BMX and Fixies

fuck. 100 years of this.

I suppose I could always open another bottle..

RPM thing is..

I'm 35.

that's middle aged.

middle aged men and jeans?

Oh fuck, I'm 34, and only bought my first pair of jeans last year (having worn a pair of cast-offs from a mate that he gave me in the mid 90s). In my defence, I don't wear them with a shirt tucked in, or with pointy leather shoes.
I prefer shorts or 3/4s though, and have usually been the last person braving them as the cold weather encroaches since I was at primary school.

(I could've said "since I was in short trousers", but it doesn't really work in this context)

But whatever I wear, it usually has to last forever cos I'm skintoid working class scum, init. I just had to give my leather belt (purchased in 1986) a fitting send off, as it finally snapped :(

you got your belt when i was born!

Are you close to snapping as well?

ha! yeah....i just thought i would put you age in perspective for you.

I remember leaving home in 1991, going veggie, and starting to have qualms about leather goods. The belt – being the only trouser-holding-up device in my possession – had to stay, but I hoped it would give me years of loyal service... job done!

(It was also used in emergency repairs to protect a quill-type headset nut whilst being attacked with an ill-fitting monkey wrench - oh! the naïve whimsy and mechanical ne savoir faire pas of my halcyon youth...)

where did you leave?

hell

wales eh..

You knows it (not)

i remember you having a trace of somewhere north in your voice.

maybe i am wrong, but i'm normally quite good with accents/nationalities.

Er, not exactly. But my mum's Scottish, and my wife's mum's from Teeside.

As climber extraordinaire, I was clearly raised by a goat-herder on the steppes of the Andes, forced to ride a solid lead frame down to the village 4000m below to sell our non-mucilaginous wares every day, and then hoof it back up whilst chased by the local drug lords who had a grudge against papa after a cacao-for-milk deal went sour.

I'm Scottish living in Teesside right now. Weird eh?

BringMeMyFix cacao-for-milk deal went sour.

Now that is funny!

andrewleitch86 I'm Scottish living in Teesside right now. Weird eh?

Spooky...

RPM not my bag anyway. army surplus trousers are £3, polyester/mix and you can cut them down to whatever. ride all day/work all day. that's what I prefer for cycling.

Where'd you get trousers for £3??

aaah, that's a secret!

Jeans aren't any good for riding really... but I don't have anything else and whenever I drop the bike I'm always glad I was wearing jeans. I love my skin.

Crashing in jeans is no good.. you need leathers.. :)