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Forum: UK March 30th 08, 09:25 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 102
Views: 2,233
Posted By Simon Brooke
Kill in a park and avoid prison.

JNugent wrote:

Adam Lea wrote:
"Tom Crispin" wrote in message
...
The cause of the windscreen...
Forum: UK March 30th 08, 06:23 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 31
Views: 740
Posted By Simon Brooke
Mad solar-powered streetlights on N1

Geoff Pearson wrote:


"Simon Brooke" wrote in message
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Geoff Pearson wrote:


"TheMgt" ...
Forum: UK March 30th 08, 11:42 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 31
Views: 740
Posted By Simon Brooke
Mad solar-powered streetlights on N1

Geoff Pearson wrote:


"TheMgt" wrote in message
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Geoff Pearson wrote:

I don't want a light every 25...
Forum: UK March 30th 08, 11:39 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 31
Views: 740
Posted By Simon Brooke
Mad solar-powered streetlights on N1

Tracker1972 wrote:

Geoff Pearson wrote:
This weekend they completed the installation of, I guess, 50 solar
powered street lights on the part of the N1 that runs from Queen Margaret
...
Forum: UK March 30th 08, 09:37 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 24
Views: 1,127
Posted By Simon Brooke
How did UK become so dominant on track?

Baal wrote:

Cracking website you have Simon!

Why, thank you, kind sir.

Actually, it doesn't get much maintenance. Most of it dates back to 1996 and
some bits just don't work any more (and ought...
Forum: UK March 29th 08, 09:00 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 24
Views: 1,127
Posted By Simon Brooke
How did UK become so dominant on track?

Ekul Namsob wrote:

icogs wrote:

I don't follow cycle sport sport much, except TdF, but I don't
remember cycling being a big deal here before Chris Boardman in
...
Forum: UK March 29th 08, 08:55 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 6
Views: 369
Posted By Simon Brooke
More silly questions about a commuter bike

Tom Cumming wrote:

Here begins the silly questions:

1. I'm a bit confused about frame sizes. I am approx 6'3"
tall and wear 34" leg trousers. There seems to be some
discrepancy on the web...
Forum: UK March 29th 08, 05:53 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 25
Views: 943
Posted By Simon Brooke
ON NOW BBC2 World Track Cycling Championships in Manchester

Tim Hall wrote:

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:00:10 GMT, "Trevor A Panther"
wrote:

"Mark...
Forum: UK March 29th 08, 05:42 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 17
Views: 1,065
Posted By Simon Brooke
Are Viking bikes good?

Roger Merriman wrote:

Simon Brooke wrote:

blackhead wrote:

Colin MacDonald last week suggested :

"EBC own-brand stuff is generally reasonable...
Forum: UK March 29th 08, 05:34 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 6
Views: 327
Posted By Simon Brooke
Why don't customers buy pedals for Chainreaction bikes?

Martin Dann wrote:

blackhead wrote:
At the bottom of this page for a chainreaction storm without pedals,
it shows what other people bought - but only one set of pedals. Seems
kinda weird...
Forum: UK March 29th 08, 01:36 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 102
Views: 2,233
Posted By Simon Brooke
Kill in a park and avoid prison.

JNugent wrote:

Mark T wrote:

JNugent writtificated

This has all come up before.

Were you talking out of your arse then, too?
Many accidents and examples of careless driving...
Forum: UK March 29th 08, 01:25 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 102
Views: 2,233
Posted By Simon Brooke
Kill in a park and avoid prison.

JNugent wrote:

Simon Brooke wrote:
JNugent wrote:

First step: realise that it can happen to you just as easily as to
anyone else.

If you really believe that, stop driving....
Forum: UK March 29th 08, 01:18 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 17
Views: 1,065
Posted By Simon Brooke
Are Viking bikes good?

blackhead wrote:

Colin MacDonald last week suggested :

"EBC own-brand stuff is generally reasonable value, but you get what
you pay for. The Continental, for example, has pretty low-spec
...
Forum: Racing March 29th 08, 02:16 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
Replies: 31
Views: 1,573
Posted By Simon Brooke
Taylor Phinney: NO MEDAL

MagillaGorilla wrote:

Andy Coggan wrote:

No - but in this thread at least you seem to be having trouble
deciding for which side you're batting.

That's a shame you haven't come over...
Forum: Racing March 29th 08, 02:14 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
Replies: 31
Views: 1,573
Posted By Simon Brooke
Taylor Phinney: NO MEDAL

MagillaGorilla wrote:


http://www.velonews.com/article/73715/wiggins-to-meet-huizenga-in-gold-medal-pursuit-duel

Okay, I open up the floor to the fusillade of excuses as to why Taylor
didn't...
Forum: UK March 29th 08, 02:05 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 102
Views: 2,233
Posted By Simon Brooke
Kill in a park and avoid prison.

JNugent wrote:

Nick wrote:

The benefit is that it would send a message that dangerous driving is
considered serious, rather than just one of those things that could
happen to anyone.
...
Forum: UK March 28th 08, 04:51 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 17
Views: 1,065
Posted By Simon Brooke
Are Viking bikes good?

Mark T wrote:

blackhead writtificated

I'm thinking of buying either the Viking Vittoria for £359 or the
Claud Butler Melano for £389. But which is the best value for money?

Don't...
Forum: UK March 28th 08, 11:46 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 23
Views: 664
Posted By Simon Brooke
New bike, broken chain.

Ben C wrote:

On 2008-03-28, Niv wrote:
Got my shiny new Quest Wave (carbonfibre) + Campy-Record bike a few
weeks back.
Magic ride & very light; now I need to lose...
Forum: UK March 27th 08, 09:54 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 102
Views: 2,233
Posted By Simon Brooke
Kill in a park and avoid prison.

Nick wrote:

Simon Brooke wrote:
Tom Crispin wrote:

A Vietnamese restaurant owner who admitted causing the death of a
cyclist in Greenwich Park by dangerous driving was fined £2,500...
Forum: UK March 27th 08, 03:04 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 2
Views: 240
Posted By Simon Brooke
Vrienden Van Het Platteland

Roos (or anyone else who knows), would I be correct in translating the name
of this team as 'friends from the flat lands'? I ask because they've been
doing rather well in the mountains...
Forum: Racing March 27th 08, 01:58 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
Replies: 104
Views: 1,604
Posted By Simon Brooke
vampires strike

MagillaGorilla wrote:

Phil Holman wrote:

"MagillaGorilla" wrote in message
...

Amit Ghosh wrote:

On Mar 26,...
Forum: Racing March 27th 08, 01:46 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
Replies: 31
Views: 1,162
Posted By Simon Brooke
Mr. .3 Percent?

Ryan Cousineau wrote:

"Whoops, we caught you ever so slightly over the 50% limit. You're
busted. Size depending on subsequent events/findings, there's going to
be a fine for you, maybe for...
Forum: UK March 27th 08, 08:46 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 102
Views: 2,233
Posted By Simon Brooke
Kill in a park and avoid prison.

_ wrote:

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:40:26 +0000, Simon Brooke wrote:

Tom Crispin wrote:

A Vietnamese restaurant owner who admitted causing the death of a
cyclist in Greenwich Park by...
Forum: UK March 26th 08, 11:12 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 17
Views: 927
Posted By Simon Brooke
Old derailleur and chainrings, new chain and cassette

Ian Jackson wrote:

In article ,
Ben C wrote:

When it's either starting to go a bit rusty or is covered in gunge.
Which...
Forum: UK March 26th 08, 10:58 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 13
Views: 661
Posted By Simon Brooke
Spotted elsewhere...

Mark T wrote:

Tim Dunne writtificated

I particularly liked...
http://yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2008-02-27
http://yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2008-02-04

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