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OI,
Yeah it's in birmingham. Open to everyone [inc. gears].
Not going to be a massive thing (unless there's loads of interest in which case i'll expand the events).
I'm hoping to get lots of birmz/west mids people together and meet with equal amount of hanging out, drinking and riding.

Bike polo - Throw in tourney. London more than welcome [to own us]
We don't have many decent courts - that are regularly free - but I do have a location that might be awesome which i'll reconnoitre properly soon.

More details on each events to follow...

    ***!BIKEZILLA!***

16:00 meet outside ideal skate shop.
16:30-18:00 bike polo mash-up. Bring your shin-pads. 3v3 - 3 goals wins or high score after 5 mins.

18:00 Points Race - 10 Check-points across the city centre.
From the start point you will be given a map and one location to go to.
Once you arrive at the first location collect a token. On the back of the token the location of the next checkpoint will be marked.
This continues until you return with all tokens to the start point.
There will be tasks to complete at checkpoint 5 and 10.

19:00 Footdown - Using any means at your disposal, be the last one pedalling.


[Break For drinking etc]

19:30 Grand Prix - Lap race not for the faint of heart. [URL="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=B4100%2FHigh+Street+Deritend&daddr=52.468508,-1.878963+to:B4100%2FDigbeth&geocode=FZ21IAMdgjTj_w%3B%3BFcK1IAMdgTLj_w&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&via=1&sll=52.474364,-1.88201&sspn=0.013515,0.038624&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=15"][/URL]
Start Digbeth high street (just before Milk street) race all the way up and around Camp Hill circus, then bomb it down back to the finish line - Rea street junction.

19:45 Car Park Climb - Moat Lane car park. HTFU. Groups of 4 race to to top. 2 qualify from each stage.

20:15 Pub/Park drinking

Oops, the tap and spile got the better of me.

*hey you all.
So we had an epic fail on the birmingham visit due to the other guest refusing to ride in the wet! (I'd already riden one hour into the train station in the pissing rain - so I was pretty miffed at his cancellation) which leaves me to do the route of the planned ride all alone. Ted has gone back to berlin and the other person has gone home now too.
I am pretty open as to what day I can do this and I was wondering if any of you lot would like to come with me? Mostly I am worried that I'll get myself totally lost and never be heard from again. :(

Jacqui

*I'd love to go but have work (unless somehow brooks need a delivery).

Met DK? Just had his bike powder coated a nice cyan/turquoise.

I'll give you a backie mate.
Heal up.

Sick.

Hey, what type of frame are you looking for your next build? Another conversion or something with track ends?
If I see any decent frames I'll let you know.

Yeah, she was my first, ol' bluey.
But now I've spanked all my money on building a newer/improved bike.
I'm going to send her to the bike polo pastures to live out her remaining days.

+1,000,000

I'm in the process of building a new stead and recently acquired some lovely bars and some soyo track grips to accompany them.
Riding home on friday night with said bars I was beside myself with glee that my bike was slowly coming together and itching to put the grips on.
How hard could it be!? I tried the washing up liquid approach, after heaving for 15 mins i only got one grip 1/3 of the way on.
I then tried the wd-40 method, at first 1/2 the grip slid on but after 30 mins of pushing and a hernia, only a couple of cm followed. I was uber pissed, I cursed soyo and nitto.

With it too late to get hairspray I drowned my sorrow with a nice glass of whisky (nothing special, Grant's).
WAIT A MINUTE!!! I poured the whisky into my grips with a mindless conviction and tried them on the bars - 20 seconds for each grip it took me, 20 seconds!

Now not only do my bars look lovely but they smell great too. Next time im going to use a 14 year single malt for better application.

1. hyper allah
   
2. deadly fanny pack
   

Nice bike nelson. Saw you locking up near St Philips t'other day, reversed and went passed again for a second viewing. What ratio; notice you don't have clips?

Ok might be able to organise something, will keep everyone posted.
If you're interested say so now.

Kazane chainring (only)
1/8'' 48t 144 bcd
£15 or best offer

http://www.freshtripe.co.uk/Freshtripe/Oily%20Bits_files/black%20Kazane-1.jpg

Guy outside of 'A TOO' with a beautiful 50's restoration blue/white crown track frame.
Seriously nice single speed. Didn't introduce myself properly, too busy perving on his bike.

Messenjah absailing down the side of a building [obligatory joke about couriers going to any length etc etc etc]

A guy in a blue cap riding a new polished bianchi, drops white tape.
Practicing skids on the pavement at the top of digbeth high street.
I would have chatted but I was all kinds of busy.

Doing a skid every time (well sometimes) some pisshead shouts "DO SKID, DO SKID" on a fri/sat night.
They just seem so bloody happy after you do it. I'm just a performing monkey.

anyone got 103 bb square taper?
and some black fixed/free bubs?

Sale/Trade - New 700x25 Continental Ultra Gator Skin £20 or trade for 700x23

Hand-jobs for bike parts - 0800 FIN-4-FUN

REVIVE THE STRATFORD RIDE

Let's do it the weather is getting really good.
My mate did it in just over two and a half hours on sunday.
Lets face it, us pasty bunch of midlanders need a ride to top up that good old fashioned english novelty tan.

When do people think they'd be up for it?

Damn, away also.
Me and Toby were just lulling you into a false sense of security, so come the euros we'll serve your arses on a mallet of fire.
If you do another keep us posted. I'll try to organise one down here, either may or june time in conjunction with a little alleycat (alleykitten? or is that an all female race?).

Yo I'm building a new bike, what - fine ladies and gentlemen of birmingham and beyond - wares do you have that I may exchange for hard currency?
The frame I have in mind is a black surly.

A thank you.

could do with an alloy 27" rim if anyone has such a thing kicking about. Or a wheelset in the same, just remembered I've a decent pair of mod E mavic rims 36H used but nice if anyone's in need of a nice vintage rim.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-Rigida-27-X-1-1-4-Alloy-Rim-Narrow-22-2mm-New_W0QQitemZ350189042330QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item350189042330&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

If he's the guy who oversaw the shut down ungdomshuset he aint that cool. The city is for everyone not just the architects, planners and politicians.
'Lead by example' is the only viable way to encourage cycling to grow. Investment in the bike communications and networks should be driven by those that cycle rather than a central policy. I read recently that oxford and york have received substantial money from the government, and yet these cities have a well established physical and communital infrastructure. Surely the money would have a greater impact in cities/regions such as ours.

As for hills, HTFU.

Cheers Lee, t'was sick.

Hi, a favour to ask of you lot.

If you go in Evans, could you please ask for me by name?

I think the managers stuck me at the bottom of the pecking order on the roster.

Thanks.

Shamim.

I already did, but you weren't there.