Can't get on with speed kings .. thin carcass and bendy knobs feel very vague when cornering IME .. not used race king (just stay away from mountain kings!!)

thanks for the tip, will look em up … been a while since I did a proper group ride 😕

not just ginger hair .. ginger dreads! O my Jah!

Monster-cross-tastic, ON/OFF road commuter .. speed from the rear, cush from the front – great fun! Except the roadie campy cranks – flexy as fuq under power

Just crappy fixies .. thrown together from bits of old campy and some rusty old bob jackson frame no doubt .. There's about a million of them being ridden round by fashionista nobs here in london.

see here … http://bricklanebikes.co.uk/

http://14bikeco.wordpress.com/

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/

Told you so 😉

Free Gym, Free Coffee machine, Eye Candy, subsidized canteen …

P20 – Member

2X10 – its a P20???

Didn't Tom Ritchey pioneer 2×10 drive trains all the way back-then?

EDIT* .. well 2×9

cool, thanks for the input andrew.. I'll be putting it on a HT with pretty mega mud-clearance (wide stays) but I assume (never a safe idea!) the duo ring/spider sits closer to the arms (so further from the CS) that a granny mounted to a triple spider would (?)

+1 Frank Zappa

+1 Ali Farke Toure

Also, Ry Cooder & antonio Forcione ( http://video.mail.ru/mail/ememe/386/391.html )

Donks.. Kim was on Bass.. You don't rate Joey Santiago?

Non sunt in coeli. quia gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk

I'd take that offer .. they don't often go over that unless they're blinged-up with titec ti bar / m952 stuff. But yours is an uncommon colour.

You still have the goofy kona curve cranks on and the forks are missing the decals – 550 is good

You can attract the younger birds by shaking a box of matches … then pick em off with the airsporter 😛

950 a month .. nice 'allowance' 😯

Sounds like he's using the gay thing to deflect the issue .. I mean who cares? It's not like he's in football 😐

whack it

Is it on sunday?

nice bike, these ride really well for their weight… make full use of the U-turn – the bike was designed around the versatility of the fork

I don't know anyone who could (or even would) "afford a rohloff" !!

If you're used to gears, SS is going to feel odd .. but just select a gear that you feel comfortable pushing a long out-the-saddle climb on and you'll be 'reet. If you like to ride 'seated' and with efficient cadence then no SS ain't for you.

I tend not to pedal much on the downs, like to sprint the climbs and ride the bike like a BMX .. ie. pedal in hard bursts.. so SS suits me fine.. although I wouldn't want to do a 30+ mile ride/race SS

A slow-worm is officially a legless lizard, not a snake …. 💡

… I'll get my coat

Even the very lightest steel race frames of yore (bontrager/ibis mojo)still clock in at 4.5lbs ish so 5lb aint so bad for a 'proper' trail bike.

Is there a quoted weight for the wanga?

IIRC the p7 frame weighs 6 lbs + !!

Middleburn uno seems like a obvious choice if you don't mind going 'old-skool' on your BB (although it'll last 100 times longer than some 'devised in California' External crap)

Or go m952/boone for proper bling

nice bikes guys, Bakey .. what size is that frame?? Looks about right for me ..

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/components/handlebars/product/salsa-pro-moto-xc-flat-9603

Salsa do a nice wide flatty .. but curiously.. only in the lengths you req. in their OS version … maybe a 25.4 in that width flexes too much??

That cannondale Super V is sweet!

It's a testament to DMR that nothing they have ever done has even started to look 'old' yet!

Come on you ugly lot, there's plenty of riders on these .. get yer pics out

8)

cotic roadrat (steel tho)

bootiful frame .. but ugh! it's THOSE shifters! 😉

BFI Bar at the South Bank? Nice place to chill by the Thames … That's the only 'view' you're gonna get south of Highgate

Or Canal 125 in Kings Cross.

yup. plenty of people have done this .. it's generally "called" a B9er / B9'r

for example ..

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=515130

Having riden a few 69ers and not quite gelled wiv' em .. i think the b9er addresses the 69ers flaws .. and is a betterer idea. Although still not ideal for short arses like moi.. I'm stinking with dual 650B

Are spare chainrings (beltrings?) available or are you stuck with what you have … ?

When I build an SS .. I usually play with cog/front ring combos to get the best ratio for the bike's purpose .. It would be a PITA if you didnt like your ratio and couldnt even change it!

RE: Inbred

I wondered the same …

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=592697

Although the 650B movement (excuse the pun) is mainly stateside, in the UK we are blessed with a slew of 'compatible' frames.

How so? – Well the main requirement for fitting 650B into a 26" frame is clearance .. as long as your frame has clearance for 2.5" 26" wheels you should be able to (comfortably) fit 2.0-2.35 650B wheels/tyres. And the UK – being the mud-pit that it is has spawned a generation of mud-friendly (thus 650B friendly) bikes.

The new pipedream sirius r853 is a good un' for 650B wheels … as is the Orange p7, The Cotic Bfe, The Surly 1×1 .. and lots more waiting to be brought to light.

Dave

or of course dekerf

anything by groovy or kish

Scienceofficer – Member
Where did you get the 650b wheels from?

http://www.dinosaurbikes.com <- Velocity rims or wheels built to order

auricgoldfinger – Member

Is it me or does anyone else wonder what motivates people to start these particularly inane threads? Really, I haven't a clue what you are going on about.

Thread created, distinctly tongue-in-cheek .. sorry you missed the irony.

SRAM PC971 .. no brainer, no fuss

AXC – aggressive XC

XXXC – slightly more aggressive XC

^ as far as i can tell 😕