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I've never seen anyone put so much effort into going so slow.

might divide a few people:

potential porn ruined with mismatched components,

needed to stay geared, but would instantly be less offensive with a normal seatpost and a normal front wheel

edit: it also appears it is much too small for the owner, and so the foot of seatpost / stem looks gash

...very smooth bike £200 ononew bike brings sale

how smooth is it though?

a rivetter ?

I've got one, its a bit like a hole punch

I don't know, I've never used mudguards,
I just carry a spare pair of pants

I wanted to go back and call her a piss flap and kill her dog with a rock.

quality!

its usually ok because you are only at that cadence for a short amount of time, and i think you will find that riding down the hill fixed, you won't reach the same speed as on a freewheel bike unless you put some effort in, because the drivetrain will have more resistance in it - some of the energy is wasted spinning the cranks, and moving your legs, unless you are perfectly keeping your legs going round at the right speed,

i think 180-200rpm can be done relatively comfortably over short bursts

anyone know anything about the guys that ride from outside the black horse in northfield every sunday at around noon? was thinking of joining them a couple of coming sundays

but tomorro ive got a date with a nasty hangover.

has anybody got a set of brakeless for my skidder?

don't bid when you still have 6 days left! bid in the last minutes, much cheaper.

Or just bid as much as you are willing to pay for the item, regardless of how long is left - and then if you lose, it's because someone was willing to pay more than you.

Ribble was cheaper for the sora set,

My cheap side caved in and i ordered the sora (~83 quid) and some drops for under £100 total delivered. I am on a budget afterall and its easy to get carried away!

the 100mm reach on the bars, will put the hoods exactly at the end of where the bullhorns are at the moment, which is exactly where i figured i wanted them to be, nice deep ~175mm drop as well :)

Light as a milky way I sped from Surbiton...

1 trillion times the mass of the sun ? The langster has put on some weight.

glad you enjoyed it, how do you find the langster steel, any pictures?

The easiest way i can see to do it, is space out the cog a little.

or replace the whole chainset with something more conventional - = £££

Ben P,

i also read my old post, and as far as i can tell it was nonsense,

i have a fuji track here - and the chainring is dished inwards towards the centre of the bike...
this would mean a regular straight chainring, would sit furthur out, ie/ give a bigger chainline measurement, i dont know by how much exactly, if its 42 ish as standard, a different chainring might increase the measurement to 45 ish or 46ish.

so either a shorter BB is needed, or space out the rear cog to the same chainline.

i never ended up doing anything with mine, my chainring is round like pringles are round, but i haven't been arsed to sort anything out yet.

I dont see what is anti about the white lo-pro !? englighten me? it looks pretty smart to me.

And the TREK, only needs a rear disc and a deep carbon front rim and it is brutal !
yes wheel choice fail, but surely no completely anti

yes will just check that it is the same,
because that says alloy stem, i beleive the older one was alu,
i would imagine it is oversize though, will just double check with the age old accurate testing method of comparing it with a known 25.4 bar...

will check out ribble too thanks

Longbridge is getting re-vamped, new science and business park... more local opportunities, more modern accommodation...
hopefully bring the area back up after the demise of rover.

And +1 to fixed hill climbing being a bit easier

...If your fixed gear happens to be the perfect ratio that particular hill, and the hill doesn't change gradient.

The only problem I ever found was when going back onto my road bike for training at the weekends

very true, getting used to fixed was a doddle, then after a week i got back on my geared bike and it was the strangest sensation ever! - although once you have switched between the two a few times, muscle memory kicks in :)

Yep, will find some shorter reach bars, 70 or 80mm sounds about right, FSA do a couple of 80mm reach bars... but like i say, not too worried, because the bike fit 'as is' is very upright and compact.

just got to get home and check the handlebar clamp diameter before i get ordering - can't seem to find it on any of the bike specs -

make sure you get a triple shifter too....

Hi ed, yes the tiagra ones say 'compatible for double and triple rings' so should be ok,

Tiagra brifters, on sale, Sorted.

Sorry to be a pain, but putting drops on there will lenghen the reach of the bike. So if it was comfortable before, it may be too long with drops.

Just a thought.

Hi yes, Have thought about this,
I have a high 'ape factor' ie/ short legs, long torso and arms...
at the moment i have the saddle quite far back on the rails to make the handlebars comfortable, but i still feel quite cramped up on the bars. The saddle could come forwards a bit anyway, but im feeling that even if the brake hoods position is another 100mm infront of where the ends of the flat bars are at the moment - it would be comfy for me...

and even then, ive got some adjustment in the saddle and could go with a shorter stem to compact the cockpit furthur if needs be.

however, im not sure any of that would be necessary, because im 95% sure Giant sell this exact set up with drop bars anyway.

thanks for teh helps

When people buy cars (expensive or not doesn't matter) as a part-personality replacement/supplement, it's both cause and has a further effect. Arguably, the bigger/more expensive the car, the greater the underlying problem.

the same is true of anything,
spending a lot on a car is only the same as spending a lot on a bike.

Some people like to own nice cars, some people like to own nice bikes. Are the people here with expensive NJS builds, or nice titanium frames - compensating for their lack of personality and their underlying psychological problems?!...

not necessarily.

Well, the chainring is dished inwards, ie. towards the centre of the bike,

so a new undished chainring is going to sit furthur out, so you would need a shorter BB to compensate, or space out your rear sprocket with a few washers to make up the 3mm or whatever the difference is...

edit: so if the stock bb is 103, get a 101?

thanks guys, big help. may as well buy new, seeing as they've got good discount - its worth atleast that much not to have to break my wrists on these flat bars any longer. :)

"Town bike" lol

Wheres Ed? He like Town Bikes.