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I've been bumping into a few of you from the forum having coffee at Borough Market of a morning before work. Thought I'd see if anyone wants to make a regular thing of it, like on Fridays at 8am? Monmouth coffee is here.

JB

No one has mentioned the compound of the tyre or the road surface - both factors that would impact skid far more than 1 degree of head tube angle or 1 inch of top tube length. At the end of your day just decide you are going to do it, and do it.

not really. if i see that i'm coming up to a junction and i'm going to have to stop i usually go for the fat white line between the bus lane and the road and sllllllllide gracefully to stop. it's fun, doesn't wear out your tyres and helps give you an idea of just how much or little grip there is. helps with the fear to know just how slipery they are. i don't really seek them out when riding fast in the wet. it's fun trying to stay skidding on the line for as long as possible. because so little back pressure is needed to lock up on them, if you slip off onto that grippy stuff they put before junctions the difference in so marked that it usually forces you straight out of the skid.

+1 Sometimes I've managed to backpedal a few rotations in the wet. While slidng up to the lights.
Then I tried it across smooth tiles near southbank (upper ground I think it's called). Before I knew what had hit me (turns out it was the road), I was lying on the tiles and a guy ran over to see if I was ok. Ok but embarrased I was...

Evans' reaction reportedly so high pitched even his dog couldn't hear it

And... he head butted the journo who asked for a reaction!

Maybe we can let lance in if he rides fixed - hipster style

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7605378.stm

Says here that he's doing it to raise awareness about cancer - I'm sure that's true, he doesn't need the do$h

He made a great come back from cancer - just like he made some great comebacks he made on le tour, a la Vinokourov.

bloody brakeless BMXs. I got stuck behind one the other day. Had to wait for him to nearly crash so I could get by him.

Didn't know anything about BFF, will make sure I go. Bought the cap, looks great.

Send them a pic of a smiling family in fluros riding serenely past an Evans store with the London Eye in the background. You'll win the comp.

I was scared of fixed wheel. Only started riding fixed by accident - when the bike that came to me over ebay did not have a drilled bridge, and I wasn't going to ride it as a one-brake SS.

I can donate black 44cm 3t alloy drops wrapped in god-awful tape for the visually impaired. They come fitted with a pair of brake levers. One lever is fitted with a front brake cable. Used once - I rode to the shop to get bullhorns.

Also a pair of caliper brakes. The front used once (same story). Rears never used.

My bike's perfect for this event. Its got bullhorns. And a front brake. And spin-to-win gearing. And creaking BB. But apart from that its ok.

I'm going to see if I'm too lazy to do the induction and sort out a hire bike for the day. Otherwise I'll come down and get photos of the rain / carnarge

Keep on posting. I'll try that. I've been wanting to start a post - but I'm too damn new apparently.

@ wwill, I've sent a message now. I forgot to say that I'm a bloody aussie so tell me now if I'm disqualified from being shot at...

Can't help with the hipster side of things but if you want a newbie to fixed and the forum...

Time ATACs all the way. Egg beaters are useless fixed.

Egg beaters are great fixed. Easy to get into and out of, never unclip unless you want them to and decent float as well. I can't recommend them though - I broke a pedal after a few weeks. Now waiting to see if the exchange pair try and kill me or not.

Endura or Altura. Go for something around the £50 or £60 price range. My first jacket was an expensive £130 Gore jobbie and it only lasted the winter. My second jacket was a £40 Altura jobbie and it lasted the winter as well as the expensive one.

Fred is right- you want something lighter - you can always put layers on underneath when it's -5 but you'll sweat like a pig in the thicker jackets.

This is depressing talking about winter and it's only September. Argh!

That's bloody bad news. I was circulating in the park later that day. Managed to avoid the deer crossings and the 4x4 cowboys. I'd have hated to total the bike instead. Hope you are back on the road soon.