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just refreshed my browser and it's gay pride week in london :-)

Welwyn velodrome is a velodrome in North London (ish).

Annelise? i read that as Analize!

about 2 hours ago! only ridden from condor to tooting so far.
it's my first road bike and i couldn't be more happy with it it, everything feels 'right' about it.
i have been riding singlespeed off road and on-road for a while, just wanted something more suitable for commuting, gears are for fat people so a fixed was the obvious answer, i don't think i will just be commuting on it though :-)

here's my new ride, was definitley worth the wait, honey/brown brooks is on it's way. upspec from standard are dura-ace brake, goldtec/open pro's deda non-anatomic bars

Fuji bikes are available for Annual (2007) rental of £35.00 only....meaning the bike will be reserved for your individual use only, you bring your own pedals which will remain on the bike all year.....it's a pretty good deal if you don't want to make the commitment to buying a track specific bike as they are significantly better than the other hire bikes....grab one quick to get one in your size.

As far as I am aware they are for use at HH only and apart from pedals no other mods can be made......A guy won the "B" league three lap dash final on one only this last Sunday!

Good to see so many people showing an interest in track racing last night.

Winston

London Courier Track Day: www.addicts.tv

camelbacks rock!
but then i mainly ride offroad where a waterbottle is a waste of time, a bottle cage is quite handy to hold a battery for nightriding though. :-)

do you think they are essential when you have track ends? i am hopefully picking up my condor pista in the next couple of days and it doesn't come with them, hubs are goldtec with the allen bolts so i suspect not able to be tightened as much as a nut?

i rode RPM's bike round in circles at a picnick, i then tried to trackstand after several beers. it's difficult and probably best attempted sober.

and there was me fretting over a 60 mile ride to tenterden the morning of the tour. 300k!

I think this is it......

http://www.parker-international.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/4002/groupID/3/categoryID/39/v/b5a866dd-ee37-47d9-bcbb-c8b17e480edf

Izumi... I know they do some very expensive chains but the one I get is £10.99, used them for years as a courier and race track on them too....never let me down....they're a very nice silver just like the more expensive ones, just wipe off some of the packing grease and don't oil for as long as you can....will keep it looking nice.....I always pair it up with a 1/8th dura ace sprocket....good match.

helmets are compulsory, if you want to use your own bike, it must be track legal, or use one of theirs...

no brakes, bar plugs compulsory, no flat bars or low-pros....proper drops, no extras like bottle cages etc...

See you there for at least one of them too....

I tried googling colourtech a few weeks ago as someone had told me the same couldn't find them....thanks for the info.

Nice bike, hope you don't reach for that blue bottle whilst riding!

somebody ends up saying "its all cycling, it's all good" :-)

If I had the money I'd get a Ron Cooper frame:

http://www.veloworks.com/roncooper/rcooperabout.html

Harry Rowland is the best wheelbuilder in the London area without doubt, ask any South London racer of a certain age!

Builds wheels for certain "high quality" shops some mentioned on this post that they then sell on as built by them on their top end bikes and for their sponsored riders....

A hard man to track down (try googling him).....he'll talk you through what's best for your requirements and build to your type of riding (my courier wheels had different tensions to my race wheels).....if you're lucky he'll deliver the wheels on his motorbike!

Did I mention he's very reasonably priced too.

P.S. I've just discovered an excellent mechanic in the Stoke Newington / Finsbury Park area.....he retrued my road wheels and track race wheels today, he's got a workshop in a very small outbuilding of the Castle Climbing centre on Green Lanes.

Highgate West Hill is nothing compared to Swains Lane which dissects the cemetry....try that on a fixed....I've done it on 74.....slowly. maybe you should try that one Thursday as an alternative route?

could goldtec do you a silver pair?

Small flange dura-ace 36 hole are the best hubs I've ever ridden as a courier, 36 holes makes the wheel really strong, but the small flange gives a more comfortabe, compliant ride, large flange track hubs are for stiff wheels to ride on smooth tracks.....a bit harsh on the streets.
they don't have sealed bearings but in three years of working 5 days a week as a courier I had zero problems, also mine came packaged with optional circlip style silicon seals, which I put in, learning at the same time that Shimano use almost zero grease when building these hubs up (for minimal friction, I guess they assume you'll be racing on a track out of the rain) so when putting in seals it's a good idea to pack in as much grease as you can.....they are silver and look very classy if understated....it does say dura ace on them, if anyone's lookin!

Goldtechs would be my second choice.

maybe start a fakenger thread instead ? :-)

as a rule no. never ever at junctions with crossing/joining traffic. with pedestrian crossings (straight road, no crossing traffic) i sometimes slow down to a crawl look both ways then roll over slowly if there is nobody waiting to cross. everyone has their reasons for jumping lights backed up with arguments/statistics/accident avoiding examples but at the end of the day it pisses people off, is often dangerous and from talking to cabbies and other drivers is the main thing that makes them hate cyclists so much.
does it really save that much time? is it really worth it?
i once followed a RLJ from waterloo to stockwell, he nearly went under a police van at the old vic (it was on a call so didn't stop to nick him), caused a car to brake suddenly at lambeth north, got through the next junction safely. i then met him on a cycle route further on in stockwell coming round the roundabout the wrong way trying to join the same (narrow) exit as me, resulting in a "fuck-off".

so why put yourselves in so much danger if it doesn't really save any time?

I'm not going to try to tell other people not to as it's down to them, i just really can't see the point in doing it.

billy preston and syreeta 'with you i'm born again'

when i finally get my bike from condor i should have a carbon cross top lever going spare (31.8) has a hinged clamp it's the left hand one but you can flip it for r/h use.
don't know what i want? nude pics of that bird from life on mars? decent 18t cog?

i used to use a contra-flowcycle lane from chiswick to hammersmith roundabout, a kerbed off 1m wide strip of broken glass that would fill up with pedestrians because the pavement was too narrow for a high st. a waste of space.

the one down the middle of the traffic island southside of blackfriars bridge is a bit odd, you ride over peoples toes as they wait to cross. i used to use this lane when i started cycling, but there is a post in the middle which i always went to the right of, one evening i went left of the post but because of the a box for the pelican crossing button the gap is a little bit narrower resulting in clipped bars and me hitting the deck.
i stick to the road (mostly)