I’ve lost count of the times I’ve referred to Sheldon’s website (www.sheldonbrown.com) and lost count all over again of the times I’ve quoted it or told other people to look at it. He was an inspiration to so many bike geeks across the globe. He will be missed by so many people who have never met him, myself included.
I think I proved Simon Jackson’s theory about getting faster the more you ride the rollers by being the exception to this rule! The guy timing my coughlafying run had to be woken up to stop the clock.
Bugger it, even without qualifying, I had a huge laugh last night cheering until hoarse at the riders I knew, especially Scarlett who made it to the final and almost won save for the last 50-100m!! Damn! Drat! Blast! Job well done Rollapaluza and crew!
Rollapaluza IX-mas party in association with LondonFGSS.com December 15th
7pm – 2am
Waterloo Action Centre
14 Baylis Road
London SE1 7AA
Entry: ?5.00 plus ?2.00 to race
A classic Rollapaluza night of Rock and Roller Racing.. an Open event for all London Cyclists. Roller Racing, bands, DJs and BEER!
Qualifying from 7pm
Deadley Treadleys playing live plus DJ’s:
Jono, Slamm, Teenslain, J:Miah, The Living Graham Bond, Steve McColl
See www.rollapaluza.com for more details.
I don’t give negative product reviews very often.. oh yeah.. that’s because I don’t give any product reviews very often!
Here’s one: Don’t buy Endura socks (I got mine from Wiggle). They are too damn thin. I wore a hole through mine in a single ride from London to Brighton (~80k). The other pairs now have holes in them from a few commutes.
Built this up yesterday after Dale got me some Fuji bars and a cog that was surely salvaged from the Titanic’s engine room!
It’s brakeless at the moment so it’s only done a couple of nearby shopping runs but I have a brake ready to fit. The cog is slipping (not good brakeless!) so I need to show it some hippy love (that’s 95kg + gravity + anger + muscle power) before smacking the lock ring down with something (the ancient cog has a sticky-outty lip that stops me using my DA lockring tool – doh!).
Initial thoughts: It’s low. The saddle to bar drop is greater than on all my other bikes so I can’t see myself in the drops much. Even with kinda heavy wheels it’s fscking light! It’s ugly (although Mal seems to like it) and it should blend in with commuter bikes at work, which was the main aim for this machine. With the cog slipping and no brakes I’ve not ridden it hard yet but I reckon it’s gonna be pretty damn quick. Slave to the NJS and 531 need to embrace the teknology! ๐
Thanks to fixedgearlondon.com for putting on the Almost Official Premiere of MASH.
Surprised at the turnout actually – seemed to be loads of people there. The bike stack in the hallway was certainly full of lovely bike bling! Can’t wait to see pics ๐
Enjoyed the flick (you can see some of it on the mashsf.com site). Bummed I had to bail early. FGL Headquarters are quite close to work so I might have to pop in for some important err “part acquisition” ๐
Pics: falasunn borntolose slaam’s
Winston and Caspar from Rollapaluza decided to arrange a trip to Ghent to watch the 67th Ghent 6-Day. I’d already expressed an interest in travelling there on lfgss so was keen when they said they had a trip on the cards.
Ghent 6-Day..
cyclingweekly.co.uk – GHENT 6 / KOKSIJDE CROSS: A VERY BELGIAN WEEKEND
The plan is for about 6 of us to leave Whitehall this Saturday at 9am, drive to Dover, catch the ferry to France, drive into Belgium, watch the Cyclo Cross World Cup at Koksijde, drive to Ghent and watch the 6-Day until it finishes around 1am then drive home, arriving London 8am-ish Sunday. Oh and drink/buy loads of Belgian beer! Party time!
Koksijde Cyclo Cross World Cup..
World Cup Cross at Koksijde by LCS
Dunes, Beer and Chocolate by Andrea Hofling
French Champion John Gadret finished 12th
More pics of the Twatster (and a 650C Spinergy Rev-X that I kinda accidentally bought on ebay): 2006 Specialized Langster aka Twatster
The Langster is the most hated off-the-shelf fix known to mankind (or at least lfgss).
What does this mean? It means I have to have one! (It’s that compulsion to get under people’s skin – no wonder I’m so loved)
“It’s aluminium” and “the geometry is all wrong” are uttered frequently. The fact of the matter is that it’s black, blending in with the other non-descript commuter machines near the office, it’s fixed, which is great for London traffic and it’s not likely to be cried over when some buzztard nicks it, allowing insurance to cough up for something nicer at the same time!
All in all it makes sense to use the Twatster (christened thusly in honour of their typically dangerous newbie riders.. and murtle.. the original owner :)) along with the GT for commuting. So, thanks to 31trum/murtle for the Twatster – it will be ridden drunk and crashed regularly as is required to honour the previous owner.
The Rapha Roller Race : Culture Clash II is on tonight.
Roller Racing provided by the Rollapaluza crew.
Update!
Rollapaluza’s Roller Racing flickr group
Yours truly “Fat Bastard Hippy” posting a pathetic 28.50 to not even qualify! Thank fsck they had beer! ๐
