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Hey guys,

Thanx for the offers but I sorted this morning with a man & van from gumtree... The bikes aren't in a ridable condition for the most part.... Mostly rubbish but there's a handful of frames that can be put to use.....

Anyone want a fixed mtb? Ha.

if it's after the 11th count me in

i don't see a problem with making a fake insurance claim. 12 x £10 = £120, more than what it'd cost them to supply you with a new handset. mobile phone insurance is a total rip off.

so i bought 20 bike on ebay, and they're in SE23. I had a van all sorted to do it, no problems, and now i've been let down. is there anyone who can do me a favour and help me pick the bikes up and take them to hackney??

sheep btw- what are peanut chews?

they're peanut much wrapped in chocolate... they're awesome! although they generally only tend to be available on the north east coast and i'm not sure where you're at right now... you might not be able to find them so don't worry about it if you can't!

fucking dalston.

what a shit hole. burn it down. it's only hipsters and poor people after all.

oi! it may be my own fault i am poor, but i'll have less of your disdain you scallywag! ;)

fromenquiries (ST) Londonstreets@tfl.gov.uktoxsheepx@gmail.com,
date1 May 2008 14:28subjectLondon Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill - Ref: SM031114/1
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      Dear Sir

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the joint London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill 2007 proposing the removal of items deposited on the highway. Your query was forwarded to us from the Mayor's Office for our response.
I can understand your concerns about the possible effects of these proposals. In 2003, our Cycling Centre for Excellence expressed concerns at a clause in proposed legislation containing express provision to allow for the removal of cycles. This proposal was eventually dropped.
We are aware that the provisions of the Bill include new powers to remove and dispose of items deposited on the highway, where it is considered necessary for the good or safe management of the highway or for the purposes of performing highway authority functions.

Unlike the earlier Bill, which contained provision expressly allowing for the removal of cycles, the 2007 Bill has a wide ambit. The primary intention of the provision is not to facilitate the removal of cycles.
We plan to meet with cycling representatives to discuss their concerns further, and to discuss with the Mayor's Office and London Councils appropriate action at the Bill's Committee stage.
I appreciate you taking the time to write to us about this issue. If I can be of assistance with any further queries please feel free to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Stuart Towne
Customer Services Advisor
Transport for London
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[FONT=Arial]From: sheep [[/FONT]xsheepx@gmail.com[FONT=Arial]][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Sent: 16 April 2008 01:16[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial]Subject: London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Dear Mr. Livingstone,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]I am writing to ask you to withdraw your support for the damaging legislation on forcibly removing bikes from railings without any warning that is being proposed in the London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Lawyers for the London Councils and TfL say the clauses in this Bill about removing "Items deposited on the highway" will apply to bicycles as well as things like unofficial advertising signs. Council officers, such as parking attendants, will be able to remove bikes immediately if they cannot identify an owner. Unless bike owners correctly follow a formal procedure for reclaiming their bikes, their cycles will be disposed of without any compensation.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Introduction of such legislation will make bicycle parking in London a lottery and owners will not know if a thief or the council has removed their bike. Officers may be required to leave a note but thieves or vandals are likely to remove such notes.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Since you have a target of increasing cycling by 400% in London I am most surprised that you are supporting this damaging legislation which will discourage existing cyclists from using their bikes and will likely reverse the welcome trend in cycling growth.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]You have the authority to influence this Bill and ask legislators to exclude bicycles from removal of items legislation. Please let me know if you are going to take action to stop this Bill from causing serious damage to the encouraging growth in cycling that we have seen in recent years.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Yours sincerely,[/FONT]

..... i just went to wal mart and bought both.
though the chances that they are still there wehn you come back into london are pretty slim!

well lets hope fleur gets me some then!

if you just have a bank account on there and no credit card doesn't it default to echeques? i took my credit card off when i closed it down, and then was stuck with echeques till i put one back on again....

or one of the sub-1kg Colnago Extreme-C frames that Rasmussen rode in the Tour before he was so rudely interrupted by doping allegations.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/tour05/tech/?id=/tech/2005/features/tour05/rasmussen_colnago

if you could somehow make a fixed gear out of that, with carbon components everywhere... that'd be a hell of a polo bike.

that would break straight away!

well, we're playing the dome in tufnel park tomorrow (on about 8pm), the 12bar on denmark street on saturday night and the underworld in camden on tuesday.... but those aren't free gigs!

and you play the...?

well i'm supposed to shout into the microphone but i find that i just end up falling over and bleeding a lot instead... oops.

can't make it today cuz my band is playing the new cross inn, but you should all come down after polo cuz we're not on till 10.30 or so......

http://www.myspace.com/honouramongthieveshc

the new cross inn, slap bang in the middle of new cross. 1st band on at 9, we're headlining thus should be on about 10.30. means all the peckham polo heads can come drown their injuries in beer and watch me fall over. a lot.

it's free, so if you're close by you have no excuse not to come.

i'll take the raleigh badges if they're still going spare?

xsheepx, do you know where in south london? if you need a hand to move them i could probably stick them all in my high top long wheel base transit. Could probably do it this weekend...?

yeah they're in SE23. i fingers crossed should have a van tonight and hopefully will get it done today, but if not i may well call you up on that offer!

I'm sure you could fix up five of them and flog them off for twice what you bought the lot for, keeping back the good(???) stuff.

yeah, i have quite a few mates who might appreciate a cheap bike, so we'll see what happens... i don't really want 20 bikes in the back yard, reckon after a bit or work i wanna get rid of at least 15....

you might want to speak to Tom he works for these guys greasefingers.org for the stray 48 bikes you won't want

yeah if we have anything we want shot of i'll drop them a line.... not sen that before, looks like a cool idea....

I don't think your gonna be able to fit those over your shoulder :)

well, i could do it one at a time, would only take 20 trips ! or i could just borrow a van... heh.

Hey All, I'm bringing some US standard balls back from here so we can play all international and what not.

Should I bring anything else?

oreos and peanut chews! (UK oreos ain't vegan). i'll pay!

yeah, it does look kinda sketch but i'm gonna try and find out if any of them are pinched or not.

got access to a van, gonna collect tomorrow hopefully. of course there's a whole pile of crap in there, but as mike says, polo bikes. if i can get some of them up to scratch without buying parts and whatnot, it could be like a bike library or something.

plus there's supposed to be a claud butler & a marin in there too... we'll see. i'll let you know how it goes....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220227189546&_trksid=p2759.l1259

i think the term swimming in bikes may take a new twist once i pick these up......

i wil be in on sunday morning but prolly leaving around midday....

I got home to find a girlf who was totally f****** off with me going out a four nights last week. Aw shit! Great to ride and hang with you guys and girls.

mate, i think you only have yourself to blame for that one!

skullhead: "alright love, off to get us some dinner, back in a bit"

girlfriend: (4 hours later) " where the fuck are you?"

Skullhead: " in the pub. oops."

matt has a pair of 27 rims he took off a claud butler... i started polishing them up, would come up a treat with a bit of elbow grease....

where you off to sheep said you wouldnt be round for a while? tour?

yeah we're touring the UK for 2 weeks then i'm off tour managing in australia for a month... not back till the 11th of june now....

yeah it was cool everyone stayed out in the rain instead of scampering off... some good games going on....