Spotted...

It's a secret...

super super special secret

At MI5 we call it a top 'hush hush' secret....

Cycled along Old Street today for possibly the 1st time in rush hour - busy bikewise, ain't it?

Lots of fixed/ss types including a girl riding fixed on a v nice turquoise bianchi pista, wooly hat, stripey socks...are you on here? The stripey socks rang a bell somehow,,

i see a green bob jackson with drops locked up at piano house most days. I like your Bob. Sadly some fuckhed, nicked my front light there yesterday. I loved that light.

girl on a bob jackson (white i think) with pink rims and pink bag on bellenden road this afternoon!

Sounds like Wicksie :)

Chap in a Corsa executing a rather over dramatic "escape and evasion" swerve when I knocked on his window to alert him to our imminent collision if he kept moving into the lane I was in.

Red/White Giant lying in gutter behind a bus near Shepherds Bush green. Guy in fluoro was leaned up against a shop being attended to. Hope it's not too serious fella.

Just afterwards at the big Shebu roundabout black and white fixieskidder with b&w SAG bag riding brakless whilst seeming unable to get his other foot into his powerstrap, ie rooly rooly brakless. Massive headphones on too for all over protection from other road users. #fail

Kuba getting some lunch on Clerkenwell Road. I shouted, you looked a bit embarrassed. Arf arf.

Mashton 'en famille' crossing Coldharbour Lane by the Dogstar

Chap with a black & white Chrome bag eyeing up my bike at Birkbeck just now, I was going to say “nice bike” (Geoffrey Butler maybe? Classic tourer) but people got in the way. Mine was the black 631 path racer.

Cycled along Old Street today for possibly the 1st time in rush hour - busy bikewise, ain't it?

Lots of fixed/ss types including a girl riding fixed on a v nice turquoise bianchi pista, wooly hat, stripey socks...are you on here? The stripey socks rang a bell somehow,,

Saw her too. Old St has been like this for years, how long has it been since you last cycled it?

13.20 on corner of High Holborn and Endell Street. You were in red sweatshirt, chrome bag and LFGSS hat on a Bianchi Pista.

I gave a DAS and got a perplexed look. I am disappoint.

Saw her too. Old St has been like this for years, how long has it been since you last cycled it?

When I do it's generally at the weekend or evening/night which is fairly frequently but doesn't seem to be quite so busy at those time!

Honestly can't remember the last time I cycled it in the morning rush hour

When I do it's generally at the weekend or evening/night which is fairly frequently but doesn't seem to be quite so busy at those time!

Honestly can't remember the last time I cycled it in the morning rush hour

Pretty sure that would be this morning.

Pretty sure that would be this morning.

dude locking up his white lo pro, OKR asda, about 1830. I was on my way to TNRC. I stared at you from across the lights, you stared back. ho hum.

Sasmon looking dapper, as always, in Alexandra Palace around 7am. Good to see you sir!

RLJer and an angry dad on Kennington Road just now. Cyclist jumped the red light while kids and parents were crossing for school, pretty stupid. Angry dad then yelled at cyclist "Bloody cyclist, I hope you die under a lorry pal!" - setting a good example for the kids then!

Big peloton on Theobalds road too, am thinking summer rush hours are going to be bursting with cyclists :)

RLJer and an angry dad on Kennington Road just now. Cyclist jumped the red light while kids and parents were crossing for school, pretty stupid. Angry dad then yelled at cyclist "Bloody cyclist, I hope you die under a lorry pal!" - setting a good example for the kids then!

Big peloton on Theobalds road too, am thinking summer rush hours are going to be bursting with cyclists :)

What kind of cyclist? 'Fixie skidder'? 'Nodder'? 'Lycra'd up Roadie'?

What kind of cyclist? 'Fixie skidder'? 'Nodder'? 'Lycra'd up Roadie'?

Didn't see very properly, pretty sure a 'nodder' though, didn't hear any mad skids!

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That's alright then. Nodders. Pffft. etc.

Gloucester Road station yesterday... Nodder huffing and puffing, rocking from side to side, destroying his gears trying to overtake a young lad on a pretty Graham Weigh conversion... I laughed out so loud the nodder actually turned 'round... Priceless... On a too-small MTB, pedalling like Donald Duck... Made my morning... :]

Nothing to report this morning... Uneventful...

For fear of embarrassing somebody (admittedly there is only a tiny chance of them being on here) I will be vague about this spot.

On the way back from South Easts last night I came across a nodder on a very small MTB frame but who was absolutely tiny himself. His saddle was as low as it could go and he was unable to sit on it and pedal...he was out of the saddle for the two miles I was with him, only occasionally sitting down to freewheel as he couldn't reach the bottom of his pedal stroke whilst seated.

The chap seemed about the size of one of my legs. Full credit to him though, he was keeping a reasonable pace and seemed to be enjoying his ride. Seriously dude...get a smaller frame and you wont look back!

Finally met the owner and, as it turns out, maker of the bamboo ss I've seen at Kennington Park. Really great to meet you, hope we get to chat again with better traffic! Awesome bike.

some guy in blue New Era cap on a blue conversion with a trispok on Kilburn high road.

A guy riding a Pista no-handed with the widest bars ever round the outer circle of Regents Park - in fact tonnes of people on really stupid fixed/ss contraptions out this morning while I was getting some laps in - all ignoring my friendly hellos and waves because I was in roadie gear, miserable elitist bastards.