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I've been looking for a hairnet!

Why not set up an exclusive little online stall on this thread? We're such a bunch of fashion queens I'm sure you'll make a tidy profit!

Me too. Mrs W. doesn't want me to ride helmetless - but if I can find an old fashioned hairnet she's cool with it ???

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cycling stuff mostly (but not always) in a separate collection

http://www.flickr.com/photos/acf_windy/collections/72157600102588338/

re: wool shorts

The rule for bikes is pre-1987 (edit) 'style'. I stopped racing (seriously) in 1981 and I was wearing assos skin suits and bib shorts the last few years that I raced so lycra was around in that era.

shirts I have plenty, but who has any idea where to get wool/not lycra cycling shorts?

I might have masochistic tendancies, but 200k in wool shorts is just a step too far!

This is heading for a re-spray. To be re-built as fixed (with a retro look?) and later this year converted to gears for L'eroica

Very nice! Any idea of price?

Spa Cycles have them at £85

I've been looking at these from Exustar

Yes, in that photo they do look a bit ... remedial, don't they. I'll get round to it but remind me if I don;t.

So can I just ask:

Are people saying they've had their entry confirmed? I got the paypal receipt but nowt else as yet ... Seems a bit mad to pay through paypal but not know if you're in or not ...

We haven't had confirmation yet. I think a list is published on the 1st march. We did get an e-mail saying 'application successful pending payment' (is that confirmation?) and did enter within the first hour of entries opening

I'm seriously thinking about spooging my wad on a set of these:

I figure that I can probably use them with clips and straps on the day, then fit spd's when I get home.

My concern about the Dromarti Sportivo would be whether the sole would be too thick for comfortable use of toeclips. On the other hand old fashioned cleats are sold as an accessory for the Dromarti Race

The sole on my MTB boot is too thick and the shoe sits too far back on the pedal, however my touring shoes with a much thinner sole sit nicely

Bought some of the new portra for my holga, but not used it yet. I also have a Hasselblad on loan so I could try a roll on that too (with an option to push)

I like to spin - I'm currently riding 48x22 ~ 59". A bit of a bu**er downhill but makes riding uphill and into a Hebridean headwind a possibility. Can still manage a 30- 50 km ride across the moors at between 25 and 30kph spinning at between 85 and 100rpm.

Will increase into the mid to high 60's in the summer as riding gets faster (I keep a election of cogs from 19-22)

1. which looks to be the average.
   
   

I now feel inadequate.

1970s Bob Jackson fixed
1977 Team Raleigh (re badged) fixed
Aravis Audax
Trek MTB (with a Girvan flex-stem for suspension)

My Holdsworth professional, the other bike is a Harry Quinn. Previous owner tyneside legend Joe Waugh, canny socks like! :)

Joe Waugh was class.

At least the socks aren't the patterned variety that were popular around that era

More than 1000 entries already

Some lovely pics here. I use a mixture of film and digital. I have an Olympus OM10, Rollei B35 and 3 Holga 120's. I also develop my own b&w and then scan the negs.

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a couple of cycling ones

Street Fixed, Barcelona by windy_, on Flickr

Fixed Rider, Edinburgh by windy_, on Flickr

Lovely, a Holdsworth Pro was my first lightweight frame bought second hand from Swinnerton's in Stoke-on-Trent for £35 in 1974, but as Yoav says 'Holdsworth' is just a name now.

Hi, found the forum whilst googling 'L'eroica on fixed'. I don't live anywhere near London, in fact living in Stornoway, I probably live as far away from the city as it's possible to get in Britain (barring Shetland).

Originally from Stafford, I started cycling with Stafford Road Club as far back as 1973. I'm now approaching '50' very quickly, and have rode fixed since I was a teenager, racing on the track a a member of VC Europa (and later Halesowen) between 1977 and 1981. I've had a fixie in my collection ever since.

Currently I own 4 bikes - 2 geared (an aravis audax, a Trek MTB) and 2 fixed (a 1970s Bob Jackson and a re-badged 1977 Team Raleigh)

Ian

jesus, don't do it fixed. that's madness. it's pleasant-but-challenging enough with gears.

It's not the distance or the climbs that I'm worried about (I ride fixed all year in the Outer Hebrides) - it's descending gravel roads with legs spinning like mad on a 64" gear.

I had considered a flip flop hub to convert to a freewheel when I get tired but I've done a search of the shed and have all the bits (need to get some wheels built tho') so I will be converting the Henry Burton to gears just for the ride

Pics don't appear to be there - try again

The Bob Jackson

IMG_2683 by windy_, on Flickr

The 'Team Raleigh'

the fixed flyer by windy_, on Flickr

I have a 1970's Bob Jackson

and a 1977 (rebadged) Team Raleigh - currently away for another re-spray

I'm constantly fettling, re-speccing and swapping bits around between bikes, but have a few old campag nouvo record and shimano dura-ace bits so could easily knock together a geared 'retro' bike.

I even have some 32C Passellas somwhere in the shed

Hi, first post from me, I joined the forum to follow this thread

I've entered, and was considering riding my 77 Team Raleigh on fixed but after reading this will probably convert it to gears

This piece of news suggests foreign entries are going fastr with half of the available places taken in the first 24hrs.