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Sorry. I'm not that good with visably interjecting scarcasm into text.

Fair play. Text, particularly on the internet, is a poor canvas for sarcasm.

Expect, but don't know. Who cares. We'll all be dead long before the flooding, hurricanes and seasons change months.

The fact that it's December and I can still happily wear shorts outside suggests that we won't have to wait that long.

Been recommended Clerkenwell Screws as the place to get unusual or hard to get screws, bolts, etc.

@andyp, Yes.

Hang on.

I'm not saying having a rest day is a good idea* because* its associated with occult mumbo jumbo. I'm not. I'm saying its good for us to have just one day a week when we don't have to work, shop, all that stuff. The reasons we have sabbaths are humanistic. They perform a valuable social function. I'd say the religious aspect is an afterthought. A bit like fasting. Abstaining from killing sheep during lent is a way of ensuring a good lambing season (less stressed ewes means less deaths during lambing). We just found a story about Jesus abstaining to justify what is an ancient animistic practice that stems from animal husbandry. Similarly, many faiths won;t eat pork. It's not because Jehovah Allah God told them not to! It's becasue pigs have a high number of diseases in the meat due to a high core temperature, so eating pork is alot more risky (especially where there's no refridgeration) than eating say fish, fowl or sheep.

I agree with the benefits of having a day of rest, but having it enforced by religious zealousness is unnecessary. Taking time to relax, not do chores, not watch TV, etc etc should be a personal choice, and if anyone decides that the actually want to do work or eat pork or stop fasting they should not have to suffer the displeasure, resentment or criticism of their community. That is what is bogus about a large number of religious activities... they are based on sensible reasons but that is not a reason to have those activities forced upon people who belong to the religion. But meh, that is a whole other can of worms...

Assuming these people aren't cycling naked, couldn't they just ... I dunno, look away?

The wonders of flesh are way too tempting, even for the Hasidic

very decent meeting you all tonight, looking forward to turning up again

I'm up, but can't do it until the first weeks of January as I last donated in September. The centre on Margaret street is rather nice and fairly central for those who would have to come in from different places. So if you still haven't been by the new year then I am willing to join.

Dibs on the rear knog light. will pm

Hmm, thought I'd share my first build which I've been working on for a few months now. Rather pleased with how it turned out, although the picture probably doesn't do it justice. Oh the sadness of confined london flats.

Can we also expect them to hunt down motorists and ask them to turn down their radios/cd players/8 tracks etc?

How about pedestrians who cross without looking, concentrating on their iPods or blackberries? Don't they count as road users?

Hiho,

Thought I'd introduce myself after lurking for a few months now and having posted a couple of times too. Just finished my first fixed build this weekend and am rather proud of how it's turned out considering it's the first thing I've ever built completely from scratch (have been riding an OTP road bike so far which I still adore) and have been enjoying the pleasures of having a fixed bike for the first time. Planning to be a bit more active now that I actually have a reason to participate in some of the discussions. Anyway, pleased to meet, or what have you.

Angela Harvey, chairman of Westminster's scrutiny committee, sounds like a right cunt:
[quote]We're always getting little old ladies who are knocked down and abused by a cyclist, who leave them on the ground as they ride away.

What a ridiculous thing to say.[/QUOTE]

I've only ever seen 1 little old lady in danger of being knocked down, and she was crossing where she wasn't meant to be.

it's still better than a car-dominated city, like Lima in Peru.

Hehehe, I lived there most of my life and it would take a very large sum of money before I even considered commuting by bike.

Very nice shop. And rather nice people too. They let me in before they were officially open for trading so I could pick up a chain I'd ordered but was delayed due to the move. Will be there again soon, preferably after payday.

because you would be axle gridnding the lock that wasnt connecting the 2 bikes together. if you lock your bikes to someones, then to free them you have to grind that lock, not the one securing one to the fence...

No, the point of the lock would be if anyone asks what the hell you are doing, you claim to be grinding away the lock holding both bikes together, but in reality you are grinding the locks holding the bike you want to steal. That way, you can stick around a bike rack with an angle grinder and have a 'legit' reason to do so, meaning you could angle grind a bike away in the plain light of day as long as no one was paying too much attention.

Fucking hell this thread is old!

having said that, what are the chances someone loops a lock through your bike and starts angle grinding your locks right away, and if anyone comes and asks what the hell they are doing at a bike rack with an angle grinder they claim some moron (ie: you) looped a lock round their bike and they are simply trying to set it free. Seems like carte blanche for taking an angle grinder to a bike rack (unless someone sees them grinding through locks that obviously aren't theirs)...

At around 8.55 today, was going past. Various police and 1 proper ambulance. At least 2 motorcycles involved, seemed one of them was being tended to on the floor. Didn't see a bike but saw a bike helmet on the floor near where one guy was being tended to.

Couldn't any more detail, had Vauxhall bridge traffic bearing down on me. Anyone seen any more, got any more details?

Pifko I'm very interested just got to check finances et all as soon as I get home. Will PM you round 7ish if you can wait until then to start the ebay auction

Has nobody else noticed that pedestrians are those most ignorant and arrogant road users in London?

Pedestrians are complete utter morons. Have parents simply stopped teaching children to "look both ways before crossing"? I'm surprised half the pedestrians in london weren't run over by age 10...

erm, how much for postage on the frame?

damn, incredibly interested but can't PM yet. darn nursery restrictions :(

is it still up for grabs?