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Spotted a guy on London Bridge wearing black lycra shorts that had a panels across the backside in the shape of a large X. The panels were very thin and translucent. Not a pretty sight.

Slogging up Clapham Park Road on an old shopping bike a few sizes too small for him, a tall bloke with long silver hair, clad in a cream-coloured crop-top boob tube and mini-skirt (both also a few sizes too small) with matching high-heels. Probably not on here.

I saw him/her same place, same time. I guess I might have seen you too if I wasn't so distracted by such a sight. Quite a regular around Clapham. Appeared on the Chicken Shop programme.

Yes, one was a variant of the other.

Boom tish!!

I hope you appreciate the hint of nature in the current tag...

Ha ha! The position of your shadow cannot be accidental!

Nice to meet and chat with Scoot this morning at HHV.

You wouldn't know if you were coming or going...

Oh, very good sir!

My chain snapped on Old Kent Road yesterday am, by Burgess Park, and the nearest open bike shop (no chain tool in kit, sadly) was Evans at London Bridge - a long way for the coasting-with-cleats shuffle of shame. I'd also never realised that OKR to Great Dover St is veeeery slightly uphill.

SO I was feeling fairly chipper despite being very late for work, and looking forward to a shorter cycle to the pub, when I realised that some dick at work has pinched my rear light from the bike (which was in the secure bike parking in the basement). I mean, is there a more petty thing than to steal a light when it's dark outside?

/venting

Fucking irritating. I once went down to get changed for my commute home one Winter's evening to find someone had taken my biblongs. But had left my base layer and winter jersey and shoes.

That really is a lovely little film. Very well put together.

Spotted (& slapped on the shoulder) villa-ru this evening on Brixton Hill. At least, if that wasn't you, I think I spooked some poor innocent commuter on a MTB in waffa apparel. Either way I shoulda vocalised my greeting - apols.

oops. sorry CP.

Shame on you and your whole MTB kind!

No

Can you elaborate? I'm a bit confused by your equivocal post. ;-)

Black&Blue filtering through the Brixton bus maze. Wide MTB bars kept me rather further back.

Isn't the point of an MTB so that you can hop on and off the pavement to avoid those pesky traffic jams?

That's actually quite a good clue.

Can't really comment on "favourite" as I've mostly ridden 46/16. I find this fine for my commute which is mostly flat and I can also get around Richmond Park.

I started on the track at HHV a couple of years ago and was using the same ratio. Left me utterly knackered each session so at the end of last summer I changed to a bigger ratio - 48/15. This will be an interim step as I didn't want to jump too much in one go but it immediately felt much better.

Wow, cheery you say?! I'll have to get that framed ;)

Hi

Ah, well, yes, it was early for me and I was judging you on my standards of cheeriness at that time in the morning (note: all you got from me was a nod)!

Hi

Lovely chat with a friendly chap on a Condor Pista with Brooks finishing kit this morning on the commute up to London Bridge. Made the rat race far more pleasant, cheers!

That sounds like me. Were you the guy with the anonymised frame?

I also got a cheery "Mornin'" at the start of my commute from a guy in Clapham with, I believe, a forum cap and orange waffa pro jacket.

Forum cap in Richmond Park this morning? I was going in opposite direction and too out of puff to yell anything.

Absolutely! An under-rated gem.

Thought it would be OK for my kids to watch. Needless to say the one quote they picked up on was "You can derelicte my balls"

Worked it out from the clues but no chance of getting there any time soon.

And to you Sir, on this fine morning!

He he! Like the avatar - was watching zoolander the other day. Brilliant film.

Nice to chat briefly to fingerjockey this morning.

Nice to chat at greater length this evening with villa-ru.

Brixton Road - outside the police station. Heavy police presence at the lights. Police van breezes through a red light. Nobody bats an eyelid. Irony can be pretty ironic at times.

It does depend on whether the light was red when the line was crossed though.

This is precisely the problem that the coppers have got. Unless they see the car cross the ASL when the light is red, they are reluctant to do anything about it.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3933789.ece

It's OK, it was a genuine misinterpretation. A corrected email has since been sent.

I supposed I shouldn't be surprised that some coppers are pretty selective as to how they choose to interpret instructions to them/the law/guidance.