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I posted it a week ago!

Head up to Molde and Ride on The Atlantic Rd, amazing just riding over water. I want to do it again on a bike.

http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Articles/Theme/What-to-do/Tour-suggestions/The-Atlantic-road/

I never knew this existed until I read your post, it looks absolutely amazing! Very inspiring for a road trip indeed.

If I kept it geared would I have to leave the forum? It all depends on how my money looks in a couple of months time, if I have enough cash put aside by then, I'll get myself a Plug or Fuji and I could leave this with its original giblets but at the moment all I want to do is convert a bike and figured this would make a nice middle ground for touring and satisfying the taste for single speed life.

Pic of dropouts:

Out of curiosity, does anybody know the year and/or model name for this Dawes? In the auction the seller stated they didn't know.

I thought the semi-horizontal dropouts had enough adjustability to ride single speed without a tensioner? Or does it just depend on what ratio I choose?

What is the general concensus on tensioners here? and finally (to Horatio), did you fix a tensioner to either of your Dawes Tourers?

So many questions! :-O

Think I will be purchasing a plug this week, first foray into fixed riding and I have seen it for £440 online

I've seen it for £399, still thinking of getting one of these.

Anything I take off and don't need, I will probably sell through this forum, I've never had any need for more than one speed so I don't think I'll start now ;)

Skully: Yup they are 27" wheels, I'll keep an eye on Ebay for the next two weeks and if nothing turns up I'll attempt a build. Cheers for the heads up on guards and wheel info, next pay day is going to be interesting!

Haha yeah that red light is phat, it's staying. Not sure why I don't like the saddle I think I'd just like to update it to something similar to the Charge Plug saddle?

Just bought a Dawes touring bike. Paid £72 for it, so I can justify my choice to do away with the back hub, crank set, seat, drops and replace the broken mudguards.

The drop-outs aren't totally horizontal but it can still be converted to single speed can't it? Has anybody got any other suggestions for this bike project, it's my first so I'd like a bit of input from those who have done thier own. Cheers

A book by my favourite author J G Ballard.

now i totally have an olympus xa. i totally like it.

Good choice Sir, I pretty much only shoot medium and large format these days but when I shoot the odd roll of redscale I always go for my XA2, they are great 35mm cameras!

I've had the problem mostly on ufc videos and some music. Give it half hour after a couple of refreshes, only thing you can do until Youtube pulls its finger out.

One of my lecturers is a wildlife photographer, his stuff is pretty good, check out his submissions for Wildlife Photographer of the Year:

http://www.timcollierphotography.com/2009/03/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-competition/

Having the same problem with some videos too, just try refreshing or going back later? Best thing is to have a cup of tea and stay calm.

I'll look into it cheers.

Don't know if this is helpful to anybody but Travelodge are doing rooms for 9 quid (Although it also says they are 19 quid, still cheap) from November 2009 until January 2010.

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/saver_rooms/

YouTube - Boards of Canada - Open the light

I don't believe this for a second, doesn't matter how big your pain tolerance is there's no way you could fall asleep through a tattoo session. A set of needles being dragged through the skin will never be a replacement for a cup of fucking horlicks.

A few of the bikes being suggested are yielding very little result on google by way of prices but thanks for putting them up for me to see. If my efforts don't get anywhere within the next week or so I will probably get myself a Plug or a Fuji so that I can get onto the riding sooner than later.

Hate to sound like a broken record, but I'm still having trouble working out a suitable solution to kitting a fix/ss with some kind of rack be it front or back or post, I've never used them before so I'm going in blind on this and after reading my way through the 'Rides' forum, I'm itching to sort something out lol! I'd love to take part in an overnighter or day ride but I don't fancy chucking my trinkets in a backpack.

Thanks for the replies so far all, some positive responses towards the Plug and nothing about the other two has swayed me considerably! The Langster looks cool, and the Il Pompino looks even better (couldn't find a price though) and definately looks the job for adding racks however not to sound like a finicky bastard honest! but my problem with both these bikes is they lack the simple, basic look of the Plug which is something that appeals to me. Does the Fuji have rack mounts?

I had a look at the seat-post mounted rear-racks, I could chuck one of these on a Plug but are they reliable enough for carrying my camera equipment that is fairly heavy?

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I've decided to go down the single speed route, I've never rode bikes with gears just bmx bikes so it seems like the logical choice for me after two bmx's being robbed in the space of a year, I just can't be bothered to build another.

So I'm looking at an 'OTP' bike for my first, I lack the time and money to start from scratch at the moment and I'm eager to get back riding as soon as possible. I'm looking for something that I can commute to university on a daily basis (few miles there and back), but also something I can stick a rack on the back (and/or front), load up with some fairly light baggage and go for an overnight ride to Bristol or a day ride down the Gower. I'm not too fussed on wieght so much as I don't plan on racing or carrying the bike for long distance. I read somewhere that the SE Draft Lite can't be fitted with racks? Not sure if this is true but it's caused me concern for finding out what bikes can and can't be fitted as it is an important factor in what bike I eventually get.

I've searched the links in this thread and I like the look of the Charge Plug, the Lemond Fillmore, and the Pinnacle Bachelor and my budget is around £400 (could go a little higher but prefer not to).

Any opinions on what bike would suit my criteria? Cheers

Anyone into Yawning Man? Forerunners of the ol' Palm Desert scene. Lovely and chilled :)