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Author: Tom (---.park-s46b.dslaccess.co.uk)
Date: 02-03-2005 12:44
I see that the cover boy's sartorial choices have caused consternation yet again.
Therefore I feel I should state that the socks I'm wearing in the pic are psychometric; certain kinds of people are compelled to comment on 'em! ;-)
---Decades behind, but moving fast---
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Author: Roger the Hilldodger (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: 02-03-2005 16:56
Posted by Norti on the stories page
Philistines. Mr Riley is actually a style guru years ahead of his time. You'll all be wearing different socks just as soon as Mr Beckham realises he's behind the times.
Then you'll all be trying to buy them on Ebay
Roger the Hilldodger
The world's most handsome cycling historian. Probably.
Leicester's 4th best Les Gray impersonator.
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Author: Arch (---.york.ac.uk)
Date: 02-03-2005 17:16
"Therefore I feel I should state that the socks I'm wearing in the pic are psychometric"
| thought they were wool myself...
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Author: Seamus (---.pth-as6.dial.plus.net)
Date: 02-03-2005 20:09
Surely the dark sock should be worn upon the right leg
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Author: Arch (---.york.ac.uk)
Date: 03-03-2005 08:44
I think that only applies if you're wearing red and green socks....
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Author: Wobbly John (---.kings-ely.cambs.sch.uk)
Date: 03-03-2005 11:43
Do you use red or green grease on your chain Arch?
If it ain't broke - fix it 'til it is.
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Author: John Turvey (213.78.103.---)
Date: 03-03-2005 11:44
Got to be careful here - a while back on the 'Trikes' list there was a thread about having the tyre label next to (or, for a significant group of contrayists, 180 degrees from) the valve stem - as a result I (who until then had been ignorant of this requirement) had to spend many hours remounting all my tyres with the labels properly aligned.
My next project will be to get valve caps which match the colour of the bike/trike ........
John Turvey
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Author: Steven Brandist (---.no-dns-yet.ntli.net)
Date: 03-03-2005 12:44
I believe that the label should always been on the right hand side of the bike also (i.e chain side). The last two bikes I bought where arranged in this fashion. I find that Schwalbe tyres have nice looking labels especially if they are the type with the reflective sidewall strip also.
Of course you'll have to make your own rules when it comes to trike front wheels - ah, I suppose if the tyre is a directional type then you have no choice.
When I bought my new 24" Unicycle there was a dilemma. The tyre has four diagonally placed brightly coloured labels/graphics (Maxis Hookworm - looks kinda cool with a small cartoon of a worm bearing it teeth on the side). I spent ages trying to get the labels lined up with the valve so it looked right, then found that the cranks (which are fixed with respect to the wheel - obviously) don't line up with the labels. The valve cap supplied as standard is orange.
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Author: Steven Brandist (---.no-dns-yet.ntli.net)
Date: 03-03-2005 12:59
Right proper they look too. But not as good as non-matching socks of course.
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Author: Crispin (---.server.ntli.net)
Date: 03-03-2005 22:16
I thought that you were meant to put the bit of the tyre that states the recommended pressure next to the valve?
Saves you from hunting for this little gem of information every time you dig the pump out...
Anything else planned for today then John, other than remounting all your tyres? ;-)
"He used to be as normal as pumpkin pie and now look at him".
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Author: Arch (---.york.ac.uk)
Date: 04-03-2005 09:04
"I thought that you were meant to put the bit of the tyre that states the recommended pressure next to the valve?"
Genius! Why have I never thought of that?
Wobbly John, I don't have colour co-ordinated grease, but I do intend to have green and red LEDS mounted appropriately on my boat...
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Author: Andy Scaife (---.fast.net.uk)
Date: 06-03-2005 16:32
Ahh. valve caps. Yes, I fell for that one! My metallic green bikes (4-off) have metallic green caps, black bikes and trailers have black-and-silver ones, etc, etc...
My self-built wheels usually have colour-matched rim centres as well.
Co-ordination of ber tape, tyre lines, saddles etc goes without saying. Even careful which colour ortliebs to take with me (taking into account possible changes of bike during the day).
Isn't in interesting that we will do all this, yet wear odd socks! We really MUST get a grip.
Andy Scaife,
BikeRescue
York, UK.
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Author: Tom (---.park-s46b.dslaccess.co.uk)
Date: 07-03-2005 14:20
Went off the flashy valve cap thing after a set too many was pinched of me Citr*en...
Petey's to modest to mention that he has a smashing pair of flashing blue valve caps, which started me thinking about putting a row of blue LEDs under the bottom tube of the tandem so as to keep up with York's boy racers.
---Decades behind, but moving fast---
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Author: Andy Scaife (---.fast.net.uk)
Date: 08-03-2005 14:22
I have wondered about building a boy-racer bike for a laugh.
Wheel trims have to come first of course (have you SEEN the latest craze for wheel trims that keep spinning after you've stopped?). A spoiler on the back would be essential, and easy enough to make. I think a recumbent would lend itself best to the joke. Maybe a drag-look kettweisel?
Of course we'd have to sort out the OBE (think ICE and you'll get it). Pedal powered amps? Subwoofers under the seat?
This could run and run....
Andy Scaife,
BikeRescue
York, UK.
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Author: Tom (---.park-s46b.dslaccess.co.uk)
Date: 08-03-2005 15:19
I beleive Wobbly John has been producing innovations of his own in this department. See www.xntrick.co.uk, and look at the new badboy Spincycle!
---Decades behind, but moving fast---
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Author: Wobbly John (---.kings-ely.cambs.sch.uk)
Date: 08-03-2005 18:10
Spincycle XR! - It's on the "What are I makin' now" page.
It's got brackets under the seat for downlighter LED lights, I must try to get some photos.
The ghetto blaster I was going to mount on the back, got taken to Uni by my daughter : (
If it ain't broke - fix it 'til it is.
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Author: easy racer (---.126-84-212.ippool.ndo.com)
Date: 08-03-2005 19:05
What's wrong with neons on your bike?!...
I have a Windcheetah with a blue neon trim on the seat, red neon on the flagpole and blue Tyreflys on the three wheels.
They're on there for safety reasons, honest...
The only "Folding" I have, is the Bike!
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Author: easy racer (---.126-84-212.ippool.ndo.com)
Date: 08-03-2005 20:06
See it looks safe, doesn't it?
The only "Folding" I have, is the Bike!
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Author: Arch (---.york.ac.uk)
Date: 09-03-2005 09:11
That's fantastic! I guess at speed the valve caps form a solid line? Reminds me of 'Automan' from when I was about 15 - anyone else remember that? Holographic superhero, could only fight at night because he needed so much power that the city supply wouldn't stretch to daytime usage and Automan. And he had a car that did 90 degree turns, like Pacman. And the geek who invented him was played by Dezi Arnaz Jnr.
How and why do I remember this useless stuff?!
Anyway. that Windcheetah is truely a future bike!
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Author: easy racer (---.109-84-212.ippool.ndo.com)
Date: 09-03-2005 18:15
I can't say I've heard of Automan, but I thought it looked a bit more like the bikes in Tron?
What do you think?
The only "Folding" I have, is the Bike!
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Author: speedy (---.246.81.adsl.skynet.be)
Date: 11-03-2005 17:47
Hi easy racer,
I see that on your windcheetah front wheels you have extended mudguards, where do got them?
Greetings
Luc
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Author: Arch (---.york.ac.uk)
Date: 11-03-2005 17:49
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/7565/automan.html
Yeah, Tron came to mind too.
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Author: easy racer (---.104-84-212.ippool.ndo.com)
Date: 11-03-2005 18:23
Hi Luc,
The mudguards are the normal ones you get from AVD.
The only difference is I have added a set of homemade mudflaps made from an old mouse mat, to stop my arms from getting drenched.
The only "Folding" I have, is the Bike!
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Author: easy racer (---.104-84-212.ippool.ndo.com)
Date: 11-03-2005 18:29
Arch,
Wow! I really like the suit that Automan is wearing...
How cool is that!
The only "Folding" I have, is the Bike!
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Author: John Turvey (213.78.96.---)
Date: 11-03-2005 20:59
Mudflaps can also be made from damp proof course - just look in a skip outside a house where building work is taking place - the off-cuts can be a few feet long and surficient to make many mudflaps.
John Turvey
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Author: steve green (---.server.ntli.net)
Date: 13-03-2005 20:30
according to an article in today's Independent fashion pages, there's a shop in Barcelona that sells pairs of non-matching shoes. I wonder if they are SPD compatible?
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Author: Arch (---.york.ac.uk)
Date: 14-03-2005 09:20
Yeah, imagine the Automan suit with these:
http://www.fossilfool.com/down-low-glow.htm
(as seen advertised in the new VV).
Anyone claiming not to have seen you would have to have a guide dog!
As for shops selling pairs of non-matching shoes...
All shoe shops do that, it's just that you have to buy two pairs and do the sorting yourself!
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Author: steve green (---.server.ntli.net)
Date: 15-03-2005 18:13
Buying two pairs of shoes, and shuffling them to make the other two pairs would merely be an example of appropriation as practiced by first year Fine Art students. You would have two odd pairs of shoes.
Now, MAKING a pair of odd shoes is a paradigm shift in thinking about footwear...
After I read the article, I used it to catch the dirt while I worked on my son's bike. That was much more rewarding than the article!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Author: Arch (---.york.ac.uk)
Date: 16-03-2005 09:17
Ah. Oh, I see. The article about odd shoes. I thought for a minute you meant the Velovision article about the Tagun with the odd sock pictures...
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Author: Wobbly John (---.kings-ely.cambs.sch.uk)
Date: 16-03-2005 11:29
I see that Crispin Bennett is another Velovision reader that is ahead of fashion - check the photo of his shoes on the letters page!
If it ain't broke - fix it 'til it is.
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Author: steve green (---.server.ntli.net)
Date: 17-03-2005 18:39
Sorry, Arch.
On the way to work this morning, I realised that I should have stated which article. Cycling is so much more condusive to mental processes than is sitting at a keyboard.
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