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Best Christmas present I ever got:

Alas now sadly missing from my life after I sold it for £50 a good few years ago

So it was another great night, I finally learnt how to do bar rolling along barspins! Admittedly it took a fair amount of throwing my lovely bike all over the carpark and falling over.

I've got some pics (and a video) from the night on my flickr here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bristlypioneer/sets/72157614006286554/

Not sure if I can make next week, as it's my staff christmas party. So see you all soon

Nice bloke called Darius today on a brakeless fuji track 09 on my way into work at Holborn / Chancery Lane. I'm the one on the pearson low pro.

Come along to trixie dix if you get the chance, nice to meet you

I'll be there tonight, boom box on my rack,

It's mother fuckin wheelie o'clock tonight gentlemen!

To everyone who went out riding after the premiere, thanks for such a sick time.
We'll get something set up so we can do it on the regular.

How about every tuesday night? Up on the carpark roof? ;-)

carpark is whites row, just south of spitalfields market.

Not sure if I can make trix tonight, but may pop by the film night for a beer

yes as a gravestone

Yep, probably Johnny, he's a proper photographer!

you had some fucking skills last night by the way.

he has a flickr account which is well worth checking out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27302326@N08/

Meh. I mean, yeah, that new design is pretty lame but the old one is just a scraggy pub, no?

That's the thing, it is a scraggy pub, but a scraggy pub which has a whole culture and subcultures which surrounds it, a history, and a welcome break from the increasingly gentrified area that it sits in.

Knocking it down seems to me, to be more about cleaning up an area and moving out 'undesirable elements' to increase the land value and profits to be made. Obviously this has been going on in the Hoxton/shoreditch area for over a decade now, so much so that the Foundry seems to be the last bastion of what used to exist there.

Re-generation of deprived urban areas is not some noble scheme by councils in order to improve the living conditions of the poor, quite the opposite. Millions and millions are poured into an area, in order to push out the poor (or compulsory purchase) then demolish or rebuild all the housing and sell it off to the highest bidder. Obviously some laws about affordable housing and community schemes are still in place, so developers include things like 20% houses for nurses or "arts centres" (as we have here). However make no mistake this is about maximising profit and definitely not about rebuilding community or improving the lives of people.

The foundry will probably be bulldozed, a shitty designer hotel will be built and the patrons of this scraggy pub will have to find somewhere further out of town to show their art, sing their songs and socialise. The council will claim it's a success with a new arts venue (that is probably never used and relies upon lottery funding) and the cycle will continue.

That's why it shouldn't be knocked down, because even though the Foundry is shit, it's a cherished place and it's what makes London, London.

I took some pics tonight. Was quite a nice evening, I especially liked the old timers wheelie boot camp.

We were one level down due to the rain, however it didn't seem to dampen spirits. Plus I think we all got over our phobia of smashing our heads on the rooftop. Some amazing tricks from some people, the rest of us spent a fair amount of time falling off, drinking beer and messing about (which is obviously equally valid behaviour).

If you've not been before, then pop along if you get the chance

more on my flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bristlypioneer/

I'll bring my Stereo, so bring a tape.

Not sure about going on tour with the blaster strapped to my handlebars though.

See you in a bit.

I'm in!

Sent:

Dear Gillian,

I'm writing to show my dismay at the decision to close "The Foundry" and replace it with a hotel and arts centre space.

If this happens it will be a travesty. The venue at present is unique in it's ability to harness the creative talent of a wide range of artists and musicians. The proposed re-development will serve no greater purpose than to further gentrify an area which has already lost a great deal of the creative spirit which has made it so world renowned. Venues like the foundry are essential to the incubation of talent that London has been producing over the last decade, to close it down and replace it with such a proposed scheme would be a terrible decision.

I understand that the proposed scheme will include an arts and community space, however seeing many many similar schemes in the past I have little faith that this will be able to re-create the atmosphere, sense of ownership and open policy that the current venue provides.

Please for the sake of London's creative community and the varied communities from all walks of life who cherish and value this space, please reject this application to change the venue.

My Real Name
Creative Manager
The Prince Charles Cinema

Bristlypionner I was on the genesis Flyer, was it you that bought a blue 26`` mountain bike fork on ebay? if so we did talk a bit. I´m terrible for names as well. but see you next week.

Yep, that's me! nice to meet you.

hey Dan92, who are you, which bike? I've got a terrible memory for names.

I was the one with the blue and pink wheeled bike, not sure if we spoke?

Well that was a lovely night! Nice and busy and not too cold.

I got to show off my new stereo mounted front light, Tash was rocking her gold dream bike, Mr Tang pushing some wheelie action, Juliet was throwing herself all over the floor and all manner of johnny foreigner visitors came up to say hello!

See you all next week.

Teddy between St Pauls and Bank this morning. Hello Sir

not going to make tonight :-(

busted my shoulder, which isn't going to help me nail those mother fuckin wheelies.

bugger

Spotted Hill Billy this morning, bombing past the top of cornhill. Would have shouted "Do A Skid" at you but you were wearing listening to an ipod (naughty naughty) ;-)

So where was everyone tonight?

I got up to the roof late and it was just me and Skulls?

Scared of a little cold are we? Jesus, you should have seen the insane skillz we were pulling on the rooftop, the security guard nearly fainted!

See you up there again next week, if you're the first, then hang on for a bit rather than disappearing. I was there at about 8 so a bit late, will try and get there earlier next week

any chance of getting it in baby blue?

apparently because if you hit a bump at speed, the rake helps take the impact a bit as the forks are not hitting the bump at 90 degrees or so.

A zero rake has less of an angle so is more likely to bend back towards the frame.

So I've been getting advice from all over.

Basically as said above the frame probably won't work with a straight (zero rake) fork as it would be too weak. Hit a pot hole and the fork would bend back.

I can spin it with a 650c but would like to try with a 700c.

The best theory I had for this was something with less of a rake so that on the reverse, the wheel was less likely to hit the down tube.

likewise with a 650c something with less rake would give more clearance when the handlebars are reversed.

however obviously this means that cycling the normal way around there would be more toe-overlap as the wheel is pulled in more towards the frame.

So for now I'm going to continue using my 650c wheel, then save up for something with more trick geometry, and probably a straight strong mountain bike fork stuck on it.

I'll post up as things go.

fair enough, oh well.

I guess it's perhaps time to start thinking about buying a tricks frame like the Volume Cutter or waiting for the Charge Scissor to come out.

any other suggestions?

so it seems that 26" mountain bike forks should fit a 700c wheel, and are much more likely to come straight and strong. Might give that a whirl