Any question answered...

yes, it will pull straight out, you need more pressure/grip.
a quick release is designed to hold something tight in a slot/end, not somewhere along a slot

yes, it will pull straight out, you need more pressure/grip.

Ta much, thought that would be the case. Now, where can I get a bolt/nuts to replace a QR skewer?!

You'll need to replace the axle for a solid one. Your LBS should have one for a couple of quid.

Nice one, ta.

Is there any reason why I shouldn't use a QR skewer on the rear wheel of a singlespeed?

How did we manage all those years with horizontal dropouts? A QR will work fine under the following conditions:

1: Use a steel skewer with an enclosed cam, i.e. genuine Campag or Shimano, not some boutique shit
2: Forged dropouts. Cheap pressed ones tend to slip, probably a combination of not being properly flat and high surface hardness from the sheet rolling process.
3: Avoid small chainrings. Old road bikes had no less than 42t chainrings, so stick to that as a minimum. Smaller ring = higher chain tension for a given driving torque, and it's chain tension which pulls your wheel out of the dropouts.

What would be the best full mudguards if I want to run between 28-35 tyres?

(rest of bike is modern and black, would like to keep in that theme... also haz disk breakz does this affect my choices?)

I'd go for the SKS Chromoplastic ones in the widest possible size. 700c Wide are 53cm and should accommodate 35mm tyres.
I have SKS Blumels in the hybrid size (ca. 60mm), but they don't have the mudflap like Chromoplastic ones.

cool they're what I was looking at.

My Blumels are really nice, but I'd prefer mud flaps. The problem is, some websites show pictures with and some without them on both - Chromoplastics and Blumels.

yeah, it's a bit confusing, do all chromoplastics come with flaps then?

Also, I've found the narrower ones for around £21 but can't find a decent price on the wider ones...

How do you say 'ksyrium' ?

And does anyone know what pedal this is please? thanks

http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b76/ulmag/?action=view&current=FxCam_1323011353311.jpg

How do you say 'ksyrium' ?

it is pronounced 'siobahn'

And does anyone know what pedal this is please?

Broken Wellgo WAM-M727

Ha! Thanks. I thought they looked a bit odd

Anyone wants some free legal music downloads from XFM (not much, but hey!)

http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/xfms-advent-calendar-2011?cmpid=E.Xfm_Newsletter_(11.12.02)_London%20(1)&CMP=EMC-SP

yeah, it's a bit confusing, do all chromoplastics come with flaps then?

Also, I've found the narrower ones for around £21 but can't find a decent price on the wider ones...

I got chromosplastics off wiggle and they came with a mudflap if that's any help. Think I paid about £25.

cool will order some, snow forecast tonight in Leeds so may use the mountain bike to get to work tomorrow (:

Why can I use access lots of websites, eg this one, yet around half are constantly hanging?

I need to do a job application this evening and the website just won't load.

Seatpost lengths. Are they measured to the max line or the actual post length?

The latter

Why can I use access lots of websites, eg this one, yet around half are constantly hanging?

I need to do a job application this evening and the website just won't load.

Try closing chat roulette...

can anyone recommend a site to get some tshirts printed, basically want a photo of one of my mates huge on the front of a few tshirts, and don't want it to fade after first wash....

This is the photo anyway, for your amusement....

can anyone recommend a site to get some tshirts printed, basically want a photo of one of my mates huge on the front of a few tshirts, and don't want it to fade after first wash....

This is the photo anyway, for your amusement....

http://www.streetshirts.co.uk/

Very fast turn round and decent quality.

nice one, cheaper than I was expecting too.

Zoidberg?