A bit of a pop bottle to make a tyre boot works, it’s a ghetto tyre boot.

Jedi is on the books but I think she needs a bit of practice on the bike, just to get a feel for it and so I can set it up properly for her. Also won’t Jedi be wasted if you’re not fit at all?

We’re going to book a Jedi session together, as I need all the help I can get as well.

Stick it on hipster central[/url] some on will have it to complement their tight jeans.

That’s a good picture or our glorious leader.

Looks like he’s been banging the swan sandwiches with Liz.

How are you cooking the chicken?

The skillets are meant to go on a flame thats why the contents shizzle. Usually the chicken is cooked in a Tandoor (clay oven). The onions can be put in the skewer and cooked or fried then put on.

So yes if you’re grilling the chicken all through, as they’ll take the flavour and give the chicken a bit as well.

fry them on the skillet with butter or Ghee if you’re feeling authentic the fat/juice from the sauce should flavour them.

Oh tricky, I’d do the same but make better career choices and not go for the first job I was offered.

Maybe use spell check on my dissertation so I could have got a first instead of a run-of the mill 2.1 :o

Uni was a blast but I wish I’d ridden more and smoked less ‘woodbines’.

GT85, the can is bigger and it’s got bold type which is nicely set.

WD is a bit 80’s garage with a topless calendar on the wall look about it.

Rice cakes, dark rye bread. CRACKERS GROMIT

ditch the bread and fruit and just have a big salad or baked potato – veg instead of fruit. Fruits got loads of sugar.

and sugar is the enemy unless it’s custard creams then it’s your bezzy mate.

Glad you’re Ok, if your foot starts swelling go to A&E.

As for reporting it, that’s up to you. If you have time to sit in police station for ages then talk to some who doesn’t give a sh*t then do it.

Did you get her details/witnesses in case you did report it?

Looks like he’s trying to cool of his clankers as well

I did the xc loop with PC31s and V brakes and a couple of the easier DH routes. It was hard work but I survived it.

Magura Durin?

Great pictures.

MC where was the wedding? Great shot BTW, the light is lovely.

wwaswas I get down on my knee to thi and hold my head in shame!

think you mean thee :wink:

I’m guessing some one with no shame, maybe someone who dresses like this:

nyway in all seriousness if all you got out of that experience is that you need better brakes I’m a little concerned. You must of saw him at the junction before he pulled out? I’m not suggesting to yield to all traffic, but it would make sense to approach it with caution. You can never trust traffic to do what you expect it to.

I did see him waiting and he saw me. I saw him turn right on to the road I was going down. the lanes were quite wide in that section. I was out of my saddle ready on the brakes. I thought he’d let me pass as cars often do, they wait then pull into the road behind you. He decided to pull out then turn left across my path I wasn’t too close to the curb I never ride in the gutter (to much debris) I was on the brakes thats why I’m not hurt and the bike isn’t damaged.

He overtook me about 2 meters before he made the turn, tell me apart from coming to an absolute standstill (which I was trying my very hardest to do) What else I could I have done? Some one in the car told him to take ‘this left’ so mentally he wasn’t prepared to do it.

So apart from steering away (he was turning left I tried to go left as well) and coming to a standstill which I failed to do there is nothing that I could have done that would have altered the outcome. APART FROM GETTING SOME BETTER BRAKES

I’ve been commuting by bike in London since 97 my time riding like a d*ck is way behind me – I don’t know it all, but I’d like to think I can read a situation.

Seriously impressive.

gozarch – Member
eyerideit – my inlaws live on Brownlow Road and we lived with them for a while. Whilst you’re getting some new brakes, I’d think about armour-plating and weaponry too

sounds like you’ve got no love for the hood.

Another one in the Lezyne camp.

I’ve got this one

nice! I’ve been eyeing up a whippet frame as well.

But isn’t 1300g a bit lardy :wink:

As Ross asks , what’s she coming in at (assuming you’ve assigned a gender to your bike)?

Anyway I didn’t want this to be a thread about cycle safety.

All I really want to know is if I can get some ‘better brakes’

Currently I’ve got 105 front and back with Dura-ace pads in the front and Halt gooeys in the rear.

They’re pretty good in the dry (last night aside) but rubbish in the wet. as njee20 said Dura ace are better but could this be difference in pads and rims as well?

Thanks for all the advice.

I’m fine just a bruised arse cheek, more importantly the bike is intact as well.

Solo:

My lights were flashing, but the point is he saw me he didn’t say my lights hurt his eyes/confused him. My presence on the road was noted but he chose to ignore it and carry on.

He didn’t do an overtake he did this.

souldrummer, is yours a 98 blue with red decals?

90’s kona hei hei

8O 8O 8O WANT: a real thing of beauty

Mine’s (94 explosif) made from Tange Prestige

souldrummer – Member
I have singlespeeded my Explosif. I have put an old 100mm Fox Foat on the front with a disc brake, and I am running a Magura HS33 hydraulic rim brake on the back. In its present guise, it’s a lot of fun.

I have heard mixed results with trying to retro fit a disc brake on the rear of old Konas. Some have destroyed the rear end. Certainly when I enquired, I was advised not to – hence hydraulic rim brake which doesn’t seem to put too much stress on the seat stays when used.

I’ve thought about a magura brake on the rear, but how are they on a steel frame? Do the seat stays flex or have you got a horseshoe brake booster on it?

we stayed at some self catering apartments in Portal Nous

Fantastic apartment in a private Villa with a pool and there was a nice little beach at the bottom of the road, the name the only thing I don’t know. :oops:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=39.535242,2.576235&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=0&gl=uk&ie=UTF8&ll=39.535153,2.575894&spn=0.001696,0.002983&z=19&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=39.535153,2.575894&panoid=Pd9fJ3Yu8FQ6YuVlUc9QQw&cbp=12,118.87,,0,15.64

TandemJeremy – Member
I also believe that spds guarantee you a head first landing in an otb crash.
Not for me. I have never had an incident since I got used to riding them where I have not got my feet out when wanted or when crashing.

its just instinctive to do so

I’m with TJ

Been riding with SPD’s since 94, never had a fall that my feet didn’t automatically ‘pop out’ of the pedals but agree with the slipping issues with cleats on rock. But being able to ‘pull through’ on climbs is good.

Lumix GF3? really nice camera with a 20mm pancake lens it’s quite small as well.

edit:
Super fast startup and capture times as well.

It’s marginally better than the Currys C3P0/RDD2 rubbish

George must be quite hard up

Buy an expolsif and get a disc mount welded on it, It’s steel so it’s doable.

There’s a guy on retrobike who runs his ’94 explosif with 100mm forks.

I’m toying with putting a disc mount on the back of mine and single speeding it, which is currently hiding in the loft.

this one

It doesn’t pack down especially small but it’s will keep you dry and toasty warm.

ignore me, I’m stoooopid :oops:

Magura Durin on sale at Merlin

Seem bit of a bargain

gay! anus! 8O

Anyone?

Just done 1100 miles with the wing bars and 2 bikes on top.

Didn’t notice any noise and the bikes seemed perfectly stable. But then again I wasn’t listen for noise and the radio was on.

What I can tell you is they look nice and the service from roofbox.co.uk is second to none.

+1 Met office as well.

It’s pretty good with the new update.

+1 East London, Leyton/Leytonstone/Walthamstow. Easy to get on the North Circ/ M25 for trips up norf.

About 30 mins into central London on the Victoria/Central Line.