Thursday night @ OWP...

Morning dudes

I was really looking forward to getting out & riding last night but on the whole it didn't go down all that well, I was disappointed with my riding, I couldn't get my shit together at all & was frustrated with the state of the ramps. I hope OWP get something sorted soon... I think the other guys got some 'attitude' from the skaters too, so it could have been a better night.

On the + side it was nice to see some faces I hadn't seen for a while (Tim, Darryl, Geoff & some others who's names I don't know) even though we didn't get to speak much...

I think the rest of the Banbury crew certainly 'put some good shit down' & some of the Oxford boys were getting it on too...

Even my fotos came out shit, but here's a couple anyways...

John learned Fufanu's:



Ray pedal sliding:

Sorry Craig, I didn't get one usable foto of you, rest assured you lot all rode good.

It was a good trip down & back, just talking about riding, the good ole days & life in general which is always an enjoyable part of any road trip...

Combe then!?!?!

Gyro Mod...

Well here goes with another mod (is this the beginnings of some kind of bizarre addiction!?!?)

I had the problem of cables fraying on my Gyro GTX so here's how I cured it...

OK, I removed the gyro from the bike & noticed that the underneath side of the top cable anchor point is already countersunk to seat the cable nipple & stop it popping out. Seeing as I use a custom cable length, I dont use this & just clamp the cable down with the grub-screw & then cut it & file it flush with the bottom side. Of course this causes the cable to fray & rip my fucking jeans...

So, using 3 special 3mm 'slot' drill bit ( a normal drill bit will more than likely shear when you start to drill into the slot) I drilled through from the countersunk side to open out the slot.

Next I got two 3mm 'short' size rivets & removed the 'pin' parts leaving the alloy heads. the hole in the rivet head is perfect for the cable & just slides onto the cable & up into the drilled out hole. The flange part of the head sits snug against the underside of the gyro.

After tightening up the grub-screws, I cut off the excess cables (not before the bars spinning & the excess scratching the top tube - doh!) & filed them flush.

Here's the pics:

I'm pretty happy with how it worked out & have had a couple of sessions on it, so far so good...

Thanks to my Dad for the technical expertise as usual ;-) & finally got my own camera sorted so the pics came out a treat (macro function is the shit!)

laters

They say real ale sends you loopy...

a variation of the backwards bar-press...?

Obviously trying hard to pick up that elusive shoe sponsor :-)

Bike Check - Alex Leech

Here's the full list and some pics I just took:

Frame - S&M LAF, Black, 21"
Forks - S&M Pitch, 990, Black
Headset – Campag
Stem – S&M Redneck XLT Black
Bars – BSD Sleezy Bars, Black
Grips – S&M
Levers - Odyssey Medium
Bar Ends - ally generic
Cranks - Profiles with BSD ti Spindle
Sprocket – BSD 28
Pedals - S&M DX style
Chain – Loophole
Front Wheel – Odyssey Hazard lite, Odyssey Vandero 10mm
Back Wheel - Odyssey Hazard Lite, Odyssey Cassette hub, 10t driver
Tires - Revenge
Brakes - Fly rear, suelo front
Brake Cable - 1664 Linear Death
Pegs – Kink lite (2 at the moment)
Seat & post – MacNeil
Seat Clamp - S&M

Modifications – Apart from the PTFE tape on the rear brake, not a damn thing!