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ME! Back out on the bike for the first time in a month after shoulder surgery. Mostly riding very slowly & one-handed. BUT RIDING! Woot!

To balance things up, I ride fixed, but with front & rear brakes and an extreme lack of souplesse so that it looks as though I'm ss.

Burn the fake-fakenger!

I like the pink, but not sure I'd recommend it for someone I don't know.

Especially as he's indecisive. Probably not the sort to want a lairy, spotty, fade-out flouro pink scheme.

Only 1 road-strike here - on the usual corner + speed hump combo. Not at speed happily.

More than I should have kerb-strikes. Too much squeezing though too small gaps. My pedals look well battle-scarred.

"Thing is, he had his coat, bag and helmet next to him on the floor..."

Surely this is not a bike thief. Might be fine as a decoy to you, but if the owner turns up, how is he going to leg it with his stuff lying around. He'll end up getting twatted a la Grandeanse ^up there & losing his 'decoy' stuff.

I vote genuine.

erm...just corner a teeny bit more slowly. It'll make shag all difference to your journey time.

FWIW I've got 170 cranks + clipless & have only ever had one pedal strike cornering on a turn with a raised pedestrian crossing. Gives you a nice adrenalin hit!

Just spreading the love on a sunny day!

My 2p.

I've ridden the same bike through town for the last year. Pretty much half SS & half fixed (with same brakes). I average almost exactly the same time fixed as I did SS, though I have been fastest fixed.
I doubt the same rider would have any noticeable speed difference round a corner. I think the assumption that pedalling buggers up balance is wrong - for an experienced fixed rider 20mph is easily acheived spinning smoothly.

I voted for Sian (and various greens) too, but gave Boris my 2nd pref. I don't doubt Ken loves London, but he was coming to think of himself a president & not giving a shit about what anyone else thought.
I reckon (hope) Boris might surprise a few people. You never know.

Hopefully he won't give all our cash to his mates either.

In that case I agree with everything you said, Mashton.

I suppose the reason why it deserves some praise is that adequate, let alone good, customer serviceis seen as an exception rather than the norm. Not a great world to live in perhaps, merely one of the negative outcomes of short term, flawed, capitalist approach to running a business.

Agree with the first part.

But surely the capitalist approach should mean that those with crap service lose custom as they can go elsewhere? Pre Credit Crunch(TM) there was too much £$£ swilling around so (generally) companies didn't need to worry about pissing off customers as ther was always another round the corner. I think we will see very different & improved levels of service appearing as retailers realise they need to outperform expectations in order to keep customers.

Born in the midlands.
Lived in London for something like 17yrs. NW6, SE26 (eek), W11, SW11, SW12

Fixed on the road, gears off road.

Fuck - I could barely walk. I would need that michelin man suit to ride a bike on acid.

Hey - Happy Birthday! (Mine tomorrow - nice they always put on a bank holiday for us to recover from hangover on...)

Those do look quite tightly graded to me. I would say M & L are fine, but S looks quite big & XL a bit small - though being bamboo there may well be more give than cotton.

Do we get a discount if we mention arrospok?

to play as Yoda fun would be.

tooting bec to cleveland street (balham high street, clapham common, wandsworth, chelsea bridge, sloane square, hyde park, mortimer street). 34 minutes.
i think i can probably get it down to 30 if i push it.

always faster on the way to work. coming back is a bugger.

I'll look out for you when I'm back in the saddle. Me: Balham to Primrose Hill - that route + an extra bit on the canal. PB = 30mins & 6 secs.

Those 6 seconds really fucked me off.

gnarley!!

My head looks something like that (though not quite so extreme)! 68 stitches & a dozen staples.
Nothing to do with riding a bike mind you.

its all luv dude!! (Object.. lol) like i said im fresh, obviously not like will, but in the scene of bikes....

It sort of looks like English and yet seems to make no sense whatsoever. Are you one of those security checking random word generators?

Lucky bastard. I'm 2 weeks into a 6-8 week layoff. Just as the sun comes out. Shit.

Enjoy it.

Ha! I can't ride at the mo' so have been idly surfing for my perfect dream bike. Decided that a Jonny Cycle would probably do it.

Then realised frame & forks (with all lovely polished lugs) would be about $3500.

Not sure I'll be able to get that one past the Mrs unless we win the lottery.

Smoking a cigar & adjusting your meat 'n' 2 veg while riding no hands - in brogues. Mad Skilz.