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will be there with a couple of mates - we are training into london somewhere from beaconsfield after riding there from not too far away and then riding across london to the start

then luckily the wags are driving across for a girls night out to give us a cosy lift home after breccie

Looking forward to it - this will be the furthest ive riden on fixed after the chiltern 100 last year, just getting some miles in to and from work and working out what gear to use

Ive just started up coaching mtb skills near amersham and wanna let people know about it. (been on here a while just dont post that often) Off road but some of you must ride mtbs now and then

The more people know about it the sooner i can quit the day job!

http://www.atthesummit.co.uk

As this is through the CTC you can class me as an ole'duffer with a beard

The best way to store the energy is to pump it back into the national grid taking advantage of government subsidies to effectively offeset your normal usage. Therefore you energy is used by someone else but you get the benefits... You may even be able to apply for a local authority grant to offset the additional costs - not sure if you could stretch it to a custom built frame as this would be more efficiant for energy production though....

New regulation coming in next year will also mean you get money fo the amount of generation you have regardless of how much you produce back to the grid to incentivise people to invest in microgen

Not really on topic but close.
I run mtb skills courses up near amersham at weekends if anyone is looking to brush up their mtb skills.

If interested drop me a line and I can get you the available dates.

Let me know when you contact that you are from the site and you will get the discounted rate of 25quid for three hours

Andy

I work for one of the big bad energy companies - will runt he idea of fattie power stations past my boss

Would love one of the rigs set up more efficiently than 25 percent for my house.

Anyone know if directly driving the motor rather than transfer through the tyre and better setup bikes would do the job?

Added my scribble to the list

Was riding on town on saturday and spotted a nice brakeless mercian with spinergy front wheel.
parked up next to it by vodafone... Mine was the baby blue and cream.

Rode calshot on sunday which was crazy... had 11 novice riders doing a scratch race at the end of the session - no idea what was going on... back again for another go in may...

yeah silver seatpost would look better but the whole bike stands me at about £100 now so will replace as and when required.

After going on a pub ride and having the tatiest looking bike there it was out with the rattle cans and a couple of new shiney bits to turn it from a rusty old heap, to something a little kinder on the eye.

Makes my commute to work all the better...

Some new wheels on there way to complete in time for going round the track at Calshot.

I always use Ride Snow in Ashley Cross/Lower Parkstone for bits and bobs when im down that way.

Seem friendly enough, but usually in for the simple stuff. But they did build me a lovely set of Hope singlespeed mtb wheels.

stuck a post on about the theft.

Bike from skip - not exactly theif material...

Stinks a bit of bandwagon jumping - we have this sort of thing at work all the time...

"Lets promote cycling - yeah - oh you really use your bike and want some facilities at work to keep it safe, get changed - what you travel more than a mile on it... Woooah hold on thats not what we were talking about.. We want to offer you a leaflet about safer cycling, and tick our box on corporate responsibility"

Got some showers now though people seem to use it as a dumping ground and at least i dont stink at my desk anymore.

off to calshot in april and may for my first track riding experience...

I have some friends that ride there all the time and describe it as a wall of death..

Down that way occaisonally as my other halfs folks live in parkstone - usually ride over the purbecks down to lullworth on the geared bike or ss mtb.

not taken the fixie down there as not long had it and not sure i could cope with a long ride on it yet, or up/down some of the hills.

usually end up in le batau in lower parkstone for post ride drinkies..

yeah i know a few good routes - at the moment most of them are under snow!! Still!!

Riding over from Maidenhead to Bourne End with some mates then onto Marlow on thursday evening just to have a few beers.. Not really a night ride but any welcome.

Will be doing some longer rides once it gets a bit warmer and heading off towards some good pubs over towards watlington.

Hello,

I think the form is to introduce yourself first so here goes:

I live out west of london near the chilterns so have a fair few hills round here so mostly ride my singlespeed mtb and geared road bike - but got given (well for £20) my first fixed wheel bike last november.

Will post some pics when i get round to taking some.

its a really old (70s/80s) - far too big for me - odd sized wheels - Raleigh Carlton in purple

Genius - use it now for commuting 30mile round trip, pub rides - coming down off the chilterns from the pub in the dark has been interesting a few times.

Hopefully catch some of you on some of the london events as they are not far on the train or if anyone is out this way up in the hills would welcome some rides.

Just noticed how old this thread is - oh well...

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Hi, ive not long got my first fixie too...

£20 from a mate who was upgrading...

Its an old 70s/80s Carlton if the stickers on the frame are right but it serves me well for commute...

Only problem is i now want something nice as well - but my budget is significantly less than yours.