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I'd like to cycle the California Pacific Coast Highway, starting up in SF and going down to San Diego. Drove down it a couple months ago and twas gorgeous. Saw quite a few cyclists doing it- lucky bastards!

Something about flying down a 5 mile descent with hairpins when your mates are all doing 30-55mph?

You'd probably either rip your leg muscles to shreds or be a long bloody streak of road kill by the bottom! :)

sure rik, if hussy wants the silver one you can have the black :)

You're not the only one clefty, I'll be showing up for the first time too.

Bringin some cross top levers for hussy, and a 15t Miche if anyone's interested?

...right hand partly in pocket and left hand displaying a "W" across my forehead...

must remember that....

i've got a black cane creek left-handed cross top, or a silver left-handed cross top. both 26mm.
I'll offer em up for free too.
I'm going to put in my first appearance at West End beers on thurs. so I'll bring em along with me.
So now you've got VelocityBoy's or mine to choose from - who's handsomer?!

@ willski - have you done your track induction yet? Had mine today using one of their hire bikes - an official Southwark Council Harry O complete with orange saddle (tasty). The hire bikes are okay but it just feels weird riding something other then your own bike.

Next time I'm down there I plan on using my bike- change the bullhorns to drops, ditch the brake and flip the wheel to a 48x15 gearing.

Think if you change the gearing at home and HTFU you could be knackered before you get there- showing up 15min early would surely give ya enough time to change the cog and remove the brake?

(...where did the other cyclist or the person crossing the road go??!!??)

I think that's totally fucked! Pretty sure they saw it and thought "nothing to do with me"

Bastards.

Heal up soon!

I put on the annoying American retail charm with a "Thanks for looking!" and a fake ass smile :D

Bottom of Poland Street to home in West Ealing - 9.7 miles in 33min. Stopping for lights like a good boy. Spun 37mph down Holland Park Rd in rush hour traffic, which was nice. Pulled a groin muscle by the end of it all, which wasn't.

Are you scared Crankenstein? I know where you live and you've never seen me mwuhahahahaha!

At wayno's mid-cuntsterising..

Well I'm getting tired of looking over my shoulder every time I go into my flat to see if there's an aussie lurking in the bushes. I've heard they eat babies and worship satan.

31trum - shepards bush/acton vale
50/14 - Parsons Green
AndyW - Putney
Anthony (wolfenger)- Twickenham
Backwardation - Notting Hill
brett - work Chiswick (so in the area a lot!)
crankenstein- West Ealing (work in h'smith half the month, half in soho)
Cornelius Blackfoot - Stockwell/ work in the bush, shepherds bush
dominiclincoln - Northolt
essbee - South Ealing
Eyebrows- Putney (if you ever spot me I'll be very excited)
hamster - Southfields
hippy - West Ealing
JimmyP - Chiswick
Joelounge - Grove Park, Chiswick
kipsy - Richmond
Mouse - 'Brackenbury Village' (AKA behind Secrets) as of Thurs!
MrSmith - Tootin'
nimhbus - Barnes
nv55 - Isleworth
provenrad - Shepherds Bush
Roberto - Stockwell
RPM - Bloody Tootin' Innit!
Scrapper - Kensel Green
Slamm - Barnes
Tarka the otter - streatham
VelocityBoy - Kew Bridge
wayne_f14 - Putney
Dov - Acton

31trum ain't around the corner any more (sob) but Crankenstein is.. and he's been spotted twice! :)

As for polo.. I'd only play if I could wear a skinsuit and ride..

You've spotted me twice hippy and I still have no idea what ya look like. Of course if you were riding THAT then there'd be no mistaking!

Gonna offer myself up for slaughter at westie beers this thursday, maybe see ya there.

sounds like he enjoys the odd bit of karaoke too "breakdown, duh doo doo, breakdown, duh doo doo"

while he spanks the monkey

Swiss Tony eh? Seems more like Bill Oddy to me. Oooooh Aaaaaahh!

a pista is fixed - mate got one a couple weeks ago from Evil Mr Evans. They didn't even size him, just said "you look like a 56cm" there ya go. he took it back last week.

pista 08 also got the friendly 'no brake' warning on the top tube yeah? handy that.

yeah hippy it was the same guy, seem him a few times before taking it easy. fancy myself as a bit of an uxbridge rd sprinter but damn that guy can go!

SS with a front brake - classic! Guy on a charge smug yesterday SS with only a front brake at the top of Holland Park Rd. Asked if he thought that was a good idea - "been riding it like this for months"
Scooter pulls out on him on the descent and he almost kissed the pavement trying to stop.

take it from mister k there bobby- you haven't got a bike until you've got aerospokes on it lol.

bmx pedals??

hurricane you sound like a pretty angry guy. I agree with bringmemyfix and his option 3 - that old man will make more of an effort to muscle cyclists off the road.

Once witnessed a driver open his passenger door onto a cyclist with his kid strapped into a child seat on the back. Driver looked like he was gonna do a runner so I made sure the guy and the kid were alright before I sat on the front of the car and waited for the cops to show up.
Got to testify in court next month for it lol

Guy with a white Pearson frame track standing at the lights on Acton High Street. Chatted for a bit, guy complained he was feeling fat and lazy after being off on a honeymoon. Then proceeded to burn a line down the road spinning like speedy gonzales. Impressed.

Wow that's awesome! It'll be a cold day in hell before TfL does anything like that.

Not quite. If bike thieves can't get much money for a bike they use it as a decoy instead. Find one they want to steal, brake the lock and remove the bike, replace it with the decoy. Least that's what the cops said.

the cleats come with the pedals. you have to make sure the shoes you get are compatible with the pedals.

http://wiggle.co.uk/HTM/shoecompatibility.htm

mcr = manchester

i've got some Crank Bros Candy-C's. no tension adjustment but really easy to clip in and out of. great for when a scooter decides to jump in the cycling lane without looking.

http://www.crankbrothers.com/candy_c.php

They come in a bunch of colors so you can match it your bike too :)