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you guys wasted a whole side for a purple / pink frame ?

Purple? Me or is it BLUE n PINK.

No waste either.

^ jeezus fuq.

Aren't those the same shite as those Chinese bikes from a few pages back?

^^^ gum wall tyres on bottom pic... What are they, anyone know?

Would live there.

Rim radius will be 6mm less with MTB 26" compared with 650C. If the brakes will reach, you can probably use them with fairly skinny (for MTB rim size) tyres.

Gonna give it a whirl... Merci bien.

^ fair. Won't find a Mixte in S'pore to try out, so will equiv sized diamond frame relate to a Mixte. I am assuming yes but just want to check with those more knowledgable about these things....

Totes insane! Love it when these older projects come back to life.

2 questions:

1. What size frame would my wife need, 5'10", normal proportions, not a T-rex. Looking for a Mixte that we can whack a child seat on the back (hence pref step through).

2. Her current frame takes 650c wheels (I dunno why either), will a set of 26" wheels I have in the lock up work? Won't bother digging around to find them if not.

Thanks chaps.

Love it when a plan comes together...

Teaser número uno:

Trying to persuade the wife to join me in a tandem purchase.... Up hill struggle... Only just got her on a bike full stop.
One day my Alaska - Ushuaia trip will happen...

So those at the bottom end ride cos they have to. Those at the top end ride cos 1) they can afford to, and 2) cos... I dunno, they care more abt the environment? They don't want to ride the tube with the riff raff? Or some jokers are skewing the figures.
The middle incomers are to busy keeping up with the Jones' to ride.

So good!

Moar plze

You sir, should come & ride in Jakarta.
I heard there's another Fixed Fest comin but still don't know when, pretty sure gonna hit soon early 2014.

Keep me updated. Only an hour and a bit away...

Jakartarck :)

Fixed.

Jeez! Driving in Jakarta's suicidal... riding, the perfect antidote.

I have never seen such insane traffic. But You must be one of very few.

Boil and drink from same cup. Let it cool or you'll have very sore lips.
If you're worried abt sleeping bag go army surpass, good for -15.
Don't bother with tent...... :)

Juice cartons left outside in the summer are best. They go in... and never come out. Mwahahahaha!

As I found out to my utter horror a few years ago... Hung over to fuck, foot hanging outside tent and I feel something crawling over it, I use the other foot to drowsily rub the offending bug off and POW.... POW POW POW!!!! Stung 4 times in a freaking gazillionth of a second. I'm up, shoe in hand mudering as many as the fuckers that I can find, which is weirdly quite a few. After a frantic 5 mins of swiping and death, my foot throbbing, my head throbbing and my throat parched, I sit on the grass and grab the open carton of juice I'd left in the porch of the tent, tilt my head back, open my grid and pour, swallowing gratefully as the liquid pours in to my throat......

FFFFUUUUUCCCCKKKKK!!!! It's fucking full of wasps (accounting for the number of the feckless id killed in the past 5 mins) an ice just swallowed a handful of the bastards. Freaking out, expecting a sting in the guts at any moment I'm on the phone to a taxi and on my way into town to the hospital.

Cut a long story short, I was fine. Doc said they'd probably already drowned and anyway if I hadn't been stung yet the acid in my stomach would deal with them.... Didn't stop me expecting the worst every time I went for a shit for the next few days..

Hate the bastards.

Arrived safe n sound. Fitted this afternoon, seem great!
Will report back after commute manna with pics...

Worthy of a bump.

You're in Clapham... Take it over to Battersea and give it to them. Easy enough. They've probs only got one van for all of London.

Me too. Chrome. iPad.

^ where you based? Somewhere SE Asia?

Sleeping: from my experience a tent is not needed as long as you have a decent sized ground sheet and a good bivvy bag. Both you can get at an army surpass and will be green for wild chomping which will help. The ground sheet needs to be big enough to cover two people comfortably (even tough it's just for one). Important practice setting up your bivvy before you leave, there are loads of different ways for differnt scenarios, google it. You will need lots of bungies and long steel tent pegs (wide ones with flat sides) get extras, you'll loose them. Around 10-15.
This will be plenty warm enough with a good waterproof bivvy bag and a decent sleeping bag. Last but not least, strip down to just a tee and pants for sleeping. Seems counter intuitive but is warm. All wet kit gets shoved to the end of your bag by yoUr feet. It won't dry completely but better than leaving outside your bag or sleeping in it (don't be tempted). I have camped like to in temperatures down to minus 20 no probs (Norway).

Cooking: buy a jet boil if you can afford it. Small, easy to use and very fast. Buy boil in the bags. Cheap, easy to use, tidy and don't need cutlery much as you just squeeze it out the bag in to your grid. Porridge, pasta, mash. Easy. Also take tobasco, makes anything edible.

Washing: wet wipes and talc. That's it.

Water: petrol stations. If you collect your own from steams when you are up top make sure you boil it for 10-15 mins. Plenty of sheep get drowned in the autumn as the rain starts and you don't want to be lapping down their rotting carcass.

Clothes: a wet set for riding. A dry set for night time plus one spare. Few spare socks n pants. That's it.

Anything I've missed?

;)

Well I'm 6'6" and 15 stone at the moment...hope you can tell by the size of these bikes that my weight is due to my height!

6'5" and 85kg... Must try harder Apollo.

Just sayin.

Ok I know it's not cool but I was out early this morning, and a dude pulled out into the main road I was on. I braked hard and shouted but avoided anything nasty. The dude driving stopped wound down his window and started mouthing off. Free wheeled over leant through the window grabbed his keys and tried to pull them out the ignition. Turns out car keys don't just slide out nice n easy. Still the loop holding the other keys gave way and his house keys went into the bushes. Not cool but I still feel good abt it. Pretty sure he was drunk too.

Warm fuzzy feeling