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To the guy whistling to your personal stereo, on what looked like a SS but with a Sturmey Archer(?) hub, most of the way down Kingsland Rd, 9.30pm... I didn't mean to appear to be racing you. I'm sorry. I would've told you this but I could literally hear your headphones over the traffic.

Nice / intriguing bike!

I once saw a man riding up Seven Sisters Road on a bike with about 16:16, at about 5pmh. I didn't understand what I was looking at. Was he a bike dancer?? Maybe he was dancing at Cantelowes skatepark?

i'm going to take my track pump along just so i don't have to endure all those people riding with hoplessly flat tyres (for some reason it really worries me). might also bring some tools so i can alter some seat heights

Pipe cutters for all those wide bars?

Surely most 'non-cyclists' don't have a bike?

I think it means the frame's not worth much but the price REFLECTS (not relates to) the value of the back wheel.

Why would the BNP hate the colours? It's closer to the colour of white people than any other type of coloured people.

It's got a very haunting quality. Man and machine. I often look at this in the morning and think, ooohh, I'd like to kiss her!

As i ride past i suggested it would be a good idea if he used the little switch located next to his steering wheel. Turn around and see the window cleaner jets go off.

Sounds like a pretty funny visual comeback by the driver to be honest!

I have a friend who swears by raincoats for wet weather

Must look right silly wearing one over the legs

OAP dude (80+) crawling past Stamford Hill Station on a green SS with a v.slack chain

I have a similar problem except it's coming from the left hand crank (I'm guessing, it only happens when pedalling with the left crank anyway) and is more of a creaking cracking sound. There was a slight bit of play between the crank and the bb spindle which I got rid of by tightening the nut on the spindle but the sound is still there. It happens more so when I'm pedalling slowly rather than keeping a constant forward pressure whilst pedalling fast. Any ideas?

Just lube between the pedal and crank? If it's happening while you're accelerating that's because there's more strain. I often neglect this area and have heard this sound. Feels like BB but it's the pedal.

I bought one new and the crank arm is definitely attached to the chainring.

Mine looks like this though:
http://www.velosolo.co.uk/pictures/DSCN3615.JPG

I'm from Norwich, didn't start riding fixed till I moved to London a year and a half ago. Might come back with my bike at some point. (Hi benjaminbunny, it's Jop)

I literally had no idea what was meant by "standalone bicycle chains" for a good few moments.

I like my like-a-bike like my bike. Like a bike.

Yeah my cottered cranks drive me nuts, every time I tighten them it feels like another nail in their coffin. Might replace soon...

My beloved Dawes.

I love it. The kind of bike I stop and look at in the street.

Here's another Dawes that my girlfriend rides now.

Probably the heaviest looking tall bike I've ever seen.

going **east **along kingsland road

From one side of the road to the other? :)

Thanks but I think I've got one sorted

Stab in the dark before investing in a new build... anyone got a spare (with track hub) kicking around? Nothing flashy necessarily, just something to fill the void after a theft.

Or even if you just have a hub or a rim please let me know...

THANKS

Had my back wheel nicked outside Barden's on Stoke Newington High St last night. As I locked up I thought "I wish I had two locks", OH GREAT

Oh, and for what it's worth, it's an Ambrosio (little blue sticker) silver rim with a black Bontrager Racelight 23" tyre, flip-flop hub, with an 18t cog and lockring.

I'm slightly excited about getting a new wheel but obviously wasn't prepared financially. If anyone can help me out with spares please let me know.

Had my back wheel nicked outside Barden's on Stoke Newington High St last night. As I locked up I thought "I wish I had two locks", OH GREAT

I ride SS brakeless and just use the backs of cars and buses as a brake. I'm always covered in blood

Mr Brown has a nice article here < http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html#tension > on how to get chain tension even

I take it there's no way of doing this, or any equivalent technique, if I have a vintage chainring with no stack bolts?

I liked how some workers digging up the road on Stamford Hill made the effort to strap a ghost bike up high to move it out the way, rather than removing it.