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It's point 5 that gets me every time.

When i got my latest, idiots seemed to be queueing up to tell me how stupid I was to get a bike for that much with ONLY ONE GEAR...

"I could have built you one for that" - This from a prat who spent £500 on a new motorcycle helmet cos he put his first in a box then forgot about it, only to find said box 2 days after the new purchase...

"Should have gone to Halfords"

ooh the wittiness continues

Since I posted this, I've found out m'cars knacked. (head gasket for those that like that kind of thing)

Now bringing up maps to see if I can cycle there, cycle round and cycle home...

How hard are the sessions?

Am I being a bit of an idiot, I've been looking for details of the starter session for Herne Hill, but can't find nuffink on their 2 sites?

Is it still on (or has it shut for the winter). What time / cost / setup?

A mile in their shoes kind of thing???

I like it...

So nothing retrospective then?

I normally try to ride considerately than defensively except when I'm cycling the daughter to school, then I'm RIGHT out in the middle of the road. I may have to push it to everyday routes too...

I feel bad for the majority of good drivers...

Was almost taken out by a coach driver today, overtaking me on a blind corner with cars coming the other way. (Almost caught me in the pinch point). Adrenaline kicked in and I caught him a little up the road. He seemed sorry & promised he'd not do it again but:-

a.) This is the second time I've had to chase this particular driver

b.) He really was VERY close

c.) If no one reports him eventually he'll cut it too fine / has he already cut up other cyclists?

So what can i do? Police? Coach company (it's a G reg un-branded coach)? School he picks up for?

As we discovered on Hippy's thread I'm rather too English for violence / weeing in shoes. Any realistic steps which might see him take this seriously?

Is it not a nice green? I've only seen the london and 07 langsters in the flesh, but I rather liked the paint job of the 08's? I would have had one if my lbs hadn't had a falling out with specialized

Possibly more to do with my love of them but

My Charge Plug = Rock cake
Possibly a bit heavy, but with classic english looks & full of raisiny good stuff

Go with your gut fatbloke. You can (I did) agonize forever on minute details, I'm in the "if you like it, if you want it, if you can afford it.... BUY IT" camp.

Exactly....

Actually I feel more empathy with badgers, but for some reason badger related usernames usually get taken up pretty fast...

The monkey from Family Guy with a tragic past - In no real way resembles me, but I like the cartoon, like the character and needed a forum name a long time ago...

Oh and you can get a nice avatar...

I've been waiting for a package from ribble for nearly 2 weeks. It arrives today, but now the collection office will be closed. So no collection this weekend, by the time I actually get it, it'll be nearly a month since I ordered it...

Bloody ribble

Bloody PO

aaah, that explains why the tektro's / blackburns / cc levers all look identical!

Its a matter of taste, but I reckon the cane creek pips it slightly for me, + it gets good reviews.

Anyone know if it has a return spring like the tektro's?

Anyone want to split a set?

aaahh!

I kind of had this assumption that all the TT ones were internal routing unless specified. Obviously I've got it a bit of the wrong way round...

I can order away now...

Cor blimey ribble are doing the carbon versions of cane creek and tektro at under £30?

Only need the carbon bling effect but...

Soweto, I see you're taking the risk that they're internally routed.

I'm assuming if they are, the cable comes out of the plug end? How are you going to get it outside again?

scoober I noticed the OP mentioned that the PC grabbed his handlebars. Does this not seem a bit dangerous?

Too right, we should contact the Police federation, surely some kind of truncheon through the front spokes would make it safer for the officers involved!

I was a juror in a police brutality case a couple of years ago and was amazed at the range of attitudes to the police. All nice "normal" people most with good jobs.

Me, white, middle class, late 20's , fairly polite, fairly law abiding etc. had (and have) a general respect for the police and a trust that MOST of the time they're trying to do the right thing.

Juror 2, irish, female, mid thirties, wouldn't have spat on a copper if there uniform was on fire. Completely distrustful and worked under the assumption that MOST coppers were power mad MOST of the time.

Juror 3, indian, femal forties \ fifties, clearly believed in respect, but had many experiences of problems with police.

The other jurors were spread over these lines. I didn't feel I was right and they were wrong, but it was clear they had a completely polar view to mine based on experiences I'd never had. But clearly police used to focus on specific stereotypes, from kids to hippies.

I still hold a view that if you do the crime (and know your doing it) you take the consequences. Whether is speeding in a car and a gatso ticket or a running a red light and a fine from plod. I think it's a bit of a cop out to say things like "isn't there anything better you can be doing?" As if its ok to commit an offence as long as you think its "not too serious"

Thanks guys, the cane creeks were the ones that through me cos of the internal routing.

Am wanting to tinker with my charge, my main complaint at the moment is I've not got the guts to go onto the bullhorn bars (is that the proper name?) for long periods as I'm wanting to keep the brake levers covered.

So TT brake levers then? Mainly thinking of just the one for the front brake. Want to route the cable externally so I can add a secondary lever on the flat part of the bar. (I just want to have my cake and eat it).

Any thoughts on decent \ reasonable priced levers?

alexmac Anyone got any thoughts on the Charge Plug? I hid a ride the other day, seemed a little heavy. Where does this fit in to the bianchi v fuji debate?

I've got one, it's my first fixie, so not too much to compare it too, but I'd say it doesn't really compare to the 2 other bikes. It's quite a different geometry to my road bike, a tad more relaxed. So I'd say it would be very different to the track bikes?

I still love it, it looks fab, rides really smooth and just seems to eat up the road.

Don't get me wrong, I kind of like people who can get a little bit psycho, my brothers a good example of someone who goes from calm to vindictive instantly. I think the world needs people like that to remind everyone that the "might makes right" rule is sometimes thrown by the odd weirdo who will just go skitz on anyone...

Unfortunately he got all the aggression genes in the family. The best I can do is a calm talking to or at a push a witty put down.

Aaah, an idiots guide to fixed riding, just what the doctor ordered...

asm It's better to have it tight. If it's loose you're in risk of throwing the chain due to the lack of a derailleur, which is an inconvenience on a singlespeed and a potentially lethal problem on a fixie.

A bit ignorant I know, but lethal how? Am assuming if it throws the chain it'll just hang either side of the ring? even if it does jam, it'll just cause you to skid?

Feel free to correct me, am still a newbie in all things fixie?

Cor blimey and I got my adrenalin buzz from telling off a lady in a polite and english way "I'm just trying to point out how YOUR actions endangered MY life"

I'm not sure my heart could stand being you?

But it is bizarre, what do you need to do to be seen??? Other than surround yourself with a ton of metal / plastic?