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Judging by how few bolts are left I think my cranks' chainring threads are fubar'd, but I'll drop by to loiter and chat. Got another 2 weeks til I can afford to replace the cranks and [excessively narrow] bottom bracket.

lame.

I mentioned changing the rear dropouts previously. Neil Orrell has good rep but has no website. Argos and Mercian both charge £110 for a pair of rears so I might put up with it til I learn to weld.

Pah, Snotty come lately...

There's no dust on him...

Sunday PH 1.30pm LO Training Games

1. Neil
   
2. Rob
   
3. Emyr
   

yeh good point about rolling backwards, also its Ste! and my steamroller was £200

The "teeth" where the two sound bits should transfer some of that force to the other bolt(axle puller?) so that may help limit any rotation. Could stick a ziptie or padded jubilee clip round the stay if you want to be certain.

Nice weather today...

6.30pm PH Wednesday - we'll take a raincheck at 5pm.

1. Neil - can play Thursday too
   
2. Emyr (+thursday)
   

no polo weather tonight and tomorrow. I'm out.

BBC says:

19:00:
White Cloud

22:00:
Light Rain

Doesn't seem too bad to me. Could find an NCP (Aquatics?) if it gets too bad. For Thursday, the prediction is rain in the morning but then just cloudy.

I think I'll be available for poloings.

anyone not in edinburgh fancy some ncpolo tomorrow? bbc says rain.

Tools to kill a D lock:

Jack

Tools to kill a cable/chain lock:

big cutters.

Chances of a robber carrying both are slim as they're both bulky tools, so use one of each type.

BIG EMERGENCY OPPORTUNITY!
My car's fucked again and the only other people I know going to the epic Clunker Classic World Championship (10th edition) are 6-up in a transit van.

If you have a car and would love a beverage-fuelled bike-weekend at Porlock near Minehead, all you need is to pick me up Friday night, bring me back Sunday afternoon and have a suitably silly non-mountainbike. I'll be using my 24x16 fixie polo bike.

I can supply a tent, and a share of fuel, beer and tools.

Awesome if we could go as a group, text me on 07969222597 asap or ring me thursday morning.

edit: taking the train instead, polotime sometime nextweek if the bike and I survive!

Cut off the outer/middle spider tabs and swapped out the twisted bits of chain but it hopped off certain teeth. None of the shops I went to today had any suitable rings so I hit eBay and found a Blackspire one for £13 plus P&P.

Will be breaking it in properly at Clunker next week so I should have a good July of repeated Poloage!

Managed to thoroughly mangle my cranks last time out, not sure how good the 'ring is either.

Anyone got a 5-bolt 58mm bcd retro granny? 22t or 24t would be luvverly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPHdc9c5jxo

Not being of the fixed persuasion I know nothing about the various non-cleat bindings that came after Powergrips - what, if any, pedals and straps combos are suitable for polo?

If your gear is adequately small (sub 55" at a guess...?) decent flats with mid-length pins should be enough for polo, with the added advantage of making the comedy-jog dismount easier.

Once you're above the "madly spinning nutter" gears, I'd go for clipless rather than straps.

FOR SALE: 17" shiny Toshiba laptop, see full details HERE.

Toshiba Satellite P200-1K8 with Intel Centrino

Purchased Autumn 2008 for University CAD work. Physically good condition (see photos). Fan noise variable, but has been replaced and later reinspected and deemed ok. Has been restored to factory settings, so clean empty hard drive with the standard software installed.

Looking for £350, can meet in/around south Manchester for inspection and sale.
Posting this item will be very expensive, I advise against it.

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250GB SATA hard drive
DVD+/-RW drive with dual layer support
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Memory card slot (accepts SD, xD, Sony MemoryStick and MS Pro, SD-IO)
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Slot for Kensington cable lock

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I had SPD-Rs on my track and road bikes. Now discontinued but if you still have shoes which will take the cleats they're the nuts. Got some DuraAce ones off ebay for £20 a few years ago and the main bits of the cleats never wear out. You can get double sprinter straps which fit onto the rear of the pedals but that ruins the balance so you can't just plant your feet straight in. The tension will go pretty high anyway so chances are you won't need the strap.

Plain SPDs (smaller clear, normal mtb stylee) let your foot angle about a lot more, ok if you've got good ankles; the pressure's always right in the middle of the foot in line with the ball so on longer rider it can get a bit sore.

Only fixie polo bike I just use some cut-width DMR copies which does me fine for 100rpm in skate shoes.

SPD-Rs+trainers+rain = slippy
SPD-Rs+trainers better than SPD+trainers when it's dry.

Look pedals generally suck.

I've been told thaat my Zipp 440's are too flexi for crits compared to my OpenPros. Could it really make that much of a difference?

Only thing anti I can see on the Cinelli are the tri bars. Sinergys go by the same rules as spoks imo. Double or nothing

1.Paul

1. Adam
   
2. Mirek
   
3. Andy
   
4. ste
   
5. Rob
   
6. Chan
   
7. Scott
   
8. Emyr
   
   

You could put Android on the Touch HD:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=577
Same kind chips as the G1.

I'm already at ph, stocked up on crisps and beverage earlier.

I'm still in!

Drupal's more of a do-everything solution. Http://www.lmscardiff.com/ is one I made a few years ago using Drupal. Has forum, events calendar, configurable access levels etc.