Spotted...

I saw a distinctive rider at Tooting Bec (or was it Balham?) this morning. Looked like an echt messenger, rather than a fakenger. He was riding a Surly, with a homemade disc wheel at the rear, with a spiral painted on it.

He was bearded, and seemed to be wearing an old German helmet, and, most noticeably among his other clothes, a long fluorescent sock on the right leg and a colourful stripy one on the left.

I'm just a rep whore Brave.

You little slut

Spotted yesterday: Twat in a Porsche Cayenne with the number plate "LEG 4L" driving like a twat while being on the mobile constantly between Paddington and Theatre Land ... what a cunt!

Me: How you going to stop if your front brake fails.
Him: Er. Er... Jump off?

Oh dear..

Oh dear indeed. That'll be a pound.

Twatty hiptster in what looked like women's knitted tights doing mad skillz pedalling on SS, frront brake only OKR last night..

Me: How you going to stop if your front brake fails.
Him: Er. Er... Jump off?

Oh dear..

Do you also ask every brakless rider how they'd stop if their chain snapped?

Jacqui
10.35am
turning in to TCR.
and by that I mean she was making a turn on her bike, not actually morphing into a one way street.

You indicated this correctly by spelling it 'in to'.

#waitsforcontroversytoerupt

;)

Older gent on a frickin' penny farthing, yesterday, about to head down Castlebar hill in Ealing. I hope his brakes were working. I was on the roadie and gave him thumbs up. Awesome.

That'll be Lionel. Interesting, and lovely, chap. Not on the forum. I'm not sure he's even in this century (or the last one).

Lionel is, indeed, awesome, and brakless.

Do you also ask every brakless rider how they'd stop if their chain snapped?

No.. Because chain snap is rare (IMO that is.. I've only ever had one chain snap in 30 years of riding and racing bikes). Cable snap/slip is not..

Brave shows his age once again.
My road bike isn't exactly poorly maintained and I've had (possibly more than) my fair share of cable snappage. No chain woes yet.
And I don't have 30 years of riding experience.

Age, experience... blah

Raw power, strong hands... blah

I've only had chain snappage and no brake cable woes. But that's maybe because my bike haz brakless.

We need EdScoble

My brake went this morning actually, right on a roundabout. Cue a panicky skid round an Addy Lee van and all was well. Just took it slower on the way in to work from there. I'd have been under the wheels if I was riding SS

Are you suggesting edscoble as an alternative to a front brake?

Are you suggesting edscoble as an alternative to a front brake?

Now you mention it......

It would be the MOST reliable brake ever

Was that a polo-enger bursting out of the crowd on his bike, mallets on his back, around about the london eye?

last night. I shouted "DAS". No Skid.
I am disappoint.

that was me damo, sorry a bit busy 'weaving' to react to a DAS.

just your awesome power right?

My brake went this morning actually, right on a roundabout. Cue a panicky skid round an Addy Lee van and all was well. Just took it slower on the way in to work from there. I'd have been under the wheels if I was riding SS

hope you'd have 2 brakes if you were riding ss

^you thought about riding brakless?

:/

have been brakeless and have worried about chain snapping so am taking precautions

i'm always so late with posting spotteds.
oh well, on sunday going towards london bridge station from deptford area i shouted something to a guy on a brakeless(?) blue bike with bullhorns.
i think he did something back?

@ Digger, that was me at L.B btw, in case you didn't recognise the eyes.

I did, you caught me singing; "I get my kicks out on the floor", because I rilly rilly do like.
You roll style styllee on the BJ!