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thats raaaaaaaad!
yeh - ken did have a bike rental scheme in the works but boris was advocating its introduction since before he became mayor - remember he does cycle and so is more pro-cycling - his plans for the hire scheme are 3 times bigger than kens.

ah-hah, pete - your killing me ;-)

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YouTube - Quicksilver bike dancing

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i've been thinking of carrying my camera with me and taking a photo of every car i see slide up into the advance stop line box next to me - do you reckon it'd be worth my while?

+motorcycles aren't allowed in/past the box are they?

yeh - 1 day im gonna actualy try and understand all the issues surrounding french threaded bb's - sheldon brown will reveal all :-D

cheers van uden - ill check it out now

black fixed - black skater helmet
me: black/silver racer - aviators
was racing you down kingsland/stoke newington high road/street
about even i reckon - you got less fear than me on the dalston junction though :-D

what ratio you on?

cheers for all this - nice and quick answer - mucho apreciato and all that...

seems to me that the difference is common sense - the difference is between what their designed for - track specifically for speedy moving round the velodrome; road racers for a more secure(?) ride through the streets.

yeh - thats pretty much what i feared - i wouldn't know where to start visa vise making contacts, sending out feelers, etc.

i've been doing quite well with craigslist - all too big so far though :-(
their all from the u.s. as well - i reckon the americans are just more keen on getting space where they can, and utalise the internet to help them do so... whereas the europeans don't care?
my un-proven, un-founded (that doesn't even mean anything, does it?) sociology study, all for your delight...
:-D

76.38% of questions on this form can be answered by a link to Sheldon Brown. Science says so.

shit - should have known to consult the oracle-like Mr. SB...

ta for that mikey - nice 'n' concise :-)

twas trying to find sumit to say about commercial moguls trying to keep us in the dark ages, but then every hhsb i've ever seen on this forum cycled right over my brain train...

well - tis more of a holiday + a bonus, yeh ken?
+i have no dorrah for anything more elaborate :-(

I like them, I follow ones some months back in the USA, they go for crazy prices

do they feel any different to normal cranks?

Is there any difference between a track frame, and its geared equivalent?

My main reason for asking is that i'm looking to build on an old Gitane frame (once i get my hands on one) and i want to know if i'll be fine getting a Tour de France model, or whether i really need to get the Mexico model - its track equivalent.

cheers, FrankMG

Sold them all but one.

is the last one for sale?
:-P

Not such great frames though

why not? my previous research suggested that, providing you got a frame of reynolds 531 tubing, you'd be getting a real nice ride
+i like the geometry
+it will be a beat-em-up most likely - inner london commuting and that...

Gitane 56cm Single speed
Vitus 999 tubing
model/year unkown :-S

ah hah - thats what the dude in the shop recommended

yeh - i read a mention of it the other day - this time im more interested :-D
ta for the reminder

So i went to 2WheelsGood today and asked the guy at the desk (Colnago cycling cap; impressive mustache+chin fluff) about a good way to go about purchasing a Gitane track frame from the 80's era (or there abouts) and he suggested i take a trip to Europe and hunt for one, specifically Holland and Belgium, and possibly France, with Holland being the best place to look.

Could anyone offer me any tips on how to go about hunting for an old[classic] track frame in an unknown (to me) land?

cheers, FrankMG

sweet single speed...

peugeot - new brakes/pedals/saddle
£320

so timid cyclists die because they undertake lorries and get into their blind-zones

and then confident[crazy] cyclists die for doing the opposite and cycling wherever they want...

its just not fair!!!!

I read a stat somewhere that backs this up, something to do with not jumping reds, riding more timidly and allowing themselves to be bullied into the curb when they should be in the primary position etc. Obviously this isn't all women and a lot of men do it too.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1695668.ece
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Women cyclists are far more likely to be killed by a lorry because, unlike men, they tend to obey red lights and wait at junctions in the driver’s blind spot, according to a study.*

wrong side of the river, and more people have been killed this week

im pretty sure the ride she was on was organised through CM - leafletting an all, so i think thats where the relevance lies...