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Ok ta for the input - not desperate to sell it...though am looking to fund a full on tourer
I do have some drops and levers for it as well, the bullhorns are ugly, but work quite well..

right about the lack of demand for big bikes - Pearson no longer list a 62 and have not sold many either!

How much to people think it is worth? Perhaps stick it on ebay.

i'm asking too much aren't I?

Selling due to lack of use.

62cm (big!) Pearson Touche
Carbon Fork
Halo Wheels
SKS Mudguards
SPD's single sided pedals
Decent bar tape (Specialised Phat Tape and gel)
Charge Saddle
Gaterskin front GP4 Seasons rear tyres
Immoby Security Tag

In great condition.

£395ono

Bike is in Woking, but can bring to central London (Waterloo, Victoria), work hours.

I have put the saddle down for the pics - i'm 6'5" - also I have a flatter stem is required.

PM if interested

This restriction seems a little crap, I think I'm gonna cancel the membership and just be a casual user. Not even going to try and get the access fee refunded.

i have a key , but only a 1 day membership and autorenew - all the benefits of a casual users but the ease of using the key and not having to use a card each time

GETTING TO THE LIGHTS FIRST

Every time some tit (or tits) flys past as I'm cruising to a stop for the lights, do they not realise they'll save their rims and pads if they look ahead and coast rather than sprintin everywhere an slamming the brakes on? AND when I'm waiting in a safe position for lights to change hordes of twats always push past and block all the cars slowing EVERYONE down. Fucking pathetic. Not to mention cars and scooters etc who cut you up when you're 10m from the line. WHY?

I have a plan. I'm gonna buy loads of cheap little trophies from a sports shop and every time some tit barges past me so they can sit triumphantly at the front of the queue like a tool, I present them with a little award and say "well done! you got to the lights first! Have a fucking Medal!" and I'm gonna hire a queen tribute act to play "We are the Chaampions" from the pavement.

Actually, anyone know a good place to buy loads of tacky little "1st" medals, for like a sportsday or whatever. I'm seriously gonna do this. Had enough. Rant over.

Yep cutting in closely is bad as if getting to the front if you are going to be slow to get away.

On a more serious note sprinting between lights/junctions is a good way to get some speed / interval training in on the way to work. Also if you do this you need to make sure you get away quickly so as not to hold cars etc up - this helps with speed training!

Si

Kinda obvious but have you looked for the syllabus and some indication of what and how they will examine you? I seem to remember that I found it on the interweb somewhere.

yes have looked - bit vague - my question was not not really 'what is in the test; but more 'can you do the test without evidence of formal documented training'

think I will just email the providers and see what they say.

ta
Si

-double post

hiya thanks for the reply.

Will check to see if you can just book an assessment without evidence of any formal Cytech training.

Anyone else undertaken the assessments recently?

ta

I noticed that under the Cytech Training Course price list it has 'Assessment Only' prices..

Anyone here just pitched up and put themselves in for these without any 'formal' Cytech training?

Sold

For Sale:

SWRVE Cotton 3/4 Shorts - Size 32 - Grey / 'Pavement' colour

Worn about 10 times for shortish trips. Selling because they just do not fit me. They are in great condition, no rips, tears, marks etc

£20 - collection from Victoria / Waterloo area mon-fri

£23 - posted in UK

Send me a PM if interested.

Si

re fixed, might work, that little pixel guy made a fixed wheel brompton and the pivot on B's is not concentric with the BB

sure it is not ideal though

Did you keep your old chain when swapping the cog? I've had this before when I put on a new MX30. The old one was well eaten and the chain had probably slightly stretched along with it. Stuck a new chain on - problem solved.

no bike has only done 700miles from new.. so as yet nothing swapped - PEARSON are going to send me another shimano freewheel to try which is cool of them

no all basic checks done - chainline fine, BB fine, cranks tight.

only thinki noticed is that perhaps the chainring is not quite concentric with the BB axle so chain tension varies a fraction...

my previous bike a langster had the same setup but did not make the same noise.. might speak to Pearson and see if I can exchange the freewheel to see if that makes a difference

Shimano which is almost mute.
Either your one is worn out or you have sensitive ears.
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it is not very old - less than 500miles it has never clicked, but it has a sort of rubble - perhaps the alloy frame is amplifying transmission noise..

go fixed.

How did i know that was going to be the first reply ;-)

re fixed - been there done that - just prefer to have a freewheel..

Si

Hi,

I have a 18t Shimano freewheel on my Pearson Touche... it is quite noisy.. reminds me of the sort of noises Raleigh Burners and Strikers used to make...

is this normal?
what are the alternatives? White Industries?

ta

year, well my cranks were just 5 years old when they went but were of the older design, frame was under 3 years old - pics above of of the 'same bike' though there is very little left of the original bike I bought

yer i have had a crank snap:

brompton did send a new crankset foc in the new thicker design

also broke a frame:

when they replaced the frame that also fitted new cables, gear stuff etc etc

to be honest the locking bike thing up if giving me issues for my nice new road bike,

apart from mountain biking my dailiy bike is a brompton - you just so use to taking it with youin shops, work etc that I never need to lock it up anywhere...

I don't like the slogan because it suggests that I'd be driving a car if I didn't have a bike. "One less public transport passenger" is less catchy and antagonising I guess

or 'one less person jammed in your armpit' but then the people of the underground would not see you....

just seemed easier to carry two evo rather than one fahg

Hope that answers your question...

as i have no idea as to what you are on about, then the answer would be no..

not a case of 'one more car', but only use when you need to i.e. not driving your lardy fat kids 1 mile to school...

i do a bit of motorsport - great fun and does not lead to traffic jams and congestion in the towns. heavy on tyre rubber though ;-)