Moving to your foggy town

hi! i'm moving to london from the usa in about 5 weeks for grad school. i just stumbled upon this site, and it looks pretty great... i've decided not to ship my single speed cause it's gettin rusty and i'd better sell it here, save the exorbitant shipping costs, and just buy a new one over there. i have some great friends here who run a recycled bicycle shop, freeze thaw, and i'm trying to find a similar place over there, anybody got a good recommendation? and/or if you know anyone who's about 5'6" and looking to unload a decent singlespeed, hook a sister up. also any other advice for a new kid coming onto the scene would be totally appreciated. thanks so much :)

Bring a face mask, you can barely see you front wheel for smog, err, guv'nor ;)

theres an initiation test for SWB if you want to join in...

Yard of Top Shelfer for the noobs from now on I heard

Bring a face mask, you can barely see you front wheel for smog, err, guv'nor ;)

who said that?

Katt, welcome to the forum, if not the town yet.

where are you moving from? That'll give us an idea of what to warn you about :-)

Cor blimey, i've got two-4-pand treackle!

Enjoy the Landan experience sweet-hart, it's blindin......now where's that mary poppins got to?

Stop taking the piss, you bastards! :p

Welcome Kattt. There's a ton of people who can help you out. Don't expect completely straight answers from anyone on here, make sure that you give as good as you get and you'll be fine. Check out the Trixie Chix thread and come to Bike polo, or one of the drinks nights. London is awesome.

who said that?

Me, just

well at least the brits write back quickly, if not entirely intelligibly.

Oi, if there's one thing we are, it's intelligibly!

Yes, we has edjumucation!

I've heard New Kids on the Block have just gotta hang tough...

other options are beer nights, parties and polo. I don't do the polo though.

found the trixie chix site, they look pretty awesome. bike polo sounds fun, although i'm not really sure what it is. and i know i like beer. but what about good, local bike shops? just in general, i don't have a specific area as i haven't found a good apartment, i mean flat, yet, but i'm working on it (any tips there?).

Stop taking the piss, you bastards! :p

Welcome Kattt. There's a ton of people who can help you out. Don't expect completely straight answers from anyone on here, make sure that you give as good as you get and you'll be fine. Check out the Trixie Chix thread and come to Bike polo, or one of the drinks nights. London is awesome.

Jesus Sano, she's gonna find out sooner or later.

Kattt, all the sane people left london in about 1984. Rock me amadaeus was playing on the radio and the whole of the city had a mass realisation experience, a bit like your jerry springer show.

So most people moved to spain to start new lives* and now there's only this crazy half chimpanzee crowd left.

*reading the sun and eating all-day-english breakfasts, whilst complaining about the heat and the bloody foriegners

what part of london are you planning to move to?

hey katt where abouts you from, im from colorado, people here from the east coast, and even the (cringe) west coast. i found the best bike shop in london today, but its high budget kinda place. matt/ small brown bike (forum name) would probably have something your after.

and welcome.

'ello Katttt me old dearie - 'ave a gander round www.gumtree.com for loadsa laaavely london flats.
(its our craigslist, though we have one of those too.)

i found the best bike shop in london today, but its high budget kinda place.

Spill the beans. Which one and where?

Welcome Kattt - you missed a right old pea souper today.

a right old pea souper today.

HaHa, I haven't heard that in ages!

what fog?? I never heard London being referred as foggy or even smoggy.

Drizzle.

It's all about the drizzle.

Hyde Park 6pm this evening

I woke up the other day and all I could see was fog . . . then I realized it was just my hangover.
Think thats the only kinda fog there has been for years.
Welcome to Ol' London Town.

Drizzle.

It's all about the drizzle.

I'll second that!