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Funny he's the only one smiling.... The rest must be intimidated by the firing squad behind the photographer...

Rowhan, thanks mate. I'll give it a go, looks nice

Rowhan, My route is from Tooting (Streatham Cemetery) to Twickenham.
I am currently doing it along Garrat Lane, Upper Richmond Road, Richmond Park and across the river, but I am keen to find an alternative, possibly accross Wimbledon Common, or as you say, to the south of it.
I am not too bothered about doing extra distance as long as it's on a nice route

Can anybody advice wheteher there is an East-West route through the common suitable for road tyres?
I'd like to try a new commute route and it would be great if I could cross it. People tells me is not great for thin tyres but I'd like to know for sure and I am sure there are a few people who know it well in here.

Ha! Exactly what I thought when I read the title of the thread.... You can wait months and months for a decent small frame to come about....

from 'tempus fugit, fugit faster' my cycling motto

Mirius,

thanks, that's what I thought! Over to current projects it is!

I just need to spell it out:

I want to set up the scheme at work. We are a small office and I don't want to use any third party that would charge us and/or limit my choice and in fact complicate things. As far as I can tell, I agree the salary sacrifice with my boss (in writing, of course) and the accountants will take care of the rest (?) sorting out my tax and the company's

Having read official guidance and un-official advise from several sources, I can't find anything preventing me from buying a bike by components, ordering from several sources etc and paying using the company credit card. Am I right? Or are we going to get into trouble with the taxmam?

Just beware, weather in those parts can be as wet as here, even in the summer.

dibs on the rear brake. pm in a sec...

can i have 2nd dibs on the levers. pm'd

If I may be frank, thread title seemed to be pretty harsh.

Yeah, i'll give you that. I was fucking angry

no hard feelings dogballs

you locked it illegally inside private property. they would of removed it for sure. you don't have a leg to stand on.

whats the go with people trying to blame others for them being stupid?!?

Dogsballs, I am not blaming anyone.
I had to do it and was aware of the risk. I wouldn't have left it otherwise
The bike is gone and just wanted advise on the legality of a potential removal by Network Rail. (Which in fact did not take it)

What's the go about people jumping to conclusions and being offensive just for the sake of it?

just as you say charlie, the police were nice but won't look at the 6 days long movie... (just been told) I am now fully into the search for a new bike...

see you in classifieds...

Sold?

Want it!

Well, I tend to agree with Gregorio etc, It may be just coincidence. Police is checking the CCTV records, I have to say I consider the bike lost. However, the possibility is worth exploring

I have spoken to the station management, which is Network Rail as you say, and they haven't been very helpful so far.
In essence, I wanted to know if the bike has been removed by them, and if so if it was lawfuly done.

I'll keep you guys posted

as you left it outside waterloo and went abroad, I'm going to go out on a limb here:

it was nicked

Were all the other bikes gone too?

How long was you bike there?

They can remove anything that is causing an obstruction. They must otherwise obtain the bike keeper's consent to remove it.

Fill out a report at the local copshop, ask that the CCTV be viewed.

The bike was inside the station. Locked to some palisade fencing around some plant with cycle racks beside it on platform 19 (you may know the place). It was not obstructing in any way and I have used that spot for years. I've Seen other bikes tagged and removed a few times over that time and mine never was. I don't discard ordinary theft, but I have a hunch that on the day of lock cutting, mine being way nicer than others around it, and technically illegally parked, was also removed and taken home by some clever fucker. Let's see what CCTV says

It was left for 6 days.

I was shown the removed ones stored away and recognised one that was right beside mine. As I say, it may be just coincidence, but I think is worth trying, because if it wasn't causing an obstruction, and was removed without notice, ther is a posibility (remote, I guess) of getting TFL to compensate?

Lets see

Some legal advice please.

I had to leave my bike locked to some railings beside full cycle racks in Waterloo Station a few days ago. In a place I use every day which is technically not to be used but never had a problem in years. I had to travel abroad unexpectedly and in coming back the bike had desapeared. When asked, the sation management stated that they had removed illegally or abandoned bikes from that platform that had been tagged for removal months in advance. I know this because I have been seeing one bike nearby with the removal notice attached just beside mine for several months. They took me to the place where they store these bikes and mine was not there. They say it must have been stolen but I find the coincidence more than suspicious.

The question is: Do TFL have an obligation to notify in advance their intention to remove a bike? Or can they just do it if the bike is not in a designated bike parking space?

The platform is obviously well covered by CCTV and it should have filmed the moment the bike was removed (by tfl or others) if the obligation exists, there is some hope for compensation from tfl, if not... well, another stolen bike to go on that sad thread. Does anyone have any idea?

A good day indeed!
I attended and was great. Laced and my back wheel with arup there and then. I have now finished it and tried it and it feels great!

arup mate, thanks a million

thanks mr lunch, you beat me to it

Attending Arup's wheel building workshop: July 17th.

1. Arup
   
2. L&W - pencilled in - will see how I get on with my front wheel this weekend
   
3. mr lunch (just to watch)
   
4. fugit
   

1. fugit
   

Arup, so grateful for your innitiative... I am going to try my first build this weekend. Count me in for the 17th if there is still room. At best I'd like the wheel checked and at worst advice on what went wrong...

Done

Just read the article which is a sad, sad read... And then the comments, which made want to come out lock in hand smashing car drivers heads... What's all that people about? Cyclist runing lights etc, show me a fucking lorry driver killed by a cyclist breaking the highways code! That guy drove to a point where he wouldn't be able to see her... and it's her fault ?!!

All those anti cyclist are just frustrated their clunky polluting machines can't catch a leg powered simple thing. RIDE A BIKE YOU CUNTS!