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Are you interested in frame & fork alone?
I've got a couple of frames I need to sell that was ridden by a 5'2 girl.
An Orbit Harrier touring frame+fork 46cm ST 53cm TT, and Zullo criterium 49cm ST 50cm TT.

Having a clear out of my parts box.
All are used and most are quite old.

Cash on collection prefered, but would accept paypal if posting required.
All items are in Forest Hill SE23. I can also deliver in evenings if between Hackney and Forest Hill on weekdays.

Probably the most valuable of the bunch, NItto Riversible stem 85mm for 25.4mm.
These stems are pretty rare even in Japan, specially of this length. BIA stamped, which was the predecessor to NJS, so it makes this stem pretty old and rare.
some minor scratches, but generally in VGC for its age.
£65 ON HOLD

Titan underslung track stem 80mm Chromed steel. for 25.4mm bars
I can't tell if this was ever used. in VGC.
looks really cool, but the workmanship is not great if you look closely.
£40 SOLD

Old lugged stem Unknown maker stamped 3719 126.
3"(76mm) 25.4mm
Chrome in bad shape, needs repaint or rechrome.
£25 SOLD

original Salsa cromo road stem. 80mm x 90 degrees. 26.0mm bars.
Powder coat in good condition.
made in USA.
£20

GB alloy stem 90mm 25.4mm
needs cleaning and good polishing.
£10 ON HOLD

anything between 85 - 90 would be safe at Newport for general training session, or whatever it works for more specific stuff...
I would do warm up on 82/84, and change to 90/92.

@Y-S: did you have any luck with the police about your bike?

no luck, I gave all the information they could possibly need to at least get my bike back on Friday, but of cause they did f**k all. And kept calling me to check if I was happy with the officer that came to ask me questions, while the thief sold the bike... WTF, do the job before ticking the boxes!! lessons learned, never rely on the police, they really don't give a shit, and take actions yourself and ask police for assistance.

I'd be interested in this if I could get a lift.

Would it be worth someone taking the broken D of YS and cutting it with an angle grinder to see how long it actually takes.

I'm pretty sure they didn't spend more than 10 minutes. it was locked just outside of the office in the court yard, and we didn't even notice any noise.
It was locked on the same spot pretty much everyday, so they must have been eyeing for it.

a bit hard to see the bike, but here's a photo of the bike with me on it!

from londoncyclesport.

My bike was stolen from outside of the office today. It was locked with a kryptonite evo mini lock to a kryptonite anchor. the thief cut the lock through probably with an angle glinder in a very short period in a gated(unlocked) development.
It's a pastel green Raleigh special products cyclocross bike, and had ksyrium sl wheels, schwalbe cross pro tyres, deda zero100 stem, deda newton bars, fizik aliante saddle, campag centaur ergos, veloce mechs, chorus chainset, paul neo retro cantis, and sks mudguards.

it's pretty normal that your HR goes up for the same power output when you're in the drops.
HR goes up in the drops, I think, because you need to use your upper body a bit more. Also the movement of hip joint/thighs are slightly more restricted(depends a bit on your flexibility, of course). but in real life, aero advantage of being in the drops are far greater when you're not in the bunch/working at the front.

No need for winter training for me.

I just bought these...

Planet X one week sale. 10,15 or 20% off, depending how much you spend. These worked out about £350 - can't go wrong... apart from not really being able to afford them :S

been waiting for them to restock their track disc for a while and they finally got them in stock and 20% off! the price went up from £505 to 595, but £480 now with 20% off!!! Probably the cheapest track disc around, and if I'm not mistaken, these are same as FFWD and PRO discs.

It was hardly a quality field last year...

and a year before, and a year before that didn't even get enough riders to put on most evernts...

I'd recommend easton EA90 stem. May not be the prettiest, but plain enough and stiff enough for the big sprinters, yet lighter/cheaper than thomson. machined stems will always be heavier or more flexible than good forged stems.

Good Friday eh?

Interesting...

The opens are meant to be club organised races with a different club running each one SFAIK. Open to all.

AFAIK, anyone with BC licence can enter good friday meeting. You can't do EOL and you can't ride in certain events like invitation sprints or stayers or pursuit, but there are juniors and youths riding in mass start as well.

There seem to be slightly more open meetings next year at Herne Hill.
Here are the list of meetings around London on the BC calender so far to help you plan the season!
There will be a couple more open meetings happening at Herne Hill.

02.04.2010
SCCU Good Friday Meeting
South East
London

11.04.2010
Herne Hill Spring Omnium No 1
South East
London

18.04.2010
Herne Hill Spring Omnium No 2
South East
London


25.04.2010
Herne Hill Spring Omnium No 3
South East
London

02.05.2010
Bordeaux-Paris Meeting (National Hard Track Endurance League)
Central
Reading

05.05-18.08.2010
Herne Hill Track League
South East
London

08.05.2010
Herne Hill Open Track Meeting
South East
London

29.05.2010
Herne Hill DernyFest
National Womens Omnium League
South East
London

05.06.2010
Herne Hill Open Track Meeting
South East
London

19.06.2010
SCCU Roadmans 25 miles Track Meeting (National Hard Track Endurance League)
South East
London

03.07.2010
South East Regional Track Championships
South East
London

17.07.2010
Welwyn Dernyfest and BC Womens Omnium Series
National Womens Omnium League
Eastern
Herts

07.08.2010
Herne Hill Open Track Meeting
South East
London

14.08.2010
Reading Dernyfest and BC National Women's Omnium League
National Womens Omnium League
Central
Reading

21.08.2010
Herne Hill Track League Finale Meeting
South East
London

04.09.2010
Herne Hill Open Track Meeting
South East
London

12.09.2010
Herne Hill Autumn Omnium No 1
South East
London

19.09.2010
Herne Hill Autumn Omnium No 2
South East
London

26.09.2010
Herne Hill Autumn Omnium No 3
South East
London

I've been using tubs for last 3 seasons at Herne Hill, and had 3 punctures so far. 2 vittoria chrono evos and 1 veloflex record, all of them lasted at least a season, and they are all fairly light racing tyres. Also if you are getting tubulars, it really helps to have a spare set of wheels as when you do get puncture, you aren't going to waste a whole session/meeting for a puncture.
And if you can't afford/be bothered to have a spare wheels, and mostly only ride Herne Hill, a good pair of clinchers will do you better than cheap tubs.

I've thomson elite 110x-10x26.0 and nitto shim to make it work with 25.4.
also have kelly cromo 1" ahead stems, 0 and -10 x 110. also 26, but being steel, they worked fine with 25.4 nitto bars. not the stiffest but look good on steel bikes.

which ever you prefer would be fine.
those fujis have higher than normal bottom bracket. 45mm drop instead of 50-55mm. so that should give more than enough pedal clearance with 170 if you want to ride reeeaaalllly slowly.
And i'm pretty sure many of the world class endurance riders use 170mm now, unless they are short.
One thing high bottom bracket does is higher centre of G, which affect stability of the bike a bit. 170mm would compensate that a bit, I would imagine.

surely it should be "are you the next mark cavendish?"
he's the fastest sprinter in the whole wide world and wins races every week.

lots of scratch, madison & points then??? sounds just like wednesdays!

you won't be covered for equipment damages unless you have a bike insurance that covers race accidents.

hope you guys heal up quickly. pain killers help for first few days, and for grazes, try melolin dressing. I've found them really good for road rashes.
it was a pretty bad crash, though the second crash which took more people down was probably avoidable. do not rubber neck when there's a crash, just concentrate on where you are going!
you will crash at some point when you race track, but don't let that put you off.

Adman, thanks for the photos.

smithfield was ok, I started at the very back end, got caught behind slow riders and a couple of crashes. tried to chase back, but only managed to get back to 2nd group? and stayed there till the end.
the course was cool, but a bit smoother road would've been nice.

the lapped riders needs to stay out of main bunch, or stay at the very end of bunch by letting riders in before them.
It was quite windy last night and the pace slowed down considerably after 10-15 laps, and no one really making committed effort to break away, so was quite easy to stay together.

I was in the final, came 7th i believe, but result says 8th... it doesn't matter really after 6th anyway.
I'm the Japanese guy in brixton kit, though you seemed to have missed me judging by the photos.

I've learned a few things about hiding gels/water etc under your skinsuit while racing on the track last year...