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latter-aged man on a ridgeback going the wrong way up the cycle lane on wandsworth bridge.

it was one of those green cycle lanes on the pavement, which was also empty so i had plenty of space to avoid this annoying salmon. thought about shouting but considering the pavement was empty, it wasn't exactly a massive deal. but the principle though! the principle!

Taxi for 2007

agreed.

blinky tab

did you snap pictures of the cab driver with a cameraphone?

sturmey archer fct 48t 170mm chainset with appropriate bottom bracket
and a 17t freewheel

obviously has seen use but still plenty of life left

PRICE DROP ALL FOR £30

am based in SW19 but can meet/deliver in the general london area

which is also a confession that yes, i've used a boris bike

funnily enough you don't seem to get that problem when cycling a boris bike

still think it should be shaped like a penis

i brake instead of skid, i think it feels more comfortable.

i like a bit of cooling, lovely wind on my sweaty & pathetic upper body

have some wellgo b25 alloy flats for £10, scuffed but good if you'd like them

riding through & around lots of horse poo around hyde park corner in the TRAFFIC DEATH MAELSTROM with lots of cars changing lanes with no indicating, although the flow wasn't too fast thank fuck.

slow-ish cycling nodder going uphill during a series of windy gusts. she shouted to her nodder partner "i hate cycling in this weather!"
apart from the wind, it was sunny and mild.

having a small clearout of stuff! can meet and/or deliver in the general london area (i’m based in SW).

BIKE STAND
£PROVISIONALLY SOLD

CATEYE RAPID-3 with a belt clip
£5

WELLGO B25 ALLOY FLAT PEDALS
bit scuffed but otherwise all fine.
£SOLD

CONDOR SUPREMACY CALIPER BRAKES (PAIR)
both with NEW UNUSED kool stop salmon pads
£SOLD

PARK TOOLS SW7 SPOKE KEY (pretty much brand new)
£5

PARK TOOLS FR-8 FREEWHEEL REMOVER (for bmx/flipflop hubs, also pretty much brand new)
£5

saw a single wheel (quite a nice one) d-locked to a lamp post and round the d-lock was a tangle of broken abus cable.
no surprises where the rest of the bike is
theif'd

got a free BBB bell from one of those dr. bike things at work and the bastard stopped dinging after about a week of being left outside in mild-ish weather.
they're not complex mechanisms so how the bell could lose it's bell power is pretty shitty/impressive.

i tend to go for the OOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYY

is there any real difference between these two brakes? apart from price obviously.

https://www.bricklanebikesshop.co.uk/products/blb-cnc-brake-levers-1
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https://www.bricklanebikesshop.co.uk/products/blb-blevers-crosstop-brake-levers](https://www.bricklanebikesshop.co.uk/products/blb-blevers-crosstop-brake-levers)

thanks!

if i have a bit of pedal clip on a fixed, should i downsize my crank arms to 165? it's nothing major, but slightly annoying.

sometimes nodders make me feel comfortable as i imagine they are human shields, wafting around me.

only annoying incident that sticks to mind was when some lady on a dirty ridgeback mtb kept trying to trackstand at lights and psychotically mashed the pedals to overtake me at every opportunity and hog the lanespace, until the route opened up a bit for me to deliver a graceful and permanent overtaking.

well obviously if you leave it lying around it will get nicked.

i tried bike insurance at cycleguard but they didn't cover theft of parts, which is generally what happens most. if your bike gets nicked because you left it unlocked they wouldn't cover that anyway. it's not very expensive but kind of useless in my experience, but as you say you are paranoid then maybe it will sate your neuroses.

i would just invest in some good locks.

funnily enough i do see a lot of bikes with parts stolen off them outside condor. well not funny really, but peculiar.

i tend to lock up my bike all over london and it's worth around shameful £1k in it's totality. i d-lock the frame and the back wheel and then have a smaller d-lock to lock the front wheel to the frame. it's never left out overnight and always on main roads, although sometimes that doesn't even matter anyway.

although the handlebars/brakes are nice (in my view anyway) and weren't cheap either, they've become mega grubby over the years. same with the saddle (which just has a cheap post and is a charge spoon). i think grubbyness is a deterrant if you're just out to steal the less valuable parts of a bike, when there are so many front wheels around left unarmoured.

oh yes they do
with a bloody iphone app
good lord

they've been ok for me. on one iffy order i got store credit, which i then wasted on shit i didn't need, but hey. on another note though, restrap are being shit. thank god for paypal non-receipt claims.

it bugs me that the bar end lights are white.

ghost of jade goody has invaded the studio

how are they gonna get the d-lock off after they've nicked the bike? not sure many yoot have access to an angle grinder.