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i'd worry about damaging the bottom of that front mudguard. it looks like it would potentially clip some steep speedbumps / ramps. presumably there's a very good reason why they are shorter at the front than the back on the vast majority of bikes.

One for the bargain hunters - £700 on fleabay.

This looks like it's giving itself the thumbs down with its handlebars.

Interesting / nerd-tastic blog on front fork trail which apparently is an area of debate for (particularly) American raddoneur / custom frame builders (as in they think bikes should run with far less trail than they typically currently do on 'modern' bikes). Must say I'm surprised that there's a suggestion that low trail is better for front loaded touring by Dario Pegoretti, I'd have thought that you would want stability more than anything on a loaded bike. Maybe I've misunderstood.

http://my-bicycle-and-i.co.uk/2012/romancing-the-trail/

So many twats in regents park yesterday evening. I'm going to stop riding my nice bike there... If you turn up on a nice bike all the dickheads assume you want to race. I just wanted to spin.

You seen the tosser in the full dunwich dynamo kit (think that's it, the light blue one) riding a blue pinarello dogma? This is what it's like riding in the park with that turnip (if you're on here, learn how to ride you moron):

1. you pass him
   
2. he decides that's a signal to race
   
3. he sprints alongside you, typically leaving you boxed in with obstacles in your path ahead but not his
   
4. he slows down
   
5. you slow down to avoid empowering him with a mini peloton
   
6. he moves on
   
7. repeat x1 per lap
   
   

Sorry for all the anger today folks.

spotted yet more summer-only commuters riding in with headphones on not shoulder checking and generally forcing me to give them a 3m berth. fucking idiots. it feels like summer 2012 is an endurance event.

Meanwhile in Poland...

I reckon you pedal it with your hands and steer it with your legs

love the bag chat - practicality win!

that top ten is hilarious. the improbability of ending up with those ten bikes for that particular list must be high. what a flock of shit.

cheers, good to know.

i'm in for a test ride at mosquito in north london on saturday, just down the road from me and deals soma and surly.

ed, have you ridden the surly unladen? how did it compare? obviously i'm not buying it to ride unladen but there will be times when that's the case.

i don't really want a kaffenback - initially i thought i was after a cross tourer but ultimately for my own piece of mind i want to know that i could load the thing up to the hilt and it still ride well enough that i didn't notice it flexing all over the place. that means there will be times when whatever i choose is underladen, but equally times when it's at full capacity.

some interesting points in the previous posts, thanks for the thoughts, all.

I'm veering between a LHT and a Soma Saga. Veering towards the Saga, built up on Tiagra / Deore mix with bar end shifters etc.

Any thoughts on the frame? They are both butted, the LHT is double butted but the Saga is Tange Prestige rather than Surly's own 4130.

They'll both be great bikes, I guess I'm just interested in any experience people have of the difference between the two, if anyone does.

http://www.somafab.com/archives/product/saga

lol, thanks, i can't remember ever getting a curb puncture but i've picked up enough from potholes, glass, and bastards that threw a box of tacks in front of a bus stop, to fear more than just curbs on these scandalous streets :)

Rivendell Jack browns (It's my bike)

See my review on my work blog here: http://www.tokyofixedgear.com/blog.asp

nice, cheers

ok for punctures?

That's gorgeous.

Do you know what tyres those are? Is it your bike?

The crank arm and two spider arms on top of the chainring look collectively like a big metal phallus. Possibly awesome. Probably not. Campag looks sooooo much sexier in my (unprovoked) opinion.

holiday reading....

the foffa looks seriously uncomfortable for riding on the hoods. now, where did i leave my pipe and slippers

Goes to show reading and understanding are two different things. (#outofyourdepth)

whatever, nerd

http://www.pacific-cycles.com/product3.asp?cat1=1&cat2=4&pid=1

What a dog. There's a thread on here somewhere about a bike someone's built with single sided chainstay and single fork - looks like he was beaten to it by this award winning hunk of turd.

i'm going to mace my own eyes in penance

can you delete this thread, i created it thinking there wasn't a similar one on the forum (despite running some searches) but clearly there are. thanks.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread86669.html

for christ's sake, i searched all words i had to mind that might cover existing threads but not those ones, i didn't know they were out there.

ok, thread canned. lol, today isn't going too well.

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it's not a big and clever thread (honest), and i'm sure it will be pulled down soon enough, but sometimes you just need a space to let rip cos something's gone TOTALLY wrong, and you can't shout out loud cos you're in the office / caff / wherever / etc.

the handlebars look like a duracell

cheers, good tips.

i've switched the tire for an old conti ultra sport that's got a few months left in it for now but there's some good stuff on this thread now if anyone is searching for tips on this in the future.