General Chat

I really need to stop treating my commute to work like a stage of the TDF, I end up spending the first hour at work cooling down!

I can recommend The House of the Trembling Madness pub and do a circuit of the walls if the weather is nice

So...it looked a little like this...

New look to be uploaded shortly!

Kinda want a road bike :(

I'll sell you my Olmo!

Unless you're selling for £50 i can't afford it :(

Oh and now looks like this...

@thross how was york?

Smashin' thanks. We didn't get a great deal of time in town (as Fiona's relatives live a few miles away in Tollerton/Easingwold) but got to Your Bike Shed for brunch, and stopped off at Spring Espresso just before catching our bus - both fine establishments. It was nice to just wander around being touristy in the time we had, but I'd like to go back in summer and properly explore/ascend the Minster without having to face the bitter cold!

Take a bike and do the yorkshire stages? ;)

@Rikki are you converting the Olmo?

If I can get a cheap enough rear wheel,bb and chainring I probably will at some stage. I'm in no rush though

I've got a lovely gold chainring if you'd like that for freeeeeeeeeee

Id love it! Need to check the bcd of the tri colour cranks though as I'm assuming it probably won't fit. Or I just htfu and run a 52t ring

Haha, it should fit, it was on a road crank so I think it's 110bcd

Nice, thanks!

Anyone have any advice on getting sticker residue off rims? The front was so easy.. The back not so much :(

( @jdp correct use of full stops I hope........)

Is it not three...?

Alcohol should do it - not the drinking sort!

Nice, I was using nail polish remover but it's still proving rather difficult

I've got some brake cleaner in my garage, that would definitely do the job!

Might try a cocktail of things!

It looks right to me......

Yeah ethanol as @hudsoncjnr said.

Cheers guys. Nail polish remover was working well, it was probably more that I was using kitchen roll rather than a cloth to scrub it with. I'll try again tomorrow

"Sticky stuff remover" can be bought from DIY stores, and maybe supermarkets - it's mostly ethanol, but has some other ingredients. That or, hairdryer on hot then wipe.

Going to go hairdryer/nail polish/wipe I reckon

Excellent bit of crazy Dutch entertainment here!!

http://road.cc/content/news/138625-video-time-trialling-force-9-dutch-headwind-championships

Force 9 gale, upright Dutch bike, headwind race - carnage!