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sprocketeer

Member since Feb 2008 • Last active Jun 2008
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    death bike... (sigh)...

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    i hope emily's alright, too. are you alright, emily? my bike is totally fine except for a nick on the saddle, which just gives it that, erm... rugged look....

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    cool. the naughty bench - or table 14 as we refer to it in the 'diner scene' haha... drop in again sometime soon and make yourself known... :)

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    hello vic. no, the other orange affair isn't mine but i know and admire it. i think it belongs to a dude who works in one of the shops or offices on curtain road. yes: the diner is definitely where the fixed get their fix these days.
    when were you in? where did you sit? i was working last night from 6 until about 11 but primarily scuttled about in the basement sorting bottles of beer...

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    JOL: very good. I'll try them with my new stem when it arrives, mull it over and then whisper, either way.

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    addie [quote]JOL Saw an Orange IRO on the weekend too by the Bean on Curtain.
    Had bullhorns but they were inverted. Very strange.

    That'll be my housemate/neighbour David. He works in The Diner and I don't get the bars either.
    But that frame sure is a sexy beast.[/quote]

    JOL Saw an Orange IRO on the weekend too by the Bean on Curtain.
    Had bullhorns but they were inverted. Very strange.

    Well hello! It is me, David, of strange orange IRO fame! So, here's the explanation: I upturned the pursuit horns to give me a bit of a rise while i'm waiting for a shorter (60mm) stem to arrive in the post.
    the long stem from my old bike combined with the generous drop proved to be wrist-crushingly uncomfortable. I don't like the way it looks at the moment, either, and agree that it is, indeed, very strange. Only temporary, though, until the short stem comes in - at which point i may still switch to cheapo mtb riser bars... i don't know how much i'm into the pursuit horns, after the initial infatuation that made me get them... :(

    Vic: yes, i was up at the polo, once. on the day i finished the iro build. it's my first fix after single-speeding for a couple of years and after falling onto a motorcyclist (nice enough guy) at some lights on high holborn for forgetting that my feet were strapped in, I'm loving it. d:o)=

    Addie: spotted you bombing down commercial street towards our house from shoreditch high st. a couple of nights ago. hairy-faced and maniacal looking. in a light drizzle...

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    hi mick. nice to meet you too

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    addie: by the way... should you return to the house tonight you will find my bike balancing delicately, yet securely
    above the space where you usually lock yours.
    should this arrangement draw your scorn, i will, of course, find a different solution...

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    pj i lost one, but it was a cinelli. so i stopped at BLB and feya gave me a new one.

    my bar ends make me feel really emotional. i cry when i lose one. i cried this time, i couldn't stop. my eyes are really puffy now.

    you should just pop in to polo, don't be scared.

    d;)= thanks, i'll try to control my immense fear next time. polo makes me feel really emotional. i was puffy all of sunday...

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