Any question answered...

carbon tubs on a town bike makes perfect sense and you know it.

Does rain affect pollination ?

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304423806005164

in addition the weather can effect insect behaviour and the hatching times and survival rates of insects important for pollination.

Rain and other weather conditions are very important factors for fruit growers at this time of year.

What's happened at Piccadilly Circus? Seen pictures of a fatality on Twitter.

What's happened at Piccadilly Circus? Seen pictures of a fatality on Twitter.

http://www.blottr.com/london/breaking-news/man-dies-piccadilly-circus

edit: slightly unsavoury images on this link sorry.

have a look at spincycles

Thanks for that- the rear hub looks good.

They do 24/24 only it seems, so would need a front.

Anyone used these and have an opinion of them?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-UltraLight-Track-Fixed-Hubs-Pair-20-24-Holes-/230759758170?pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35ba5a795a#ht_920wt_1270

"Ultralight Alloy Track Hubs" 517g claimed weight ~£70 with shipping, VAT and duty

My Planet-X (Novatec) 24/24 514g including track nuts and lock ring £34.98 posted from Yorkshire

They look like a variation on the normal Novatec, and they are flip/flop, which for a fixed purist like me makes them worse than the double fixed P-X version.

If you actually want light 24/20 track hubs, get American Classic and suck up the £190 price tag in exchange for a 200g weight saving.

Can one get the Novatecs in 20/24? If so from whom?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Novatec-Road-Bike-Front-and-Rear-Hubs-20-Front-24-Rear-/300706881955?pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item460386e1a3

oh wait you wanted track, never mind

In a very real sense, you can get get them from that ebay seller.

Novatec list their normal LF hubs with the "aero" flange cut out in 20h, so somebody is bound to have them

http://www.blottr.com/london/breaking-news/man-dies-piccadilly-circus

edit: slightly unsavoury images on this link sorry.

Oh dear.

Can one get the Novatecs in 20/24? If so from whom?

First google result:
http://www.bdopcycling.com/Hubs-FGSS.asp

Cheap ($32.20) 20/24 Novatec set from Taiwan:
http://www.bikedomeworks.tw/onsale.html

Has anyone ever learnt a language using Rosetta Stone (or other course)? (As I can't always commit to fixed clases) Was thinking about refreshing my French and maybe learning a new language and wondered how good they are..

Any opinions?

I used Michel Thomas to learn Spanish. I did the beginners course and half the advanced, and then started a course at the university language centre and was already at the same level as people who'd done 3 terms. I would definitely recommend it.
I came across it on the internet somewhere.

First google result:
http://www.bdopcycling.com/Hubs-FGSS.asp

Cheap ($32.20) 20/24 Novatec set from Taiwan:
http://www.bikedomeworks.tw/onsale.html

Yeah, I saw them- have you used either of them?

I'm trying to log in to PayPal but am getting the following error. Help! What do I do?!**

"**Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.

Cookie: Apache=10.190.9.60.1323637558408793; etc etc etc............"

Do a refresh without cache of the page you're logging in from then try again.

If that doesn't fix it, try a different login page.

try a different browser or disabling any browser add-ons/toolbars.

there's too much info being sent by your browser and their server is rejecting the request because the information is being truncated.

^ AND ^^ thank you!

Who on the forum works at Putney Cycles? I have an odd query.

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Try packing it to the right and see if that reduces chaffing.

? not a technical query, something related to an possible order.

what about alphabetical. it's old but it's tried and tested