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yeah i went to check out the dirtbowl at the weekend, thats why i was asking, if it was decent surface it would be mint.

wonder who was brave enough to ride through cowgate?

i just noticed this, i was out riding yesterday too, i should check this subforum more.

that sounds good but, out of interest, what are we gonna do at the skate park or dirt bowl?

cool, monument at 7. maybe we should decide roughly what we are gonna do before the ride.

yeh thursday is good. no food or drink or anything for me though as i'm fully skint.

so where does everyone fancy meeting?

day/night, whatever, i liked asm's idea of gentle ride then some time trials.

10 miles in 30 mins is decent i reckon. where do you live?

12th 17th and 19th is best for me but might be able to some other days depending. no mondays/fridays tho

ive been at shitting work all night.

have we got a date organised for any rides yet?

Can I just jump in here and ask a question... I'm getting new bars and brake levers for my bike this weekend and after reading this topic, I think they will be BMX levers.

What cables do I need to go with them? Can I use my existing cable or would I need to get new road/mtb/bmx cables?

Front and rear brakes.

Thanks
Phil

yeah maybe, saw him riding along the quayside a few weeks back

I was actually thinking about invites! lol

Does anyone off that list ride brake-less with a white frame?

any bike jobs i have seen advertised ask that you have cytech level one or some form or measureable experience working with bikes... but looking at level one it seems to be just fixing punctures etc so i dunno..

i think there are loads of these all over. one in newcastle and sheffield at least.

im going down tomorrow to buy a bike and hopefuly doing some voluntary work over the summer

let me know how this goes, i tried to fit bullhorns to my langster but the stem clamp is 31mm so they didnt fit.

gonna chop and flop the bars on a racing bike soon tho.

Cool, what bike you have/where you ride?

Not sure when to do this but not for a few months, need to get fitter.

I think a ride would be a bit better as a newcastle race might last about 5 or 6 mins.

Hey there, Don't see many Newcastle upon Tyne riders around here. Just been on a night ride around the city and was thinking about organising some kind of city ride or race. I know one or two people who would do it but was wondering if anyone else on here would?

From the amount of fixed-gear riders I see around town (2 in the past year) I think it would have to be more like, anyone on a bike/road bike is welcome to ride.

Could try and get interest by flyering 'interesting' bikes parked around the city.

Phil.

They don't buckle, and it is rare to see an Arrospok break (there is that one image of a snapped Aspok floating around the internet, but it had a truck reverse over it) in this respect they are very strong, good for doing tricks where you land heavily on your front wheel.

They kinda' start life buckled, they don't run true from day one (this is true of other cheaply made carbon wheels too) - in fact the manufacturer warns you that you need to open up your front break so that the pads give the wheels a little more room to wiggle around as it turns.

cool thanks for the info..

so what do you guys think about langsters then?

yeh i know they dont actually explode, but i mean, you cant exactly just take a spoke key and re-true them can you.

i meant, can they buckle, if so how can you fix them? or do they just crack or something

I was simply asking about those wheels as i like the look of them, I'm not gonna go buy one tomorrow or anything, and I get people flaming me for using the word 'fixie'.

I didn't realise the aerospokes were disliked so much as I see a lot of them on 'FixedGear' galleries.

So why do people use them? Also, what happens when you go over a bump and a normal wheel would buckle? Do they explode or something?

Haha didn't realise you were all cocks!

Yes I meant the front wheel.
Cheers for the links.

Alright there. I've had a search round this forum and the internet but couldn't find anything good enough.

I was wondering where everyone gets their bike parts from? Like online stores or real shops or whatever.

Specifically I'm looking for things like these wheels... SNC13029 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!@@AMEPARAM@@http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2313597140_d5b69535d0.jpg?v=0@@AMEPARAM@@2313597140@@AMEPARAM@@d5b69535d0

Cheers
Phil