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I managed it on Sunday on an 80, but I had to stop twice to get my breath back (and my heart rate below 200bpm). Legs were OK, having to work everything (both legs, both arms, back) the whole time is exhausting.

You'll be fine. Have fun!

@neilp: 84?! chapeau!

Yes it is home contents, is that better? That relieves me somewhat.. until I'm hit with a bombshell that I'm not covered!

I'm not sure what it was reported as, the PCSO who reporte was absolutely hilarious. He didn't know where Camden Road was, and when I told him that I will check Brick Lane he thought it was groundbreaking that people sold stolen bikes there- he said
he'd put it on the system so other officers could see it, shocking!

It's worth checking the terms of the insurance before you bung your claim in. You've only got one shot at getting it accepted and if you miss something out, it could all be over before it's started.

When I had a bike nicked, the insurance company wanted details of the lock, proof that it was my lock, and the ins and outs of a gnat's arse re where it was locked up, how it was locked up, and so on, and so on. Fortunately I was a model victim with receipts, an Abus Granit, and all the rest of it, but I think if I hadn't have been, there'd have been a loss adjuster knocking on the door to negotiate a 'reasonable settlement'.

Not wanting to paint too pessimistic a picture, but it would be worth writing down exact times, who was there, which perpetrator used actual or threatened violence, and all the other minute detail, so when it comes to the cross-examination of your story, at least you'll be able to stay consistent. It would also be worth getting the claim form now, so you know what they'll be looking for. At the extreme end you can employ a loss adjuster on your side to make sure you don't get your claim rejected for an apparently innocent omission/admission.

Extreme sympathy and best luck.

All sorted! Let's continue on PM...

Cool. I'll ping my mate a text...

I can sort you out with an ostentatious (but light) seat-seatpin combo, and I'm sure I have a spare rear wheel off a Giant OCR1 that has a 9 speed cassette.

The saddle's one of those cowprint ones that attach to the pin using a proprietary rail system. The pin's 27.2. Bought it by mistake on Wiggle a few years ago. Only tried it a few times, so it's as good as new.

I think a mate of mine has either the rear or the front wheel in his garage (I'll check which - the other's in my loft). If you're interested I can ping him a mail to see if he's around this w/e so I can pick it up.

Happy to let these go for a donation to the forum, if you think that's reasonable.

More speed record action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmpxJWAJbFM

It does look like the bike's attached to the car, but I think that's to tow the bike along until the bike rider's going fast enough to get into an efficient cadence.

To underline Clive's point, it's not just the money you need to worry about. If you have children they can end up in state care unless you've explicitly pointed at the people who will care for them if you and their other parent die. Not sure how aggressive the state would be in forcing this if a willing grandparent (or similar) came forward, but I guess there'd need to be an adoption procedure, which would apply the same tests as if the adoptor had no connection with the adoptee(s), i.e. no smoking, no fat tummies, no shared bedrooms, etc.

Regarding challenging a will, I understand from a colleague who took a few steps towards this that the case has to be heard in the High Court, which means you need a reserve of about £100K to prepare the case and have it heard. If this is wholly true, the risk of an off-the-shelf will being challenged is mitigated, unless of course, you're a squillionaire.

As documented above, your problem's not having text on any of the pages that the Google Spider can read, so if you want to show up in natural search results (as opposed to paid search), you're going to have to splash some text across the site in nice, plain, readable HTML. Either that or get your Flash developer to SEO-ise the code, which is something I hear can be done, but I have no idea how. Don't be tempted to simply add black text on your blackground (which would mean Google can read it, but it won't interfer with your aesthetics) - Google hates this and will blacklist your site.

I've seen good results in the past on sites that include the words they're chasing in the broswer header bar, within the url and as part of the H1.

As a start, why not change your About Me to an HTML page, call it 'Glasgow photographer' (Title, H1 and file name) and write a load of content about how you take photographs of Glasgow, live in Glasgow, which is where you take photographs, often travel from Glasgow to take photographs of other places but always return to Glasgow with your photographs, have taken photographs of phtotographers in Glasgow while they photographed you, the Glasgow photographer, and so on.

I put my coat on and left this thread, which was a bit irresponsible. Skully's words struck me and after a bit of a think I realise why I am a bit more affected by the Paul Roantree/DJ story than I might have otherwise been.

My father died 18 months ago after similarly short illness (yes, cancer). Paul's thread started around the anniversary and following it day-by-day perfectly described the uncertainty, hope and depression of a terrible journey.

In grieving I was a terrible bore, not very nice to hang out with and not very nice to people who I believed hadn't walked a mile in my shoes. In DJ's story (the visible one - I don't know what gets said in the pub/on the phone/etc., so apologies to others who dealt with this) I see myself, so I guess a year ahead, I'm bothered enough to start a thread about it.

To others who were/still are involved with Paul Roantree's care/his memorial, I'm sorry if I seemed presumptuous in interfering. To DJ's mates who've been very supportive, clearly I couldn't see what else was going on, but it's regrettable, nonetheless, that we've been at odds. Original message to DJ's former posting style (note, not DJ - I don't know him), come back!

I think while I'm new-ish and lurky, I'll stick to less contentious subjects.

fuck off you arse kissing cunt

...ok. 'zit alright if i still lurk around a bit?

Understand that this reads as a huge bit of brown nosing. I've never met the guy, but I don't think I'm alone in (a) reading and not posting, (b) finding LFGSS a bit intimidating (this is part of its charm), and (c) finding the regular posters very entertaining reading. There I go again, being a fucking suck-up. I'll get my coat.

he's out cottaging at the mo, i'm sure he'll be touched.

...not by either of us. We are sad late night forumers.

I am a big, big lurker. I enjoy reading the forum, but I lack the urge to dive in on threads where I have little to add, and there are plenty of posters who know a lot more about the subjects being discussed than I do. So I lurk. So there.

Notwithstanding my wallfloweryness, over the last few weeks it’s disappointing to see Dancing James (henceforth DJ) doing a hermit crab in the face of a few rebukes. I’d like to put my hand up and ask for the old DJ back, please. Two reasons.

The strongest is the long thread re 50:14, which touches everyone except the emotionally amputated. I felt DJ was on the sharp end of that, and I think grieving people need to be cut a bit of latitude, even when they’re not on the actual subject of their grieving. It’s a hugely upsetting time and I think courtesy demands a bit of understanding in a few directions. If a few noobs suffer and get the hump, I think that’s OK. If one is doled short shrift, the first reasonable reaction ought to be to look at the shriftor’s other posts and ask whether the shriftor is cunt, or whether actually they’re normally OK, but just a touchy at the mo. People who don’t do this ought to head off to Bikeradar and have a good old barny over there. As a reader, it’s not that interesting (well, it is a bit funny) to plough through a lions vs Christians thread, and it’s a shame to see someone who’s obviously a decent guy being flamed over the odd bit of sharptoungueiness.

The second is the constant advertisement to two pieces of fixed doctrine: use foot retention and don’t go brakeless. I’ve been riding SS for 6 years, having bought my bike as a fixed and converted it to SS after a horrible couple of miles being pinged off my flatties every time I wanted to slow down. I’ve recently bought a new bike which came with a fixed gear, so I thought I’d give a go, clipped in this time, and hey presto! I can’t stay off it. Fantastic! For this piece of (oft repeated) wisdom, a big thank you to the forum and particularly DJ.

Nothing more than a late night bit of reflection, so if the old DJ is out there, can we have him back, please? If we can have less, “When I say that, I get heat, and when I say this I get heat,” and a bit more, “You ought to do that,” I’d be grateful. If the old DJ’s been set running in the woods and shot, then IMO, that’s a shame.

Anyway, nuff said: I have lurking to be gotten on with.

JG on his Streamroller between Balham and Tooting Bec who was a gent in three parts:

1. being very complimentary about my bike (of which I am insanely proud)
   
2. being informative and interesting about chain tension and tensioning
   
3. being encouraging about South beers, which seem less intimidating now I've been nudged
   

Cheers Bagheera. Bit of a funny one no one being interested. I'll give it till the end of the week, then I'll stick it on eBay.

Agree re the armchair, but it's really nothing without the setting - fireside, bare brick, hearth rug and floral wallpaper. Just needs a labrador and reefer to complete the picture.

Good luck with your search.

Mine's up for sale: http://www.lfgss.com/thread41675.html

Not quite gorgeous at the mo, but an excellent starting point (it's light and fast) for a respray and part swapping.

No takers. Yikes! Price reduced to £170.

PM'd you. Shout if it doesn't turn up.

My Fred Williams SS is up for grabs (see pics below).

Frame: Fred Wiliams Columbus* tubing. Seat tube 59cm C2C, top tube 57cm C2C
Paintwork: Blue/white in pretty crap condition
Wheels: Aerorage Track. Appr 18 months old.
Bars: Airwing bullhorns
Headset: Tange - original
Brakes & levers: Tiagra
Crank: SR with 46T ring. LH arm is silver (replacement)
Rear cog: Shimano freewheel 16T
Tyres: Schwalbe Marathon
Saddle: Bontranger
*not sure how this is verified - what I was told when I bought it

Pedals are not included - I can probably sort you out with a pair of flatties from the shed. I'm also hanging on to the brackets for the lights.

Things you need to know
The wheels need a tiny bit of truing. They rotate freely, but it's possible to see a vey small wobble on the rear when it turns.
The headset needs a tweak. No movement when static and moved backwards and forwards with the front brake on, but a small judder when braking lightly at speed.
The chain needs replacing. It's a stretched 3/32, but it's best if the new owner does this in combination with a new gear ratio or fixed gear.

All said, it's a great bike that's served me well for 6 years. It's in Kentish Town during the day and Wimbledon in the evenings. Viewings/questions welcome. Pick up only.

£190

I had a similar dilema when I wanted to go single gear and in asking a few questions on the C+ forum, someone popped up and offered to sell me theirs, so it kind of got sorted that way. In fact what I ended up with was a bike that was rideable, but needed a bit of work. Over the last six years or so I've changed quite a few parts (fixed to ss, hubs then wheels, bars, brakes, saddle, tyres x 4, chain x 2 (just to match up with sproket changes).

Doing it this way, I've always had a functioning bike on the road, but have been able to do a bit of fixing and servicing too. Luckily I haven't had a BB, stem or a headset go, which might be a bit more difficult to replace off the shelf, given the age of the frame and fork. (More experienced hands can correct me on this.)

I am going to put my bike up for sale next week (you should see my new one), but I'm not asking you to buy it, unless you want to.

I'd get round a few of the second hand listings (there's a very big fuji track on here at the moment) and see what you get for your money. Buying new and OTP will get you where you want to be quickly at a fair price, but I don't believe the only other option is to start with a box of bits.

Good luck!

Ha! Worked, innit!

Just sent you PM. I'm selling a derivation of this: http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/henley.htm. It's got aerorage tack wheels, freewheel, F&R brakes, new bars and a couple of other bits I can't call to mind. The condition is worse than in the photo. It needs a few replacement parts (chain, chainring) and a clean before it's race ready.

It's 60cm C2C, so it should be a good fit. And I'm SW.

'Scuse the public discussion, but with this I break out into open plains. Your 6'3" friend will be very happy on my 60cm C2T Fred Williams frame. You can have a look at what it used to look like here: http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/henley.htm (uploaded by previous owner).

Since then I've made it a free wheel (48:16), significantly degraded the paintwork through lack of cleaning, allowed the wheelnuts to pick up a bit of rust, added aerorage track wheels (white) which need truing, added new bars with a better drop (still bullhorns), addred Tiagra F&R brakes and levers and ground the front chain ring to shark's teeth.

I've owned the bike for six years and covered about 20K miles. The headset needs a tweak and I think the 3/32 chain I bought in a hurry ought to be replaced (a bit musical under stress), but apart from that, providing your mate doesn't want to look too cool or go up any very steep hills, I'd say it's good to go. PM me if you're not horrified.

I'm going to see if my MTB communting neighbour (who's tall) is interested, but I'm hoping for something around the £200 mark. Sound reasonable?

why is this thread open again?

'Cos it knew that I'd been drumming my fingers for a fortnight about the Cliff Shrubb bike at Pearson Cycles, and it'd only be after I'd paid for it that I'd do a bit of googling so I could show my kids what a cool bike I've bought. This thread showed up 'cos it'd known all all along. Hail LFGSS and its Madame Zelda powers!

'Course I'm a noobs, so I won't be able to advertise my current bike till I've found something else to say. If you're interested in a Colombus tubed MASSIVE bike, that needs a bit of nursing, PM me.

After several months of lurking, here I am registered, prompted by your post, so thank you for asking.

There are several good-ish ones nearby. Not too sure about the one nearest you near the railway station, but it's worth visting:
Smith Bros on Chrurch Road in Wimbledon Village. Sells his own brand of re-badged MTBs and quite a few second hand bikes. Worth checking out for '80s racers in need of conversion.
Action Bikes on Wimbledon Broadway is OK-ish in an Action Bikes kind of way.
Star of the show is AW Cycles on Merton High St. Propoer oily finger nails and overalls set up. They sell laughably crap bikes, but very good spares. On a good day he'll let you have a rummage through his spares box.
Moose Cycles in Colliers Wood is mainly MTBs, but he knows his onions and is a pretty low pressure kind of dude.
And if it's a Sunday, and you need specialist kit like an inner tube or a dust cap, Halfords at Shannon Corner (on the way to New Malden) will sort you out.

Oh, and welcome to Merton.