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i am working on my no hands, standing trackstand at the minute, so i dont RLJ as much as i used to. all the peds ignore you, but you can tell their impressed really.

It didn't start it as a debate on the morals of RLJ, I am sure we are all agreed that RLJ is not a big deal. It was more the conflict between time efficiency (red light jumping) and style (track standing) that we face every day in London traffic.

bollocks, cant make it, too many errands to do after work.

It seems like a win-win situation. Either all the 'posers' stick with the fixed gear thing and really get into it, or if they lose interest, we can pick up all their bikes for cheap when they ebay them in 12 months.

just getting my excuses sorted out now ;)

I can understand restoring a vintage bike with original parts. But with NJS you are taking a standard designed for track racing, and then trying to apply it to a bike to be ridden on the road. Why do you need the strength and durability of NJS standards on a street bike? Especially because you are never going to ride it at the speeds (or put the amount of force through) it reaches on the track, because presumably you won’t have a brake on it.

For some people it’s a contentious subject. Do you always red light jump? or do you sometimes stop in order to show off your trackstanding skills? I find it difficult to choose sometimes.

Have you found somewhere selling the mavics velocity boy, because as far as i know they are out of production, and difficult to source now.

I am gonna take a couple ibuprofen and see if that helps with my sore achilles tendon, so hopefully ill be there.

When i am climbing out of the saddle i prefer to be holding on in the hoods position, its more comfortable to be almost upright, and it helps with breathing (for me at least).

Can anyone come up with any justification for spending money on specifically NJS certified parts, seriously whats the point besides being in fashion?

i found an old pm i sent you which had the url, although it did take awhile i admit. it was either that or work, so fuck it :)

I guess ill try to pick them up in the us this summer

Does anyone know where you can get bars like these?

hey everyone,
i read c+ and saw this mentioned, its very impressive already, loads of threads. well done!

I have a narrow set of road drops, with a salsa cross lever on top. Because I always ride in the hoods position or on the tops, I’ve cut the drops off the bars since I never use them.

If you want to fit a cross lever without being inline with standard levers, you can have the cable approaching the lever from the wrong way, if that makes sense. If you fit the cable normally, the lever will push the cable housing, and the cable will remain still. If you reverse the cable, it will move the cable, not the housing.

i did north london to brighton yesterday. i didnt have a map though so i went the whole way on the a23, which for half the journey is practically motorway. oh well it was fun anyway, and on the a23 you dont have to go over ditchling beacon :)

i had a lot of fun on thursday, and hopefully will be at the next one. it was cool to meet everyone.