Spotted...

possibly spotted Horatio & A.N.Other Poloenger about 11:30-40ish around London Bridge. I requested a skid rather drunkenly and one at least obliged :D
One failed. That was me. Hi!

i seem to ride everyday just behind a chap with a red linnell royal fail bag, brakless, chap with a stickered frame (black) from newington green all the way to marble arch. if you're on here you have a mean trackstand.

Poloenger on Holborn this morning with a pink front disc, mallets and a rollapaluza cap. Hiya.

i seem to ride everyday just behind a chap with a red linnell royal fail bag, brakless, chap with a stickered frame (black) from newington green all the way to marble arch. if you're on here you have a mean trackstand.

you're always behind everyone.

Chap walked past me on Grosvenor Street yesterday (I was on standby, with the papers), and remarked 'nice bike - really nice bike'. I'm flattered sir, but if you're really that impressed by my filthy, battered, worn-out old 2004 Condor Pista, then I think you need to spend more time on Gray's Inn Road.

guy on a white blue and red Cinelli, really nice, then 20 seconds later a guy on a blue Colnago.. again, really nice, parsons ghreen, 3.40 yesterday

you're always behind everyone.

atleast i don't go to life drawing classes with fat pikey models. ;)

Red flamboyant Harry Quinn track frame guy on Brixton Road this morning... Nice bike... Lovely black Mercian conversion on Kennington Road a bit later...

atleast i don't go to life drawing classes with fat pikey models. ;)

You're going to get bullied when I get home.

You're going to get raped when I get home.

fixed, you creep.

You're going to get suprise-sex when I get home.

Re-fixed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v79aQEJDWkg

Nice leisurely section of the ride in with Dancing James this morning. Really enjoyed hearing 3-2-1 POLO out of the blue.

One failed. That was me. Hi!

Good evening to you sir

Lovely black Mercian conversion on Kennington Road a bit later...

Black deep V's and a skate lid? My mate Al

Someone smiled at me in a friendly "reconising a fellow bike-nerd" type way as they passed me on lever street last night just by the big hotel. All I can say with certainty is that it was a girl heading east. Sorry I was too slow to respond in any way whatsoever but I'd just got out of the pool absolutely exhausted from the first proper training session in 6 months and was trying to remember that I need to look where i'm going, rather than just staring at my bottom bracket and hanging on with jelly-like arms. By the time I'd registered the subtle greeting, you'd gone. Hello anyway.

What size is that pool, and how much does a swim cost? My wife's local is closed for a bit.

Poloenger on Holborn this morning with a pink front disc, mallets and a rollapaluza cap. Hiya.

Mornin' !

Someone got shot!

right outside my house.

That can't be true, dalston is really nice? Maybe they were playing with cap guns.

On my shitty slow flu commute today, I spotted an apollo 10 speed, raleigh activator 2, a raleigh wild cat and last but not least, a grifter. Superb!

but I'd just got out of the pool absolutely exhausted from the first proper training session in 6 months and was trying to remember that I need to look where i'm going, rather than just staring at my bottom bracket and hanging on with jelly-like arms.

Er? What do you need a bottom bracket for in the pool?

Black deep V's and a skate lid? My mate Al

I was too busy checking the frame out to notice anything else, passed him at the lights by SLP then didn't see him again... Ebony and ivory Mercians passing in the night... Well, at 8.45am...

What size is that pool, and how much does a swim cost? My wife's local is closed for a bit.

We're talking about Ironmonger Row I assume? Wellllll, it's funny you should ask as that's been the subject of some debate (in my head)this morning.

*[SKIP THIS BIT IF YOU JUST WANT THE ANSWER]The 5k I did in it this year was apparently 16 lengths further than last year. So it's either 33 metres in which case last year's time for 152 lengths was for only 4560 metres OR it's actually only 30 metres and this year's 168 lengths was correct and last year's time was artificially quick. *

Either way it means that this year's time at 4 minutes slower than last year wasn't a failure after all! My overall pace was in fact quicker! I've been thinking I went slower for months since I did it. It was only on starting training again this week (determined to right that wrong!) that I re-checked the times and realised I'd been duped![END OF RAMBLING DIGRESSION]

So yeah, sorry, it's *probably *30m, costs £3:40 I think. I pay a monthly membership of £20 ish (?) for unlimited swimming. It's the best pool I've found in London. Cool, clean water, double width lanes, and the extra few (5 or 8) metres makes a huge difference. I hate 25m pools as by the time you surface from a big kick off you're halfway down the pool.

Only mega bummer huge pain in the arse problem is that it's shutting down in May 2010 for a major redevelopment and not opening till some time in 2012. *weeps.

Dude on a Yellow bike with a white helmet about an hour ago nr Fenchurch. Forgot to get your name. Thanks for the compliments on the bike. Look forward to seeing your Bridgestone...

33m - water polo pool.

33m - water polo pool.

Pedalo polo? I think you should get to work organising that, Richie...