[chappers]

from what i can tell its not worth riding anything bar a brompton that you can stash under your desk down there in london, they seem to nick any old shit and sell it at brick lane market.

[Percy B]

Anyone off down Ladbrooks for a wager on Cav (currently 5/1) winning tomorrows stage? Green jersey competition is hotting up nicely...

[Percy B]

Been a while since anybody posted on here, and then I remembered seeing this picture. Should it be here, or on the muscular deformities thread? Dunno, but I reckon the German track sprint team has been doing a bit of training....

[chappers]

holy shit!

[tlr]

 That's me, you and Chappers isn't it Percy? I never said they could print that picture of us....

[Percy B]

Gibb told me an amusing tale from this years 3 Peaks cyclocross torture, and as somebody has written it up so well on their blog, I thought I'd share. There are also pictures elsewhere on the web, but I don't think we need to see these....

http://rouleurmagazine.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/northern-exposure/

 

[chappers]

thought you boys might like this. My mate Tom on the monsal hill climb at the weekend...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47853324@N08/5068521499/#

(no idea how to imbed a flickr pic)

[gingerninja]

i was at the monsal head hill climb and got a few shots
check them out here http://www.dr-photography.co.uk/latest-work/

[LucyB]

 

Love the grumpy face! 'Daddy promised me a fun day out. He brought me to watch men gurning while they rode up a hill.'

[Percy B]

She bloody loved it.

Well, for the first 2 bikes.......then the novelty did wear off a bit.

Anyway, just cos your a moderator doesn't mean you can come round here making snide comments. Is nowhere sacred? And you don't even shave your legs.....

 

[gingerninja]

haha ill get a copy to you guys if you want it.

[Percy B]

That'd be cool if you don't mind, Dom.....!

[gingerninja]

no worries mate. ill drop it in to the works next time i go.

[Yossarian]

If anyone fancies a challenge, I designed a tick sheet to help record the 100 Hours of Turbo that I can some others seem to fancy the idea of this winter.

You can download it via my blog here - www.saltedmackerel.cc

And Brian at www.thewashingmachinepost.net decided to feature it today too.

(Now, has anyone got any DVD recommendations?)

[Dolly]

Only just caught up with this thread and the Monsal Climb pics. Some great shots there.
I must admit looking at them it reinforces my opinion that it isn't really fun to enter.
Has anyone ever been tempted ? Percy ?
Bentley (great shot of him BTW) was suggesting I give it a go next year - even volunteered to ride out with me and show me where it started.

[Percy B]

Tempted, yes...kind of. Maybe next year.....
There's a vid somewhere of this years event, with footage of Rus Downings winning ride on the most over-geared fixie I've ever seen. The pain in his face as he barely kept the gear turning is brilliant. I shall go and seek it out.

Remember, kids..... Fixies. Don't do it. Well, not in the Peak at any rate - it hurts too much.

[chappers]

Yoss,
i notice from your blog that you are starting the process of obtaining a hand built English...please keep us informed, esp build photos. only the other day i sent a link to his website to a friend telling of these amazing compact frames.

[Palomides]

Those English frames look amazing - the one with internal cable routing that the guy from weightweenies had built looks like nothing else I've seen. Rob English's solution to making an adjustable integrated seatpost was very clever indeed, and the extra cowling behind the headtube to hide the cabling - it all shows a level of ingenuity and attention to detail that's almost worrying.

The weightweenies thread shows a great sequence of build pics:




and finishes up like this:


... and 6.04 kg for a steel framed bike? Not bad. Bet it rides well too.

[Yossarian]

Will do.  I've tried to avoid planning too much of it in my head - we haven't discussed tubing yet, but I definitely want the integrated seat post, internal gear cable and rear brake cable routing.

Dunno about components yet either - I'm pretty happy for Rob to suggest things, like the Extralight stem on those bikes on my blog.  Maybe a bit of Tune too. I'll get some sensible wheels (Royce / DT) and if there is enough left in the budget (which I haven't set yet) maybe some Edge rim x Extralight hub clinchers.

Also bought a lovely Brian Rourke lo pro the other day which I'm going to use as a fixed gear TT bike next season.  Trying to get my hands on a Corima 4 spoke wheel that can be run fixed - don't really want to put a singlespeed converter on my trusty Rolfs.

[chappers]

i personally like the look/sound of his hand built wheels. basically it looks to me like anything that he does looks really great! well done!

[Yossarian]

Exactly!  I'm pretty much happy to go along with what he recommends.  I was thinking of deviating away from Campag (for budgetary reasons) - possibly to SRAM, but I think now that I'll stick with what I know. Maybe a mixture of Record and Chorus.  The chainset and brakes might involve deviation too.  I like the idea of the EDGE stuff - Rob seems to know and trust that, and I have no particular preference for anything else.

Just finishing off a thing about the lo pro for the blog now... (I got the 4 spoke too!)

[Percy B]

Project Lo-Pro looks good Yos. Nice frame. Now all you need is a nice 90" gear on it for the flat and a massive pair of thighs and you'll be good to go. No longer have a Miche Primato chainset you could have had (complete with 50 tooth ring) - soz!

[Yossarian]

Oh, I dunno - why not make it a cool 100"?!

I reckon a Miche Primato (in black) would be just the thing.  When I get the frame back I will start my search for components in earnest.

[chappers]

Yoss.
SRAM red. most of his frams seem to finished with it, they all look amazing (never ridden it myself, but since it seems to be cyclocross groupset of choice it must be able to deal with some abuse).

i will be starting my 100hrs of turbo soon...just got to shake off a virus first - ruined my sunday race, had to drop out!!!

[Yossarian]

i was doing some calculations in my oxygen-starved brain last night while watching the 10 hour tour 2000 box set - to finish the 100 hours before BST is something around 5 hours a week.

it's quite a challenge!