London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

so what are the prizes then?

@ maston - on the contrary, I wouldn't let them anywhere near my hirsute pegs.

Your last sentence was TMI, even for me.

So... Slamm's on the case with the flyer/spoke card design this weekend... Who can print the spoke cards? I can sort out the flyers at my end... I'm in Paris 'til Tuesday so if somebody in the printing game could contact Slamm and print about 200 spoke cards that would be awesome... Er, think that's it... Enjoy the weekend peoples, I'm off on the Eurostar! :)

er yes, the value of the prize is £45 because it includes the sought after Rollapaluza race kit, which should be arriving this week!!

we've asked for this to go to the best performer...i.e: winner! however as you rightly point out this person may already be in a club, so maybe it should go to the best placed rider not yet in a club....what do you reckon Teenslain?

We're both gonna try and be there....

... does that mean the childseat madison is on?

Hope it's not too late to jump in, I'm so looking forward to this...

1. teenslain
2. cornelius blackfoot
3. MA3K
4. unxetas
5. jonnywilkinson
6. Roland
7. dt
8. stompy
9. Jon
10. mashton
12. thisisrob (RJM)
13. brett
14. kowalski
15. edmundane
16. slamm
17. RPM
18. The Nimhbus
19. JOL
20. provenrad
21. Skullhead
22. flickwg
23. cougar(aidan)
24. stevo_com
25. OCD
26. BringMeMyFix
27. Big Daddy Wayne [hell yeah!]
28. Splatbucket
29. Onemagicru
30. Chris Crash
31. Sparky
32. Skoota
33. Object
34. lappiesza
35. B
36. Fixedwheelnut
37. J4mmd
38.fixedfreak
39. ornmnt
40. andyp
41. Willski
42.joelounge
43. runtime
44. Aroogah
45. Sol
46. mikec
47. Sainsburys Ed
48. Robofoxx
49. 50/14
50. Snowy_Again
51. andy
52. Crankenstein

That sounds cool to me, makes a lot of sense... Gonna find out what the prizes are tomorrow, need to incentivise you peoples! ;)
And let's hope for weather like this weekend's, PAR-TAY! :D

Nice one Slamm! :)

hey just woundering if u need a photographer for the day??
i wouldnt charge or nothing and ill just put the photos up on photobucket for u all to have.

1. teenslain
2. cornelius blackfoot
3. MA3K
4. unxetas
5. jonnywilkinson
6. Roland
7. dt
8. stompy
9. Jon
10. mashton
12. thisisrob (RJM)
13. brett
14. kowalski
15. edmundane
16. slamm
17. RPM
18. The Nimhbus
19. JOL
20. provenrad
21. Skullhead
22. flickwg
23. cougar(aidan)
24. stevo_com
25. OCD
26. BringMeMyFix
27. Big Daddy Wayne [hell yeah!]
28. Splatbucket
29. Onemagicru
30. Chris Crash
31. Sparky
32. Skoota
33. Object
34. lappiesza
35. B
36. Fixedwheelnut
37. J4mmd
38.fixedfreak
39. ornmnt
40. andyp
41. Willski
42.joelounge
43. runtime
44. Aroogah
45. Sol
46. mikec
47. Sainsburys Ed
48. Robofoxx
49. 50/14
50. Snowy_Again
51. andy
52. Crankenstein
53.moose76

1. teenslain
2. cornelius blackfoot
3. MA3K
4. unxetas
5. jonnywilkinson
6. Roland
7. dt
8. stompy
9. Jon
10. mashton
12. thisisrob (RJM)
13. brett
14. kowalski
15. edmundane
16. slamm
17. RPM
18. The Nimhbus
19. JOL
20. provenrad
21. Skullhead
22. flickwg
23. cougar(aidan)
24. stevo_com
25. OCD
26. BringMeMyFix
27. Big Daddy Wayne [hell yeah!]
28. Splatbucket
29. Onemagicru
30. Chris Crash
31. Sparky
32. Skoota
33. Object
34. lappiesza
35. B
36. Fixedwheelnut
37. J4mmd
38.fixedfreak
39. ornmnt
40. andyp
41. Willski
42.joelounge
43. runtime
44. Aroogah
45. Sol
46. mikec
47. Sainsburys Ed
48. Robofoxx
49. 50/14
50. Snowy_Again
51. andy
52. Crankenstein
53.moose76
54. hillbilly

I'm so sad to be missing this.
Day after my 21st, and my exams start 1 week afterwards so no hope.
This is all I wanted to do all year, and the 1 time all the forum's going to be there I can't be.
mega :(

Sounds like we need a webcast...

I'm in!

1. teenslain
2. cornelius blackfoot
3. MA3K
4. unxetas
5. jonnywilkinson
6. Roland
7. dt
8. stompy
9. Jon
10. mashton
11. htay That was me!
12. thisisrob (RJM)
13. brett
14. kowalski
15. edmundane
16. slamm
17. RPM
18. The Nimhbus
19. JOL
20. provenrad
21. Skullhead
22. flickwg
23. cougar(aidan)
24. stevo_com
25. OCD
26. BringMeMyFix
27. Big Daddy Wayne [hell yeah!]
28. Splatbucket
29. Onemagicru
30. Chris Crash
31. Sparky
32. Skoota
33. Object
34. lappiesza
35. B
36. Fixedwheelnut
37. J4mmd
38. ornmnt
39. andyp
40. Willski
41.joelounge
42. runtime
43. Aroogah
44. Sol
45. mikec
46. Sainsburys Ed
47. Robofoxx
48. 50/14
49. Snowy_Again
50. andy

sorry cant make it im of to spain on this day cant make it

i'll be there, not riding though, haven't had time to do the induction. I'll take pics though...

1. teenslain
2. cornelius blackfoot
3. MA3K
4. unxetas
5. jonnywilkinson
6. Roland
7. dt
8. stompy
9. Jon
10. mashton
11. htay That was me!
12. thisisrob (RJM)
13. brett
14. kowalski
15. edmundane
16. slamm
17. RPM
18. The Nimhbus
19. JOL
20. provenrad
21. Skullhead
22. flickwg
23. cougar(aidan)
24. stevo_com
25. OCD
26. BringMeMyFix
27. Big Daddy Wayne [hell yeah!]
28. Splatbucket
29. Onemagicru
30. Chris Crash
31. Sparky
32. Skoota
33. Object
34. lappiesza
35. B
36. Fixedwheelnut
37. J4mmd
38. ornmnt
39. andyp
40. Willski
41.joelounge
42. runtime
43. Aroogah
44. Sol
45. mikec
46. Sainsburys Ed
47. Robofoxx
48. 50/14
49. Snowy_Again
50. andy
51.mackenzie

damn found out im defo not here
no choice but to move out on thursday or i wont get a lift :(
have fun *cries

Can't wait. I'm inducted and ready to race under the moniker 'the slowest man alive'.

1. teenslain
2. cornelius blackfoot
3. MA3K
4. unxetas
5. jonnywilkinson
6. Roland
7. dt
8. stompy
9. Jon
10. mashton
11. htay That was me!
12. thisisrob (RJM)
13. brett
14. kowalski
15. edmundane
16. slamm
17. RPM
18. The Nimhbus
19. JOL
20. provenrad
21. Skullhead
22. flickwg
23. cougar(aidan)
24. stevo_com
25. OCD
26. BringMeMyFix
27. Big Daddy Wayne [hell yeah!]
28. Splatbucket
29. Onemagicru
30. Chris Crash
31. Sparky
32. Skoota
33. Object
34. lappiesza
35. B
36. Fixedwheelnut
37. J4mmd
38. ornmnt
39. andyp
40. Willski
41.joelounge
42. runtime
43. Aroogah
44. Sol
45. mikec
46. Sainsburys Ed
47. Robofoxx
48. 50/14
49. Snowy_Again
50. andy
51.mackenzie
52. horatiotigre

one thing I wanna know:

is the BB (10.5 "from deck to centre) on my road fixed too low for HH?

I'm thinking it should be ok as I run 165mm cranks and clipless.

would rather have my own saddle and tyres and riding position if possible. Just need to order a 15 tooth cog in time.

Oh no sir. I'm sure there will be plenty of competition for that title.

RPM - the banking at HH is pretty slack so you should be fine, particularly if you're on 165mm cranks.

what time is the induction on saturday?

get down there for about 0830 is the advice - we didn't get on the track til gone 9 this saturday but there is paperwork and bikes to sort before you can

bugger - in Italy so i'm out,

really wanted to do this as well…

cheers jonny : )

just trying to figure out if i can still do it

Did Wayno mention he's in Italy? Following the Giro? ;-)

(jealous, me?)

i'd prefer to be known as waynicatto or 'the gannet of naples' from now on MrMouse

ciao

it's forecast for rain, now...

(HH not wayne's bloody italy)

let's hope it doesn't

Arse biscuits - I'm in Paris this weekend with the gf (to celebrate her end of term exams) so will have to miss out on this now (thought the Paris trip was the weekend after).

I hope you all have an excellent day.

It ain't good:
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/...e=london&day=4

Hello to all, by the way. This is my first post, but I've been lurking on here for a while, picking up info before buying my first fixie a few weeks ago (a Giant Bowery coz it fitted my 6'7" lankyness better than anything else I tried). This is a great site, and cheers for all the help you unknowingly gave me!

I did my track induction at HH last Saturday morning and met a few of you guys who were there doing the same. I was planning on joining you on Sunday, but it's not looking good eh?

If it goes ahead, will the first hour or so be more inductions? I have a potential rendez-vous that might make it difficult to get there for 1pm. I'm already inducted.

I am going to suffolk. :( Hope you all have a lovely day!
I might join suffolk CTC's ride from Ipswich out to Butley, fixed. :)

That is not looking good at all!
Not even a little bit of sunshine

This is a good question! I have to decide (weather permitting of course) on doing the induction Saturday or Sunday (if possible). I'm going to bring my girl friend along to do the induction as well. Quite excited.

if it rains sun maybe we could all bring along polo stuff and try a game of polo in the infield of the track. maybe even try and get some of the herne hill polo bikes out for a quick razz ! a few people have said they fancy polo on a larger field / grassy knolls the track is closed if it is wet so we should find some other things to do

GiraffeBoy! Good forum name, it suits you. I was just behind on the first few induction laps, and heard that nice pedal strike you had on the banking.

It was s'posed to be p-ing down last Saturday, and then it didn't so may be we'll get lucky again. Still a few days to go, keep your fingers crossed.

it would make sense to do an induction at the start, so everyone can take part, no? i can't make it there on sat as well as sunday...

Yes, but then again, this has been advertised for months, during which time HH has been running inductions every Saturday, plus some weekdays.

It's going to take a while, so I'll ask again, what time do the previously-inducted need to turn up by?

yeah i thought inductions had to be done so we can kick-off proper at 1300 hours. BMMF - reckon you can turn up later as you know you are gonna catch us up ;)

woohoo, coming now as friends BBQ has been postponed. fatboys get ready for some ass-whipping!

won't be time for that dogs, we got some racing to do - woot woot!

those of you who haven't been inducted must go and do so on saturday!

otherwise you'll be relegated to the stands during racing.

all academic I know, given the probability of rain.

however, I plan to be there on saturday to refresh my track knowledge and see how crap my bike performs on the dromage

I've got to pick up a second-hand Pompino for Faith at 11am, but I should still be able to get down there for 1pm if it's not raining.

I'm rubbish on the 'drome because i) it's not a hill ii) it's my off-season iii) I can only spin for 20 seconds and then only if the bike's stationary.

I will be requiring at least a 200m headstart on all events, including the flying 200m.

Nice to be remembered, if only for a schoolboy error! Forecast for Sunday is now looking a bit better. If it's dry, I'll be there. I joined in the novice racing last night for the first time - it was cool, but there were only a handful of us so Sunday should be fun...

I'm going to do my induction sat am to join in sunday (both weather permitting) so will look out for anyone else heading down saturday.

see you there on saturday then.

I'll be there first thing, messing about with my handlebars and rear wheel and swearing

+1 Probably reckon 15-20mins of fiddling and cursing before mine's ready.

I was speaking to Hippy about this and thought I might throw this one in- does VCL require a lockring to be fitted for HH? I want to use the 15T I've got screwed on the freewheel side (tight as I can get it) instead of dicking about removing the fixed-side 17T.

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/fea...ck_bikes.shtml

Rear Sprockets: Because the rear sprocket is also used to help you stop (by the rider putting backward pressure on the pedals), some riders use what is known as a lock ring. I asked Bryan Taylor what the pros and cons were. He says "lock rings aren't compulsory (or if they are, no one checks), though according to my other half they used to be compulsory for sprogs (thats Bryan's description of all young riders!). There are two views on them, and even experienced riders are fairly divided over which is best.

;)

yeah, cos i have time to go to HH twice in one weekend.

it's just daft not to run a quick induction first, how long does it take, FFS?