A pizza slice in the shape of a track bike. I will have to start making more pizza.
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Prezzies?
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Posted 8 years ago #
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I got a mug that says "Pedal Power" and has quickly supplanted my "Tea! The solution to all life's problems" mug as my new favourite.
Also a puncture repair kit, BFI DVD with two discs of lovely archive footage and a secret santa from work called "The Girls' Bicycle Handbook" or something along those lines.
Lastly, this super duper cool grocery bag that doubles as a pannier. I think it's called a Bikezac? Some lovely gifts.
Posted 8 years ago # -
@unhurt "But I did accidentally buy myself a new bike on the 23rd..."
So what was it?
Might be in my big book of bikes!
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@Claire: yes, SRD and I both have Bikezacs. Super useful.
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Two books: "101 Damnations" by Ned Boulting and "A Bike Ride" by someone who cycled around the world.
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SRD and I both have Bikezacs.
In fact, if you search Google images for 'Bikezac', SRD's bike is on the second* top row!
* Edit: other rows and screen resolutions are available.
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"In fact, if you search Google images for 'Bikezac', SRD's bike is on the second top row!"
That depends on your monitor size. Having ruled out the official marketing photo I was trying to decide if her bike was the one in a Danish Tweet or being ridden by a bloke in jeans when I spotted it on the top row due to my widescreen monitor.
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Third row for me (just bike, no person)
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oddly, on my widescreen monitor, if you google 'bikezac' you get my bike in top line and two more of my pics in second. but bikezacs relegates it to second!
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Birthday - an Aeropress, a nine speed cassette, a pair of Koolstop salmon pads and a Moon rear light. Christmas - a gift voucher for Ace Bikes which will probably go towards a better pair of winter gloves.
@Laidback - that makes me wonder - how many bikes have I ridden in total? I think it is fewer than twenty.
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@LaidBack - Er. One of these. I have no NEED for this bike but... it was on sale? And I thought it might be fun, and possibly there could be some off-road touring type adventures once I've finished strapping stuff to it. Or just gravel highway riding as I did NOT enjoy that on touring tyres, at all... I have never owned any form of mountain bikey thing. I have already managed to get unfeasibly muddy just riding on the WoL pathway and I think I approve (though I have also now attached mudguards and have a slight concern that I'll fall off and break something as soon as I venture Pentlands-wards...)
Posted 8 years ago # -
Nice bike. I seem to recall people here lusting over one in a previous discussion.
Posted 8 years ago # -
A Castelli Gabba top is on its way to me ( size giant given the apparent size of Italians must be minature). Hopefully I'll fit on it after application of New Year's resolution
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"application of New Year's resolution" - is that an embrocation?
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Slightly a self-present (frame and wheelbuilds) but more a sort of using-up-some-bits-I-had-lying-around exercise combined with replacing the time-hungry maintenance-needing heavy clunky spare with something easier to fit in the shed and more likely to be in working order if the properbike is ever incapacitated. Pompino V4 frame, the dynohub from the old (now BikeStationed) spare, the B&M lights from the old spare, some pre-existing tyres, a pair of Rigida Sputniks which were lying around after ordering a few extra to save on postage in last year's crash-replacement shopping, a couple of wheelbuilds and a headset fitting by the Cycle Service and some spare handlebars I also had lying around after similarly failing to find the time to convert my old Revolution Continental frame to a singlespeed.
I could have used some old mudguards and existing brake levers but thought it would save me time to just get fresh ones which work properly.Posted 8 years ago # -
Nicely done. Fixed or free?
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Trying 44/20 fixed (58.9") at the moment, as I have no wish to banjo my knees and only need it for faster-than-walking commute/utility usage (including child-dragging). I have a few other sprockets to try and a 17t freewheel, but thought I'd try to get used to fixed first.
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How many "spare parts" do you need to have before you can justify a new frame? Do inner tubes count?
Posted 8 years ago # -
I did make space by clearing out an entire bicycle's worth of components first, which I could conveniently ride to the Bike Station as a fully-assembled bicycle. Getting a frame to store spare components on is certainly tidier than having various bits in various boxes and unused wheels hanging from nails in lofts and tucked behind bikes at the backs of sheds.
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