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He did my Pinarello very well, but he did forget to put the headtube sticker on. He gave me the sticker to put on myself, but of course it wasn't under the clearcoat. Still, I found him good value and the paint has held up well. I'd use him again.

Gettin' down just for the funk of it...

I have a brooks pro and love it, it's worn in beautifully now and gets ridden 25 miles + every day. I was a little hard at first but softened up well - as others have said, I think a lot of it's to do with setting up the height and angle right so that you're sitting on your sitbones.

I used to have a lovely honey brown brooks swift but it was nicked... that'll teach me not to lock up on Old Street on a Friday night...

Mario Vaz (frame sprayer extraordinaire in South East London) can get frames fixed at good prices. I think it's his brother that does it - he used to be a framebuilder for Holdsworth and (I think) Roberts.

"its like the hub version of a haggis
(not sure if anyone will get that?)"

A haggis is a little creature with one leg shorter than another that lives on the side of a hill.

My gf is a fashion designer, she's worked for several +++well known couture houses in Paris. All of them get their things made in China (and Italy, but mainly China). So everyone's at it.

Anyway, I have a black longsleeved Rapha cycling top. Merino wool, cost £85. Very nice, but bobbled within a week.

The towpath is lovely but I find (strangely) that I go more slowly without traffic to weave in and out of

TheBrick(Tommy) one of my personal favorates

http://www.backtotheoldskool.co.uk/raving_im_raving.htm

Thx Tommy, I know backtotheoldskool.co.uk from a few late-night nostalgia sessions. I actually saw SUAD live at a rave called Perception in 1991 or 92, somewhere in the south west (can't remember much nowadays...) They played Raving I'm Raving - I was pretty wazzed and found it completely hilarious, but some sanctimonious ravers kept casting me strange looks... They took it far too seriously for a Cher cover...

But the best parties were always the dodgy ones - Spiral Tribe, Circus Warp, Eze Love, Sketchy Crew, etc, etc. Them were the days etc.

Sound of Eden's wicked, takes me back to heady times in muddy fields - but Sweet Sensation's even better

[url=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzkPsHyIzJk[/url
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Some hilarious gurning pillhead action in that vid

bit of a Ralph Steadman-ish feel, cool

Over the weekend:

Husker Du
Derrick May
Mr Fingers
John Martyn
Kate Bush
My Bloody Valentine
Neutral Milk Hotel

^^^

I was looking at the Rapha Softshell in Condor last week but I wasn't sure how waterproof it would be - what's your experience of it?

All I can say is that I didn't get a single flat on them in over a year when I had them on my road bike, commuting 25 miles a day. I did find them hard and heavy though.

I'm sure the real Citizen Smith would agree with me ;)

I rode everywhere when I came up to London and if for any reason I couldn't I walked. I never took the tube or bus anywhere. The point I was making wasn't that people should be allowed free on tubes etc, rather that it's a bit presumptuous and meanspirited to judge other people's needs.

I know it's a pain to subsidise fare dodgers, but some people are down on their luck - should we kick them while they're down too? You never know a person's circumstances - maybe they're really desperate - and that might be you one day...

Surprised to read anti-Brompton sentiment here, I'm a fan myself, iconic bikes (the titanium ones with flat bars especially)

I'm a fan of Brooks leather bar tape. It comes in honey brown, dark brown or black. I have it on my geared bike - it's longlasting, and it wears and fades in a nice organic way. Not cheap though.

Rattlebag - I'd forgotten about Cranley Gardens, I used to take a route to work north west from Hackney, up Crouch Hill then up Cranley Gardens, to the hospital where I work. For some reason Cranley Gardens was a killer, even though it's not that steep. It just seemed an endless grind. The only way I could make it bearable was to count my pedal strokes, to try to take my mind off it! It never seemed to get any easier either, despite doing it most days. That was on a geared bike btw. I go up Highgate West Hill now instead (on a fixed).

mdja - agreed, I reckon Muswell Hill's tougher than Highgate West Hill too. Maybe not as long but feels steeper

Gorgeous, but somehow the crazily sloping saddle spoils the balance for me!

I usually just bomb along as fast as I can, ignoring all other road users. Maybe I've had people using me for this purpose. How close behind does one need to be in order to reap the benefits?

sick as a parrot, the lads gave 110% but at the end of the day it's goals wot count, you've got to put the ball in the back of the net

It's left outside every day when I'm at work, rain or shine - my Brooks saddle's suffered but the hubs have yet to. I'll check them again in a few months and report back.

I've running the Miche Primatos and like them a lot. Smooth, reliable, well priced and good looking. No rust anywhere on mine and I'veleft my bike in the rain a lot? I use Miche cogs and in my experience the cog carrier works well.

A vile commodification of the creative, individualistic, anti-consumerist, DiY hardcore punk scene.

Nice pads tho.