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Oh man…

I got beaten to the line by of these on drag sprints wayyy back…

A true ‘Dude I almost had you’ moment.

Sick bike. GLWS

Just seen that vivalo commuting home AGAIN whoo arrr uuuuu!!???

Purple vivalo on clerkenwell Road with the speakers - didn’t DAS was too stunned by fellow njsness.

Sweet ride!

New (3rd times the charm)

Doh!
We see your 5yrs ago post and we raise it to
LEVEL 100 THEN

New

. Alright new location fail .

Bear with us

New

Old - Aldgate Cherry blossom park thing

Wheelset:

Hope V2 183 front rotor
Magura 160 rear rotor
Can obvs remove if preferred.
Freehub is showing wear, would still ride imo.

Tyres have a lot of life.

More pics, wheels to come

The time has finally arrived to reluctantly depart with this oh so fun, oh so shiny, super light and strong aluminium frame, as a strict 1 in 1 out policy is in force :/

An ebay purchase from 2014 (to replace a Hardrock pro in the same size) I’ve kept the 26er alive with just about all mod-cons a 26er could handle, (was running axs just before the tear down ^_^ actually worked!)

Alas I’m moving on and hope another shredder can keep it enjoying the single track life.

Was also an absolute hoot on Brother in the Wild this year where I would disappear off down the rocky flinty descents - FUN.

Looking for:

£150 for the frame
Comes with hope headset in good condition and a new derailleur hangar, and actually hope seatclamp in blue not pictured. As you’ll see there are canti brake bosses on the frame, last owner modified the bolt to become a brake hose guide - clever.

£100 for the Rockshox Revelation 426 Air U-Turn 130mm QR forks. 208mm steerer.
These were fully serviced by TF Tuned in 2021 and actually have never been plusher, with only a handful of Peaslake visits and BITW since (full suss has replaced the trail riding, i held out as long as i could!) Also comes with remote lock-out not pictured.

£120 for the DT Swiss X1700 disc wheelset Inc rotors and maxxis high roller front + high roller dh casing rear tyres. Shimano/sram freehub (ran 12spd with the axs on a sunrace cassette).

Based in SE5 but can meet locally/ central/ within reasonable distance.

Sendy smiles await!

Can’t imagine pushing these fixed or single speed but I’ve got these taking up space:

2x Schwalbe Magic Mary Evo Super Downhill

27.5 (650b) 2.6 wide

These came off a donor bike, the rear knobbles look like they’ve seen some tarmac skidz but will still grip the dirt.

£30 for both

Collection from Camberwell

Almost at full numbers here

@Veloshrimp and I here at Coach&Horses

The tide hath turned!

Is someone gonna run a livestream from their bars so that @|³|MA3K can lead the East to Westers…. Coz otherwise….

I count 18 bridges.. or 19 including the Bridgestone :P

I’m excited.

But wind yo! 🫣

@Crop is smiling over this thread like Mr Burns…

In full belief that is crazy enough to work though!

West to East is same date and start time, same rules.
Start location being at Kew (Coach & Horses).

Time for two lists in one place?
Thought you’d never ask!

East to West:

1) |³|MA3K
2) Oliver Schick
3) eyebrows
4) Booga
5) Jonny69
6) Settle
7) middleofnowhere
8) mespilus
9) cliveo

West to East:

1) Crop
2) Malandro
3) BlackMath
4) Cloak/Dagger
5) digs86
6) knowcomply

The man hath spoken!

1) Crop
2) Malandro
3) BlackMath
4) Cloak/Dagger
5) digs86

Bring poles… Jousting to take place at the rolling intersection of East > West vs. West >East

Is this Bridges ride mashup a Never Been Done !?

The GFs Pinnacle Arkose was stolen this afternoon from 'secure' bicycle parking section of an office opposite Wimbledon Train Station SW19 (building behind the waitrose). They cut the D lock...

Bike is dark grey with custom spray.bike paint in a pina collada fade on the inside of the forks and seatstays,

and a custom sprayed pineapple motif near the top of the fork on the driveside.

hoping that these unique details might make it easier to spot.
other than that it had an sks rear guard and two caps missing from the cranks (shimano claris)

this day is sad :(

BUT we cyclists can work miracles so here's the best pics I have right now and if you see it around throw a lock on it please!

or if you see someone with it let me know on here and i'll despatch a crew!

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Interesting! Sacrifice some top end to allow the cassette to fit with the increased bottom end?

I’m told I could be more efficient with saving energy on long rides with multiple climbs using the lower gearing, currently steep hills (ones with 10+ gradients in them) are tough but can be grinded through and eventually recovered from. If there’s is a better combo that would help dial down the effort on those so I can last longer, and cycle further - I’d be into that!

So i'm going to bump this aged thread if I may, as I have a related question:

After decades of fixed I finally built up my dream road bike at the start of last year and have loved every second of it (still ride fixed too though xD) - although as a roadie n00b I installed a standard 53/39 chainset with 11-25 on the back.

It's useable... and has got me through my longest ride of London-Newhaven-London but I've had a fair few riders chuckle and recommended I go compact 50/34.

Now I see videos that 50/34 is dead, long live 52/36 and long cage derailleurs accommodating 11-32...

...Sheldon's calcs show me a ~1kph difference both cruising in a mid gear and in the lowest gear for the same rpm (standard vs compact) but I guess this isn't telling me about the change in effort involved?

Would going 50/34 mean also switching the cassette to 11-28 (max on my derailleur) to make it worth while?

Thinking I may just have to get the new chainset/cassette and bite the bullet, but anymore insight would be soo helpful!!!

(I would ask on roadie forums but I like this corner of teh internet)

I will miss this bike 😔 GLWS

kindly pm'ed on dat crank too!