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aidan [quote]
yeah its quite common for (black) people to not look where they're going.....i think it has somthing to do with them being from africa......have you noticed it allways seems to be polish people that step out into the road without looking?

My comment was observational not racist. I have no problem with you disagreeing with me but suggesting I'm racist in this and later posts isn't on.

I can confirm that Norwood, is not only shit, but is also the worst place to cycle for people cutting you up. I was breaking my bollox trying to get to the cash n carry last night to meet someone, (having not left myself enough time to get there comfortably) and from the end of streatham to the start of purly way I was cut up by (black) people pulling out without looking or without any consideration for me as a road user 8 times in 12 streets and left hucked by drivers twice. I could swear kellogs had a give away driving licence with every pack of cornflakes there.

brett
Langster, Track, Fillmore, Plug, Pompino, T1, Pista, Flyer, have missed loads I'm sure, although there are some ok bikes in that lot.

It looks like one of the above bikes after a clerkenwell/soho owner has it for six months and I think the lack of branded parts will apeal to a lot of courier/commuters who already rap everything in tape to disguise their frames identity.
Condor get parts made with their logo's on them so I don't see the problem with swobo having parts made with theirs. I'm sure its just formula china/taiwain factory parts rebranded.
That said £300 quid buys a FUJI though and the rest of those bikes (bar maybe the Pomp which is a bit better than the rest IMHO for commuting) are overpriced compared to it.

I'm all in favour of women wearing lycra...

Wow the DRAMA. He could effectivly use his legs and jump stopping while the rims break in as many brakeless riders do!

Shimano brake pads aren't very good in the wet. Give it a few weeks until the paint wears off the rim and you will have more friction on the rims. If its not dry and better then you need to replace the pads. I wouldn't go near a new bike with scouring pads personnally. Let it break in naturally.

If this guy was seriously hurt in the accident and you are tracked this is pretty damning evidence that you maliciously damaged the car in the run up to a more serious accident. I think you should delete the content.

BringMeMyFix
Cleats are also a common culprit, and tight chain links - noises seem to travel to other bits of the bike.

My spd pedals are really noisey with the clicking and the creeking . Do you know is it worth trying to change bearings or is it better to just buy new pedals. They are only 1 year old but have had a lot of use.

KM here is just hype and marketing from the US version and not the same as the Isrealy DF stuff.
kickboxing and BJJ (sombo is simular to BJJ and imho more efficient form of Jujitsu) are the staples of MMA but require a serious amount of training to get perficient in.
However I like the JKD take of making 5 or six moves your own then using a broad base of boxing, oriental MA's and grapling to back these up. I also prefer the emphisis on counter attack taken from fencing rather than block and counter you get in kickboxing (and kickboxing based MMA/self defence techniques including Krav Maga) and other MA's.

I did it for a while, comming from a kickboxing background, and thought it was a load of crap. Most of the technique stuff we did was kickboxing based (which was ok sparing), with a bit of grappling where the instructor would tell us to gauge or hit the opponent in the balls which obviously we couldn't practice.

JKD (http://www.bobbreen.co.uk is the best), http://www.tanglung.org academy training (Sambo+Wing Chun) or http://www.carlsongracie.org/for BJJ would be my recommendations for good combat training.

I know the jap supermarket in the Jap centre on the corner of piccidilly and regent st does sushi catering trays for a couple of local businesses. They are very cheap to buy lunch in compared to other places take away prices.

nimhbus I guess you lot have already seen this....thoughts?

There is a review in this weeks cycling plus of the Plug btw.

If in doubt get the 1/8 as it will fit on both 1/8 and 3/32 parts! You could alternativly read the size on your rear cog and chainring. They should say the No. of teeth times the size.

31trum(murtle) i was refering to knuckleheads views on cheapo ali bikes like langsters etc

So you agree langsters are POS cheapo ali bikes, but don't like my expressing this view on the forum, just to be clear here so I can avoid offending you in the future... I'll get my coat P)

Another way of writing that would be to say Surly has their own 4130 tubes made especially for them instead of ordering generically produced tubes from reynolds/tange/columbus!)

Surly bikes are great, much better than some shity entry level bike. I have a crossXcheck which is what I reach for every time I go out on a all day ride because its so comfy, totally bombproof for whatever type of road I meet and rides well under load. Admittadly my only comparison is my condor track italia and a couple 2nd hand road and MTBs in the past but there is no way surly are on a par with a plain gauge frame or cheapo ali bike like langsters.

hippy It's not really a cafe in the traditional sense though.. some cool machinery makes it there. Pity I'm all anti-car now ;)

Its a dinner I suppose but does pies, egg and chips burgers etc.

God bless ebay....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-Piece-Of-Manchester-Velodrome-Cycle-Track_W0QQitemZ220129655203QQihZ012QQcategoryZ2904QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Whats the advantage of a Kerin frame over a standard track frame? I thought they where just heavy steal tubed old fashioned track frames really.

Ace Café Stonebrige. Good food and beer with Rockabilly, clasic motorbikes, hotrods, american pickup trucks, racing strip and skinhead reggae nights.

I think you are covered in the paypal case. He opted for your standard non recorded delivery. You posted it and have proof of postage. If it went missing its his problem for not paying the extra recorded postage with insurance.
Stick to your guns with paypal and they will eventually give you the money IMHO.

They aren't allowed use them constantly in Ireland. They can put them on when someone doesn't move out of the way but otherwise they travel with just the lights flashing on an emergency run. I really hate waking up at 2am to see an ambulance roll past sirens blaring through empty streets!

scott not scot they're about £750 for frame and fork.

Its $750 on the US site!

Lois Einhorn I think you'd get more
pleasure out of planning to buy it and planning the modifications and stroking it

So his hobby is building and specing bikes as well as riding, whats wrong with that? I get a lot of pleasure out of maintainance and building bikes too as it gets the mind working in a different way to reading and studying. I think If he buys the bike he will have fun specing it, fun building it and fun riding it. Sounds like a lot of fun to me!