Spotted...

Fail.

Oh cheers Max.

see you at souths?
heal TFU.

Oh and had a little chat with Viccy P earlier.
I can say, safely, that she is both lovely in person, and cute.
(sorry about the latent sexism in there- she is also a better athlete than I can ever dream of being)

see you at souths?
heal TFU.

Thanks Henry. Won't be at souths this week as I'm househunting in Bristol unfortunately, but has to be done.

mr teenslain on his house polobike riding past the prince regent.......
also another polo bike that went by so fast i didn't catch the face.

jayjeebus 'n' vee - outside Balham waitrose. I had the missus's old lady trolley.

That's just how i roll, motherfuckers.

Two spots yesterday -

1.) veLLo and his lovely lady looking super cool on a motorbike in Camberwell. And
2.) Clintsmoker on Acre Lane.

Sorry I wasn't able to chat with either, I was on a mission.

Beautiful orange Claud Butler track/path going over Wandworth bridge this morning. Looked all period correct apart from the cranks. Very nice indeed.

Dude on a Mash on Clerkenwell at 8.50am with H+Sons and a cycling cap. Frame wants to go faster.

White, balding dude wearing a white t-shirt, cutoff jeans and a red rucksack riding a blue plug with yellow front rim on Clerkenwell. You were cutting up cyclists on the road and peds in the crossings as you RLJ'd and on the pavement when you cut across that to avoid filtering.

Then you started picking your nose looking at your fingers with a mixture of shock and horror before flicking snot about. A bit unpleasant, really.

Dude on a Mash on Clerkenwell at 8.50am with H+Sons and a cycling cap. Frame wants to go faster.

Hipsters ride that bike, they don't know how to go fast

He did look fucking cool™ tho. ;o)

White, balding dude wearing a white t-shirt, cutoff jeans and a red rucksack riding a blue plug with yellow front rim on Clerkenwell. You were cutting up cyclists on the road and peds in the crossings as you RLJ'd and on the pavement when you cut across that to avoid filtering.

Then you started picking your nose looking at your fingers with a mixture of shock and horror before flicking snot about. A bit unpleasant, really.

Where's the hipster/nodder thread gone? I saw three idiots on singlespeeds on the cs7 this morning, one matching the above description and a short wirey dude (also on a charge) and a guy slightly to large for his hipster jeans (or he needed a longer t-short, either way the first thing that warned me I was about to get cut up was his hairy arse looming into view)... All riding like cunts.

I was on my polo bike and was seriously considering riding through the next person that weaved across my path.

(as a caveat I mean people that are riding in a dangerous way on purpose, not just people that look like they are learning to ride)

on the other hand I did exchange a couple of words with a singlespeeder (in full London dynamo kit) who wasn't riding like a dick but still got beeped by a car that really wanted to drive at 30mph to the next red 50 metres away.

https://www.lfgss.com/thread20131.html

Two nice nice plain audaxy bicycles riding together this morn on Dunton Rd SE1, one single geared and one multi, crossing my path as I waited to join the road.

Some forumengers outside LMNH yesterday at 12 when I dandered past.

...

You don't need to be a cunt to be quick. Get a clue.

Rep! I think there's something fundamental about this statement. Maybe we need to all try to stop racing in commuter traffic, for a start. And being selfish.

I don't know why I mention it but: the other day I stopped to help out a courier guy on a busy cycle path that goes to Deptford, who in turn was helping a middle aged commuter. She'd got a flat but no idea really about changing it, she had no tube or tools. I stopped and gave up my tube. She wanted to pay for my tube and his mech skills, we wouldn't hear of it, but she gave the courier a note to buy himself a drink, as it transpired it was his birthday. We three connected in some small way, shook hands then all set off on our way, a little happier and more soulful.

The amount of people who just sailed past us, really fast rush rush home home me me me it's all about me, without even glancing at us, or offering help or anything. A lot of them would have been carrying more suitable stuff than we had, as the courier and I had skinny 700s (and he had no spare tube) but the commuter was using fat 26s, so we could have done with a fat schrader spare. I even asked someone who was riding past, who said, 'yeah I've got a spare, but I might need it up the road'.

I was struck by the selfishness of a lot of commuters on bikes. Maybe that's the link I'm trying to allude to.

Max, strand, 30 seconds ago.

A wannabe fixie skidder trying to look cool on a unipack/create in dalston, he was rolling with only a front brake but when i followed him round a corner he started coasting. fail.

The amount of people who just sailed past us, really fast rush rush home home me me me it's all about me, without even glancing at us, or offering help or anything. A lot of them would have been carrying more suitable stuff than we had, as the courier and I had skinny 700s (and he had no spare tube) but the commuter was using fat 26s, so we could have done with a fat schrader spare. I even asked someone who was riding past, who said, 'yeah I've got a spare, but I might need it up the road'.

I was struck by the selfishness of a lot of commuters on bikes. Maybe that's the link I'm trying to allude to.

To be fair, if there are two people helping someone already most people would probably have thought there was no need to stop. At least that's what I think I would do. If I see someone on their own having a problem, I like to stop and see what's up. Same if it's just one person helping unless it's obvious it's under control...but two people helping, if I was pootling past, would just make me think all is cool (again, unless there's an obvious amount of head-scratching and rifling in bags going on).

A lot of them would have been carrying more suitable stuff than we had, as the courier and I had skinny 700s (and he had no spare tube) but the commuter was using fat 26s, so we could have done with a fat schrader spare.

This is why I carry a box full of patches as well as a spare tube.

Yeah me too, couldn't really be arsed to fix it tbh.

@buddhaFingaz yeah good point, I can see how some help might look like enough help. But someone could have just slowed and said 'got what you need?' ... I spoke a few of them, not just the guy with plans for a puncture later on, and most just blanked us. It just felt like people don't give a shit.

spotted yesterday: skully and sam, tearing it up through brockley.

:)

Horatio last night goin past the Rathbone Hotel, 6.30pmish

I was outside the pub with my boss but didn't wanna shout incase you came over and spoke to me ;-)

Clearly I don't read this thread enough, you cheeky fucker! ;)

spotted yesterday: skully and sam, tearing it up through brockley.

:)

Ha! Your MG looks shit, I remembered them as being a bit classy.

Yeah me too, couldn't really be arsed to fix it tbh.

@buddhaFingaz yeah good point, I can see how some help might look like enough help. But someone could have just slowed and said 'got what you need?' ... I spoke a few of them, not just the guy with plans for a puncture later on, and most just blanked us. It just felt like people don't give a shit.

I have to agree with you in general - have had punctures/mechanicals myself with no one stopping to offer assistance.