Motorless bikes. Wotz da drill?

[Mr. Peanut]

If you want to get your tyres howling, shift your weight onto the outside pedal as you corner, works a treat.

Don't you love the lack of rules?

[Dave Lobster]

The front brake is where the clutch should be , the rear brake where the front brake should be . Is this normal?

Its normal on some race bikes. My brake levers are also the gear levers. Changing down with the right one and braking isn't a good idea, so my brake is on the left hand side. Caught me out the first time I rode it. Sideways on a pushbike at 35 mph made my arse twitch like a motherfucker.

[Wolf]

Sideways on a pushbike at 35 mph made my arse twitch like a motherfucker.

That'd be nerve-wracking. Worst I did was "coast" down a steep hill. My uncle's driveway was at the bottom so I slowed to what I thought was enough to dismount and swung off the bike. Don't know what speed I was doing but it was marginally faster than I can run so I wound up with the bike getting away on me and I was at a lean with my hands on the handlebars and my feet scrabbling to keep up. Was expecting to face-plant at any moment - the only thing holding me upright was the bike and it was rapidly leaving me behind. Fortunately I managed to turn the wheel up my uncle's driveway and slowed the bike enough for me to catch up.

They're not the most stable things - give me a motorbike with some decent tyres and decent mass, any day.

[avgas]

Yay i gots a new mountain bike. i put new pedals on it last night. now all it need is a seatpost that i wont have to remove from my asshole every time i get off the bike.
Anyone going to woodhill this weekend?

[Dilligaf]

(Oh, and I have already told Her that I absolutely REFUSE to wear lycra.

Quite Right!! Repeat after me, Lycra is a privilege, not a right...