Jaysus cycling! (11 Viewers)

[Rachel666]

oh i didn't realise "messenger" was a brand name. god they are fairly expensive. I think I might make my own or just rob a HeraldAM one...

 

[broken arm]

http://www.freitag.ch/

http://www.ortlieb.com/p-typ.php?lang=en

 

[classic seanc]

oh i didn't realise "messenger" was a brand name.

I don't think it is, I'm just bad at writing.

 

[Squiggle]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/November2007.htm

That's the start of a one way track, and that website is promoting the idea of cycling the wrong way down it. Maximum tsk!

Hahaha! I lived in Stowmarket for a while, and regularly made my way to Stowupland. That's loopy.

 

[nofunchee]

does anyone know where i can get decent rain trousers and mack, that are easy to cycle in? i've came home looking like a stewed rat 3 times this week...
and what place has the best selection of messenger/pannier bags? i need a large waterproof one for my A3 sketchpads

for the wet gear try millets on mary's street. they're usually pretty cheap but decent enough stuff.

 

[nofunchee]

does anybody have any experience with buying second-hand stuff off ebay from the states? i won an auction for a bike frame yesterday and i'm wondering if i'm likely to get ripped-off at customs. is there anything i can do to reduce the risk? get yer man to mark it 'gift' or some shit?

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Surley the fact that it's used should go in your favour?
What are you getting?

 

[nofunchee]

it's an airborne carpe diem titanium cyclo-cross/touring frame. it's very nice. the customs officials aren't gonna know it's used but. how do they apply their charges i wonder. surely it's not any parcel entering the country from outside the eu?

 

[minka]

does anyone know where i can get decent rain trousers and mack, that are easy to cycle in? i've came home looking like a stewed rat 3 times this week...
and what place has the best selection of messenger/pannier bags? i need a large waterproof one for my A3 sketchpads

the patagonia shop sales are your friend for rain jackets/coats - it's an outlet shop anyway, and when they have sales you can get jackets with an over-200 quid rrp for 40, etc. the staff are also pretty good at helping you pick the right weight and shape of jacket for cycling in - mine is really, really light, v. comfy, and it's kept off some very heavy downpours. i use it for hiking as well. i don't think they're having a sale at the mo, but might be worth checking anyway.

um, and i think i got my rain trousers in the great outdoors, they're craghoppers, roll into a little stuff sack for having in your bag, and are breathable enough that they're not revoltingly sweaty to cycle in. they are hideous, mind, but i have yet to see an attractive rain trouser.

i have yet to find an actually totally waterproof bag, but my current backpack (north face) came with a nifty rain cover, which i assume is the kind of thing you can buy separately.

 

[Dktr. Faustus]

I got a rainproof cycling jacket from Aldi for 12.99 a while ago, rapid!!!

 

[classic seanc]

it's an airborne carpe diem titanium cyclo-cross/touring frame. it's very nice. the customs officials aren't gonna know it's used but. how do they apply their charges i wonder. surely it's not any parcel entering the country from outside the eu?

http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/Importing_a_bicycle

 

[nofunchee]

http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/Importing_a_bicycle

ah shite.

 

[classic seanc]

There's always a chance they won't catch it. Though I would suspect they'll notice a bike frame-shaped package. Sorry dude.
I was caught for a chain and chain ring I got a while ago, still worked out cheaper though.

 

[IFF]

i had a fall going uphill this evening. came out with 2 gashes. one on my knee and one on another area

it was about a 2km long hill with little respite and i had got out of the saddle and i lost control and hit the deck

 

[Owen]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...with-3000-of-pariss-free-bicycles-868726.html

 

[magicbastarder]

i had a fall going uphill this evening. came out with 2 gashes. one on my knee and one on another area

it was about a 2km long hill with little respite and i had got out of the saddle and i lost control and hit the deck

ouch. was it damp? any damage to the bike?

 

[IFF]

ouch. was it damp? any damage to the bike?

it was mild. it was becuase i was an idiot. took a hand off handlebar

the bike was fine. i'm just still a little sore in the other area of my body that broke my fall.

 

[flashback]

Glad to hear it.

I broke a chain in a sprint, and lost it, and hit the deck. Out of the saddle similar to yourself possibly... I landed on my knee I think. I was in a fucking hoop for a while.

I still have the scar on my knee. 13 years old I'd say it is now.

I remember flying through the air thinking what the fuck just happened??

 

[broken arm]

we did a 55 mile cycle today - partially over some mountains, gravel tracks, road and traffic free paths. I was on my cheap-commute-to-work-hybrid avec pannier.

I'm jaysus wrecked.

here's the route - http://www.sustrans.org.uk/webfiles/county/Taff Trail Leaflet.pdf

 

[george mcfly]

i just got a Giant Bowery over the weekend.. one of these guys

it has an option to flip to a fixed wheel. i think i'm gonna hold off for a few weeks though, til i get used to being on a racer again.
such a fast bike..

anyone cycle a fixie on here? find it hard to get used to?