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• Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 day, 20 hours

  

  Yeah. I'm also in the wrong there.

• LFGSS Stickers - buy stickers the money goes to the forum

  in Components and clothing • 4 days, 14 hours

  

  Just pulled my finger out and ordered a couple of packs.

• Shit fixie skidders say...

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 days, 21 hours

  

  on a long fixed-gear ride, the relentlessness internalises the process more than the finite time of an interval

• LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

  in Forums • 5 days, 12 hours

  

  Gutted.

  Sadly, scrutinising legislation is something that most MPs just don't do any more. They vote along party lines and leave it to the Lords to look at the detail. Maybe it's worth letting our MPs know about the huge unintended consequences of this component.

• Taiwan Tour 2025

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 5 days, 21 hours

  

  We didn't go up any high passes, so you'd have to check temps there. It was typically 25-31 degrees where we went.

• Pre 1950s rides of LFGSS: old bikes, vintage rats, classic lightweights

  in Bikes & Bits • 6 days, 14 hours

  

  My 18-stone mate has been riding a Flying Gate for years and finds them extra strong as well as extra ugly. More triangles than a GT.

  Golden Age Cycles never take a good photo and tend not to focus on presentation.

• Current Projects chat and miscellany

  in Current Projects • 6 days, 14 hours

  

  Looks great, especially the chainset.

  Do Ofmega fit on any other make? I've heard their taper is weird.

• Handmade cycling caps

  in Components and clothing • 6 days, 15 hours

  

  Nice. The key question is: how is their luft? I wouldn't want to lose my street cred if I ever met King Kelly or Big Mig.

• Taiwan Tour 2025

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 6 days, 20 hours

  

  I went in 2018. Loved it. Great food, amazing scenery and very friendly locals. The east coast is gorgeous. We didn't ride most of the built-up west. Here's a write-up I did of the trip.

  Some tips that spring to mind:
  If you are doing the whole island, it's best to go anti-clockwise because of the prevailing wind on the west coast. We spent the last two days riding into a headwind.
  Be prepared for torrential rain in the north-east.
  If you are planning on taking your bike on the train, double-check the rules. In some parts you can just stick your bike on. In others you need a plastic cover as minimum. And in others you need a proper bike box - as we discovered too late.

• Shit fixie skidders say...

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 2 days

  

  Guilty of transcending fixed