It’s a massive shop and it’s going to be a great! I’ve actually just finished painting the undercoat on the railings and taking the old signage down.
Can’t wait. The whole back end of the system will be done soon but the EPOS system is my job. Hard but in the end it’ll be awesome. Really worth something.
Can’t wait for this project to get finished. It’ll be epic!

The difference between these and the current ones that are available at the moment is that the material has been changed slightly and it’s also been compressed a hell of a lot more.
Basically the material is denser so they last longer. I found that this didn’t affect the “Bed In” period for the worse.
It was actually a lot quicker than other pads I’ve used in the past! Which is a breath of fresh air IMO as who has the time to actually do 10 short sharp stops without skidding? Not me anyway.
But this is mainly because I’m lazy.
I’ll report more on how these wear as and when, but from the looks of it and from the places I’ve been riding, I dont think it’ll be soon.

It’s a ride that does require a bit of fitness but if you get tired, push the bike up the hill, you may feel like you’ve let yourself down, but you won’t regret it when you’re flying downhill like a Loony.

You’ll need a bike thats light but manageable down hill. This is proper cross country so it’s uphill slogging a lot of the way.
You’ll only need basic skills as you can always just go a little slower down/around things so it’s not something you need to be a professional to do.

A bit of fitness helps but like I said previously. You can just push it.

Anyway, here it is. (Below)

These bad boys:

Super cool, really lightweight forks. They’d be awesome on a SS MTB. I REALLY want some!

Secondly, It weighs about as much as a pen, I kid you not, this baby is super light but as with all Alloy items durability is a massive factor in purchasing such things. But as this will be a long term test “Only time will tell” 

Picture’s are below:

Also thanks to @empian and @tamline for complaining that I had girly gearing,

Velo Solo’s Max and Jo for providing amazing service once again.

I’ve had front and rear Weinmann brakes on it whilst I was learning and now is the time to sort that, here’s what I did:

1: Removed that silly rear brake.
2: Took the front brake off.
3: Drilled the fork with a 8mm drill bit so it’d accept a proper new style brake.
4: Installed new brake.
5: Flipped the bars.
6: Measured the bars and chopped them down.
7: Fitted the lever.
8: Re Cabled the brake.
9 Re taped the bars.
10: Double checked everything.

Was good to actually take a bit of time to actualy do something for myself in work. Really enjoyed working on my Fixe.

Very fun, flat (ish) smooth ride into work. Yes it was the long way, but, it was Sunday and i need to get the miles under my belt.

Just as i went over the boarder into England i was riding behind two roadies giving it large, I stayed behind them for a while then blasted it off waving goodbye.
Once out of sight i continued to nearly fall off into some bushes as i was completely FUBAR.
Still, had a sip of some Vimto and carried on.

Nearing Aldford i came across two groups of 50+ cyclists with a Police escort. They also had support cars! I think i saw Pinarello’s team car.

Also for riding it realitivly easy i stopped off in Subway and had two breakfast subs, I’m a growing boy and i need my energy.

Mental, I’d bought the wheels second-hand so I don’t really care but just thought it was a bit odd.
Anyone had this happen to them?
Use the comments section below.

Pictures below.

My mum rocks and quite frankly. She’s a legend.