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I rode even brakeless with a suicide hub for a while, like one year or so...
to have a minimum safety there are some tricks to improve the locking of the sprocket...
the first thing is not to use a chain whip to screw on the cog but the metodo pettenella (or rotafix for the americans : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotafix) this helps to screw the sprocket way more than using the chainwhip (I usually do it even on track hubs)
to help the rotafix effect you have to add **lots **of loctite (not the one to stop the screws, the real super glue) on the thred of the hub and on the side of the sprocket that will get in touch with the hub.
another thing that helps a lot, if you chainline allows so, is to add a thin washer (there are some made for freewheels) before screwing the cog. usually are made of softer metal and, when you rotafix the cog, the washer get squeezed and act as a "spring" keeping the cog there...

on top of it, if the hub has enough thread you can screw on a bb lockring...

mind: the metodo pettenella is applying a LOT of power on the thread that, occasionally, might strip... (good excuse for your friend to get a proper track hub...)

warning: I'm NOT suggesting to ride a suicide hub brakeless..

160 is for assistants, for photographers there are two options, 315 or 240 if you work overseas...
is not so cheap, then it's true, they do quite a lot of promotion, exhibitions and so on...
I know what they offer "on the paper" just never met/worked with any photographer that is associated and was curios about some impressions..

It's a while that I'm thinking about becoming a member of the AOP, but never managed to take a decision, it's quite a lot of money for the membership and I don't get how valuable the return would be....
I mean, you get some discounts in few shops and you get your name in their huge book to get lost in the middle of another thousand(s) of photographers...
mind, I don't have anything against the aop (actually I got my first job in london trough their jobshop section on the website) but is the membership worth the 315+ vat per year?
I mean do you get any job coming in from their website/publications to covers at least the cost?

i'm a member of the AOP (association of photographers) they helped draught the copyright designs and patent act 1998. they are very active in promoting proper licensing of images and IP (intellectial property).
this isn't a bad thing. if you are dealing with large businesses they will have proper paperwork for their contracts, just because you are a sole trader shouldn't preclude you from doing likewise.
put another way: I only got ripped off once. :-)

quite a few photographers or pople dealing with images here...
I'm a still life photographer, mainly doing editorial
and quite agree with mr smith.

same way you can buy digital music equipment and make 'music' it's really fucking easy.

doesn't necessarily give the photography or music any merit though

lots of rubbish music and photos around...

Hi,
just bought these off ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=120318706455

they where cheap, the bloke did not seem to know what exactly was selling (as I did not really know what I bid on...) and I was even a bit drunk. ;)

By the (crappy) pictures it seems anyway a single chainring crank...
I guess the seller wrote Miche 165 cos it's stamped somewhere (and not out of hipster histeria..) but from the measures he gives (seems 7.1-7.2mm taper to chainring bolt) it should be a 122 bcd.. and I couldn't find any Miche 122 bcd...

anybody has the knowledge to tell me what they could be?

worst case I'll HTFU and find out when I'll receive the parcel...

no problem! whenever is more suitable for you!

wow, would be great.. if you prefer I can come to you...whatever is better for you!

I'm in north London, working long hrs tomorrow but almost free the day after...and, of course, easy if there's to wait, come along at weekend or anything else... just the idea of getting it sorted makes me smile!

WoW...
when?

thanks for the infos, yeah, I'm in London's famous London.. as I'm living north i'll get in touch with the guys at fixed gear london first, and then, in case with witcomb..
let's see what they'll say...
about the respray I was thinking to try to get a colour as close as possible and just paint the bit there... I like too much this fluo yellow, really 80's...

I just took to uk my old and loved frame.
unfortunately the people moving luggage at airports are worst than what I thought and even if I packed up the frame properly they managed to damage it. bastards. however, fortunately it's not dented or flattened but it's just a small rip on the tube of the drive side of the chainstay...
speaking with the guy who made the frame in Italy the best thing to do is to put a few drops of brazing rod on the "cut", file it down and re-paint the frame. he was telling me it should be a cheap job (20-30pounds?) and should be as resistent as before...

and this is the frame:

any thoughts or advice??

Top tube looks live it has a more v shaped profile than standard oval tubing

to me it looks the same tube but with the narrow part of the section pointing downwards instead than upwards ("V" instead than "A") and, of course with a different angle...
the standard colors of the vigorelli are awful..

yeah, it's true, I'm wandering if the sloping comes just cos of the size or is another customization but for sure is the same tubing of the vigorelli..

another nice one is this one
(custom for a guy in italy)

and in general Mr Colombo is a cool bloke and he is really in love with the "new" use of fixed wheel (and he is sponsoring quite a few alley cats as well)

(I'm still refering to the vigorelli but the evolution of the topics is too quick for my brain....)

is a custom painted cinelli-vigorelli...

the G9 is a good compact camera but not really noise free...
I've been lucky and had it brand new in box on gumtree for 200 and for that money is well worth.
if you want to give it a try pm me...

angle grinder fever?

ok, here are the pictures, as you can see just few tiny scratches on drop outs and chainstay due to locking it around, no dents and never crashed:

no the fork is regular black and carbon fiber

Hi
I've been riding all winter with a frame that is slightly too big for me, like one size.. It's a 58 and I would need a 56.
All this month was not too bad but was more like riding a road bike rather than a track one... a bit less control and more weight on the arms too strached forward.
the frame is nothing incredible, is a aluminium frame with carbon forks (non full carbon) the geometry is not really tight, and both frame and forks have clearance for mudguards. I bought the frame from Surosa (non De Rosa :-(( ) the fork is a non branded Alpina 1" non threaded. It is a bit of a mix between track and road geometry, pretty good to ride on the road. drilled fork and rear brake, 58 X 58 with 2cm slooping. Would be a good single speed build. paid for it 260 in november willing to swap for something on the same value/price range just slightly smaller with track or track-ish geometry....
I'm going to add some pictures tomorrow!

Ps it's cobalt blue

nice colnago collection ;0

**Bassano del Grappa (VI) Vel. Rino Mercante
400
resina e cemento
****Padova
Vel. Monti
329,60
cemento
****Palermo
Vel. Paolo Borsellino
400
resina e cemento
****Forlí
Vel. Glauco Servadei
400
resina e cemento
****Pordenone
Vel. Ottavio Bottecchia
400
cemento
****Lanciano (CH)
Vel. A. Fantini
400
cemento
****San Francesco al Campo (TO)
Vel. Francone
400
resina e cemento
****Genova
Stadio Carlini
450
cemento
****Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC)
Vel. G. Pacciarelli
394
cemento
****Busto Garolfo (MI)
Vel. Comunale
380
resina e cemento
****Ferrara
Vel. Fausto Coppi
333
cemento
****Varese
Vel. L. Ossola
446
cemento
****Dalmine (BG)
Vel. Comunale
374
cemento
****San Vincenzo (LI)
Vel. E. Solvay
333
resina e cemento
****Avezzano (AQ)
Vel. Comunale
333
cemento
****Crema
Vel. P. Baffi
329
cemento
****Porto Viro (RO)
Vel. Dei Pini
333
cemento
****Barletta
Vel. Comunale
333
cemento
****Quartu S. Elena (CA)
Vel. Comunale
333
cemento
****Portogruaro (VE)
Vel. Mecchia
340
cemento
****Ascoli Piceno
Vel. Comunale
333
asfalto
****Mantova
Vel. L. Guerra
449
cemento
****Pescantina (VR)
**Vel. San Lorenzo
340
cemento
**Cento (FE)
Vel. Ardizzoni
396
cemento
****Forano (RI)
Vel. Comunale
250
cemento
****Napoli
Vel. Arenaccia
595
cemento
****Mori (TN)
Vel. Comunale
500
asfalto
****Noto (SI)
Vel. Comunale
345
cemento
****Castelgomberto (VI)
Vel. Mainetti
287
asfalto
****Pesaro
Vel. Comunale
507
cemento
****Sossano (VI)
Vel. Comunale
421
asfalto
****Treville (AL)
Vel. Comunale
420
asfalto
****San Giovanni al Natisone (UD)
**Vel. Comunale
400
cemento
**Andora (SV)
**da inaugurare
190
cemento
**Torino
Vel. Fausto Coppi
391
cemento
****Firenze
Vel. Cascine
333
resina e cemento
****Cavezzo (MO)
Vel. Nino Borsari
373
cemento
****Molinella (BO)
Vel. Comunale
433
asfalto
****Fornacette (PI)
Vel. Fausto Coppi
300
cemento
****Montechiarugolo (PR)
Vel. Comunale
400
cemento
****Civitavecchia (RM)
Vel. Comunale
465
cemento
****Sestu (CA)
Vel. A. Picciau
203
cemento
****L’Aquila
Vel. Comunale
450
cemento
****Marcianise (CE)
Vel. Comunale
285
cemento
****Chianciano Terme (SI)
Vel. Comunale
350
cemento
****Pontecorvo (FR)
Vel. Comunale
333
cemento
****Oppido Lucano (PT)
**Vel. Comunale
250
cemento

this is the full list of the velodromes in Italy listed by city, track name, track length and material (cemento=concrete, asfalto=tarmac, resina = resyn)
it's not really updated, a few might not be accessible...but, sorry, no velodromes in Roma...

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are the controlled explosions to demolish it, 2 or 3 days ago... ready to build some new estates :-((
the velodrome was built for the olympics in rome, i think in 62 and was an outdoor wooden track... madness even in the kind italian weather!

ooops...
just an update received from a friend in rome...
the velodrome is not rottening anymore...
it simply does not exists any longer:

as far as I know is what BLB was doing with their "van tours" around the continent...
The first time I got in the shop I was quite in shock about the price they were offering stuff that my lbs would hide in the cellar...
but yeah, gues it's business mate (to read like "what do you expect, this is brick lane mate"..)
in the pictures above, confused in the general mess, there are some amazing experimental frames, like thin double top tubes and downtubes or early carbon fiber frames made using carbon fiber tubing glued to steel lugs...

about genova here is the list of bs:
http://www.paginegialle.it/pgol/4-biciclette/3-genova
most of them will probably be most on MTBs due to the hilly nature of the land and the nice freeriding areas around...but you never know!
oh, the list of rome is here:
http://www.paginegialle.it/pgol/4-biciclette/3-roma

if you need any translation or anything pm me!

In genova there have never been a tradition of track cycling but might happen to find something.. is not a big city... have a look in the shops.
in my hometown one of the best places I found was like this:

the guy running the shop was a frame builder in the 80s and he still has a lot more frames and stuff than what you can see in the pictures... he also raced keirin for a few seasons in the Japanese foreigner league ad used to win quite a lot...

anyway, in the last picture there is a fluo yellow frame.. it's now my frame, nice columbus tubing, got it for 200 euros, campagnolo headset, cranks, bb, aeropost, and turbo saddle included...amazing!

oh, about the last picture...
slack chain...