Spotted...

Commuter dude on his super blinged out carbon Planet X with TT bars and Carbon Zipps front and rear, looking like an idiot on York Way this morning.

Seriously, who the fuck commutes on full carbon in central london? good luck with those winter potholes mate.

Spotted a man last week coming out of his office near convent garden in khaki shorts and a t-shirt riding a pink carbon TT (quintana roo?) bike at rush hour.

I actually like this. Okay, it sucks to be them, but they probably have the money to piss away anyway. These are the type of people who drive Lambo's and Ferrari's around the cobbled, roadhumped, traffic congested streets, too. It's their money, remember.

I mean, it's harmless, infact, it's good news. I worked in a carclub for 2 years and the most annoying thing from (male) car-owners, were comments along the lines of "My car represents me", "I earn enough to drive better" etc.

If this is filtering into bikes, we're the better off for it, no? If it stops him racing around in a lambo i'm all for it, even if it does mean excessive bike-envy.

Besides, if more city-boys buy high-performance kit, which undoubtedly breaks easily, they are buying a lot more of it than would usually be shifted. Eventually, that'll bring the price down.

It's win win.