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lie! he wears a medicinal cod piece that his doctor told him he needed to

Would that have something to do with you kicking the crown jewels?

Mount a Crackberry to your handlebars, then it won't matter.

*Spotted: Hippy drafting me over Waterloo Bridge..

Nope, he's overtaken me....

What's this fool in a Corsa think he's doing...

No, no, get out of my .. AAAAggghhhhh

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New Topic: Rider Down: The Strand.....
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When I was about 17, I borrowed a mates Grifter to get home. Popped up onto a pavement to avoid a car on a narrow road and someone opened a car door. I swerved to avoid it and glanced off a garden wall. Alas the grips were smaller than my hand and I tore the skin on the knuckle of my little finger and severed the tendon. I can now say with some authority that I never need to see my own bone again. The most painful part was having anesthetic injected into the webbing of my hand and feeling the needle scrape along the bone surface.

Only comes with a 1 year guarantee. Doesn't exactly inspire me with confidence. For 2k, I'd expect a lifetime guarantee on most of the bike.

"False statements made herein are punishable as a Class A misdemeanor pursuant to section 210.45 of the penal law.

Carries a penalty of up to a year in jail, or in this case a stern talking to and a box of doughnuts wrapped in $100 bills.

Score - first ever commute on the fixed and I managed to overtake a car and an artic. Clearly I rule at this brakeless slave-bike lark and you all owe me an aerowwspook.

You somehow think that attaching small discs of glass to "the boys" will protect them how exactly?

Oooh, Carhartt arowspocks. What does asm charge for them?

How is this difficult?

Fastr typical accelleration and stereotypical reckless riding style.

Start riding audaxes. Humility is being buried by gnarly, chicken-legged old men over 200k and being congratulated by them on a good effort at every control.

slack castor

Yep, they come on things like recumbents, trikes and childrens bikes.

the initial confirmation from the seller had a UK address, then she requested the item be shipped to W Africa

Had that before. Whilst it still wasn't a definite scam I said I couldn't do that because I couldn't get the item insured at the Royal Mail and wasn't prepared to accept the liability. Then they went down the cleared papyment route. Paypal confirmed scam and ebay quite quick about listing refund.

The Village Bike

(This only works if you're in a village, and you only sell one bike)

There's a Rutland beer called that. Very tasty.

26 hours.

Roughly the right amount of time for bruises to start receeding.

I'd be careful about accusing someone's mum of having a slack chin around here mate.

Always list as ship to UK only. At least that way you can legitimately refuse to sell to overseas buyers.

Paypal is owned by ebay. The "buyer" is claiming to have contacted them at something that looks like a fake e-mail account. If you report them too ebay, they'll check it out and most likely suspend the buyers account and refund the listing fee.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just saying that when a proponent of a fast moving industry like fashion starts playing in a field as potentially technical and complicated as bicycles then it should be viewed with a healthy dose of skepticism and questions should be asked before the answers are needed.

If, at the end of the day, they do a stand up job and provide a combination of good product and good service then all credit to them.

+1... I know for a fact that they are doing this the right way. You can't get much more local and original than witcomb when it comes to frame building. Can you?

Just wait and see...

Except that Carhartt also have a base in Manchester? Does that mean they are splitting the framebuilding, supply and service elements and if so, who's the other frambuilder?

From my experience carhartt have promoted things that are part of the scenes they're involved with, not simply paying lip service

But will that involvement last as long as the frame and will they provide the depth of commitment that is needed of a company getting into the bikes business? It strikes me as something incongruous with the fashion industry.

That's really annoying. It's a lovely looking frame doomed to be ruined by a brand cashing in on a tenuous association.

I think it's Delia Smith

Anyone can race downhill.

You might think that but go and check out the muppets on Constitution Hill. Some of them are terrifyingly bad at it. I've seen people blow up at 100m.