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I've always used 3/32 (I pronounce it three thirty tooths, but then I think I'm funny). It's easier to get chainrings in that size. If you're starting from the ground up though, and you don't mind a little extra weight, then I'd imagine that 1/8 chainrings and sprockets must last longer than the thinner ones.

You can get adapters to do it the other way round, but I've never heard of one that goes that way.

Quill stems are shit anyway - they fuse into the forks because it's impossible to get an airtight seal and water and stuff gets in. I had a quill stem that fused and had to cut it away from the fork steerer to get it out. Then had to throw both away.

I'm in. What's the distance?

runcible rakan [quote]nv55 It's carbon, 1 inch threadless, aluminium steerer.

Do you know the model? I can see its ITM...

Been after a straight carbon 1inch threadless for a while...[/quote]

It doesn't say on it, so I don't know. It was hard to find though - I got it on ebay.

It's carbon, 1 inch threadless, aluminium steerer.

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Wiggle have got the newer version of that wheel with a g3 spoke system for £50. Not sure that vento is worth it.

get one of these puppies, the 85 cm one fits around your waist.

I've got a Kryptonite New York 3000 too, but I never use it because it weighs more than my bike does and it's a pain in the arse to carry.

You can use a TA ring, 135bcd.

Yeah - might be too late now but I'd cast another vote for the rolls.

I got a Brooks Professional and spent ages trying the break it in. I thought I'd done it, but then I spent 22 hours in the saddle on an audax and I was unbelievably sore, although, to be fair, 22 hours is a long time for any saddle. I tried going back to my Fizik Arione and found it so much more comfortable, so now the brooks sits in a drawer. Some people swear by them but it didn't suit me. Really fúcking heavy as well.

Can't you just put the 2mm spacer on the side that the 4mm spacer has been removed from? That would effectively have taken 2mm off each side.

49:18 gives 73.5 inches. Although that online calculator posted at the top gives that gear as 71.5... which is wrong, i think.

Cleats wear too quickly, and there's a small contact area so there's not much support, you'll get sore feet on longer rides. A mate of mine had the spindle come apart once, and heard that this was a common problem. That was a while ago so they might have fixed that issue now. Ritchey V4 are good pedals. I've got the one-sided version, 220g/pair.
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Physics. '95-99

Back to the Powergrips...

I ride everywhere, if I don't want to wear my spds all day, so I put on my powergrips/sylvans and my gazelles. They are nowhere near as good as any clip-in style pedals though, since you can't apply force at the bottom of the pedal stroke - your feet would just come out. That said - it's way better than riding with trainers and spds.

eeehhhh - Back to Imperial: I actually really liked it. When I was there, many students were from the far east, and they worked very hard, and you only ever saw them in lectures and labs, they never ever went to the union bars or anything like that. Point is, the un-interesting people don't get in your way, so it's not a problem. I did have a lab group once that was assigned alphabetically by surname. Vaughan, Wong, Wong, Wong, Wong, Wong, Wong and Wong.

31trum - just round the corner from hippy
AndyW - Putney
Backwardation - Notting Hill
brett - work Chiswick (so in the area a lot!)
Cornelius Blackfoot - Stockwell/ work in the bush, shepherds bush
velocity boy - Kew Bridge
dominiclincoln - northolt
essbee - south ealing
hamster - Southfields
hippy - West Ealing
JimmyP - chiswick
kipsy - richmond
Mouse - Brook Green
MrSmith - tootin'
nimhbus - Barnes
provenrad - Shepherds Bush
Roberto -Stockwell
RPM - Bloody Tootin' Innit!
Scrapper - Kensel Green
Slamm - Barnes
Tarka the otter - streatham
wayne_f14 - Putney
nv55 - Isleworth

I've got some Powergrips. Evans do them, online only, but get them shipped to store for free. £15.

I use them with MKS Sylvan touring pedals (double sided), which I think are about £15 or £20. They work fine, but they aren't as good as spuds for going fast. I put them on when I go shopping or out on the town.

PS. I went to Imperial too. It sounds like you're going for intercollegiate halls, which is a good move. A lot of Imperial undergrads are a very dull and geekish, and ladies are thin on the ground.

I work in Chiswick, & live in Isleworth.

What's this for? Richmond park fixie club runs?

I hit a dog once, in a pretty similar fashion to that one. Stupid mutt. The guy that takes a dog to the TdF and lets it wander about without a lead needs a kicking.

Anyone see this the other day?

Cultural Learnings of Tour de France for Make Benefit Glorious team of Astana

I run a 21mm tyre (Michelin krylion carbon) on the rear because my clearances to too tight for a 23. Can't say that I notice much of a difference between that and 23s - a bit of a harsher ride maybe, but then I run at a higher pressure than I run 23mm tyres. I haven't disappeared down any drains lately, I mean - the difference is only 2mm.

To set right a couple of wrongs: In order to hit the rims on the road in a corner, I reckon I'd have to lean the bike over until it was practically on the floor. I'd lose traction long before I hit the rim on the tarmac. Also, the amount of tyre rubber in contact with the road is purely a function of tyre pressure and weight of the rider - not tyre width (this applies to bicycle tyres, not car tyres which are flat). Newton's third law.

Yan was a fat bastard - but he was pretty much boobless by the time the tour came around. That photo was from the Tour of Switzerland no? Didn't he win that time trial even though he was about a stone overweight?

My point was that if lance wasn't doping, and still wiping the floor with everybody who was, then it doesn't add up. I've heard that doping gives you an approx 15% advantage, but someone might correct me on that.

Greg Lemond said that a year after his team won the team time trial in the TdF, they rode the tour in the same shape and all had trouble just keeping up with the peloton - he said that for him, that was the year that everybody started to dope. If that's the case - there's no way you can win without doping.

I agree with Revmilo about artistry - in spectator sports you want to see something exciting. I loved watching Pantani.

Which year were Lance's EPO urine samples from? 1999? The ones that were unfrozen and tested last year by 'Equipe? The testing procedures at the time weren't advanced enough to catch him out. There's no way a clean Armstrong could beat an unclean Ullrich.

I've lost track of who's talking about which chains now. Which are the noisy ones? I use a KMC Z610hx because I've got a 3/32 drivetrain. They are supposed to be stretchproof, but I'm bot sure about that. I like it - I'll be getting one again next time.

I have no idea why someone would think track chains are no good for the road - they're designed to withstand massive forces. Maybe the LBS guy meant they're no good for road bikes, because they're 1/8 rather than 3/32. He's still a moron though, don't buy anything from there.

KMC Kool. There's a gold superlight BMX one on wiggle for £35.

KMC kool