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thanks for the replies, friendliest bike forum on the internet!

maybe it is the chainline. i try to make sure the wear real bolts are in the same position from the edge of the drop (sounds so epic) but maybe my eyesight is going to shit (possible) or i'm just being an eternal n00b.

lowering a broom in front of your bike also makes you go faster, as the brooming away of road debris causes an increase in asphalt traction with the rubber molecule, resulting in a velocity smoothness of 0.3423%

wouldn't the camera just smash apart, in a similar fashion to if you cellotaped an optimus prime toy to the front of your helmet? probably doesn't make such a massive difference to skull protection.

i pronounce it "rarh-pher"

I HAVE A Q!

so i have a 48x17t gear set up, currently single speed at the moment because i'm feeling wussy this month. i put a new kmc z510 chain on it a few weeks ago and i lube it occasionally with that finish line ceramic wet lube.
already it has needed tensioning twice and chain wear is neeeaaarrly at .50
what the hell? it's the chronicles of ridiculous!

any idea what causes extremely fast chain wear?

you're kind to do that

but can you really save someone

from

THEMSELVES?????

i'm guessing without the stem, right?

pink, swearword and penis?

count me in

that's the grimmest thing i've seen since the dude on acid who ate someone's face

they have cakes now? rapha vs. kinoko cake wars

not so much of an oh-shit moment, but at a weird intersection on kings road i was waiting at a red light on a pedestrian crossing (unbreakable red because of traffic lane merging). in the lane to my right with the oncoming traffic, it was clearly a green man but three cars were there and some pedestrians were not sure if/when to cross because this car kept revving it's engine and lurching forward. eventually it just broke the red light and so did the 2 cars behind it. the pedestrians just seemed confused like an orangutan with a potato battery.
how fucking ironic.

most excellent, thank you.

there's also a theory that the smell of bread makes people happier

aphids landing in face

will there be one next friday? this is on my way to work, so gutted i didn't know earlier!

although my general commute is from waaay SW, the leg of the journey involving cycling from the beginning of King's Road, the end where all those weird antique shops are to my journey's end point at Royal Albert Hall is always a mixture of traffic clusterfuck/pathetically integrated cycle lanes resulting in feeling like you've been pooped out of a dragon's arse.

a.e. wilson in peckham are cheap and all down to earth

• paul's custom cycles also in peckham i've had good experiences with
  
  

also A&W Cylces (http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1284/2883.php) is really nice since it's just some old dudes in a proper dark, shabby shop. i find that they're really good for finding parts for old bikes which have weird sizing and dealing with older bikes in general.
although they were confused by my TRP road lever breaks (which don't have gear shifters in them) so i'm guessing maybe they're not ones for the modern world.

how much for the set of chorus brakes?

i am terrible at bicycles

i think that was sarcasm. that place quickly devours any cable locks like something furious.

currently 48/17 but my knees are starting to ache constantly, so considering going to 46/17 as part of a hideously self-concious aesthetic upgrade.

if in a month you haven't sold your sirius, i can guarantee i'll buy it off you around mid-june.