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http://clients.squareeye.com/uploads/brompton/Rules_2008_FINAL.pdf

Crazy thing is that I'm actually pondering entering...

But just to get this (vaguely) back on topic, I'm wondering how many more gear inches I can fit onto a brompton... for a flat course I could go single speed using the standard tensioner but stock is 54/13 and there doesn't seem to be much space to get fewer teeth on the rear, so anybody know a crankset that has something bigger than a 54t?

or does this thread just constitute grounds for immediately revoking my membership ?

I'm not from the UK so can't comment on specific universities or training programmes. But I have been in IT for some time and have had a lot to do with hiring people in this field along the way.

If you want something immediately useful (eg C# vs Java), a vocational course might be a more efficient use of your time and money. But things move very quickly in the IT industry so your knowledge will become less relevant pretty quickly (probably less than 5 years)

Or you could spend (probably) more time and money doing a (good) university degree which will give you a solid foundation in concepts and theory that will last for the rest of your career.

Either way, you'll finish the course of study with pretty much zero years more practical experience than you have now but demonstrate self-motivation and commitment to your new career. This will get your CV recognised and get you interviews.

But to actually get (good) jobs you'll need to know more than either vocational or university training will bring. So be prepared to spend the rest of your career reading lots (internet, blogs, books etc) so you can

• learning the popular tools/languages of the day (especially if you do a university course)
  
• learning the underlying concepts and theory (if you did a vocational course)
  
  

There's still a huge shortage of good people in the IT industry so come on in - the water's warm!

I agree with an earlier poster - if you are going to for a job now, the popular tools are:

• C# or Java
  
• (N)Hibernate
  
• Spring
  
• AJAX
  
• some SQL based database server
  
• Ruby might be handy if you want to look cool with the geeks.
  
  

Some good books to read (not all at once, but probably in this order)

1) Code Complete (second edition); Steve McConnell
2) Working With Legacy Code; Michael Feathers
3) Refactoring; Martin Fowler
4) Design Patterns; "The Gang of Four" Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John M. Vlissides
5) Domain Driven Design; Eric Evans

Ah, whew, I'm me again. You go that way every day?

Yup, but not riding anything a noteworthy as your bike.

That said, I had been pacing a motorcyclist since tower bridge who appreciated the de-badged litespeed I ride. (I pulled in between you and him).

ahh bike love all round :-) and sun was out and there was a tail wind. Heaven really

I would say this is me - since I have a shiny red bike with a spokecard, black hair and big shades (jeans, white vest) and was at that place this morning...but I don't have a step through Rouke. So it's probably not me, but I didn't see anyone else resembling this description apart from me. About 8.55am? Ah, existential crisis!

Was it this bike?

If so, hello!

Tee hee, that'd be a fail on my bike spotting skills. Yep, that's the baby - identity crisis averted.

You: Shiny red step-through Rouke, black hair, big sunglasses.
Me: Skidded in beside you at the intersection of Embankment and Northumberland Ave riding a MTB wearing green cords.

I clocked the fgss spoke card in your rear wheel too late in the launch procedure to abort and say hi.

But now I can... Hi!

One did this to me going up Tulse Hill the other week, cut in a bit soon, and very nearly ran me into the curb. I was feeling argumentative, so I stopped and pointed out that he could have maimed me, and he had the nerve to retort that I deserved it for overtaking him 100 yards back. I wish I'd realized at the time that this could reasonably constitute intent to injure.

My general approach is to have a friendly conversation with the driver. Point out the mistake you think they made and if they are reasonable and appologetic then then maybe I'll let them go (sometimes it happens!). If the driver is unreasonable or refuses to communicate simply suggest that you'd like to make a complaint and you'd like their details (driver number specifically).

Then, when you get near a phone (ideally the same day) and you have a few minutes to go through all the details, call TFL complaints on 020 722 5600 and explain to them details of the incident. They will ask you for:

• Date/Time of incident
  
• Location
  
• License plate of the bus
  
• Route number (and direction of travel)
  
• Bus driver number. This is on a card around A4 size. Either in in the front window or next to the front passenger door.
  
• A general description of the driver.
  
  

Re-enforce how life threatening the incident was - make sure they write it down on the form they will fill in. If the driver refused to co-operate with your reasonable request earlier, make sure this is also clear in the details.

From what I understand the bus companies take these sorts of things reasonably seriously.

I had a similar situation (seller non-responsive). Given no money has changed hands and he's a new seller there's not much they can do, but at least they can give him a bit of a slap with a wet bus ticket (close his account) for breaking the rules.

check out the process here:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/seller-non-performance.html

For a guideline on the timetable eBay suggests transactions should follow:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/tp/isgw-buyer-protection-steps.html

Of course if eBay doesn't take any action you should at least leave him some bad feedback.

Here's a good description of the issues you're going to have to deal with

http://www.zenatode.org.uk/sop/

In summary, bass is your main issue. The more you want, the more you're going to have to tow.

I carefully towed about 70 odd kg a few days ago on my trailer and it wasn't too bad.

ok, just to round this thing off, I decided to HTFU (especially after reading the L2P story) and do the whole land based part of the journey by bike.

In summary everything went smoothly.

Day 1: London->Harwich. 142km, 8h22m door-to-door. Average speed not including breaks 20.2km/h. Top speed 51km/h. Nicest part of the journey was weaving through the country lanes around Maldon, Wivenhoe and up to Harwich. I wonder about researching national cycle route #51 a little more - I picked it up just out of Colchester and it certainly seemed like a nice choice of roads.

Day 2: Hook-of-Holand->Amsterdam. 93km, 5h30m door-to-door. Average speed not including breaks 21.8km/h. Top speed 39km/h. Highlights? riding off the ferry and having a car give way to me at an intersection! Separate cycleways for almost the entire journey. But most of them were paving tiles - making me happy I was on fat (but smooth) tires - to iron out the constant chatter.

On the road, hydration was 6L of Nuun enhanced water. Nutrition was a trail mix of brazil nuts, sultanas, dried figs, bananas and chocolate duct taped in an easy access bag to my handlebars - allowing constant nibblation. I also drunk around 300mL of honey from a squeezy bottle. Sunscreen - Riemann P20.

No cramping or dehydration. Was loosing power toward the end of each day, but certainly could have handled a good few more km (especially if I remembered to keep the spin rate up). Some arse soreness, but I guess that's to be expected since I've never spent that long in the saddle before. Actually this was quite bad about 1/2 way through the first day but I nudged the saddle nose a degree or two down and it was significantly better. And I wonder if the cockpit might be a centimeter or two too long though.

Next trip? I'm thinking about Salisbury.

66.6". Sweet! I've got the gear inch of the beast!

on saturday, at 0845, yes.

like there is every saturday

So no induction on Sunday?

Actually early Saturday morning induction and Sunday noon on the track for real would work well for me!

It's the little things in life that pull the bike together...

I'm happy to part with real cash money for:

1x 'regular' crown race (crown measures 27mm). Surely somebody has one kicking around in a drawer somewhere?

1x French headset washer (has a flat section where most have a 'tooth'). OK this is probably a bit more rare, but hey, it's worth a try...

thanks!

Looks like I might be taking a trip to Amsterdam in a few weeks time. I've been there a bunch of times before, so to make this one a bit different I'm thinking of riding part of the way. I haven't done any long distances for a while so I'm thinking of just doing the nicest stretch (less than 100 miles)

Ferry:
London to Harwich?
Hook of Holland to Amsterdam?
Laps of the cargo deck?

Train:
(some of) Brussels to Amsterdam?
Wapping to Kings Cross? :-)
Wapping to Ashford?

Any other suggestions?

thanks

I'm no lawyer but I'm guessing there would be a well established precedent that says mistakes don't have to be honoured.

But misleading advertising laws would be breached when the vendor intentionally advertises the wrong price - say to get more customers in the door.

A sprint I used to do regularly: Drury lane to News international (East Smithfield/The Highway) Slow start through Covent garden but then blast along Embankment.

2.7miles pb=7 minutes. 23mph/36kph. Very dependent on phasing of lights. On an MTB with slicks.

I reckon I spin faster now, but maybe for a ride like that it's possible to do it a anaerobically so that might not make a difference.

TYRE not tire.

oops, thanks. Fixed.

Although, to be fair I had been staring at the sidewall of these things for a while and being Japanese made they were labelled 'tire'

actually edit....

G A F L

huh, I used to have one, but I think somewhere between all the hand-washing and re-indexing my stamp collection I lost it somewhere...

OK, so all my life I've always had rims which, if they had some sort of labelling, it was directly opposite the valve stem. So positioning the tyre label was easy - over the valve stem, opposite the rim label.

But now I'm putting a tyre on a new (old) rim I've got and while there is a small label on the rim directly opposite the valve stem, the main label is 4-6 spokes (36 hole rim) around from the valve!

I'm pulling my hair out... where the feck do I put the tyre label on this rim?! opposite the valve stem? opposite the main label? equidistant from the valve and rim label?

argh!

Come on, that last one's a bit of a stretch ;D

OK, so it wasn't top of my list for putting a disc on my MTB, but it was on the list all the same :-)

You could also add improved braking performance in the wet. I think disc brakes will transfer over from MTBs to road bikes in the not too distant future.

If it's possible to find an add on fitting for the existing fork it might work but look a bit ugly.

The Pista has threadless headset? Cyclocross and Touring bikes often have disc mountings so maybe look around for their forks. Then maybe get it chromed to match?

it's a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

is it purely for vanity or is there a particular reason you want to fit one? like you weigh 20stone and live at the bottom of a big hill or something?

Smoother modulation?
Option to run lighter/more aerodynamic rims?
Rims last longer?
Avoid brake dirt?

does that mean mr tom got them?

Still available!

Tenner anyone?

assume these are 700c? all the same, I wonder if they might fit my 26" wheel mtb (with skinny slicks)

cool - thanks - looks like iTunes has their albums. So I'll give them a proper* listen when I get home.

*proper = 800 odd watts of sub-woofer - laptop speakers and dubstep just seems like a crime.