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im also currently looking for work. ive just finished my broadcasting degree so im up on video/audio, and im also a bit of a graphics guy on the side.

ive ridden them for a long time, i still find them awkward. the only way i can get in them tightly is to lean down and pull them onto my foot with my hands. otherwise thier just too loose to do anything useful.

i made some power grips last week, and i love them. i still have to lean down to get them on tight, but its much easier to do, and i can do it without looking. because of the self tightening action you can wear any shoes and your always as tight as can be, unlike straps which are always a bit loose so that you can get into the bloody things.

its debatable but i reckon ss is faster on a commute. i live in an area with long hills and i ride 52-17. i can spin up to a point where i outgear and then tuck into a really aero position to hit ridiculous speeds. i dont think you could go as fast as this on a FG, as well as a Fg having to have a slightly more relaxed ratio due to have to pedel all of the time.

that said, FG is more fun to ride.

those bikes at 100%design would be porn, if it wasnt for the sacralidge of all the flat and riser bars stuck on them. a road bike is not the place such bars should belong.

that bridgestone would look ace with a black seat tube and some black bar tape, at the moment the red just makes it look tacky.

when i reconnect a chain with my chainbreaker, i am often left with a link that is tighter than the rest. after some miles it loosens, but id like to be able to avoid this altogather.

how do i avoid getting a stiff link?

ive just been making some DIY powergrips, and i am very suprised by how much i like them.

however im not sure exactly where to have my feet placed on the pedals. i tend to ride just behind the ball of my foot, however im not sure if this is good cycling practise.

i did mine with a hacksaw, a dremel and then by hand with sanpaper to smooth. shouldnt be hard to cut off. be careful not to dig into the tubing if your using a hacksaw.

that gum tire looks nice, however i cant get the image of a roll of cellotape out of my head,

i ride 52-17 SS. its fast as hell and ive learned to ride it well after years of SS on various bikes in hilly cornwall.

scince i ve been riding drop bars ive never understood how people find riding the hoods comfortable. i ride almost exclusivly in the drops, or by the stem when im relaxing.

maybe my bars are too low, but when i ride the hoods all my weight is on my bent wrists and elbows which just isnt comfortable. i much prefere having straigheter arms in the drops.

sadly shes not into bikes, somthing i plan to infulence come xmas. i might ride down to herne hill in the morning when shes laying in, or alternativly i could just stay there and ride her.

im off up to london to see my lady this weekend, however we have hardly any money between us.

what fun things can we get up to on a meagre budget/ what stuff can we go see see for free?

i love the origional hetchens inspiration, it probably the best bike ive seen, and yours looks great. thought it looked a bit naff until i saw the painted pictures, looks great.

i love that white forkless bike, i want one!

that song is great, there is an english version called "chick magnet" which i listen to almost daily at the moment. it was in tarantinos death proof, that film has a great soundtrack.

i wear some safety glasses i got with my dremel. i wear them cause the cold salty air plays havoc with my eyes and i get styes which is pretty irritating.

i find that alot of sunglasses block most of the air, but also channel it at a higher pressure into your eyes, so the shape/size is pretty important.

i get some wierd looks when i forget im wearing the safety glasses and walk around with them on.

does anyone have any idea how far it is from victoria to camden? my girlfriend lives there and i fancy cycling there as i hate public transport.

cant put gears back on, dont want buy a track frame just yet (im well poor). it is indeed a conversion.

i think im going to have to construct my own tug system which i cant screw/bolt to the dropouts. i keep slipping out but im not sure if this is to do with my imperfect chainline, or if it is just going to happen anyway.

hmm, just realised that i dont have rear facing dropouts, thier front facing. i dont think tugs are going to work here, anyone have any experience?

aha, i get it now, much simpler than i thought!

i understand how they work, but how are they actually attached? do i have to brake them to the dropouts? if so how do they come off to change the wheel ect?

i think i need some tugs as i keep coming loose. however i dont really understand how they attach to the rear dropouts. can someone show me picture or explain?

hmm, maybe i wasnt looking hard enough :) my current 52 is indeed on an old double chainset and i ride on 27". find this a very comfortable ratio to ride on.

the hills here are a bit mental, but after riding for 3 years on this ratio here ive got very used to it, when im not riding this bike i ride a 50s raleigh with rod brakes which is stupidly heavy which has helped me to get stronger. after riding that for a week anything else feels like riding a razor.

i want somthing that will fit a sugino xd or somthing similar, im not sure that a standard chainring from a double set will fit.

ive been riding a old ss road bike for years before i realised fg even existed and was popular. im cornish, thing take along time to seep down here :) im not too knowledgeable to how gearing ratios work, so bear with me.

i currently ride 52-17, simply because it conviently has a fairly straight chainline. 52-17 isnt a ratio ive seen thrown around on forums much, and cant seem to find any 52t track rings on any sites.

what ratio do you think i go to seeing as this is the gear im comfortable with.

i stripped mine with nitromors, i recommend the stuff in the can, you can layer it on real thick and have it all off in in hour. the spray version will require you try buy 3 or 4 cans and you cant get the thick coating to get it all off in one go.

i didnt use a wire brush, but i did you use a fine wire bit in my dremel for the lugs, and 240 sanding paper to get rid of rust on the tubes

ive been wanting to try these for a while. ive been using clips and straps for years but im never satisfied with the tightness, either theyre too loose or so tight i cant get in or out of them easily.

does the bracket aid in the tightening action, or do they work just as well without like scotts?

if you have a 3 speed hub bloody well use it, theyre lovely to ride with and brilliantly engineered. i rode a 50s raliegh roadster for about 6months as my commuter. heavy as fuck but glorious to ride.

can you even buy new 3 speed hubs?