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Purple LeveL.

sweet.

Been tinkering around with my Angus for a while now, reckon it feels finished in this setup:

always been curious about this bike. I've been on a Mark V as my work horse for nearly 5 years and it's been great. From what i understand this is a step or two up? Like a legitimate tube set and such right?

you guys are very very serious people. lighten up. I know it's a cold tough world out there, but it can still be warm and cozy in here.

scott not scott, maybe you sould reconsider. here's an editorial on the matter.

http://bikefag.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/hipster-road-biking/

Anyway. The solution to pain while riding 120 miles on a fixed (with a bad back to top things off) likely isn't cramming bar ends all over the place. I'd start with shit like drop bars, gears and brakes. But what do I know?

Don't take me seriously here. Ride what ever makes you happy.

Or take me seriously. I don't care.

Feel free to expand upon your WTF comment. I'm sure you'll have some great, well informed reasoning behind it.

hey thanks for the go-ahead, bro

first...
http://www.discountramps.com/petImages/dog-backpack-3.jpg

and then...
http://bp2.blogger.com/_LY-9PTRzghw/SJbwhdvJvEI/AAAAAAAACZU/SV2EocBHJj0/s400/dentist_tennis_ball.gif

are the cat and i the only ones thinking "WTF?"

indeed and the rest of the country too.

seems ironic that this is a cycling community and we are slagging off the cyclists, but yesterday nearly started a thread myself about the amount of fair weather cyclists around at mo.
it makes us look bad when there are these people veering all over the place, shit control skills and piss poor bike handling.

so, more level 3 training-Londoners are lucky lots of boroughs offer it.
(and even level 2 for many 'returning cyclists') point it to people theres all sorts of shizzle promotions like 'women on wheels' some of it free.
also massive public awareness campaign for us, i.e pointing out wtf ASLS are supposed to do, its fair to say that a huge proportion of drivers passed their tests before they were even introduced. The ASL by the way is now accepted practice in London, youre lucky,many of the rest of the countrys local authorities still have engineers, highways staff who need persauding that cyclists are even to be acknowledged.
Rest assured there are people hassling staff who make decisions on infrastructure, routes, training, quality provision, home zones.

i was going to say that as cyclists we should encourage a more didactic community. It would be interesting to literally organize some classes. could be a fundraiser. once a month. I bet it would pack out.

Removed the green fucking path to the ASL, and hopefully people don't follow it to their death;

this is exactly why cars and bikes simply can't be on the same street without some level of systematic danger. i mean it just isn't possible without a major change in traffic patterns. people think bikes lanes are the answer, but they aren't.

Teach a good 80% of cyclists in london how to not ride like a tool might help.

this is the biggest thing. I truly think that people need to go riding with a "coach" for a couple of weeks before going out on their own in metropolitan areas. I do this with all of my friends that i get on bikes. I'm watching how the ride, and pointing out dangerous things they are doing. It really allows them to quckly learn how to ride in traffic competently. A lot of what it takes to ride in traffic seems completely counterintuitive at first.

the other thing is that there need to be legitimate cycling routes where cars are very limited, cyclists have right of way, go signals, etc. I'm talking whole streets need to be blocked off. Not just bike lanes. Would be good for the community, anyway.

this gets a little sappy, but still it's kind of a good representation of a dream i often have.
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/transportation-ethics/

thread is looking good.

they aint gonna be great becuase the buckles hang off the end of the leather. plus the leather looks shoddy.

notice on these how the buckle comes off the leather a few CM from the end. (thats not a shadow... thats part of the strap)
http://www.chariandconyc.com/images/products/thumb/IMG_0721.jpg

would work though, if you're on a budget.

ooooooohhhhh the mysterious plot thickens

Thought as much. NOw part two - I cannot get the bastards off... any thoughts?

spanner for proper tools, and be sure you are wrenching them properly. The left side is counter-threaded. That is, clockwise rotation removes the left side.

if its a quill stem put a bar in it and just twist it
as you twist it lift it up like a sort of spiral action
if its really really stuck you might snap the bar so get a bar with a thicker walling
i dont think the stem will bend/break so i would give it a try but its up to you

do not do this.

you can bend your fork.

huge fail.

Mercian track frame,
bought from lucky7, thanks the nice guy
now I got the nice frame

beautiful.
gorgeous.
i would stick a faster gear on it and better straps, but thats a helluva pretty bike.

gah, it's Fosters I tell ya, getting me a bit fighty, and Jersey's seemed like he got the thread least. Not that I even get the thread.

i'm just enthusiastic. i get excited.

i see what you did there

obviously not asking you.

out of curiosity, is your left crank arm farther from the left chainstay, than the right crank arm is from the right stay (while in rotation)?

i'm afraid to post in this thread, but if i follow the logic of this gang bang corrrectly, shouldn't you be adding 16.75 to 56? I mean you're trying to quantify the displacement from the center line, right?

i've literally never measured chainline so i don't know. I just eyeball it and move the hub, space the BB, or whatever's easiest/possible.

Anyway go to town.

In terms of handling, is there really that much difference between proper track geometry frames? Say, like between a Fuji Track and a Bianchi Pista for example? Or any other true track geometry frames out there (so discount, Langsters, Surly Steamrollers, etc. etc.), which would you say had perfected their geometry in terms of flickable, responsive, handling without being overly twitchy? Cheers.

For a confident flickable sensation as though the bike is directly under your ass and is turning on rails: Short chainstays.

For a fast handling in that the bike responds very sensitively to your weight shifts: Steep headtube angle

if you want a stable bike that works well at low speeds and still is very fun (not quick, but flickable) to handle, you sould look for a bike with relatively relaxed geometry and a short chainstay. You'll need to find the right gear ratio which allows you to run the shortest chain length you can.

Also raising the handle bars (riser bars), and getting short stem (MTB/BMX style) puts your weight over the back wheel can increase the "flickable" sensation.

True track bikes have very steep angles don't come into their own until you get to higher speeds and are relatively twitchy at lower speeds.

I use Milwaukee Bicycle Co. (also known as "Ben's Cycle") and also I use The Bike Biz if i can't find what i want at Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Bicycle Co is located with a large bike community and also has close ties to Waterford Cycles a high end custom bike company which is a spin off of Schwinn. Milwaukee Bicycle Co have their own line of relatively high end semi-custom frames which are made by Waterford Cycles.

The Bike Biz basically only sells fixed gear parts, but be prepare to wait for shipping.