Charge Plug

RIGHT..!!!

I decided that as the base plug has non-sealed bearings and someone at SE beers told me that a couple of months of winter riding had built up loads of junky shit etc. I decided either the Freestyler or the racer with their sealed bearings are where it's at.

So I rode the Freestyler. And fuck me, it was SEX. Not just grunty and sweaty, I mean the kind that you get after a few weeks with someone, when all the bumps and the grinds are in just the right places and you both move together beautifully and stylishly. Seriously, I almost did a sex-wee in the middle of Tooley Street.

BUT...

It has shitty messenger-style bars and brake levers that are a mile from my fingers - probably so you don't twat knuckles when you do tricks and stuff. So despite it riding like a dream, I was going to have to change some stuff anyway and I seriously couldn't handle the narsty snot-rims.

So I tried the racer and HATED the splayed drop bars. But it's shiny and chrome and silvery and lovely. So I just changed the bars and bought white grips and it looks classy but quite punchy at the same time. Bars are too wide and probably need a little trim with the old hacksaw, but it gives me control and a fatter road-presence, so I'm growing to like them.

Charge Plug = deep joy + happy Tim.

Mate, I saw you on Commercial Road in the Shoreditch area yesterday. Your bike looks wicked. I was on my blue "ford mondeo" plug. I am getting a bit narked seeing 2/3 identical bikes a day! I am planning to put some White wheels on, maybe a white chain too. Maybe even a white saddle and bars... Make it a bit different.

I locked it to one of those 'sandpaper lampposts' on Oxford street yesterday and came back and some cunt had obviously pushed it I'd knocked it and there are some massive scratches on the top tube. Might even get it resprayed/painted. How much would that cost??