Anyone here work for Cycle Surgery?

Don't suppose you can give me an insight into how the Etape Anglais tickets are being handled today. Desperately want a place, not really willing to risk it on some sales assistant who doesn't know what's going on. Happy to cycle to another branch if it can guarantee a place... otherwise just going to try the Holborn branch and see what comes of it.

I read that the return transport is booked out. Got any plans to get back from this? Train+Bike?
Sh1t.. maybe I should be training for this..

That looks like a cool day out, shame you can only get the tickets from cycle surgury.

Why is it a shame? Yesterday I couldn't get tickets at all
A 20min walk for a chance to enter this previously sold out ride and punish myself beyond all former levels sounds pretty cool! ;)

Shame for me, I'm nowhere near Cycle Surgury.

Did you want to do this? Are you in London?

I was thinking about it. I might phone up Cycle Surgery later this afternoon and go down to the one near liverpool st.

The Holborn one have 110 places allocated to that store.

You have to buy something.

You cannot purchase a ticket then and there.

You get your name added to a list when you show your receipt for the purchase.

They will call those people in order later.

I'm #3 on the list, so I should have my place.

By the time I left the shop, the list was up to around 15 places taken. They're going fast. Fecking city boys.

What did you get for the purchase, spoky dokies?

Innertubes, always need them and had almost run out, so just bought a couple of those.

So, was that you in the yellow t-shirt?

Heh, yeah. Unshaven, unkempt, bright yellow shirt giving the two shop assistants hassle as neither knew how the system was going to work. Were you one of the city boys I muttered about?

Err.. what's a city boy? Suited types? Fsck that.
I was vaguely shaved, bright red London 10k t-shirt on, jeans. Standing by while you got fussy about spare tubes :D :P
I signed after 'David' but didn't actually see who wrote it and I wasn't gonna hassle you.. I'm in enough trouble for defending lycra.. ;)
Do you wear yellow to match the bike? :)

I wear yellow as I had an important meeting this morning, and the rest of my t-shirts generally tell the reader to get fucked in some creative way or other. I figured for an important meeting, I might perhaps go as far as wearing a yellow shirt that said nothing too offensive, but just burned the cataracts of everyone in the room.

velocity boy burned the cataracts of everyone in the room.

I like. :)

My t-shirt was free.

What is it about these forums that we end up talking about clothing?! Fashion obsessed London.

My t-shirt was free too. All I had to do was cycle in circles behind some fashion designer, Banks or something, as he was interviewed on t' telly. A t-shirt and badge for my balancing skills.

che? riding around in circles behind someone being interviewed.. because.. ?

Something to do with London Tonight wanting to film some cyclists in TdF t-shirts cycling around behind Banks as they interviewed him regarding the TdF. For this you got a free t-shirt.

Sh1t.. I had to RUN for mine :(

Where's the complaints department??!!

I'm looking forward to some free gear for standing around looking important for the TdF

Rattlebag: Did you volunteer for marshalling at the prologue too?

Yup, going to a briefing session on the 31st. Anyone else involved?

Yeah, I did the first session the other err.. day.. week.. whatever..

I was gonna marshall but I've got to take pics in Greenwich for my paper. Anyone around there on the day gimme a bell and I'll meet ya for a pint.

Oh, and getting press acreditiaion off the french is proving bloody hard. Why I have to go throught them for the english bit mistifies me.

So the Aztec brake blocks I bought from cyclesurgery are sh1te. One of the frickin nuts is too small so you can't get an allen key in deep enough to tighten it up.
Grrr.. £10 and I have to refit the old ones and take the Aztecs back. On top of that the door took a piece out of my achillies heel while fitting the stupid things..
Double Grrr. mumble better bloody get an entry to this brit cyclosportif thing grumble..