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Use wheel covers and you won't need the gimmick forks. Simples!
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What's with these people doing the bike on shoulder pose for cameras? Makes me think of the hipster thread
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Whats wrong with running a road bike on the road? Track bike geometry is made for track so they should stay there.
Just because it's a road frame doesn't mean it cant be used with a fixed gear or SS.
Saying that fixed is out of fashion is just lame. It takes a shallow person to follow such advice.
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Pizza hut have octagonal boxes. Not quite round.
Why don't they make the Pizza square to stop wasting space in the boxes?
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That's fine.
I play in Cardiff. I've only played with them for 3/4months, The group has been going for 5months now. Were going to try and get together with Bristol to see how crap we are.I'd like to go to other places to learn from the more experienced but as money is tight no can do.
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But how often do you break a wheel beyond being ridable. Most frames have enough clearance so that you can finish the day on a damaged wheel then fix it when you get home.
I understand that it means more spares which is good, but as others have pointed out there are safety issues.
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no playing enough polo!
PMSL we play 3 times a week - more practice.
I think the secret might be riding my freeride bike when I can - means that you know how to shift weight around on the bike. And just when you need to dab a foot before you hit the deck. Obviously dabbing in polo is not good but it's better than bloody knees.
Back on to the original subject. I believe SixSixOne pads are good - good breathability but still protective. Dainese are good for hard pads - they seem to be the best for comfort and protection.
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Nice idea, but it's along the same lines as going out for a ride with a toolbox with stuff 'you might just need sometime' on your back.
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Oh, I fall off the bike but I've only once hit the floor. And that was on to my arse.
Play without straps and you can ditch the bike. Often enough it means that you can get out the way of everyone else quicker cos you're not faffing about with straps.
By 'properly' what do you mean? Full contact (elbows) to get to the ball sprinting as fast as poss. from one end of the court to the other?
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What do you want pads for? Learn not to fall off...
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Brakes are for winners. Skidding instead of using brakes might work but is a waste of money
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Anyone here play Quake Live? I'm too drunk to be arsed to read through the whole thread.
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The bike -
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I only use the fixie atm. I'm going to try and make the time trial bike fixed though. See if I can still pull off sub 27 10miles
edit: forgot the face
Thats the most recent pic. I was doing Rollapaluza at the time -
The next one I'm going to have -
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How do people even sit on a saddle at that angle?
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Crimping brake cables on a bike is normal isn't it? They always become frayed and a bitch to do anything with if you don't crimp.
I have the end of the bolt sticking out of my mallet head filed down so it's not sharp - If your mallet hits other people than that's down to bad play. a bit of a tap is fair but a clout is just ignorant.
A lot of the 'rules' people are throwing up is basic stuff that often don't need to be mentioned. It's only because of the thick headed people who say "technically" a lot that we need set rules. Whats wrong with being friendly to each other and making some attempt not to injure some other person that you don't know.
In our area the only rule we have is that a bike have bar ends. Rules make things too serious, seriousness destroys fun. Same as the reason why we don't have scoreboards - it's more fun to try and remember the score halfway through a game
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Looking at all the other bikes on here it seems that the Cardiff lot ride 'other' bikes. They tend to be old MTB frames with tiny (30-50") gears and long stems.
Cardiff group on Facebook if anyone's interested - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107736469251908
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I think it may generally be that people don't like good ideas. Things that seem such a blindingly good idea that they should have thought of it themselves.