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20" frame, no use to anyone?
£10?
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Kalkhoff Camaro frame, seems to be 20"
£20, just make a damn offer
NR5
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Yea, it was pretty decent and I didn't find any of the checkpoints hard to find once I knew where they were, if that makes sense. Nothing stupid like being hidden or with intentionally-misleading clues, so the pace was fast (if one wanted it to be).
Somehow only one person completed it all as intended, apparently - I think due to a slight lack of specificity in some of the questions.
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Hmmm if oneless is correct I may opt out too - don't have a smart phone so no googling available, and I wanted a proper chance to see how quick I could get around the city with other fixed riders, not a family friendly glorified easter egg hunt.
Could we not devise our own, a proper simple point-point manifest to test speed and city knowledge?
The first few, this time of year in 2010, were much more like that - very fast navigation and riding required and while most checkpoints involved some kind of action (e.g. there was one where you a) picked up a postcard and then b) got it stamped and c) dropped it off somewhere) the structure of them was pretty decent, and it was obvious what someone had to do in order to win or place well (if that was their intention).
To be fair, my complaints about those alleycats I found somehow lacking are relatively small things that become big issues in practice - and I just took it all a bit too seriously, lol. But it's easy to learn from it and dial it in for the next event.
I don't even think we need that - you just need proof - so a camera would do to snap pics of the checkpoints surely? And having a camera isn't too big an ask I don't think.
I think as long as there are a few people willing to man checkpoints, we could do something with a bit of effort.
Yea, I have no idea how they got so many checkpoint staff for the first few - I think the organisers actually had friends and stuff. I don't, so I agree that some kind of fact-finding can be used instead, to prove attendance.
Commonly we just used things like reading a date off a statue here, the name of the solicitors on the plaque there, the car number plate at a certain address (a friend of the event, ideally!), and so on. Quick things to scribble down and get moving. Putting up a small sign with, say, a number or word - that works as well, but then you risk losing a sign (people like to tamper with things) and no one knowing what the fuck they're supposed to be looking for at that checkpoint.
Fair point. Maybe just somebody at the start/finish point though?
There will be for this one as well, for sure.
The problem I have with that is that after the initial interest would it not just disappear into the ether? Bike Tag dies off quite often, no one turned up to bike polo, would an alleycat end up the same?
This isn't a dig, more an observation, honest!Almost certainly - in fact it's been, what, two years now since the last one here? I don't remember any last year but maybe there were. But that's OK, every so often another one pops up. I don't think a truly regular thing will ever keep going, but a few every now and then is still cool.
Since I complain so much, I'm definitely up for organising some myself - but I don't want to interfere or compete with Gareth's. I'm sure he wouldn't see it like that, anyway - and would almost certainly come along himself.
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Hmm, the alleycats got a bit weird towards the end of the last run - trick questions, vague checkpoints, questions that can [only] be answered by googling, no scoring system or "winner" - more like a family treasure hunt kind of thing, which I think was the intention. Not competitive enough to be fun for me. I might check it out, still.
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Is anyone interested in a Pashley Mailstar frame, including basket and rack? It's not in perfect condition, but seems serviceable. I was going to build it up but just won't find the "time" to manage it, I think.
Also available, several old wheels and a pile of tyres! How can you resist?
The blue toothbrush is not for sale.
Any offers on this?
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Does anyone have a barbell knocking around? Not the weights, just the bar (although I may be interested in the weights!)
Do you have a size preference? I might have a spare standard (1") bar, not sure I've got any collars for it, though.
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how much did you want for the mail star?
Hmm, it's not worth a lot to me but could be a lovely bike if someone got around to building it up. I just had a look at it and the integrated kickstand bracket seems to be broken:
http://i.imgur.com/LGy9P8Dl.jpg
I presume that panel between the stays used to extended further and had a hole in it to bolt something through.
I don't know - £40? Including the rack and basket, of course.
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Is anyone interested in a Pashley Mailstar frame, including basket and rack? It's not in perfect condition, but seems serviceable. I was going to build it up but just won't find the "time" to manage it, I think.
Also available, several old wheels and a pile of tyres! How can you resist?
The blue toothbrush is not for sale.
Free if anyone wants it. Collection from NR5.