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i hope im not repeating anyone but in terms of wet conditions caliper brakes on road bikes, regardless of pad choice and groupset, have vastly reduced purchase on the rim. ultegra and chorus brakes i have used will be 50percent less effective at stopping and as the aluminum-wet powder crap builds up and this worsens during wet rides. A fixed drivetrain allows the majority of decelaration to be done without skidding and even during wet conditions the tyre and road friction from a skid seems to remain effective in comparison to the concentrated and lubricated area of a brake pad on metal.

What I tend to do is drag the brakes gentley to get the crap/water off the rim. I am rarely going fast on a racer in the rain anyway.

thats true i definetly dont rate the serato scratch bull shit, if your gonna dj do it like a man with vinyl

Mate has got a serato scratch, looked like a pretty decent bit of kit. Mind you he does have quite a hundred records.

There's just the one hippy bastard..

sorry hippy I edited.

A typical mish-mash of ill-informed comments, seemingly well-meaning in that condescending sort of way that people can have who probably feel secure in what they perceive to be the majority opinion while somehow imagining they're being original and solving really pressing problems ...

FWIW, the digested viewing:

. Cycling is neither 'cheap' nor 'absolutely green'. On either count, the truth is more moderately attired.

. He is right to be concerned about footway cycling, but the conclusions he draws from this as to what ought to be done are the usual over-reaction.

. There are actually very few collisions arising from footway cycling.

. Cyclists are quite often insured.

  . A registration scheme would be a major disincentive to cycling and at any rate unworkable. ‘I remember the days when we used to register our dogs at the post office’. Killer argument.

. And eventually he lets the cat out of the bag and reveals what he really wants and what inspired the rest of this tosh--tax bicycles. Superb idea.

** The digested viewing, digested:**

You don't say.

In the guys defense, at least he wasn't demonising us like most of the media.

that book by him what wrote the wire.
do we need a wire thread?

BEST TV SHOW EVER MADE...SIMPLY AMAZING

Been reading this week "Muscle" by John Hotton, about the crazy world of body builders.

and the inner maths geek in me has read "50 mathematical ideas...you really need to know" by Tony Crilly, learn't quite a lot I didn't know and I have studied degree level maths.

Got the ginger man from J.P. Donleavy waiting for me to read, plus another 10 books I should read.

Fucking awesome!!

Fiendish bicyclists! You keep multiplying and getting more rights!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/7787682.stm

Makes a change the gent was putting across a rational opinion.

I would probably agree. Although they're not always that easy to to remove. I had a hard time fitting new one a couple of weeks back! I dread to think how hard it will be to try and remove... :S

The power links came undone with my fingers on the orbit.

Fixed Gear riders will do what mountain biking did about 10 years ago, having bikes that are only good for doing that particular style of riding an nowt else i.e. trials bikes, DH, jump etc.

This may be a repost/relist but i haven't cheaked this thread in a while:

I own one of those hats. I been called a king cnut many times while cycling...brings a smile to my face.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peugeot-Road-Racing-Bike_W0QQitemZ330294756066QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item330294756066&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

The second peugeot is the same model as I have, Frame is 1979 I believe.

I enjoy doing that but *with *the back wheel locked up, and let the bike skid over whatever rocks n crap in the way.

And why do you want to pull endo's?

Twisted Endo + Trackstand = Quick U-Turn.

Something like this ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bp8X2g1AR4

But on a mountain bike

Though I am pretty rubbish at performing bike tricks.

Fixed is safer in the winter as you dont need to rely on your front brake so much. Most accidents are caused by pulling too hard on the front brake on wet/icy roads, especially when cornering.

As you are able to regulate your speed nice and smoothly with your legs, the bike handles better

Off topic but,

My first bike was a beat up peugeot racer, the rear brake didn't work too well (not at all really), as a consequence I learnt to perfect braking with the front and not rely at all on the back brake at all.

Subsequently though I find it really hard to pull endos on my mountain bike, I always want to release the brake.

I find a back brake is only any good at controlling the speed going downhill (road) for obvious reasons.

Though I have found that if you are going down something steep (offroad) on a moutain bike using the rear to control your speed the back will lock up quite easily, so you end up feathering the front brake with your arse over the back wheel.

BTW I don't ride fixed (Yet).

that just reminded me of this, it was brought into the shop the other day with a bag of parts and a "can you make this work". I didn't take a picture of it but the crank was a double ring riveted type with the outer ring cut off with a angle grinder.

What do you mean a free wheel wont work as a lock ring?

and yes the bars dont reach the end of the grips.

Pretty sure that is the same peugeot frame that I have. Same lugs, same cut outs and same forks.

It a pity the bike could have been alright :(

i have always wanted a bread maker so i could create my own concoctions / loaves !
the stuff in the shops is soooo expensive these days

Most of it tastes like cardboard as well.

Sorry, I am a marlborough red man only. I've had the odd puff once a month with a beer; taken me more than two years to get through a pack of 20.

this guy always makes me think of russell brand. ...

there is a resemblance. Maybe in a few years he will start going bold and putting on enough weight.

If it is they can't read it, so it doesn't matter.

Blind People read Braille.

I would be up for this but only if I could be in a training montage (with music) to get myself ready for the final event where I win (just) by beating the bad guy (Hillbilly ;) then crying, snogging the female lead and then being carried on everyones sholders into the night.

Stop watching Rocky everynight. :D

I thought the bike looked alright but if this:

really is where you choose to keep your cash i hope you have it secured in there somehow so that the scally that chooses to mug you for it has to cut your leg off at the knee to make off with your money.
Furthermore i hope said scally does this with a rusty, aids and hep carrying knife so that the rest of your life is not only cut mighty short but is painful and depressing possibly leading to you ending your own life before the diseases do it for you.

Are you using these scare tactics to persuade people to open high interest saving accounts?

I noticed that the code says you must not

[]carry a passenger unless your cycle has been built or adapted to carry one
[]hold onto a moving vehicle or trailer
[]ride in a dangerous, careless or inconsiderate manner
[]ride when under the influence of drink or drugs, including medicine

Has anyone been stopped by the police for riding home shit-faced/battered/inebriated?

have done 1,2 and 4. :S

Used to give a girl I worked with, a lift home (her sitting on the rear pannier rack).

This link about Belisha is very interesting. A decent and far sighted man wronged by evil men.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWbelisha.htm

Thanks for the link, very interesting.

Slightly off topic, My grandad always calls Zebra crossing "belisha" crossings after the guys comissioned them. It rubbed off on me and I call them belisha crossing every now and then, with the result of friends giving me lond odd looks.

Whats the disc caliper at the front for?
All that bother converting it to a snow bike and couldnt be arsed removing the front brake.
Fail.

Unless it is a photoshop, surely they have converted a DH bike, maybe the guy wants to ride it normally afterwards i.e. with two wheels.

On that note, is it just me that remembers the term used to be 'splitting image' before the '80's TV show that made a pun on the expression and turned it into 'Spitting Image'?

I've had this discussion/argument with a few people, but they claim it was, and always has been, 'spitting image'. But that makes no sense!

Help me out here!

I am just a little too young to really remember Spitting Image being on TV.