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Anyone here going to be in Paris on 8 August? I've got two tickets for the track cycling I need to shift https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/398110/#comment17465299

I've got two spare tickets for the olympic track cycling in Paris on 8 August. There will be medals in the men's omnium and women's keirin, plus men's sprint QF and minor places. Tickets are category D (cheapest).

€100/£85 each (face value)

Velodrome is in St Quentin en Yvelines which is just outside Paris https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tg51V9gb5MjTG3Uc8

Ha that's interesting. Yeah I'm not going to waste any energy tugging on heartstrings

Yeah I tried talking to the owner a while ago, I thought quite politely and conductively, but he just started shouting and swearing at me and I couldn't get a word in edgeways.

Let's see if the bollards or flats arrive first. Personally I have no problem with the company being there, as long as they stay out of cycle spaces and don't silt the drains up with all the crud that comes off their trucks. But I know a lot of people want them gone and flats instead

Yeah he's still there some of the time, but not that effective in my opinion. The drivers don't seem to want to wait for him so they are often doing their own thing. And he obviously only does it for the O'Donovan vans, which aren't actually the only culprits

Apart from the principle that just because they are in a big van they don't have to keep to the rules it never used to bother me either. Younger kids lack the sense to share space with them though, and the whole point of the cycle track is that they shouldn't have to.

Thanks all. Will contact councillors and school governors. Does anyone know chapter and verse for which rule they're breaking by entering the cycle track?

Yeah, is that from experience?

I need to figure out what rules they're breaking, who is responsible for enforcing, and then I'm prepared to commit to being so annoying that they actually get enforced.

It shouldn't be this hard to stop 6 year olds having to share their bike lane with skip lorries!

There is a cycle track on the pavement running along a road near me. The road ends at a park, with a couple of schools on the other side of the park, and the cycle track is well used by kids and parents going to and from the schools (including me and my daughter).

There is also a waste disposal company on the same road and I am getting increasingly fed up with their skip vans and lorries mounting the kerb and entering the cycle lane when backing into their yard, or just driving in the cycle track when there isn't enough room on the road to pass. In both cases it's usually because another of the company's vans is parked up on the road, which has yellow lines.

Can anyone recommend any strategies for getting the vans to stay out of the cycle lane? What agencies/organisations should I be talking to? The council (Haringay)? LCC? Anyone else?

Also does anyone have any opinions on exactly how to keep the vans out? I had thought about plastic wands, but I am pretty sure they will just get flattened. A metal railing or bollards between the pavement/cycle track and the road would probably do better but I worry about cyclists+HGVs+railings. Would be nice if the council would issue a fine for every time a van entered the cycle track or parked on the yellow line. I expect that would be pretty effective...

Any advice appreciated

Awesome bike, too small for me but glws and have a bump in the meantime

Last price drop before it goes on eBay. Someone take this off my hands!

Price drop

Monday morning price drop: £500

Price drop!

It really is! You should buy it!

I've seen the fork crown on a couple of high end Raleighs which is sort of what inspired the respray, but as @midlife points out, not unique.

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I bought this frame from fyxomatosis for too much money back in the heady days of 2007. Was sold to me as a Hillman, but it's not. Not an SBDU Raleigh either, but I had it sprayed up as one because I've always wanted one. Nice frame none the less. Seat tube and top tube are both 57 cm ctc.

Parts are:
Record Pista high flange hubs on Mavic (front) and Fiamme (rear) sprint rims, spokes tied and soldered, Vittoria Pista tubs, 14t sprocket
Record Pista cranks (165m), modern Record Pista chainring (48t)
Victory BB
Cinelli 2A track stem (120mm)
Cinelli Pista 67-39 handlebars
Gran Sport (?) headset
Nuovo Record (?) seatpost
Turbo saddle

Everything is in good condition apart from a few chips to the paint (top tube, chain/seat stays) and some damage to the fork decals from fitting a clamp-on brake. Some scratching to the clamp area on the bars, also shown in pics.

Now sold

Man who egged Jeremy Corbyn pleads guilty to "assault by beating". Brilliant.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/25/brexit-supporter-egged-jeremy-corbyn-labour-admits-assault-charge

Nice bike and a good price. Would take it off your hands if the fork was drilled - glws

I thought the pun was a bit strained to be honest. And actually it's norbornane (this is the level of pedantry I've been reduced to)

It was always going to end in gears

Hiding in plain sight. Tell theresa we found it!

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