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The article has its flaws. But she's right we do have a bizarre cycling culture. Having just come back from Amsterdam I can see the stupidity of London cycling with fresh eyes.

why does the seatpost need replacing? On one usually put a twelfty on, which is perfectly decent and suits the frame geo.

^I wouldn't base my decision on that review, seems a bit odd (stem broke?). I'd always expect to have to check and tighten everything on a mail order bike, and somehow suspect that's the reviewers problem. I do agree on cantis though. I'd ask them to put Vs on instead. I got the frameset alone, but mine now looks like an on-one build because seems to make sense.

real life troll:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/08/louise-mensch-troll-court-sentencing

Never got on with my pompino. BB seemed v high. ST angle v slack (so to the HT angle to an extent). Maybe I just miss the quick handling road fixed conversion/track frames I've ridden. It was most fun offroad, I found.

Reading on the web, I notice On One changed the fork once. Makes me wonder if they changed the fork length (extra clearance) but didn't adjust the frame, slackening all the angles in the process. I've often thought it could benefit from a road fork for handling reasons.

Does anyone know why On One's website only has 2 complete MTB bikes for sale at the moment? Tried looking in their news section but no luck. I know they chop and change their range a lot, but just having 2 carbon mtbs for sale seems a bit strange.

Useful link:

http://ipayroadtax.com/

Am about to get the train back to London, and will arrive around 10pm. Should I take the pomp with cx tires at 40psi and spinny gear of 39/18, or will ordinary road bike on 23mm be fine for central London? There's no snow/ice where I am atm.

I regret the Daily Mail style tone used in The Times piece, language designed to provoke fear and horror, e.g. people being 'thrown under lorries' etc. I would be interested in how much they've worked with other orgs (LCC, BC, Sustrans etc). At least they titled it 'cities fit for cycling' and not 'cities safe for cycling'.

Just need a new CK headset and my beater's done.

I would've just hit 'em with my d lock.

Those forks are bent.

ok, thanks. Keeps saying 'no exact matches were found'. Anyone have this problem?

Where do you buy them from? I'm logged into BC and the london prepares website and can't see how to actually buy the tickets...

^^saw a very similar d-locked frame on shaftesbury avenue today. It was d-locked to the railings opposite the forbidden planet.

OK, I know it's not massively important, but it's really annoying when they all bunch up at one end of the top tube and you've got a noisy cable. Anyone have any solutions? Are there better brands etc? Cheers,

on the subject of black cabs, witnessed one recently driving in an aggressive and bullying manner and immediately knew something was up. He proceeded to drive the wrong way around a roundabout before coming to a screeching halt behind a car that was waiting at a zebra crossing for some peds, then started beeping his horn and flashing his lights. But, of course, it's all ok cause cabbies are exemplary professional drivers and an invaluable asset to London.

Seem to remember a story in the news about a spate of insurance scams whereby people were deliberately causing accidents then pocketing cash from whatever action proceeded. There was even footage showing someone blatantly causing a shunt on a roundabout. The description of the incident seems strange and almost deliberate, so it just reminded me of it.

Anyway, good luck. From what you say, it's you who should be receiving compensation.

The China Mieville book I'm reading atm has elements of steampunk; difference engines, steam driven machines etc. In fact, i like it more than The Difference Engine itself which I never finished as it didn't seem to go anywhere. Least favourite Gibson novel in fact.

Think I remember the genre defined as an alternative history based on the idea of the computer being invented in the 19th C.

'I didn't hurt anyone, you should not have done this'.

Considering the outrage that RLJing cyclists are greeted with (even when there no peds around), this seems a bit rich. Not excusing any RLJing btw.

getting done for a public order offence..... not common assault?!

exactly, public order offence is nothing, especially for thugs of his kind. Public order convictions are handed out for people being shouty and aggressive on a friday night. This is 'common assault' without doubt.

Cops around Regent's park targeting cyclists going through red lights. Seem to be pulling over a few cars and motorbikes for various things as well.

^that often happens down that road (endell st). I'm usually on a road bike and just go fast down the middle of the lane which usually works, but I still sense sometimes that a cabbie is desperate to tailgate me. I find there are certain roads where, for some reason I can't work out, drivers (often cabbies) behave like arseholes. Another example is the sliproad off the Euston Road going east, at UCLH/Gower Street.

The suggestion above about TFL getting taxi drivers to have some form of cycle training sounds like a v good idea to me.

I've been using a miche BB and crankset. Chainline is fine with on-one rear wheel + shimano freewheel/EAI track cog.