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It's clear I don't come here very often, so thanks to all who have made suggestions since my last response. She still hasn't plucked up the courage to go for it but maybe I'll encourage her again with these further suggestions.

Thanks again.

It's a gimmick intended to garner publicity for the hotel not too actually reduce theiri carbon footprint.

most people would produce less than 100w sustained, a small boiling ring requires at least 1kw....probably more, if it takes 20 mins to boil water and cook pasta you would have to pedal for over 3 hours to "earn" a plate of plain cooked pasta.

But I like the free use of rollers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8661372.stm

This is my neck of the woods. You could go through Hampstead Garden Suburb, emerging on whittington Road
Then up past the Spaniards Inn to the Pond Square. Take a left down East Heath Street. At the bottom follow the signs via Camden and you emerge and Chalk farm Road. Its no longer scenic. Go round Camden, onto Camden Street, Pancras Road, past the new Terminal on your left. Cross the Euston Road onto Judd Street take a left at the end onto Guilford Street, then a right down the back streets near Great Ormond Street. YHou come out on Theobolds Road. Onto Hipster Highway and the journey is complete :)

Hadn't thought of going the west way round - I've always gone through Holloway. Some of those roads are still pretty busy 'though, and narrow. Still, some stuff to plan around there, so thanks for your thoughts.

buy her a moped.

It was nicked.

The GF and I just acquired one of these - http://www.futuremaps.co.uk/london-wall-map/london-street-map-2

as she has started cycling more around London. Useful for learning how to get from A to B using different roads.

I like maps. Thanks

erm, no.

Anything else?

My lovely wife wants to start commuting to work but wants to avoid the big roads (I keep telling her I think bus lanes are safer than side roads but she disagrees). She also needs a way back that doesn't involve a difficult climb (I keep telling her Archway Road is the easiest hill but she doesn't want to use a big road).

Does anyone have any suggestions for a nice route for her? Anything from around Highgate on would be fine, we know the local area very well.

Cheers

Nick

It's been a while since I last built a wheel - I was taught that.
Reminder gratefully received!

I'm building a pair of Velocity Deep V's. Any tips on getting the nipples in without them falling into the cavity. It's a bloody pain in the butt.

Thanks

I'm also suffering from an inexperienced cyclist.

I've just been on a charity ride through Holland (awsome cycling country. If you've never been there,go. It's perfect for fixed/ss long distance stuff). Anyway, riding two abreast on the last morning with another participant, she suddenly decides to go single file but rather than falling in behind me she tries to go in front. Before I knew what was happening I hit her wheel at about 16 mph and go flying.

This was Tuesday and I'm still bruised and in pain all down the left side of my back. Been to the docs today. No cracks or breaks but I'll be off the bike for a couple of weeks at least.

What struck me after is that the ride organisers gave no instructions about safe riding including basics like dropping back to go single file rather than going forward.

You can get a great bike from 14bike co for your budget. Just tell them that's what you have to spend and let them show you what they can do.

Will try to get there for a quick one after watching my mate Ste on the Plinth from 6 - 7.

I'm completely hopeless at photography, but here's my attempt

Don't do yourself down, mate. I'd say that's a perfectly good photograph.

(Nice bike too).

Is this idea too much of a long shot?

Every week some volunteers from here go down to Brick lane with a blackberry / iPhone and take pictures of the stolen bikes, then upload them to this forum where people who have had their bikes stolen can be watching in. If they can provide sufficient evidence that their bike is the one that has been uploaded then it may be possible to do something about it the way Lenni managed?

Compass Rides - provisional dates are this week and er today.
No North for me this week. Have a good one chaps/esses.

Thanks - should have done a search. Apologies for timewasting.

Chaps - a compass ride tonight?
I'm waiting to see if the "Tuesday night club" will let me ride with them tonight...

Sorry to be dumb - what's a compass ride please? Was thinking of dropping in to the flask around 7 following a late meeting in the city. Will ride up with you Arvy if you're going to be around at that time.

For anyone else, or future reference, John Wainwright ... john@14bikeco.com

Make your new project building a bike for her.

She never rides the one she's got.

What do you all do with your old projects? I mean, if these are current projects, presumably you have a shed load of old projects, or else you dismatle them and use the bits for other things, or you sell them, or what?

Tell me, because I want to have a new project, but my beloved thinks four bikes is too many as it is. In fact I'm going to have to sell the old 1991 Marin Sausalito so she can put gardening stuff in the shed.

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As I suspected, at 5'4" with legs like tree stumps I've been riding bikes too big most of my life.

But why did you need to look at a spreadsheet to confirm it? Didn't you just know simply because you were uncomfortable. I've been trying to get my new bike to feel comfortable, not to be the right size frame. I think there's an important difference because as I realised today, different frames with different geometries made by different manufacturers come up differently. It now seems perverse to go into a shop and insist on a particular size.

It's like shoes. I'm usually a 10.5 or 45, but with some shoes I buy I need an 11 and others a 10.

So from now on I'm going to tell the shop the size I usually take for bike frames, but let them measure me for their bikes, and then I'm going to ride it and see if it's comfortable and if it's not I'm going back to see how I can improve the ride.

I like that idea very much.

I might even do it.

If you are concerned about it going rusty why not go and give it a clean & and oil? give it a wipe over with a oily rag should give it some protection, could do it weekly?

Then after a decent amount of time......6 months?...... since you have been caring and loving towards the frame, it will love you like a parent and then it will only be humane to bring it indoors.

I'm in the process of buying a new bike on insurance proceeds. The shop only wanted to know standover size. I thought that a bit odd. it's a track frame and it's about 2 -3 cm smaller than my road frame which I was properly measured for. the bike shop said track frames always come up smaller that road frames.

That also sounded odd. Why should that be the case?

Should I just go back and tell them to give me a frame that's bigger even if it means I'm touching the top tube if I standover it?

There's a nice old Raleigh town bike D locked to a lmp post near me for about 10 weeks now. It's slowly going rusty.

When would be a decent time to liberate.

I agree that by alerting the neighbours someone will just go out there and take it. Putting an official looking label on it giving 2 weeks notice to removal is another thought I had but that seems dishonest as well.

I would have thought that if it's stil lthere after 6 months then it's fair game. Any other offers? Also, what's the best / chepest way to get through a D Lock?

Sounds great. I was a few hours behind you on a charity ride from Esher to Hove via Devil's Dyke. Out of hundreds of riders - I saw one other fixed and heard of a third. It was great getting the respect for riding it from the other participants.

Rode the whole way apart from about 50 metres at the steepest part of the Devil's Dyke climb. I just couldn't turn those pedals but overall I was really pleased with myself. A hell of a lot more challenging to spin the legs the whole way rather than freewheeling.

Now, time to turn in - I need to be up at 5.30 to get to Bristol for a meeting first thing.

Thankfully I'm not cycling there.