...to go for a cycle around London with some friendly members of this forum.
maybe either the 2nd or 3rd of august?
would anyone be up for a cycle about then a few drinks?

I may be up for it dude..working a lot till mid August but may get away..

could be good for me on the sat

well, im down for a roll around, would be good to like i said, meet some friendly faces, i rely on you(s) to make the decision of where we go as i won't have a clue!

where would be a nice cycle? or even to some square where we can roll around there, anything!

pub???????????????????

cycle THEN pub.....im not sure what pub either....one which isn't too expensive.

coolio with me

i had my first cycle on my bike tonight with chopped bars, it feels amazing, really responsive and nice positioning, cant wait to ride it in traffic.

i have used chopped riser bars for about 10 years, cannot get on with drops ,sorry guys. but i love the position.

yeah, they feel nice, i had chopped ones on my last bike and sold it then bought my fuji and have been using drops since today.....feel good.

drops for distance
chops for city

chop on! :)

i imagine london city on a sat is stupidly busy?

any day really.

but you can have the same position with drops?

and also get the benefit of a different position for going up hills.

I come from a bmx/mtb kinda backgrounf so I was certainly not accustomed to them. Dont know any other road bike users either so not influenced.

But, yeah drops! Come to love them, the drop position really helps get the most power out when standing. and its nice to switch between the two top hand positions for normal riding.

Like I . I and _._ if you know what I mean? flat hand & sideways hands on the tops.

If its a bike with drop brake levers, you get to use the hoods too.


Id only want to use risers for barspins.

thats part of the fun isn;t it?

see, even though i have risers there isn't enough clearance for bar spins, im not really into all these tricks and the like, i enjoy to do the odd backward circle and weird trackstands however, thats about it, i just love narrow bars to whip through gaps in traffic, inches make differences when cars are on either side of you.

i do agree with drops give you benefits for more power when climbing up hills but im just used to narrow bars in traffic, i feel comfortable with them i guess.

are you comming for a roll on sat skeletonboy?


ALSO - whats peoples ages here?

yeah, it certainly is however its london...mayhem on the roads on a normal day so i can just picture what a sat will be like.

i'm not into tricks and things either, rode to cambridge/oxford/brighton same set-up no probs.
and i'm a very young 40 in 2 weeks

im only 21.

oooooooooh, young man.

you ... 40??.... fucking hell...

fucking yes, and??

how wide is your chop bars?? My drops bars are 40...which is not as wide as my shoulders...the narrowest gap you can go through is dependent on your shoulders width and not your bars...

and ..I guess I will be buying you birthday drinks in 2 weeks...

nope, it's the width of your arse, most mirrors etc are arse height.
and yes you will davey :)

haha...just measured it... my arse width is 39.5...

but I was thinking more along the line of inbetween bus down oxford street...

you can always twist your shoulders, not you arse.

i guess..if i twist my arse...I will be a lot wider than 39.5 cm....

pffft, i can shift my shoulders to fit through gaps whilst going in a line, if i twise my bars, i'd fall off.

here here, i will also buy you a birthday drink.
so what bikes do you gentlemen ride? photos are better than words if possible....

I still havent got a bike together yet, after my raleigh broke nearly a month ago.

Got all the parts together now, need to get my rims polished and then build wheels. Hopefully done by next week, would love to come for a ride.

But id be coming down from Birmingham so would need some other shit to do in the day.

I just turned 24 by the way.

we can ride all day long, i will be new to london so its not like ive seen it all...

breakfast
ride
ride
ride
ride
sandwich
ride
ride
ride
dodge a truck
ride
ride
dinner
ride
backwards circle
ride
pint
ride
bed

do i smell a poll coming up?

thats a sweet plan:)

not enough pints in there for my liking :)

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