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On my way home a bloke in the passenger seat of a van said to me, "oi mate, yer bag's open", so I said cheers and stopped to check it - it wasn't, felt like a right mug. Then someone else drove into me at a junction, whilst I was in front of him. And after that me back wheel started disassembling itself. So yes, strange day...

Wouldn't mind trying it - when are you in Clerkenwell until? Can be there by about 6:15 but otherwise might be difficult!

Ha! Was waiting for an opportunity to paste a mate's handywork!

Everyone and their mums is making OTP fixies these days.
Langster, Track, Fillmore, Plug, Pompino, T1, Pista, Flyer, have missed loads I'm sure, although there are some ok bikes in that lot.
Now there's a bit of a backlash against stock fixed bikes, the next step is to mass produce stock bikes that pretend they're not.
Whatever floats yer boat I say, but yes it's bandwagon jumping marketeering stuff. Once the "trendy" aspect dies away I'm sure a few lines might be discontinued, and lots of these on ebay.

cheers, looks the job!

So, it looks like a lockring, Sheldon says it's a lockring, but it aint budging with my dodgy hammer and screwdriver method.
Need to remove the freewheel to replace the spoke which kindly pinged out up Dartmouth Park Hill this evening and it's gonna be a damn site easier without my redundant freewheel in the way.
Tips? Special tool needed? Anyone got one I can borrow?
Cheers!

I'm far less angry on the roads since starting to ride fixed.
More "where's the gap?" than "who's trying to kill me?".

MA3K No I stand by it, I had right-of-way, he was impatient, fuck him.

ok, maybe not!

I read it that the mirror whack was an accidental by-product of squeezing through the (suddenly) tight space...

'bout 115 miles plus whatever happens on weekends.

He kept going away for 2 minutes and then coming back to do it all over again.
Eventually we all left!

Sorry!

What bike does it ride?

1. mareeoh
   
2. MA3K
   3.Stompy
   4.nimhbus
   5.aidan(nothing better to do!)
   6.hippy's imaginary friend (murtle....8^)
   
3. LOL :D
   
4. hippy (westie cnut wants in & #8 and was sick of waiting!)
   
5. steves (greenwich finish - yay!)
   
6. TheBrick(Tommy) (greenwich finish - yay!)
   
7. photoben
   
8. jv
   13 mrvista .i live in epsom so either ways a trek! but after the fun of the first how can i say no?
   
9. OCD
   
10. brett
    

Nice - if that's the case I'm due a serious upgrade. Who's paying then?!

the-smiling-buddha [quote]brett I've had 'em since may and punctured as much as when I was running stock tyres. Possibly put a lot of it down to the amount of rain we've had in London and the assiciated debris on the roads, but I definitely won't buy them again.

'em being what, gators...?[/quote]

Sorry, bad timing of post - gators, yes. Full of holes now - bombproof my ass!!

Nice one!

I've had gators since may and punctured as much as when I was running stock tyres. Possibly put a lot of it down to the amount of rain we've had in London and the associated debris on the roads, but I definitely won't buy them again.

Bloody brilliant, loved it! Especially a nice couple of sprints over Chiswick and Kew. I'm 'kin knackered though - finally crashed out about 7 after raiding the local garage for grub.
PS Why did all the passers-by think we were going to Brighton, especially when we were crossing bridges going north? Is it the only place you can cycle to or something?

Hills, lots of them!
Dartmouth Park, Muswell, down Highgate West, up Swains, back to Crouch End, up Cranleigh Gardens, then across and up Holly Lodge followed by one near archway whose name I've forgotten. Fell asleep this afternoon, now I have to wake myself up for some lovely flat bridges. Might start with a trip to the boozer.
BMMF: cheers for that, good training fun!

Alex I am up for an earlier pint or 5.

Me too. From about 9?
Whereabouts?

If someone goes past cos they've got a better run at lights etc then I don't mind, if someone goes past due to just being faster, I get the red mist and chase (or dismiss them a geared cheater)
I aint that fast but you've got to take whatever challenges present themselves to you, makes it more fun.

Was shown this today.
If that's indicative of the majority of people's attitude to cycling then we're doomed.
Just ride it, ferchrissakes!!!!

I stuggled with this one for a while, but basically came to the conclusion that whatever field someone is successful in and famous for, then that's all they should be judged on. The fact is that whether it's sport, politics, music, whatever, if you're to really succeed and get to the top of your game you have to be unbelievably driven and in a lot of cases that probably reflects your personality - dedicated, introverted, might seem like an arsehole to other people. But at the end of the day that doesn't matter if you're that set on achieving your goals rather than simply achieving fame for fame's sake.
Obviously I have no discernable talent, but if I had a constant barrage of people I didn't know asking me things etc then I expect I'd come off looking like a jerk.

Having said that, weren't the cyclists interviewed after the tour today a frickin miserable bloody bunch???

Perhaps the best way is to have a couple of meeting points so people can join when they like, cos there are a lot of us.
ie: 2300 Brick Lane Bikes, 2330 Tower Bride south side. Keep them definite, any other arrangements whisper/text/phone.
I'm almost definitely going to want to go to the pub for a bit beforehand, but don't mind where.

Tommy: I think there's footpaths over Barnes railway bridge.