Spotted in Birmingham...

back to work aeronaught...
Oh actually - you got any Mariners merch?
You from Seattle then, or got family there?

I spent some of the best time of my life there when we moved over there 12 years ago. It has this amazing hold over me - so i'm hoping to emigrate back in the next year once the green card is finalised.

Bullring bikes, spoke to the owners v v briefly as I was on the job. Told them about the forum.
The red bike has a weird rear hub; the eyelets for the spokes looked mounted and faced towards the rim I think.

Yeah the blue bike is the one I failed to take a picture of.

What were the owners like?

You should tell blue bike owner to tighten up the the tension on the saddle.

The type of hub on the red bike you speak off is not at all uncommon.

In fact most modern road bikes with low spoke counts have them.

Were they young fellas by any chance? I reckon i passed them going past Urban Pie.

Spotted Monday (midday) under Unversity Centre (Uni of Bham): silver Bianchi 1885 modified to singlespeed with chain tensioner and mini bullbars and celeste bar tape.

Spotted a dude on a black bike with sloping top tube, drops with yellow bar tape, had a rear brake so possible singlespeed (or just cba to take it off). Pershore road at about 10:00 this morning (Thursday).

I spotted Fin about 50 times since this thread was started

Spotted fin today too, hes becoming the right old lean mean delivering machine, just wooshes about.

I also spotted this,

Check those tiny bars, nu rave yellow coordinated grip & tyre, ironic punk stickers, harry lever & hipster mintature lock.

Clearly belongs to some sort of fashionista, I bet it only gets ridden between urban outfitters & selfridges on the pavement.

This Birmingham scene is outta control!

mudguard fail

Haha - that tit hasn't even put the lock through his front wheel - lock fail.

Got knocked down the other day
Guy messed up my front rim - not too bad - and brake (his jag took some chewing I'm glad to say). Worth repairing or should I build new one?
Anyone got a spare double rim?

Is anyone interested as to why it seems there has been an (mini)explosion of fixed in brum?

Got knocked down the other day
Guy messed up my front rim - not too bad - and brake (his jag took some chewing I'm glad to say). Worth repairing or should I build new one?
Anyone got a spare double rim?

Is anyone interested as to why it seems there has been an (mini)explosion of fixed in brum?

Shouldve claimed it on his insurance, thats what its there for (unless it was your fault of course) His insurance company would happily pay out £100 for some bike repair. Much cheaper than a car sollison, tbh hed probaly give it you in cash if you asked niceley. (Unless it was an angry type of course)

Anyhow, you have 'actual' damage, so you can report it as an incident to the police.

Haha - that tit hasn't even put the lock through his front wheel - lock fail.
I'm sure he would have, if it would fit.

Besides, it's a shite wheel anyway. Anyone who wants it is welcome to it. Its braking surface is worn into a concave shape and will soon crumble under the 120psi pressure exerted on it by the inner tube...

The funniest lock fail I've seen is in the alleyway inbetween Colmore Row Starfucks and the Council House. Some muppet locked his QR-equipped bike with TWO Krypto NY locks - but only the wheels. I felt like stealing the rest of the bike just to teach him a valuable lesson.

Saw a green langster chained up by the cathedral and that new cafe neros

I'm sure he would have, if it would fit.

Besides, it's a shite wheel anyway. Anyone who wants it is welcome to it. Its braking surface is worn into a concave shape and will soon crumble under the 120psi pressure exerted on it by the inner tube...

The funniest lock fail I've seen is in the alleyway inbetween Colmore Row Starfucks and the Council House. Some muppet locked his QR-equipped bike with TWO Krypto NY locks - but only the wheels. I felt like stealing the rest of the bike just to teach him a valuable lesson.

If the rear wheel was locked with a mini-d in the inside of the triangle then you'd have struggled.
Gosh, haven't you read Sheldon Brown's locking guide? =D

Sheesh.... embrace the fact that there is yet another person to recruit!
Who gives a fuck where he puts his lock, or what he's got going on with his setup... If he has a smile on his face when he's rollin' then fucking pat on the back to that man.

Come on people. Would you say this shit to his face?

^ I feel bad. Lousy day. I kind of meant all that, but without the aggression...

i thought it was pretty obviously ironic, although the typed e-word is not the easiest vehicle for incredible irony, i will admit that.

i'm sure mesenjah has seen my bike which has far cooler full-length mudguards anyway.

yeah man, was bare jokes innit.

If the rear wheel was locked with a mini-d in the inside of the triangle then you'd have struggled.
Nope, only the wheels were locked to the bike rack.

i'm sure mesenjah has seen my bike which has far cooler full-length mudguards anyway.

I'm going to buy a full length read 'guard soon. The one I've got works, just not as well as it could. I'm sick of having a wet arse and full length ones actually look better than the easy-fit removable one I've got. Will ave to get a race guard for the front though 'cause my new forks don't have 'guard eyelets :(

Come on people. Would you say this shit to his face?

It's Messenjah's bike, the joke being that he is the only messenger and therefore the most hardcore of us all.