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by **huw williams** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:35 am

Unbelievably for a man ion my position I've been bikeless since the weekend

My Time is in Butlers awaiting a new headset (Its taking more TIME to arrive than anticipated)

My Fixed is broken (It needs FIXING)

My Look hasn't arrived yet (haven't SEEN it as such)

Clearly a man needs at least 3 bikes at all times

by **Paul H** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:39 am

i'll come out tonight.

by **Andrew G** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:50 am

How is the fixed broken, not a lot to break.

What's happened to that beautiful Merlin Huw? There must be something knocking about the office you can swipe.

by **huw williams** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:56 am

The Merlin was returned to its rightful owners just before xmas

The Fixed just needs a new chain (ie I've been lazy and neglected to get one)

Next up is a new SRAM equipped Look 585 Optima which should arrive any minute

Why SRAM? Cos there's nothing left to write about Shimano and Campag so I thought I'd at leat give it a go.

Anybody have any experience of it? I know people who swear by it and I know people who swear AT it.

I'd be interested if anyone has used it

by **Sylv** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:21 pm

Is that the Red gruppo Huw?

by **George** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:22 pm

Sorry guy's can't make it out tonight.

by **huw williams** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:24 pm

[quote="Sylv"]Is that the Red gruppo Huw?

by **Sylv** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:06 pm

[quote="George"]Sorry guy's can't make it out tonight.

by **Andrew G** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:32 pm

I think Hal has Sram on his new Specialized.

by **Paul H** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:04 pm

Back to Training

Who is going out tonight?

by **Stu Merckx Man** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:21 pm

me, ive just had a nice 35 mile warm up this morning, so now i can go hard from the start :twisted:

by **Dominic** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:46 pm

I should be there work allowing. Complete with hub dynamo and saddle bag to slow me down

by **Andrew G** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:23 pm

Collecting my old knacker from the garage tonight (which is now officially knackered) so will have to wait 'til next week for my panniered debut.

by **huw williams** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:35 pm

With all this talk of riding I fixed my fixed and went out at lunchtime

AWESOME! What a day. No wind, nice and warm - there's nthing like being on a fixed on a day like that (even if the 68ins gear does feel like a prison gang rape in fast forward when you go over 27mph)

it's like a diifferent planet than the weekend in all that wind - if only every day was like this in winter.

Anyway - I saw 2 other riders out in ACC kit so clearly there's a good deal of secret training going on

Who was that going south on the Coulsdon bypass that waved??? Looked suspiciously like KK to me?

by **Gavin** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:20 pm

does that mean you will be out tonight then now that you are nicely warmed up.

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