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edmundane [quote]fatboyralph the black bit you see is the tube i think.

if it is, you would have popped it already.[/quote]

he's right you know.

the tube can't withstand 70psi + on its own. The tire walls keep it together and stop it going POP like an
over-inflated balloon. The minute you have a small hole all the way past the tire/ kevlar its bang bang love you all over.

Momentum [quote]RPM

it's funny how the driving goes from careless, incompetent, selfish to downright intentionally murderous the closer you get to Peckham when coming from the west.

big shout for brixton, camberwell, nunhead, rotherhithe, new cross and deptford too.

Right on - gotta give a big shout out to Brixton driving. Its creative ingenuity really makes the average day more exciting.[/quote]

Word to your mothers!
Peckham/ Noox since 2000
Camberwell before that...
You wouldn't BELIEVE how trendy it's getting round my way now.
Have you seen what they did to the Amersham?

jv off the peg pursuit style ss is just waiting to happen

i am going to laugh so hard.

ha ha - nothing personal here (i think we've all been like this maybe?)

but what is it about people that want to get a fully working, ready to ride bike which will save them hundreds
of pounds/hours per year but are never willing to pay more than £50... It's SO weird.
friends (usually ones who have just spent £90 on a pair of jeans etc) sometimes say to me:
"yeah i don't want anything fancy - just something to get from A to B really"

Right so let me get this straight - you want something that will transport you around for free, safely, amongst the traffic,
in comfort, that fits your body dimensions, which will stop you reliably in an emergency and wont fall
apart coming down a hill at 25 mph - and you don't value that above the cost of 2 cinema tickets and a bucket of KFC...

Maybe it comes from leftover images of childhood where bicycle = kids toy = not something to spend serious money on.
Or maybe it's because it's not one of those products that gets marketed to non-cyclists in a desirable "you know you
want it" way, say like ipods/cars/dove body creams.

ITS SO EXASPERATING!
For fucks sake spend £150 on a decent, working, not stolen second hand bike and do yourself a bloody favour!

used to be the dogs but that's shut now... ahh good times...

Massive screwdriver.

Conan [quote]le car [quote]Conan Im fully down for skate sessions.

I also fully recomend MudChute down on isle of dogs, my favourite concrete park in London.

[/quote]

I love Mudchute, its just tight n whippy n fast and awkward and weird. everything i love in skateboarding. Could spend hours there sessioning the small quarters n blocks.

Bowl in peckham is meant to be Rad but havent checked it yet, finsbury park aint to bad for a few hours if its reasonably quiet. Oh and the new London Bridge park looks sick if the age restriction has been lifted by now.[/quote]

Shhhh don't tell everyone about peckham bowl - i loves it and it's all mine! MINE I SAY!!
Can't wait till stockwell's done... Imagine it all smooth - loverly.
London bridge (tower bridge really) park is brilliant if you like tight, whippy and quirky...

Is Tom Crowe the dude with v short hair who wears smiths t-shirts and can do frontside half cab flips into the bank at southbank?
Me and him started riding fixed at the same time i think - when i saw him he had just squared his back wheel on his first fix
and was a bit gutted. Only met him a couple of times but he was genuinely decent.

endura strike gloves 19.99 linky

halford's wireless indicator light set with finger control for rear indicators...
http://tinyurl.com/ytu77v

HHHAAAAAA HAAAAAA HAAAA!!

RPM I was thinking about a sticker for my bag that says:

"If you can read this then stop driving like a cunt"

i'd by that for a... pound.

the hell?

Can anyone suggest gloves that are either waterproof or neoprene but that are not bulky?
I prefer slightly cold hands to super thick bulky gloves.

Yellow joe blow (metal one with lever by valve) is pretty damn solid.
Highly reccomend it.
Avoid flimsy plastic track pumps.

I like this one cos it has lots of reflecty bits for the winter. Also the high neck bit is comphy and i like the all-round pocket

You can get it for £50 somewhere... ribble maybe?

PECKHAM

NEW CROSS

CAMBERWELL

Shit.

But in a good way.

Also i am officially the best looking, most mad skillz ridr all up in dem place.

YEEEEEAAAAAAAH!!!!!!

The Tao of Bus (assumes wise old chinese man voice)

I always assume there is a pedestrian about to step out from behind every bus/truck

Learn to look through the corners (glass front/ glass side) - tis veeery helpful...

If you can't see clearly allow a bit of room for someone to step out

If there's no space to allow room, then slow down.

Jobs a goodun.

Also.. in my opinion if you don't give way to peds you is a proper cunticle.

I ripped my left foot clean off the once - blood everywhere.
That'll teach me to ride 60 x 13...

yeah - i think you should wait minimum 2 months tho
(they might be in hospital or perhaps they were called away abroad on short notice)

Then take it.

But leave a little laminated/ heavily taped note with contact details.

I have my eye on a geared bike that's slowly being knocked about. The thing is they obviously
intended to leave it for a while because it's locked with a decent chain and
they've taken off the front wheel and put the chain through both wheels & the frame.

Maybe it's just because it's a monday and i'm feeling grouchy but here goes (to no one in particular)

Recently there's been a lot of holier than thou comments on the forum involving words and phrases such as:
"hipster" and "jumping on the fixed gear bandwagon" to describe "newbies" shopping for, riding or
talking about fixed gear bikes.

This is silly. If you've been riding fixed for a short period of time (most of us), or you have just had your
frame sprayed a just-so colour (a lot of us), or if you work in the.. how shall i put this... service industry (a lot of us),
and/or if you spend a lot of time on a particular internet forum discussing which cranks to get...

...then you shouldn't be going around disdainfully calling people "hipsters" - you are one!! (I include myself in this description btw)

Instead why not use the term in a more positive, healthy manner (if you must appropriate Americanisms..)

ie.
I'm of to hipster around town on my new bike - i'm ever so proud of it!
or...
Fancy meeting up for a few pints in town later? We could make a hipster bike tree and stand back admiring it/
taking photos/ nervously checking them while we sip!

I'm ready for complete and utter internet annihilation now...
Go!

If i may....
there's a technique in fitting tight tyres that most people can't quite believe actually works until they've seen it.
(I think this is because tyre levers are so ubiquitous that you assume "they must be there for a reason" and start
levering away.)

It involves gripping the tyre with both hands and kind of rolling it over the rim where the tyre is still loose enough
and gradually up towards the finish where it is tight.
You should not need a tyre lever for all but the tightest meyabitch of a tyre.

Conti 4000s are very tight - especially the skinny 20mm ones (try working up to the valve so that the valve stops the
inner tube from being pulled down against the rim for that last tricky bit)

That said i've run a pair daily for about 6 months anywhere from 90-120 psi and not a single puncture so far.

mashton Oh yeah, good one asm - another reason for lower gearing: easier skidding, skipping and track standing.

Usual bike is 71.5 inches (49/18) but my winter hack is 68.6 inches (47/18) - good for windy weather/ slow winter muscles, and also
warms you up quicker with a bit of high rev spinning on those frosty mornings!

unxetas rotherhithe tunnel.. HATE! I almost died in that tunnel, from panic more than anything else, but god damn if I'll ever go through that again..

the ol' A to Z can be quie deceptive eh!?

cept i'm usually cumming up the old kunt rd from peckham/ noox

mashton Surely I'm not the only one who loves the E & C roundabout? Coming up from Camberwell and catching the roundabout at full speed with a lucky gap in the traffic is awesome.

Knew i liked you for a reason.

CARS - evil objects of death, maiming, wars etc. Sometimes necessary for carrying multiple heavy objects. Use as last resort.

BICYCLES - practical objects of beauty. Good for the mind, body and soul.

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