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Yes I was a doubter but I saw the light and turned up anyway. Very glad I did, it was a gas, great ride, great pace and great company.

Must put my hands up to my part in the "follow the blue lines" navigation fail but watching it on telly later on I noticed the runners mostly use the wrong side of the road so by riding on the left towards the canary wharf we were always going to be sent the wrong way round the island.

Was amazed by how most of the police and stewards were all smiles waves and good-mornings, with a couple of notable exceptions, particularly the city of london police.

I've got a couple of pics of the group stopped up during a route discussion, I'll post them as soon as I can get the camera, it's lead, a computer and my head all in the same place at the same time.

Thanks, pretty much what I expected.

Having just had a quick google on torque wrenches they do seem to be eyewateringly expensive. I usually guestimate but this time the difference between not enough and too much was so slim.

I've been adjusting the set up on my OTP Lager and tried flipping the stem to lower the bars a bit. To complete this I had to remove the bars and put them back in the right way up.

All fine so far.

On the way into work this morning I hoped up a low kerb and the impact of landing made the bars move a bit. When i got into work i gave the bolts a tighten with a small allen key and POP! with what I thought was very little load the bolt stripped the thread out of the stem.

So my question is: What did I do wrong and what can I do to fix it. I think the solution will probably be "buy a new stem and get someone who knows what they're doing to fit it", but that way I won't learn anything.

Yeah, I know, it's not the same, just thinking of ways it could be more inclusive.

I'm thinking even with small groups if there are more than just a couple of small groups it'll get noticed and it wouldn't take much for the police and stewards to get on their radios and shut it down.

Good luck to those who go tho, got to be worth a try no matter what happens.

1. Brothers Chug_it
   
2. Ved
   
3. Cornelius Marathonfoot
   
4. Skully
   
5. Tomasito
   
6. PinkGottiMobbs
   
7. Broker
   
8. fresh
   
9. 
   10.
   
10. 
    
11. photoben
    
12. George Sportif au leau preau
    
13. JOHNNY_TANG_888
    
14. Spins
    
15. kx.001
    17.coppiThat
    
16. veLLo
    
17. Guerillaphoto
    
18. Aleksi
    
19. wibble
    
20. 
    
21. Gina
    
22. Gloves
    
23. Crowbar
    
24. Barbados
    
25. texas
    28.Jung
    
26. Clefty (i saw her on here earlier, but she got deleted)
    
27. 
    
28. gormley
    
29. Sasmon (I take it that this is not a race?)
    
30. supertony007
    
31. wickerman
    35.
    
32. Walled
    
33. Gustav
    
34. Harry (even though I was like 23 before)
    
35. Heyholetsgo...
    
36. Andrea
    
37. JcGarcia
    
38. kyle
    
39. habbi
    
40. Library Music
    
41. Morgybaby
    
42. JohnnyFitz
    
43. d14vd_h
    
44. Marc-oos
    
45. mackenzie
    
46. robofoxx
    
47. sano
    
48. l3seance
    
49. Strider
    
50. Bobs Dids
    
51. Mann1e
    
52. Last_caress - are 50 odd cyclists going to get away with riding the course?
    
    

As a newbie seems only fair that I fall on my sword too.

Perhaps there is another way of doing something similar that would work with a big group, like rolling round the course as soon as the roads reopen while the crowds are still milling around, or a night ride round the course the night before.

Third time cut, fixed again.

1.Brothers Chug_It
2.Ved

1. Cornelius Marathonfoot
   
2. Skully
   
3. Tomasito
   
4. PinkGottiMobbs
   
5. miss_socks
   
6. Broker
   
7. fresh
   
8. Crazy James (so crazy he messed up the list!)
   
9. Oliver Schick
   
10. emab
    
11. photoben
    
12. damo
    
13. George Sportif au leau preau
    
14. JOHNNY_TANG_888
    
15. jimbilly.
    
16. Spins
    
17. Hovis Brown
    
18. kx.001
    
19. pajamas
    
20. coppiThat
    
21. veLLo
    
22. Guerillaphoto
    
23. Aleksi
    
24. wibble
    
25. tika
    
26. Gina
    
27. Gloves
    
28. Crowbar
    
29. Barbados
    
30. texas
    33.Jung
    
31. Clefty (i saw her on here earlier, but she got deleted)
    
32. beth (i'll try but most likely will fail, so consider me invisible)
    
33. gormley
    
34. Sasmon (I take it that this is not a race?)
    
35. supertony007
    
36. wickerman
    
37. Middleofnowhere
    
38. Walled
    
39. Gustav
    
40. Harry (even though I was like 23 before)
    
41. Heyholetsgo...
    

Lots of list mangling going on, I've been cut twice, is someone trying to tell me something.

Fixed...

1.Brothers Chug_It
2.Ved

1. Cornelius Marathonfoot
   
2. Skully
   
3. Tomasito
   
4. PinkGottiMobbs
   
5. miss_socks
   
6. Broker
   
7. fresh
   
8. Crazy James (so crazy he messed up the list!)
   
9. Oliver Schick
   
10. emab
    
11. photoben
    
12. damo
    
13. George Sportif au leau preau
    
14. JOHNNY_TANG_888
    
15. jimbilly.
    
16. Spins
    
17. Hovis Brown
    
18. kx.001
    
19. pajamas
    
20. coppiThat
    
21. veLLo
    
22. Guerillaphoto
    
23. Aleksi
    
24. wibble
    
25. tika
    
26. Gina
    
27. Gloves
    
28. Crowbar
    
29. Barbados
    
30. texas
    33.Jung
    
31. Clefty (i saw her on here earlier, but she got deleted)
    
32. beth (i'll try but most likely will fail, so consider me invisible)
    
33. gormley
    
34. Sasmon (I take it that this is not a race?)
    
35. supertony007
    
36. wickerman
    
37. Middleofnowhere
    
38. Walled
    
39. Gustav
    
40. Harry (even though I was like 23 before)
    

someone bumped me from the list.

1.Brothers Chug_It
2.Ved

1. Cornelius Marathonfoot
   
2. Skully
   
3. Tomasito
   
4. PinkGottiMobbs
   
5. miss_socks
   
6. Broker
   
7. fresh
   
8. Crazy James (so crazy he messed up the list!)
   
9. Oliver Schick
   
10. emab
    
11. photoben
    
12. damo
    
13. George Sportif au leau preau
    
14. JOHNNY_TANG_888
    
15. jimbilly.
    
16. Spins
    
17. Hovis Brown
    
18. kx.001
    
19. pajamas
    
20. coppiThat
    
21. veLLo
    
22. Guerillaphoto
    
23. Aleksi
    
24. wibble
    
25. tika
    
26. Gina
    
27. Gloves
    
28. Crowbar
    
29. Barbados
    
30. texas
    33.Jung
    
31. Clefty (i saw her on here earlier, but she got deleted)
    
32. beth (i'll try but most likely will fail, so consider me invisible)
    
33. gormley
    
34. Sasmon (I take it that this is not a race?)
    
35. supertony007
    
36. wickerman
    
37. Walled
    
38. middleofnowhere
    

This is an excellent idea, can I come too?

1.Brothers Chug_It
2.Ved

1. Cornelius Marathonfoot
   
2. Skully
   
3. Tomasito
   
4. PinkGottiMobbs
   
5. miss_socks
   
6. Broker
   
7. fresh (bout time somebody respectable was at number 10!)
   
8. Crazy James (so crazy he messed up the list!)
   
9. Oliver Schick
   
10. emab
    
11. photoben
    
12. damo
    
13. George Sportif au leau preau
    
14. JOHNNY_TANG_888
    
15. jimbilly.
    
16. Spins
    
17. Hovis Brown
    
18. kx.001
    
19. pajamas
    
20. coppiThat
    
21. veLLo
    
22. Guerillaphoto
    
23. Aleksi
    
24. wibble
    
25. tika
    
26. Gina
    
27. Gloves
    
28. Crowbar
    
29. Barbados
    
30. texas
    33.Jung
    
31. Clefty (i saw her on here earlier, but she got deleted)
    
32. beth (i'll try but most likely will fail, so consider me invisible)
    
33. gormley
    
34. Sasmon (I take it that this is not a race?)
    
35. supertony007
    
36. wickerman
    
37. middleofnowhere
    

Right my penny's worth...

Londonpaper - Shit little rag, less newspaper than litter-in-waiting, good enough reason to cycle in it's self just to avoid those tree murdering bastards getting in your way at tube stations while thrusting their ignorance pamphlets at you. **BUT **they are doing a focus on cycling which is positive and good for all of us, so fair play.

Kyle - I'd possibly think he's a cock if I met him, he'd probably think I was a cock, either of us might be right. **BUT **he rides a bike and has big-upped the forum so he is de-facto OK.

In fact I am Kyle, and so's my wife.

Could you have given your work address? That way if someone "sends the boys round" less chance you'd be on your own.

I like my bike like I like my women. Imported from the Far East at exploitatively low prices.

That's a good way to get going. I've been considering when to give fixed a go but there's always a "good" reason no to do it today... Like "I've got to get used to the new bike's handling first" or "Can't be a weekday cos I don't want the first experience to involve flailing around in traffic half asleep on my morning commute" or Can't do this weekend as I've got all this stuff to do".

If anyone wants to pop round and flip my wheel while I'm not looking...

Was aimed at the original piece as your post was near simultaneous but if the shoe fits...

Lazy bit of student writing. Trying to hide lack of ideas behind a smokescreen of pointlessly complex words.

agreed... low gag reflex. OH man, how horrible for the guy that owns it... I'm sure its a very nice ride! Enjoy!

Oops, I bought an SE just like that a week ago as my first ss. Switched the pedals and moved the levers to the end of the horns, and the top tube protector didn't even make it out the shop but yeah it's still a bit lairy. Love riding it tho so I don't care.

Had a go on the Brocky park track a while ago on my MTB, nearly came a cropper on the double jump thing where your meant to clear both humps in one, came up a bit short, a few inches shorter and it could have been nasty.

A friend put me onto this site http://www.radbmx.co.uk/ as I've got myself a BMX to fix up, doubt there will be any freebies but the forum has heaps of stuff for sale...

I try not to race anything and everything at any time but I just can't resist. As I currently ride an MTB with skinny tyres I kill at that commuter game. Going shopping for my first ever fixie tomorrow so things will change, you'll all be getting plenty of points passing the clueless wobbling newbie.

I've always figured the greater danger is to the guy drafting than the guy towing so I only do it on roads I know well when there is no other traffic about. Don't mind people shadowing me either so long as they take their turn on the front.

Just to say thank you to everyone for a memorable ride, pace was fine for me but then I was the interloper on the MTB (carrying a track pump for reasons too dull to explain). I'll definitely be back for more, just got to put my money where my mouth is and get me that bike I've been looking for.

For what it's worth, best bits for me were:
-Charging through an unlit park up by Barnes following a stream of flashing red lights trying to pick out obstacles with the bream from my front led.
-Some pedestrian on one bridge shouting "what are you doing?" and having 30-40 people shout back in near perfect unison "riding our bikes".
-Waiting in Parliament Sq for Big Ben to strike midnight, then leaving on-mass, bikes flooding onto Westminster Bridge approach from every direction, it looked like an invasion.
-Having missed the Millenium Bridge (never spotted the left turn) pulling up to the lights on Lower Thames St with the other half of the ride coming the opposite direction.
-Having a beer and a chat outside city hall at 1 o'clock in the moring (I'm terrible with names but the guy with the Pearson Frame I owe you a beer mate).

Bumped off the list, I'll have a second go at putting myself on.

1. lurker103
   
2. nosferatu
   
3. dicki
   
4. Velocio
   
5. towtow
   
6. thecrane
   
7. fllc
   
8. alockett
   
9. wibble
   
10. mmc"no jacket required"carthy
    
11. sorethroat
    
12. Harry
    
13. fresh (if I'm free)
    14.5 dovoneil
    
14. villa-ru
    
15. yeh731
    
16. miss_socks
    
17. hoops
    
18. jaygee & VeeVee (together as one)
    
19. Spins
    
20. BlueQuinn
    
21. Mann1e
    
22. wickerman
    
23. Ombre
    
24. veLLo
    
25. moog
    
26. Jung (provided new wheels are go)
    
27. philjay + 1
    
28. CrazyJames
    
29. coppiThat
    
30. owenreed
    
31. STE5
    
32. Anrias
    
33. P!mp
    
34. MattS
    
35. twelve
    
36. marcoisapolo
    
37. The Joker
    
38. Charco
    
39. George Sportif
    
40. wools
    
41. emab
    
42. Pistanator
    
43. Bernie
    
44. gizmond
    
45. Dilworth
    
46. letrekk
    
47. hillbilly
    
48. Persian
    
49. cake
    
50. Don Cornholio
    
51. wilda
    
52. dylan
    
53. tommy
    
54. ondine
    
55. purple_tom
    
56. marco
    
57. cengiz
    
58. superDean
    
59. keanu.. the fast
    
60. damo.
    
61. chatters
    
62. Skiver
    
63. asm
    
64. crhm
    
65. Mobidog +2
    
66. Andrea
    
67. Mielie
    
68. Broker
    
69. RENE
    
70. gormley
    
71. Vinylpimp
    
72. Deluka
    
73. kattt
    
74. Markyboy
    
75. Kipsy - just to up the average age of the group (though I'll skip if its teeming down again)
    
76. dante
    
77. ive2dogs
    
78. Magpie00
    
79. samS
    
80. jaimes
    
81. S/J
    
82. Dangeruss
    
83. juicebox
    
84. (the apparently hasty) Khornight
    
85. (the always right) Nick-Nack
    
86. NYLON
    
87. Mattty
    
88. d14vd_h
    
89. Johnny fitz
    
90. (((toughknuckles)))
    
91. Ronnald MacNastie
    
92. T.O.M.B
    
93. Heyholetsgo
    
94. Charco
    
95. Harry
    
96. elguapo
    
97. Jayloo
    
98. Morgybaby
    
99. robertstrack
    
100. Alex
     
101. BigSteev
     103 Nick + 3
     
102. Balki
     
103. diapo
     
104. Adam Laucht
     
105. hoonz
     
106. elmo (maybe +1)
     
107. Marc
     
108. Steves
     
109. Badger
     
110. JAH tim
     
111. blonde matt +1
     
112. samuelglanville
     
113. middleofnowhere +1
     

I'll take place 51 if you'll have me and I'm bringing a friend.

1. lurker103
   
2. nosferatu
   
3. dicki
   
4. Velocio
   
5. towtow
   
6. thecrane
   
7. fllc
   
8. alockett
   
9. wibble
   
10. mmc"no jacket required"carthy
    
11. sorethroat
    
12. Harry
    
13. fresh (if I'm free)
    14.5 dovoneil
    
14. villa-ru
    
15. yeh731
    
16. miss_socks
    
17. hoops
    
18. jaygee & VeeVee (together as one)
    
19. Spins
    
20. BlueQuinn
    
21. Mann1e
    
22. wickerman
    
23. Ombre
    
24. veLLo
    
25. moog
    
26. Jung (provided new wheels are go)
    
27. philjay + 1
    
28. CrazyJames
    
29. coppiThat
    
30. owenreed
    
31. STE5
    
32. Anrias
    
33. P!mp
    
34. MattS
    
35. twelve
    
36. marcoisapolo
    
37. The Joker
    
38. Charco
    
39. George Sportif
    
40. wools
    
41. emab
    
42. Pistanator
    
43. Bernie
    
44. gizmond
    
45. Dilworth
    
46. letrekk
    
47. hillbilly
    
48. Persian
    
49. cake
    
50. middleofnowhere +1
    
51. wilda
    
52. dylan
    
53. tommy
    
54. ondine
    
55. purple_tom
    
56. marco
    
57. cengiz
    
58. superDean
    
59. keanu.. the fast
    
60. damo.
    
61. chatters
    
62. Skiver
    
63. asm
    
64. crhm
    
65. Mobidog +2
    
66. Andrea
    
67. Mielie
    
68. Broker
    
69. RENE
    
70. gormley
    
71. Vinylpimp
    
72. Deluka
    
73. kattt
    
74. Markyboy
    
75. Kipsy - just to up the average age of the group (though I'll skip if its teeming down again)
    
76. dante
    
77. ive2dogs
    
78. Magpie00
    
79. samS
    
80. jaimes
    
81. S/J
    
82. Dangeruss
    
83. juicebox
    
84. (the apparently hasty) Khornight
    
85. (the always right) Nick-Nack
    
86. NYLON
    
87. Mattty
    
88. d14vd_h
    
89. Johnny fitz
    
90. (((toughknuckles)))
    
91. Ronnald MacNastie
    
92. T.O.M.B
    
93. Heyholetsgo
    
94. Charco
    
95. Harry
    
96. elguapo
    
97. Jayloo
    
98. Morgybaby
    
99. robertstrack
    
100. Alex
     
101. BigSteev
     103 Nick + 3
     
102. Balki
     
103. diapo
     
104. Adam Laucht
     
105. hoonz
     
106. elmo (maybe +1)
     
107. Marc
     
108. Steves
     
109. Badger
     

[FONT=Arial]This Might be a stupid question but… Is this ride restricted to single speeds and fixies only (yeah I know clue’s in the forum name).[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial]I’m looking to buy a single speed and found this site while researching but I don’t have one yet and this ride looks fun. I guess there is prob a strong community spirit element to this ride and I wouldn’t want to step on anyones toes.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial]So, can I come too?[/FONT]