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• Rock n roll / doowap on vinyl

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 16 years

  

  Diverting the thread slightly, does anyone have Rock 'n Roll recommendations ?

  I've got a Chuck Berry comp on vinyl which is aces, where should I go next ?

  loads of good things came out of Ace Records in the 50's and 60's - but if your after a general cross section get a hold of some classics such as Carl Perkins, Charlie Feathers and Gene Vincent - listen to the Mark Lamarr show thursdays at 10pm on radio 2 - lots of good more obscure acts.

  by the way, i play all that old music as well - i was actually going to start a little night at the duke of wellington in dalston - could maybe do with more people to play.

• Tricks and Skids

  in General • 16 years, 1 month

  

  lean back so much that you think you might die

  ok.

• Tricks and Skids

  in General • 16 years, 1 month

  

  Ive just learnt to pop no handed wheelies, its pretty dope except i cant wheelie for more than like 3 meters so its not so hot.

  any hints - just trying outside now and can't - struggling to actually hold the saddle with my things.

• Tricks and Skids

  in General • 16 years, 1 month

  

  i've got about 57gi to try wheelies - i find a lot easier to pop with this than my commuting ratio. but sometimes i think that a heavier gear ratio will mean you'll be going faster and it'll be easier to balance.

• Tricks and Skids

  in General • 16 years, 1 month

  

  If you are trying to do a no handed pop-up type wheelie...? then its all in your grip on the saddle if you know what I mean. Use your thighs. If you are trying to do a wheelie (regular) then its a combo of both pulling on the bars and pushing down on your leading pedal...

  Hope that helps!

  cheers - will wait till it dries up a bit and go and try - the reason i ask is because i'm finding that the less i pull on the bars the easier i can balance the wheelie.

  the guys at trick track say that moving the saddle back on the post also makes a big difference, so i might try that as well.

  i wish it would dry up!

• Tricks and Skids

  in General • 16 years, 1 month

  

  on topic -

  i'm struggling to pop up to a wheelie without pulling on the bars - anyone have any tips on how to do this?

  andy?

• For Sale: 2008 Custom Mercian track Reynolds 725

  in Components and clothing • 16 years, 1 month

  

  i don't understand why you bought a frame that was too small for you for 820 quid?

• Stolen: Mercier (black bike, wheel stolen today, london fields)

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 2 months

  

  best thing to do in those situations i think is photo/film the fuckers.

• Hit by a bus

  in General • 16 years, 4 months

  

  +1 to reporting this - if not the guy will not the driver won't learn from his mistake.

• Stolen bikes Dalston recent news...

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 4 months

  

  it's utter bollocks what goes on at the prince george. the security of my bike is just about top of the list when choosing a pub.

  I reckon we should all post comments on beerintheevening and other pub websites. They'd start to think about bike security when everyone stops going there.

  it's my local and i like it and go there a lot - but i think this is a good idea.