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Ha! Happy now.

Sorry - I had to kill the ones that roosted on our balcony & shat everywhere so the kids couldn't go out & I had to scrub it down every month. Disgusting.

I'm very disappointed in the lack of Status Quo references in the rest of these replies.

I'd suggest changing Down Down one cog at a time until you find the Parfitt ratio. Just Supposin' you have something in your Spare Parts box, it's Never Too Late to practice Back To Back in Heavy Traffic till you find the Perfect Remedy. Don't Stop, though it will be Thirsty Work.

I'm off to NY in august & will be slipping away from the missus & kids for a quick purchase at some point. It will be noice silver high flange Phils for me (and whatever else I can sneak in).

Love it...

Q: What if I CAN'T spin.
A: You can spin.

ignorant cunt. (capt gatso that is).

sounds like a completely sensible & simple plan. bit of a shock really.

Also does anyone else get a bit nervous about pidgeons?

Apparently [pub knowledge] pigeons' brain-to-eye processing time is way faster than humans - ie if you showed them a movie it would look like a slide show - so as we approach them we don't appear to be moving that fast so they still have plenty of time to finish their kfc / mcdonalds etc before flying away. [/pub knowledge]

Well the doctor told me I'm more likly to have back trouble when I'm older. But she said I'd be OK for now, so long as I take it easy. I have an appointment to see the fracture clinic on Thursday. Guess I'll find out morre then and I can't ride my bike because my wheelies are'nt up to scratch.

Tough luck, mate. The fracture clinic at st george's is like the 7th circle of Hell. Take a good long book!

During one of my visits, I had the second appointment of the day @9.10am & got there early so had already had my x-ray by 9am. Was finally seen @11.20am. 2+hrs delay in the space of 10 minutes. What a fucking shambles (and full of sick people too).

Postie vans - oh yes. Especially coming out of the Paddington sorting office.

Peds - particularly texting while stepping into the road.

Other cyclists - well really just the fucktard on brompton who caused my broken shoulder.

and the worst drivers are French Canadians. That is not a generalisation, it is a scientifically proven 100% FACT.

they should be made to wear some kind of indication that they're actually riding single speed.maybe an arm band...

maybe checked spongebag trousers, and a waistcoat of their own choosing or design?

Following a bloke home for a bit tonight (black langster, yellow bartape on bullhorns) and his rear wheel was a bit out of true. Nothing major.

When we slowed to let a bus out I saw his chain was really slack, so I was about to pull alongside and mention it & the rear wheel, but then I suddenly thought to myself that I was going to come across like a right twat. So I didn't say anything & went on my way.

So...can you give a bit of friendly advice like that or not? It could potentially have been dangerous, but most likely he had just not been bothered to do it.

I know everyone says you shouldn't filter up the inside, but on roads where the traffic stops (for lights/whatever) then goes back up to 30 it's less safe to keep weaving out to the outside then get stuck there jousting with motorbikes, than just to stay on the inside and watch the fuck out for morons.
I see what the wise man up there is saying. You should *really *be going slow enough to stop even if the assclown pulls out right in front of you.

Speedy recovery Lucky7.

Gave up 15-16months ago after 20+ years of smoking. Fitter & in better shape now than ever. Giving up is fucking hard! I just stopped. You have to really want to stop - I really enjoyed smoking, so it needed a switch in my way of thinking for me to stop. Not wanting to die in front of my kids finally sorted it for me.
My personal method of rewarding myself with class a's for staying off the fags is probably not to be recommended to everyone.

robin mathers stuff is lovely, not taking orders for 2 years due to backlog tho.
http://www.robinmathercycles.co.uk/
and my dad put me on to Ron Cooper whos got some lovely traditional styles and lugwork

Balls. Was just working up to ordering a Robin Mather some time later this year. Will have to start the planning process again.

I say get a flip-flop, which, if you're buying an off-the-shelf jobbie, will amlost definitely be whats on there. Then its up to you to ride fixed or ss (singlespeed).

and I approve this message. It is a good idea.

What a great idea - sounds like a full-on meat-(or vegan, or etc) & beer-fest.

Bugger is, I'll be in New Yorks' famous New York in the good old United States of the US of A. I will be forced to buy some Phill Wood stuff as a consolation..

A few fixed folk in Glasgow yesterday, mostly looking like curryer-types (or particularly effective fakengers).

Bloke on a lovely bronze BJ going into AVDPOVADDPO-whatever adagency on Marylebone Rd this morning @ 8.45ish.

As Markyboy says, great shop, nice folk, shit location.

I have a touche. Really love it. I went for the courier bars (as below) option as I didn't want drops. (for same price). Got a nice carbon stem for free too. Came with 48:18 which is perfect for across London, so I'm sure OK for Manc too. Ran it SS for a few months & fixed for the last 6 or so. Stock chain is made of cheese though, go for the upgrade there & I got a crap saddle which they swapped for me after a couple of weeks. Almost paid for now - cracking value for £275!

Pop down to evans (or wherever) and try a few. Langster, plug, flyer, etc all ride differently. See what suits.

He's an AlfEnger-enger.

I'm also in a meeting that starts at 6pm (Assclowns), having been here since 8am. And wearing a suit. And not on my bike. So for those reasons...I'm out.

But I'm inking in 2nd June to get into some of this burger action.

Got to be simple and classic a bit like this...

A red x in a box is quite subtle reference to the forum....

Well I'm in. I too love (happy) merino.

[Benanza - you got mail]

'Assclown' though. That was class.

Howdy Mark.