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I have written to Time's R&D department, suggesting they use soya curd for the next generation of cleats, as I believe it would be slightly more durable than the current model.

On and off since I was fifteen. Grandad gave me his fixed tourer. It amused me and my delinquent friends for a summer, then i got a moped, threw it in the garage and never saw it again.
I'm forty three now.

course when the Krays was alive, you could leave everything unlocked in the street, doors and windows open, never had to queue at the post office etc

Mm I think this guy had a little more than sugar running through him.
Perhaps he was jealous of my beautiful legs. Wierd though.
Despite the fact I was outraged by the fact someone was stopping me from riding on the road, i know that if I had not been compliant it would have been in night in the cells and a possible kicking. For riding on the road??!!

No. In English. Spanish swearing doesn't do it for me. I just checked with my girlfriend, as far as I know I was not doing anything illegal, slightly over the speed limit maybe. I just can't understand why this person tried to harass me in the first place.

This evening I was riding on a three lane carriageway on the inside lane at the same speed as the traffic about 30 mph, a SUV pulled up close next to me and started honking. I offered my usual salutations, 'Fuck Off Cunt'
The fucker pulled in closer still honking I looked through the window thinking maybe he was a Pinarello enthusiast and it's an angry looking bald man waving a Police ID in my face, for some reason I then said
'I'll ride where I fucking like' at which point he agressively forced me into the side of the road, got out the SUV, still waving the badge and said 'Get in the cycle lane' and actually forcefully pushed me onto the pavement, nearly pushing me over.
He was fucking angry and actually started to front me for some sort of scrap whilst waving the badge. I had no ID on me which I think is at least a night in the cells here, so there wasn't really much I could do.
I blame the MASH film myself.
Mind you I did get away with calling a copper a cunt so there is a bright side.

Genius!

Don't mess with policemen, unless you are very serious, and even then...
Write it off, it is a pisser but these things happen.
It could have been a lot worse, your gf's word against a policemans.
Tell your gf never to invite the police into your home again.

Was doing around 250 Km per week but it is 90 degrees plus at the moment in the Balearics, so that's dropped to 0.
If you are going to have covered cycleways make sure the glass can be easily cleaned on the outside.

Played 'By The time I Get To Phoenix' at breakfast.
Bottom lip trembled slightly.

I'm moving to Denmark.

That is some crazy-assed fuckin' eye wear, I used to wear something similar in the mid-80s... Martin Rev homage in my case, tho' Mr Rev was probably referencing Miles... Miles was a hep cat, tho' I find most of his compositions insipid...

Messrs Rev (left) and Vega in their 70s heyday, collectively known as Suicide... Dontcha know... Now that's some proper hipster shit...

Insipid? Not a word I'd use to describe M. Davis or his music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxrJk3CPu98

Try 'On The Corner' or the live electric seventies albums, anything after his retirement was a bit crap.

I'm even more miserable than Miles.

He hated everyone, not just white people.

Now that's hipster

He would ride whatever he wanted, being a motherfucker and all.

He'd hop astride his Fusion Langster, and if a crowd gathered to watch him, he'd do a 15 minute trackstand with his back turned towards them, doing a little wobble every 30 seconds or so.

And you'd fucking love it.

Yes alright I would. Happy now?

Ha Ha! Charles took taxis. Miles prefered Lamborghinis,

No self respecting Hipster would be seen anywhere near a fucking bike. The term comes from the bebop era in jazz and mostly involved listening to the latest sounds and being cool with a little H thrown in for good measure. Can you imagine Charles 'Yardbird' Parker on a Pista with deep V's? Miles Davis on a Langster? I think not.
These people are Wankers not Hipsters.

I live in Palma de Mallorca, the arse end of Cataluna. You can easily buy a bike on compraventa the gumtree of Spain. Dunno 'bout fixed riding there, never seen anyone here on fixed, it's mostly weekend lycra clad white bidon boys on carbon orbeas.
People think you are a freak if you ride a bike for non sporting purposes, but I am so I'm not that bothered. It is dangerous and you could well find yourself squashed like that cat.
Spanish is fine you don't really need catalan unless you work in a govt position.
Good Luck

Sorry, must be the Alzheimer's.

Just don't get greedy, stop when you have the carribean island, drugs plantation, diamond mine and army of minions. It's the desperate grasp for global domination through tax avoision that trips up most people.

It's worked out ok for the queen.

I'm going to swap out the cog and the fork, then paint it pink, get turquoise deep V's....
Geared down with a front brake and I'll be happy. Thanks for the advice.
I'll let you know if anymore come up.

Ramon it is a beauty, I little bit too small for me, but beautiful all the same

thanks mate, I've started riding her, and she is a beaut. I knew this would happen, riding 84 GIs with no brakes is suicide here(or anywhere), but I couldn't resist. I am just worried that if for example I strip a crank putting on new pedals, or let the the mechanics at a bike shop near her then it's big money for replacements. She is also totally unsuitable for my commuting needs, but a couple of days riding and i am thinking bollox to a Condor.

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I don't have the tools and the bike shops here are crap

no tyre kickers puhleese

you were first skeleton, well done, crackerjack pencil in the post