The Guardian's bike blog

The thoughtless bastard.

btw
http://www.lfgss.com/post2215236-217.html
http://www.lfgss.com/post2215243-219.html

The latter is deffo the missing link:

hehe

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2011/jun/22/bike-stolen-what-to-do-bicycle

could I just say that article is all sorts of useless..

^^ Charlotte, aka BicycleSlut, should be well known to some people on here. Amongst other things, she's the one who did the Dun Run on a penny in 2009. A bunch of us on another forum had front-row seats for the whole saga of the theft and recovery. Anybody who thinks the CTF are useless should talk to her.

*"*A friend from Birmingham told the story that when his son saw his fairly new bike that had been stolen tied up with a new lock outside a shopping centre, in order to delay things in order for police to get around to turning up, he rubbed in dog poo he found nearby on the saddle and handlebars. He got the bike back but no one was ever caught.
It also is good to have a record of the frame number and when buying new retain a copy of the receipt, as well as a photo of yourself with it in order to prove rightful ownership should the thief claim its been his/hers for ages..."

TYNANPASTE™...?

either way WIN...!

The attempted ticket for riding with a skirt story is a PR exercise to sell the bike in the photo.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gnm/op/sABsrHt4QZc_eYwLOTEbaHw/view.m?id=15&gid=environment/bike-blog/2011/jul/27/cycling-european-pilen&cat=environment

Worth a read...

i have the same whenever i use a boris bike ... happily rolling along, no need to go fast.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2011/aug/16/cycling-clutter

Jesus, what is he doing? touring or commuting?

Just not thinking about what he needs and then getting lazy and leaving it in his bag. My brother does exactly the same with the boot of his car so that it constantly resembles a smelly jumble sale.

Really....?

With the exception of all the hiviz it seems reasonable.

Why not leave a proper towel and shaving/shower kit at work and take the towel home once a week or so to wash? Why carry a spare inner tube and puncture repair kit when you could take the puncture repair kit out and repair the inner tube at home so that you won't be rushing the reapir and it'll be more likely to hold. I know that the weather this summer has been pretty temperamental but does he really need all of the cold weather gear all of the time? The guy says it himself but with a minute or two planning ahead before he sets off he could cut the weight of crap that he feels the need to transport around London significantly.

he clearly needs a car with all that kit

The other thing is, why not take it easy and not sweat?

Two weeks ago, my dad's singlespeed had a puncture, this road bike is being put together so he resort to taking my red slow bike.

seeing what kind of bike it is, he put on his work clothes instead (suit).

10 miles later, 15 minutes late (compare to his usual time of 45 minutes since the bike force him to take it easy), he arrived at work without a drench of sweat.

He can do without;

• helmet.
  
• day glo vest.
  
• puncture repair kit
  
• 1 lock.
  

• tools

• pitlock (or similar).

10 miles later, 15 minutes late (compare to his usual time of 45 minutes since the bike force him to take it easy), he arrived at work without a shred of decency or an ounce self respect.

.

How does riding a dutch bike while wearing a suit removed all your self-respect?

Isn't dressing like a nodder and riding like it's the hardest thing ever very closed to the kerbs lose your self-respect?

If he takes one spare tube and no repair kit then he is buggered if he gets two punctures isn't he?

He didn't specify. Where he live though, I mean if it's london, then one would be enough to bicycles shop always going to be nearby.

no tyre levers so he can probably leave the tubes at home

talk about inventing problems for yourself.
If you don't like clutter, get a bike with full mudguards, wear normal clothes, ride slowly, put the lock on the bike. Now all you have to carry is some a tube, a pump, some tyre levers. These go in your bag or pocket.

Zing! even a mere saddlebag/framebag would be enough.