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If the TT is perpendicular to the ST, you should be able to determine the ST length using trigonometry... Do you have any specific measurements of the bike you're planning on buying ?

Sorry if I missed something.

Methinks you missed something. TT is very seldom perpendicular to ST - angle is usually 72-75º. Perpendicularity is just weird-looking:

Of course, that doesn't stop you from using trigonometry - you can split an iscosceles or scalene triangle in to two right-angle triangles and combine trigonometry and algebra to figure things out.

got an ercol coffee table going spare... quite a rare extendable/drop leaf style too

£80+ postage, has a few marks.rubs, ideally would be stripped but i really don't have the patience to sand the whole thing down! have seen them sell for 200+ on ebay

Interested.

Dibs pending viewing, if you will accept such dibs.

I dig the invisible brake cables - brakeless singlespeed FTW!

On a serious note, it seems a bit short on storage/basket space for a shopper - surely they could manage a tidy telescoping curvey basket that starts as a small tray and telescopes out to something bigger.

Schwing!

Meh

If by "Meh" you mean "thank you Dr Gostron for restoring integrity to this thread", then you're most welcome.

Tape measure + 2 π r = Clamp Diameter

Don't you mean
Tape measured circumference/π = Clamp Diameter ?

FFS, if you're going to nerd it up

at least nerd it up accurately.

Thanks very much for taking the trouble to focus on the babywipes rather than the bars in the riduculolarge photo above.

My Mavic CXP-33s are holding up pretty well, but only done about 1000 miles on them and need the occasional wipe clean. I'm very fond of them, though.

I hate you all for making me look at that website.

daft question:
bib 3/4 shorts vs non 3/4 bib shorts.

why would i buy the bib over the non bib? comfort? better fit? more power? better?

sorry for lazarusing this.

Because the bib holds things up and keeps stuff from slipping/riding down. Although I prefer bibs because of the corset-effect that hides my beergut and prevents the large "spillover' waistline at the top of the shorts.

having lurked on here for a while before joining, i assumed you were quite the fixed gear afficianado.

M. libre, appreciation does not necessarily mandate understanding. I fear that you have confused your aficionados with your cognoscenti.

Obviously non-payment of Vehicle Excise Duty is one of a number of moronic arguments used by moronic drivers who contend that cyclists have no right to use the road. It seems to have prompted an amusingly moronic response:

I find it amusing enough in order to have put in an expression of interest on a jersey, which apparently will be done as a part of a "club run" at some point in the next couple of months - details at http://ipayroadtax.com/.

via BikeRadar

I'd love to take this off your hands but am laid up following an operation - if it's still going in 2 weeks I'd be happy to pay full asking price.

Your GP is likely talking rubbish. All NHS secondary care trusts have a responsibility to provide diagnosis AND treatment within 18 weeks of GP referral. That means that, for example, if you did have a slipped disc, the hospital you were referred to by your GP would have a responsibility to give you a specialist appointment and scan AND operation within 18 weeks. I'm sure you could see how this wouldn't work if it took 18 weeks just to get the scan.

Your GP may just be trying to fob you off a little - 60% of acute disc herniations will show significant improvement (i.e. not need surgery) within three months, and there is certainly an argument for not performing a scan until that time has passed, as for 60% of people that would be a wasted scan. The debate as to whether or not acute disc herniations should be operated on immediately or given a period of observation prior to operation is a subject of debate amongst surgeons (I say this as someone with moderate degree of experience in the management of spinal conditions), but horrific as the pain of a disc herniation is, chances are it will get better.

If you REALLY feel you need a scan (i.e. the discomfort/disability induced by the condition is so severe that you you would rather have an early spinal operation, rather than wait-and-see, with a good chance of spontaneous recovery), I would ask your GP to refer you for an urgent scan, and if he were unwilling to do so, ask to see another one of the GPs in the practice who would be likely to - another observation I have made is that it is quite easy to "bully" doctors in to ordering what, in their mind, is an unnecessary investigation - this is often easier with more senior doctors, who just can't be bothered to argue and don't want any trouble.

PS: this advice is NOT a substitute for a proper medical consultation - if you have worries about the advice you've been given by your GP, GET A SECOND OPINION.

alien,

2 x LD20 purchased as per your suggestion, one OP, one smooth.

Thanks for sorting out the free lockmounts.

... the liscenced production history of these types of furniture is facsinating (if you are interested) and the fine details between one set and another means a lot and usually effects price ...

Ade,

Where could one find out more about this? I can't really figure out what causes the wild variations in price for items seemingly in similar condition but from different licenced manufacturers ...

the guy is also thinking of doing a good price on a group buy.

Count me in ... I feel a list coming on.

1. arnold gostron (provided can do either 15% discount OR free bikemount).
   

Your under use of comma's is also deplorable.

There is nothing so weak as failed pedantry, Mr Twotimes; you have a misplaced apostrophe. The plural of comma is "commas", not "comma's" which indicates possesion by a comma.

Go to your local hospital and ask the porters. Hospitals buy mega-amounts of boxed goods.

Petrol or lighter fluid.

I've got nothing new to say about this subject, but I watched this again recently and it made me smile a lot.

Sorry for a completely inappropriate thread resurrection, but I feel this to be a public service.

I use these:

Perhaps a little overpriced at £25, but I find them very comfortable, very waterproof, grippable enough (although maybe not on wet unwrapped bars) and surprisingly breatheable. One of their greatest advantages, in my view, is the fact that when you miscalculate and wear them on a warm day, your hands don't end up in their own steam-sauna. Lasted me 18 month/1.5 winters with no problems so far.

Giant have taken the opposite approach, by dropping £150 off the 2010 version of the Bowery 72.

Which will be available from January 2009, with an estimated shipping time of -5 days to dealers owing to postal strikes and Large Hadron Collider malfunction.

Hybrid with "a bit of character"?

A bit like a virginal, virtuous Katie Price, n'est pas?

Can you (or anyone else for that matter) confirm that it will take a 1/8" chain? Park Tools website says ...

Works with all multi-speed bikes and some single-speed models.

... which makes me think 3/8" only, which is a shame.