The London Paper 6/Apr/09

Whatever you think of The London Paper, they now seem to be putting out articles on cycling at about the rate of the Evening Standard when they started their cycling coverage in (I think) late 2007:

http://www.thelondonpaper.com/topics/cycling

Not quite sure what you mean by 'response'--the column or a response to it?

This bit ...

... is blatantly false, so I imagine that you wouldn't agree with it.

LOL you got me there. Except that bit.
The bit about the idiots riding them with no brakes who clearly don't have the skill to ride a bike with stabilisers, let alone a fixed is what I agreed with

this is fun, we've not had a proper cunt to bash in a while, keep up the good work papa44!

I think Papa44 is having fun too.

I think Papa44 is having fun too.

Show me on the dolly where Papa touched you...

Show me on the dolly where Papa touched you...

He touched my skinny jeans, and my manorexic media bum here here and there

Show me on the dolly where Papa touched you...

It wasn't papa it was mama.

no OD it was definitely me, i just had a dress on at the time. x

which bit hit too close to home for you?

All of it really papa, especially the bit where you managed to sho all those new people looking at the forum and who might be interested in building up a new bike that didn't come otp from halfords and weigh a ton and who might think oh these guys are really nice and friendly maybe I'll go out for a few beers with them when i finish my lovely raleigh that my friend found in a skip, what a mistake they've made and that fixed gear riders are actually a bunch of cliquey wankers who will laugh at you cos' you don't understand the rules of six day racing.

Could I get a synopsis please? Sounds pretty in-te-res-ting...

All of it really papa, especially the bit where you managed to sho all those new people looking at the forum and who might be interested in building up a new bike that didn't come otp from halfords and weigh a ton and who might think oh these guys are really nice and friendly maybe I'll go out for a few beers with them when i finish my lovely raleigh that my friend found in a skip, what a mistake they've made and that fixed gear riders are actually a bunch of cliquey wankers who will laugh at you cos' you don't understand the rules of six day racing.

Bang!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d3pZFhtbNo

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Interesting fact:

The London Paper is slightly smaller than the London Lite.

Yet both have equal lack of substance.

papa44 - are you Platini ?

Apologies to both of you if not :)

rollapaluza and polo tomorrow.....maybe

She wasn't happy about that. Whens the court date again?

Courting her date? Sure, if that's what it's called over here..

i know.... thats what i tried to say in my post... i feel sorry for the guy, cos' he's gonna get ridiculed no matter what he said/didn't say.

he does have dodgy pedals though.

Well yeah, it's true the press do regularly distort the truth. However, I'm assuming he did actually say these things. I mean really...

"I’d bring in pit stops – places to refill tyres, repair punctures and fix bike chains etc."

I'd carry a pump? Maybe a spare tube? Fix bike chains?! WTF? I think the pit stops are called bike shops and there are quite a lot of them?

He also rides 30 miles per week. Per week. Yet loves how the city "shrinks and becomes conquerable". Shrinks because he does not actually ride anywhere?

I'm sorry but the guy is a complete tool. Once more, "fix bike chains"?! How does that work then? Either the chainline/tension is good, or you're locked into a horrible unanticipated skid. Fear not though, a pit stop is approaching! Just skid until you get there!

Perhaps Pinkgottimobs wrote the article. That would make sense - or not - obviously...

All of it really papa, especially the bit where you managed to sho all those new people looking at the forum and who might be interested in building up a new bike that didn't come otp from halfords and weigh a ton and who might think oh these guys are really nice and friendly maybe I'll go out for a few beers with them when i finish my lovely raleigh that my friend found in a skip, what a mistake they've made and that fixed gear riders are actually a bunch of cliquey wankers who will laugh at you cos' you don't understand the rules of six day racing.

nice bit of bluster there. can't see any relation between that and what i posted; if you've been cycling for 10 minutes and try to represent a large section of londons cycling community in a high circulation london paper you should expect to get called out on it.

Perhaps Pinkgottimobs wrote the article. That would make sense - or not - obviously...

Why? Is the spelling bad in the article?

Maybe Kyle rides really far, but because the city has shrunk, it only appears to be 30 miles. Maybe the city has shrunk to a 10th of it's size and he is actually meaning 300 miles. It's the old tale of Guliver's Travels really.

Anyway.....That paper is kitty litter now. (Not chip wrapper. For some reason they don't do that anymore. Is it cos the chips and your hand got print on?)

YouTube - Papa Don't Preach - Madonna - Live at Who's That Girl Concert

Look at those eyebrows O_O

So anyway, I have a charge plug, been cycling fixed for a relatively short amount of time, don't commute 10000000 miles a week, own A&F.

papa44, bring it on.

papa44, bring it on.

why? were you in a london paper talking with authority about something you don't understand?

why? were you in a london paper talking with authority about something you don't understand?

I really can't see why you've got such antagonism to the guy in the article.

He wasn't talking with authority about something he didn't understand, he was answering a few basic questions about his commute - which I presume he knows more about than you.