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Question: are they really expensive? There was a Anchor/Bridgestone on ebay today which went for $610 including hatta headset and sugino BB. Thats about £310...call it £400 with shipping and a bit of tax. Sounds alright to me for a hand built frame with the likelihood of a bit of history. Gotta be better than a new Pompino or a Surly? A bit more money but it'll have some character? No?

I see what you did there ;-)

I have memory map for the south of england. Happy to meet and we can mark out a route to pretty much anywhere. You can do a 3D fly through then download and print the maps. Might be sensible if we want to avoid major roads.

Good guys...one of em goes "someones got a puncture"...me"oh yeah thats me, fuck ...oh well the tyres still quite hard" They just looked at me like i was a nutter!

I rode 50 miles on that slow puncture...pumped it up once. Had two flats by the time I got back to Liverpool street.

I've got the GPS route now. I've no idea what to do with it but if anyone wants it...whisper to me...thats not a come on by the way ;-)

You aint been lookin hard enough here's one...yours for a 'bag of sand' http://njsframes.blogspot.com/2007/07/red-samson-njs-keirin-frame.html

It is a beauty but not as nice as the Nagasawa below!!...[edit] its not below its one the links above!! Take a look!

Easily done I find!

Oh yes...I forgot about the "fun" bit!

An observation. There were more girls/women on the Dynamo than I had expected. I stopped at one point and spoke with a group with two girls on fixies...and among others a guy wearing a kilt. Anyone from here?

In contrast and very different but the British Cyclosportive was probably 99% men.

The On-one Pompino must be a candidate for tough bikes. It's got braze ons for racks, mudguards etc etc. It'll take 38mm tyres and can be run as a cross bike. If it'll take off road abuse it'll take a few bunny hops sure. I've got one...and i'll admit its not the prettiest...though I have done my best with mine?

Pint in each?

See what I mean about pubs. There's three on that map and there must have been 4 or more along the way. Each with a garden. Very pretty!

I dunno if you have ever read this guy's blog. He has an amusing take on things. He's also a certified looney...he's done 200miles on a Pomp. The route doesn't help us though http://www.samuri.co.uk/?p=213#comments

I don't own a geared bike (well I do own a moutain bike but I wouldn't ride it on the road)...with enough time I would have a go fixed.

Or...ride it there...drink...and then ride back ;-)

Probably the best time.

Whats the consensus on removing the decals on em? Do people think they look better or not?

The A303 is a seriously dangerous road. Single lane for a good deal of it and mad mad overtaking.

London to Croyde Bay in North Devon http://www.croydedevon.co.uk/ 211 miles

beautiful but a bitch to get back from

London to Bournemouth and back - 302km

http://www.planet-x-bikes.com/track/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=122&MMN_position=255:255

I'm up for this. I did it the other week. There's some really nice pubs along the way. Its probably worth getting doing around 60/65 or so miles and stopping for lunch on the way back.

I've got the route on gps so I'll download tonight and post.

On reflection the "back" bit makes more sense.

How about 200 miles...when in Rome and all that. Either way I'm interested.

How about London to Plymouth? 310k.

I'm picking up my new wheels from Brick Lane bikes tonight. They've just had a delivery of 300 pairs (it might have been 200 pairs...doesn't matter it was a lot anyway)...£37 for machined sidewalls...less for unmachined.

Hi all. What a ride. I don't think I have ever been so wet...or cold, for that matter. Coming out of the food stop was one of the worst experiences ever. I had to ride like a madman just to warm up. Managed to get lost towards the end and took a detour which added no extra miles but about 45 minutes to the ride.

Rode with a guy called Phil towards the end. Don't think he is on here. It was his first long ride on a £80 SS bike.

Slamm - good to meet you. The photos don't do your bike justice. Its beautiful. Though I don't know how you managed to ride it with no gips on those bars...weren't they freezing.

Finally, apologies for not hanging around. Needed to get back and trains were every two hours.