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bicycle workshop, 27 all saints road, w11. Its the best bike shop I've ever known. A lady ran the place when I was last there, and the quality of work was always the highest.

Fakenger35, where's Old Gay Boy Street? I cant find it in Google Maps?

Its da mutts.

Old time courier life (90s):
A) Get up, bathe, or sort of bathe,
B) Call in by radio, ask for work,
C) If there's jobs on, rush like hell for the 1st one, as its gonna be a good day
D) If there's nothing, take your time rolling in, call empty from central london,
E) Get jobs, cycle all day, if its raining all day, pray its busy, or you'll be frozen
F) Lunch-time is often quiet, gather in Soho Square or Golden Square
G) All the smoke makes you think of Bob marley :))
H) Afternoon session is busiest coming to the end if the day, hopefully you earned enough
I) Last job done, start for home, slaughter all wannabees on their pricey steeds when chellenged
J) If you got a booty call, head from home to friends house, sleep over
K) Get into work next day with dead battery, swap at office, then head out

Normally, expect punctures several times a week, running into peds just as often, replacing bike or forks after major prangs, and some time off when the claret flows freely from an open leg.

All that aside, I've never ever had a better job, or one that was more fun. I'll always miss it, even though the money was never great. Also, scored alot too, as fit females like muscular legs in bike shorts, and the "I don't care" attitude to life.

Now I make enough money to support my kids, but there's no excitement in my job, no adrenalin rush from HAVING to deliver a job with 3 minutes left, and you've got 6 traffic-lights to go through, and 2 filghts of stairs. Oh yeah, and you get to race, all the time - against mopeds, other cyclists, taxis (fukem) and anybody that your mood takes.

Put an egg in it....Go Swedish coffee!

Grande Anse is a beach in the tiny island of Grenada, where I went to school, and Grenville is a remote fishing town. The two probaby cannot be cycled between, because the roads are single lane, and drivers, even trucks, race as they pass each other, using the ditches as "extra road".

Let's create a list of do's and don'ts, so that tose who read this may be safer in the long run.

Combined forum knowledge; that's the ticket.

Shinscar the sleuth, with a probably unbeatably priced single speed road bike. The "SE Bikes" look like they might be chinese made. With the cheap one being plain guage and 27lbs in weight, its probably not going to be at the top of Xmas lists. The slightly more expensive one at least has the decency to be cro-mo. And that one weighs 21lbs. Not bad. A good find actually - I've lived in London 24yrs, and I'd never heard of the Triton cycle shop.

Damn, I thought it was built. No good to cheapo me. :((

I'm with skoota. Thats a mature view. I'm older now, and I'd never spit at anyone, but a bus driver squashed against another bus with his bus and I lost it. The inside of my right forearm shows how easily I broke his window, and how many times I punched through it. Its not the right response, but I was scared then, because I felt that the fool had close to ended my life.
Hippy, when on a bike, I just nod acknowledgement of curteous drivers. They are looking at me anyway, so they get it.
I'll never understand taxi drivers attitudes towards cyclists though. Do bicycles emit hazardous radioactive waste or something? I don't get it.

Cheers asm, I forgot a few though. Maybe someone will comment on any of these bikes that they've either tried out or owned? A few more added:

Mosquito Bikes - http://www.mosquito-bikes.co.uk/htdocs/fixie.php?name=bikes
FIXIE Inc Peace Maker £415 [MrSmith has shown me that this is frame only price - expensive!]
FIXIE Inc Black Jack £595 [ditto]

On-One - http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Road_bikes.html
Pompino £499.95

I like the look and the price point of the FIXIE Inc Peace Maker, the Charge Plug, and the Giant Bowery.

nimhbus, my bike was stolen, a Klein (already 2nd hand) that I'd been working on. So since I'm always broke, I was looking at Ebay for a cheap-ish replacement. It ocurred to me that if I had £350 or more spare, I could get myself one off the peg. But I've got kids, and bills, and I maxed my card, so even the £350 isn't there. But, since I'd done the searching, I just thought I'd share it, since maybe somebosy else might be in the same boat?

Anyone too lazy to wait patiently for a suitable bike/frame to appear on Ebay, then build up your own bike? If so, here are the latest off-the-pegs from the shops: http://www.londonfgss.com/thread9085.html

The Bike Friday saves me, just. Now to learn how to save money.

EDIT (07-April-09): Xootr also has a higher max rider weight than most others.

If anybody ever wondered if a folder is for you, then here is the weight limits at least, for those who wish to know it.

AIRNIMAL JOEY http://www.foldingbikes.co.uk/airnimal_joey.htm
Max Rider Weight – 102kgs/225lbs;
AIRNIMAL CHAMELEON FIXIE [special order] http://www.airnimal.eu/News/Home.php
Max Rider Weight – 102kgs/225lbs;
AIRNIMAL RHINO http://www.airnimalfoldingbikes.com/RhinoStreet.php (Single-Speed!)
Max Rider Weight – 109kgs/240lbs;
BIKE FRIDAY http://www.foldingbikes.co.uk/bf_road.htm
Max Rider Weight – 100kgs/220lbs, or 118kgs/260lbs heavy rider option;
BIRDY http://www.en.r-m.de/products/productfinder/faltgenie/birdy/
Max Rider Weight – 111kgs/245lbs (incl. luggage);
BROMPTON http://www.brompton.co.uk/content.asp?p=3&l=1
Max Rider Weight - 110kgs/242lbs [plus extra 20kgs/44lbs of luggage only; NOT EXTRA RIDER WEIGHT]
DAHON Mu Uno http://www.dahon.com/bikes/2010/mu-uno
Max Rider Weight – 105kgs/230lbs;
KANSI 1twenty http://www.foldingbikes.co.uk/kansi_1twenty_white_grey.htm
Max Rider Weight - 101kgs/223lbs; [inclusive of luggage/baggage]
MEZZO http://www.mezzobikes.com/spec.htm
Max Rider Weight – 110kgs/242lbs (incl. luggage);
MONTAGU Boston (Swissbike) http://www.montaguebikes.com/boston-folding-single-speed-bike.html
Max Rider Weight - 105kgs/230lbs
MOULTON http://www.foldingbikes.co.uk/moulton_tsr_rohloff_fbspec.htm
Max Rider Weight – 101kgs/224lbs
PACIFIC CYCLES REACH http://www.foldingbikes.co.uk/pacific_reach.htm;
http://lightenupbikes.com/pacific-cycles-reach-sl-super-light.aspx; http://www.pacific-cycles.com/;
Max Rider Weight – 110kgs/242lbs (incl. luggage);
XOOTR SWIFT http://www.foldingbikes.co.uk/xootr_swift.htm
Max Rider Weight - 118kgs/260lbs

How much would it cost to rent out the Prince Charles for a private screening? And are sheep allowed? Otherwise my girlfriend can't come. What about oxen? The mistress feels very second-citizen at the moment.

Best place to see the moon at 3am? ....middle of Hampstead Heath.

I tried to restrain myself, but it hasn't worked. Is it me, or is his gun practically the size of his whole thigh?! Let the police carry 0.11 bore Derringers, that way if they ever shoot us it only stings, instead of later claiming on a witness stand that they we going by specific (sic) "intelligence". To wit, I draw your attention to Tweedledee and Tweedledum in the photo. It just goes to show, you should never do it with your sister.....or are the police already using real clones? Do they share the same brain then?

fatboyralph, it was Barrucuda. Googled and found.

Seven shots to the head. Not funny; nor are our police.

Cake shop is in the photo, and the number is above. Have a latte on me.

Oooooh, shiver....look at the size of his gun. Gun-envy.

The local cops - is there a selection policy in the force, biased towards having a skinhead (which I have) and cro-magnon eyebrows (which I don't)?

Evil twin confusion. Happens in this multiverse way too much. Sure you dont speak Swedish? You might be an imposter of yourself. Either way, Torchwood are on later, so you're doomed.

Stalking is a compliment. You must surely be the most beautiful creature on earth. But how was this about you? I thought it was about http://www.flickr.com/photos/66296756@N00/2278878881/in/photostream/