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By the time I'd put 2+2 together he was off down the street - it would've meant unlocking my bike and chasing down the road after him. However, reading that back it looks a bit shit that I didn't question some pretty suspicious behaviour. Always a reason not to get involved, right?

This evening whilst looking at houses around Shepherd's Bush I noticed a kid riding a beater down the street with a better mountain bike under his arm, missing a back wheel. I eyeballed him and he looked back a bit shifty but I didn't actually stop and challenge him (I was with the g/f and a particularly gormless estate agent). Is there a reasonable explanation for his behaviour or did I let a thief go free?

Yeah but the back break no longer works ;oD

The London Langster? That's a Condor Pista, isn't it??

Cheers murtle

Yep, could be good. Need to see how work pans out first.

Btw have got a 16T cog and lock ring - just need the right spanner to tighten it all up and then there'll be no coasting down that hill...

Saw a bloke on a Cervelo Soloist Carbon with Zipp rims on Holland Park Ave this morning. Fully togged up with Rapha shirt (not pink Hippy) - everything screaming 'all the gear, no idea'. I pulled up and was trackstanding next to him, having a bit of a chat (basically about how nice his kit was). As the light changed we were still chatting - I pulled off, he went for his pedal, didn't engage and very nearly ended up on his arse. Conversation ended there as I carried on and he floundered in the middle of the road. I'm ashamed to admit that it made my morning.

Truth is, I'm only jealous of his kit and really sorry if it's anyone on this forum! ;o)

Props to you mashton for bringing spoke cards. They look even better in the flesh.

That was cool, let's do it again soon. Cheers murtle & hippy for letting me have a go on your bikes - was that two or three fixed cherries that went last night?? Definitely gonna stick a fixed on the other side of my hub this weekend.

...but I'm still gonna freewheel and draft the fuck out of Hippy down that first hill!

D'oh! Hear what you're saying. Still trying to get used to inflection etc. online.

Not sure I'd agree with the price point - always get my stuff in the sale...

Heading now. See you there at seven.

tallsam Didn't know about Howies being sold I thought that'd be totally against their principles.

Let's face it, it's just another brand. Their schtick is just to make you feel good about spending your money with them. Take me today: Howies jeans, Nike trainers. Legs ethically clothed, feet = evil. Still I like the 'Love me, love my bike' T - pity there's only small left in the sale...

Don't follow...

Anyways, looks like I'm off the hook w house hunting so I'm good for this eve.

Is this the Howies guy who is trying to get his commute down to 25 mins or whatever on Lance Armstrong's TT bike?

Hippy, we're talking Richmond Park, not Hampstead Heath.

Saw the thread about fixed gear/wheel. Lol. I need to show these things to my g/f to prove I'm not a cycle geek. Damn, I even call(ed) them crank arms.

If I can get out of house hunting, could be there for 19:30.

Hey. What time are people meeting?

Also, will I be excluded if I turn up on a bike with more than one gear? Last time I went clockwise on my singlespeed I nearly died. Anticlockwise is doable tho...

nimhbus today as in 30th? yeah, could do

nah today as in yesterday. knackered & tired, going to head straight home tonight. but it's a lovely evening...

Yo Wesside.

Anyone heading to Richmond Park today? I'm thinking of taking out my geared bike out for a few laps - will be there about 12:00...

31trum - just round the corner from hippy
AndyW - Putney
Cornelius Blackfoot - Stockwell
velocity boy - Kew Bridge
essbee - south ealing
hippy - West Ealing
JimmyP - chiswick
MrSmith - tootin'
nimhbus - Barnes
Slamm - Barnes
Tarka the otter - streatham
wayne_f14 - Putney
RPM - Bloody Tootin' Innit!
hamster - Southfields
dominiclincoln - northolt
Backwardation - Notting Hill
Mouse - Brook Green

Getting a bit bored of solo laps of Richmond Park, so happy to mix it up.

And my gf calls ME a bike geek!... ;oP

Your local conservative candidate (at a wedding last year):
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/111/314281092_d253cd99de.jpg
And a slightly better ride than Boris Johnston's:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1195/860645527_7022ea7072_b.jpg
(I know the chain needs tightening but props for the attn to detail on the crank arms?)

Second that. Nice for it to go our way for once.

What is it about today? Maybe the sun? I was slowing for a red light on Bayswater Road (the cross road where the road heads into Hyde Park and over the Serpentine) and some dude in a MPV packed with kids starts tooting me. I look back all WTF? and he kicks off going "if you've got something to say, come speak me" gesturing me to pull alongside him. I point out that the light was red, my bike has no breaklights and that if I was a car he wouldn't have felt compelled to drive into the back of me. He just kept gesturing for me to come over and duke it out with him. I turned round, ignored him and - fortunately - didn't see him again all the way back to Shepherd's Bush.

But what's the thought process? "I was taking little Johnny and his mates swimming, but actually now I fancy punching this cyclists lights out because he refused to let me run him over to gain 10 yards on him in the run up to a red light'"?

Like Johnny Rotten before me, today I met the man in the street and can confirm that, yes, he is a c*nt.

le car
Now if you mention Mark Gonzales
I can relate more.
Or Chris Haslam
for a modern touch.

Not exactly apples with apples, le car. But a great choice of skaters. (I'd add Tony T for his pool/concrete skills)

Hawk, Reynolds, Sheckler - who's the Armstrong of skating? (It'd be Danny Way but for the fact he doesn't act like he invented the sport).

Cheers guys. I come in to Theobolds Road from Shepherd's Bush - 5.9 miles, 22 mins stopping for lights (I'd have won the ebay bid). Say hi if you see me.