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Awesome idea. I like theme parks - rollercoaster junkie. Count me in.

hippy Comfort for tampons, durability for wheels

and make sure you do not confuse one for the other.

I had some divine intervention too. I slept in because the voices in my head told me that they were God, and wanted me to sleep.

Besides, I have been giving my bike a beating, and it needs a bit of care today.

Does anyone have one of those BB removers that look like pincers? I guess it is called a pin spanner:

http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=25&item=SPA%2D1

To give credit where it is due, I thought the cops were pretty cool about it (though I prefer not to have a police presence at all).

I am not a big fan of all the time spent not biking. The idea of going around squares to mass up was good, but simply stopping and yelling more bikes,less cars does not strike me as very effective, or fun (and I think call and response slogans have a certain herd-like quality to them).

Ride the bike, don't park it.

velocity boy I met a Swedish girl last night who was with a boy at the Cross Keys pub in Covent Garden. Got to talking about Goldtec hubs, Formula hubs, stripping threads, grease, lube. I gave her the website address, she said a friend named Andy was already on here. Andy, whoever you are... she needs to sign up. No heels for sure, and she's taken I know, but still... no-one can talk that long about hubs and not sign-up.

I met this girl and we talked about lube and stripping threads. How can that story not end well?

Seems to me that if people are aware that you are doing it (for safety reasons), there is nothing wrong with it. Having said that, fixie riders tend not to do it, either because they do not know how to, or because one rarely rides really long distances on fixed. I noticed that at the Brighton ride, where oftentimes people in front of me were twichy, changing direction fairly often), or where I tried to pull people who were obviously tired, and they would consistently back off away from my back wheel, losing the benefit of my being up front.

If the person in front holds their line and speed steady, it should not make a difference if someone is slipstreaming, since the person behind is not sucking up energy. Now, if sonmeone never returns the favor, that person is an asshole.

See you guys there. Of course I'l find it. I'll take a cab.

works for me. Can you whisper me your phone?

i am up for it. What time and where/

31trum and those other pricks riding around in hi-vis waistcoats pretending to be road workers

People in hi-vis coats probably did not get any dates in high school. Dating was not safe...

Fakengers are nothing...

what really gets me are those fuckers in the city wearing ties and suits, pretending to be lawyers just because of that new movie about lawyers coming out.

Fucking posers.

Buffalo Bill OK, the poster comes off as a little, well, up itself, and over-sensitive. It's not an attempt at an insult, it's meant to be a joke (I think), though.

But don't you think you are responding in kind?

I am not sure I agree, but what with internet arguments and the Special Olimpics, it is better to just let it be and muse over more (and less) important things over a pint, don't you think?

velocity boy [quote]aidan theres quite a negative vibe coming from all these oh so special messengers aint there

Totally. I can understand a messenger discount, but to label all others with negative terminology is just a bit shitty.[/quote]

Ditto. I am not sure I even understand the discount, but the attempt at insult doesn't really inspire me to want to take part. I am cool with entering races I won't win for good fun and comraderie, but I am am nobody's fool to be sneered at and charged more. I'll be paying attention to comments about what I should ride and how from they guy who bought me my bike, but I cannot see why I should care otherwise.

Happy to ride with everyone, but that assumes a modicum of friendliness.

What about mudguards? Do those little numbers that attach to your seatpost work? Is it does anyone like any specific brand or model? Most of the ones I see seem to tbe the fat MTB type.

Good call, Broken. I should be getting my phils in the ext month or so, and will probably take them to brick lane to be laced.

Any chance you can get gold anodized velocity Deep Vs, and Phil BB's?

I like my Chrome. It is comfortable, solid, and fits a bunch of stuff. I got it once I got a bike without a rack, and I do not miss having a rack at all.

Works for me? Bank holiday ride?

I am in Central London, hoping to leave work around 6:30, and want to ride a bit and head to a pub. I am growing partial to the Peasant, in Islington, but I am flexible.

Does anyone know of a place with a good selection of Belgian beers?

I think I recall hearing 22

Great ride, great people. I am definitely doing it again next year, but I will want to rocl something other than 32-16 because it is way too heavy for a hilly ride.

It was not, however, a slow beginners ride. Even if you have done distance on a geared bike, there was plety of suffering to go around. Good suffering.

I know it is across the ocean, but this thing is a blast. My old mates at Faster Mustache in Atlanta organize an alleycat style 24 hour urban relay bike race. Teams of up to six can compete, or you can ride solo. The race is hosted out of an establishment that serves beer, there is music, prizes, people crashing their bikes and general fun.

Last year we had 175 riders, this year will be even bigger because a bunch of people will be coming from out of state and the race ast year was wildly successful. I am definitely going, and having a London team would be great.

For more info, see http://fastermustache.org/. It is the second post in the board.

The contract on the hole in the wall where I live ends on the 18th of next month, and I figured that since I am going to start looking at the possibility of living with strangers, I would rather live with strangers I know, or who ride bikes.

Ideally, I would like to remain a good half hour to Central London because I like my bike commute. I would open an exception for Islington. I am now in Willesden Green (it is ok). I don't smoke, am home very little (work and biking make me basically use my flat to sleep). I do expect family or friends to come visit from the US or Brazil, so I would hope that that would not be a problem.

Budget is flexible, but not endless. Cheaper is better, of course, inside space for bikes is a must, as I would prefer not to leave my baby outside.

I was having trouble with mine, but figured it was part technique.

Rule #1: You can't sit on your taint. That will impair your bloodflow and it may eventually cause your friendlier parts to stop working properly. I tend to slide to it when I am tired, or when I go through a bumpy patch (seeing it is soft tissue and make it less jarring), but if you love your downstairs plumbing, get off the habit. On the other hand, of you are a priest and have been struggling with the idea of celibacy, ride on it all day long and your prayers will be answered.

Rule #2: Get acquainted with your sit bones. Them is the two bony fellas that would stick out if you had no ass. If you ever had a skinny friend sit on your leg and it hurt like hell, you met her (or his) sit bones. Get to know yours.

Rule #3. Place said sit bones on the rised ridge of your saddle. Sit on those suckers. Perch your bony ass right there. Notice your taint. The nose of your saddle should not be pressing it. It will be uncomfortable at first, because you are putting pressure on the bony part of your ass, and you are probably not used to supporting your weight there.

This does a few things for me. Most importantly, it spares a part of my anatomy for which I have high hopes one day. It also emphasizes muscles in the inside of my legs (psoas) and on my booty (glutes). An emphasis on your psoas makes you stronger once you are used to it (initially it just makes you tired), since you are not just relying on your quads, and it saves your knees because of the way they wrap around your leg. An emphasis on your glutes makes you ass look nicer and women do like nice looking asses. Finally, it tips you forward from the hip rather than from lower back, so it saves you a bit of strain there too.

Alex is a secret acronym. I could tell you what it means, but then I or my associates would have to kill you and maim your offspring. As it so happens, I am also named Alex, which is mighty convenient. You can call me Alex, the name, but if you call me by the acronym you beter know the secret code to avoid doom. I won't be able to help you if you make a mistake, as we have ears everywhere.

Incidentally, we are not the same group as the one commonly known as they. They just watch you, and do nothing. We are all about action.