Wanted: 15t 1/8 Cog so I can beat a moped & Mavic Pursuit Bars

is this for real?

yes

Add the condition of an unassisted standing start and you might have a chance

wouldn't it be easier for me if i was assisted?

http://www.adrenalin-pedstop.co.uk/i-PERFORMANCE_EXHAUSTS-1.aspx

Just saying.

what? you've lost me....

You can alter your bike to make it go faster, so can he. If its a race he really won't be thinking about the speed limit.

wouldn't it be easier for me if i was assisted?

Yes it'd be harder for you unassisted, but have you ever seen a moped do a track stand?

http://www.adrenalin-pedstop.co.uk/i-PERFORMANCE_EXHAUSTS-1.aspx

Just saying.

what? you've lost me....

(sabotage)

no, i just dont understand, all i see is bits of machine, please explain it to me, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND

Performance parts for mopeds.

It really is not that difficult.

maybe they thought that hes going to add those part onto his bike to make him go faster?

I had a moped that was derestricted last year, i could push 60 on it, but restricted ones only go about 30-35 so you've got a chance of winning if its a new bike? like 58/09 plate?
I really doubt that the lad with the moped has got any performance parts on his bike (and definitely not if its still resricted) unless hes one of those pikey kids that is destined to work in a garage.

Hope this helps and good luck :)

Performance parts for mopeds.

It really is not that difficult.

so for me or him?

FFS, who will be riding the moped?

Answer him.

Eeee, when I were a lad, derestricting meant taking the washer out from between the barrel and the expansion chamber, and changing a jet or two if you wanted your piston to last more than 10 minutes. It's all a bit more difficult now, since the Feds forced the bike manufacturers to make it so.

Anyway, tuning is moot. If atomcf isn't already being considered for the Olympic academy, he has no chance against a modern restricted 50cc 'ped that's running properly.

So what you're saying is he needs to sabotage the moped?

atomcf I think you need to get him to agree not to tweak the moped for performance or de-restrict it.

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atomcf - theres a wednesday night chaingang in Hastings you might enjoy, we used to meet at the pier but now meet further out of town to avoid killing holidaymakers wandering onto the overcrowded cycle path. 7.30pm every wednesday at the old Stamco site (bridge cafe ).
we always have one or two and sometimes up to half a dozen fixers out of about a dozen riders. Its informally organised by a member of the Hastings CC but non club guys are welcome and we have regulars from Ingear, VC Bayeux, Eastbourne Rovers and Rye wheelers who turn up too. why not come along and ride with us this week? its a fairly flat course - 10 miles out and 10 back. most of the fixed guys ride around 81".

^Sounds perfect, atomcf. If you can draft the bunch, and keep up with a 15t, it'll be good training for your race. You might end up wanting a 14t, however, depending on the pace of the group. If you've been invited like that, chances are they'll be sensitive to the needs of a newbie, at least for one ride. Would that be right, ideale90?

yep, its about as friendly as a bunch of cyclists can be ;) if i spot you I'll say hello, or ask for Steve who runs it, I'm sure anyone else on a fixie or not will be happy chat to you if you introduce yourself. we need new riders to keep it going as some of the younger guys are going on to uni soon. etc. the front end is pretty fast depending on who's out, and it often splits into 2 or 3 groups, so yoiull alwyas have someone to follow. the middle and tail end groups are easier. you sound like a racer, so I think you'd like it, there's a sprint at halfway where we wait for rest to catch up and do same again outside bexhill on way back.

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wow thanks ideale90, if the 15t is here by Wednesday, I'll definitely be along, if not, ill be there next week. ill be on a baby blue claud butler, with anodized blue deep V's @RPM, are you actually going to set them up, cos that would be awesome. @mitre tester, that's three people i want to prove wrong :)

Dont kids just stab each other anymore? Fucking weak children these days.

ill be on a baby blue claud butler

Is it Gorgeous™?

i dont live in london anymore.... @mitre tester: dunno, i love it though, ive got an old picture of it somewhere...

you're welcome atomcf. I'm sure you could hang in with the more relaxed riders on your 18t.

what speeds do you ride at roughly?

Christ mitre_tester do you always have to be so crippilingly realistic, give the kid some fucking hope!

depends which way wind is blowing but avg speed can be around 17-20mph. Two of the strongest guys are quite good testers and ride fixeds of something like (48-15) and (39-15) and will often break away off the front and average over 22 mph. will that work for you at 90-100 rpm?

me i ride much less often but have got good at drafting ;) best thing to do is come along and check it out ,we go bexhill and out to pevensey - you can always peel off and go do some hill training if your finding your spinning out too much.

I was thinking of some ways you might stage your moped race -

1. Tuck in behind the moped's draft for a short sprint of say 50m and then pop out at last second to beat him on the line, Cav style.

2. chicken run: pick a halfway point, maybe a zebra crossing on the seafront. both race towards it - make sure you have the tailwind and slight downhill grade.

3. Team Pursuit: get some of our guys to lead you out in a train, arrange for a faster moped to come past and pace you.

I can ride my old steel winter hack roadbike at nearly 30mph for a mile drafting the traffic or the fast fixie guys when the wind is right so not impossible.

1. just get the moped guy to ride a bicycle, then you'll whip him.