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Is this still a goer? I've never met any of you guys but would love to give this a shot, make some friends, get some chafing and whizz round a GP circuit. Sounds like a winner!

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It was my second time on Pinarello geared up.
I found myself using the smallest cog all the time and only flipping the front shifter to 53 ring every now and then.

Where's the point? :-)

By the way, saw Digger and Object going for a hipster coffee to LMNH.

And to the guy on a fixed Merckx riding down Eastway. I didn't want to scare you. I meant it when I shouted "Nice bike".

I too like a big ring (fnarr fnarr), but use it all the time and this happens:

Who took this video and why? It seemed a bit weird at the beginning and then we get the same journey from the other direction.

Don't know the guy, just found his video on youtube. From his other videos, I'd say he leads an uncomplicated life. Now utterly OT. Sorry.

I think those double-minis are always bad news. I remember when I was first learning to drive in sleepy Bristol the test route took one in on Southmead Road. It used to shit me up every time.

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Ah, here it is: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsv74Bx8WhU"]YouTube-
Double mini-roundabout in Bristol - twice[/ame] There's an OK chip shop there, in case you're tempted to get off and walk. The Cod Almighty, I think.

http://www.restrap.co.uk

Poor Re-Strap: no self-respecting search engine is ever going to index a site that doesn't have any text on it.

Looks lush. Just moving in to a new place, so:

1. EEI
   
2. SoperRiva
   
3. dave.kent
   
4. Mrlemon
   
5. bodieanddoyle
   
6. jacqui
   
7. nuknow
   
8. Chocky
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Happy to front ze moneys too.

Can you develop that negative assumption into some positive behaviour change that would have helped that particular cyclist, without demanding perfection of perception or judgement?

I would have been a) further right, since the Audi clearly isn't positioned to take a right turn, b) sitting with my fingers tensed on my brake levers anticipating the Mondeo wouldn't stop and c) maintaining my speed or braking slightly until I saw that the Mondeo was stopping and it was clear to accelerate. I'd have done this in a car, and I'd do it on a bike.

DJ, andyp etc are all completely right that the cyclist has not broken the rules of the road. He's positioned correctly, has right of way to enter that roundabout, and yet got knocked off and bloodied. Despite this, others are also right that he's note done the best job of staying on his bike.

The argument that the rules of the road are enough assumes a perfect system: perfectly consistent rules with perfectly rule-abiding peds, drivers, cyclists, bikers and so on. Each of these groups has fallible members, and the rules themselves aren't perfect, so as we ride/drive/cross the road we have to make continuous assessments of the risk associated with our current situation. Your own personal level of risk aversion probably has a strong effect on how right or wrong you view the cyclist here, but it's clear that he either underestimated the risk of the Mondeo failing to stop, or he sensed the risk but took a punt on pulling through, and lost.

The car should have stopped, and had he been a different cyclist with a different set of priorities, he could have avoided the accident. Either way, the poor bastard has my sympathy.

For $5 more she'll sew an extra holster on to the belt, so if you have two D locks you can carry one on each hip. Don't forget to tell them which locks you have when you order. http://www.fabrichorse.com/index.php?page=lockholsters

I was incredulous last night as the forst few results cam in, that Mandy and Hardman seemed to be manouvering themselves into a position ready to handjob the Libs with 'oh yes what we really need is some electoral reform, the FPTP system is totally wrong and unfair'. Unbelieveable!

I was wondering myself at what point the word went out the Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia. Either way nothing will happen - there's at most a 5 year term, and a change as drastic as PR will mean a very lengthy consultation, scrutiny by the select committees and then a promise of a referendum in the next parliament, when someone will have an absolute majority and kill it.

I think they are the same strength, since both are 18mm. The fahmini is aim for bicycles and m18 for motobikes I think. Given that there is a report that kryptonite is having key clashes, I think I might go with the Xena XUL. Can't seem to find a physical shop to get it around central london, tried calling a few shops on Xena website this morning.

I think a Xena and a fahg would be ultimate. My backpack is gonna be heavy.

Did you ever find a shop that sells those Xena locks? They be purty...

This one http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/sk-625-53433483/ and yeah, I know. With a lock like that I'm asking for it etc etc. It wasn't a great bike by any means, but still sucks to lose it.

Is there a thread here which identifies the best locks? I just bought a replacement and should probably try to keep hold of it a bit tighter.

Is it a 12" powerbook? To disassemble it and get to the fan, you're looking at in the region of 26 tiny screws. http://www.powerbookmedic.com/xcart1/files/G4alum12.pdf has instructions. Having done this myself, I would not recommend it.

If duct-taping a hoover to the vents doesn't help, Micromend, on Tottenham Street will be able to open it and replace anything that needs it. Don't expect charming service, though they may be able to help with other maintenance, like a replacement battery or whatnot.

Oh, I see, sorry. The reference to Belgravia threw me. I take it that there's a Belgravia in SF, too.

My lovely old pink bike got nicked from the common parts of my apartment in Belgravia, SW1. Then I went to SF for a week, and while I was there I got the yellow one and brought it back to Canary Wharf, where you see it above.

Looking back on it, that every bike I've had since the Harry Quinn I had when I was 12 has been nicked or destroyed in a car accident, bar one. Is this normal?

I don't quite understand that--what did you have four days after calling them?

My banana bike. Just after the last one was nicked, I went to SF for a week and while I was there called Mission up and asked for a yellow bike. I think you'll agree, they delivered.

Build in San Francisco, I assumed by Mission Cycles?

Aye, and right on the back of my gorgeous metallic pink 80s Puch fixie conversion being nicked from inside my apartment building in Belgravia. Belgravia! Nowhere is safe.

Kirk at Mission was legend about it though - I had it 4 days after I called them.

Hi there fg/ss people, happy to be here. Spent all last weekend reading the legendary glossy girls thread, enjoying the pics and the slagging in equal measure, so thanks to everyone who chipped in there! Been riding fixed - about 7 years now - in London, SF and Tokyo, although not a scenester by any means. Just had my banana bike stolen, 2 weeks back in London. Very unhappy about that.

Until I have new photos of a new bike, here's a picture of a burrito.

Stolen from the council bike stands outside the park opposite Sadlers Wells. Built in San Francisco 2 years ago, been with me there, here, then a year in Tokyo. It wasn't the greatest bike but I loved it. Back in London 2 weeks and some piece of shit gets his leprous mitts on it. I hope he dies.

Anyway, first post. Nice to meet you guys.