douche and trackstanding next to them at the lights and things, then having to sprint away. I rarely see anyone out on road bikes at the moment though, just a sea of mtbs.

Roadies get put in shoeboxes full of straw and left in the airing cupboard until spring. Like tortoises.

I can just imagining David Attenborough narrating that... "A timid species, the roadie (mamila coldus) hibernates at the merest drop in temperature in the autumn months, and will only tentatively return to its pastures after five consecutively warm days the following spring."

Haha! To be fair I've even bought myself some base layers and still haven't bothered to go out on the road bike.

Roadies get put in shoeboxes full of straw and left in the airing cupboard until spring. Like tortoises.

Surely it's max out on Rapha baselayers, then get a Ribble winter bike before then putting themselves in shoeboxes full of straw and hiding in the airing cupboard until spring. Like tortoises.

Tortoises buy winter bikes?

Only if they are Rapha wearing mamils.

Brakeless, stubby stem and risers for silly slave shot.

Needs moar seatpost.

And black cranks.

May have to cross post that to the HHSB thread.

needs less stem

More stem and more brake achieved. Winter commuting set up complete.

looks good.
needs black cranks now though