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Friend of mine has listed this on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190331096541&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:GB:1123

His "project" which has to go due to a girlfriend vs bikes-in-the-living-room clash, or something. It's a thing of beauty though.

Crashed alone?

Sorry, I really don't have any info - I got a text asking if I knew anyone who had been out in RP last night, is all.

(Apparently this has been mentioned in the evening papers, but I can't find a link).

Sorry I can't give more information about this, but someone I know working for the Met Police said a body was found in RP today with no ID. Person had a Monoc bike (don't know if track or road frame - the police's bike identification skills didn't go that far). Can anyone think of who this person could be?

If you know someone who fits the description could you please contact the Police if you can't get in touch with them.

Just thought I'd add my anecdotal evidence to Cycle Surgery's brilliance... I got my birthday present, ordered on Wednesday, delivered on Saturday ... have used them before and never had any problems.

^^^ +1 lock and hand

That's damning with faint praise. Homerton is also home to one of the best neuro-rehabilitation teams in the country. Could come in handy if a minor emergency turns out to be a major one.

They're also very good with gunshot traumas. IIRC the armed forces used to second surgeons there before they had Iraq/Afghanistan to provide them with more practice.

Arkwright Rd from Finchley Rd up to Fitzjohns is much worse than Fitzjohns itself. Not as long but a fair bit steeper, and with a "false flat" at the top to prolong the agony. Part of my commute for a year and a half, both of them.

lived in Clapton right by murder mile for three years, it was fine, didn't see anything dodgy, after i'd moved on someone from the house down the street got shot out of a top floor window. i always think Islington is far more dodgy.

Yup. I lived in Homerton during the peak of the "murder mile" period, and never had any problems. Being quite a big guy it might not be surprising that I never got beaten up or harassed, but my petite girlf and our housemates never had any problems either. Saw lots of "witness appeal" signs though.

During the same period, my friends in Clapham were getting mugged on a bi-monthly basis. We moved to Kentish Town, and a few months later we were burgled by some crackheads. We've not lived on the ground floor since, and generally have had concierges. Wouldn't go back to Hackney though - maybe I'm a snob, but it's just too grimy and nasty.

If a policeman on a bicycle radioed in to a busy overworked metropolitan police control centre with "I have just seen a cyclist go through a red light - can we get a couple of cars down here to search the area and track him down" - he would be laughed at.

Unfortunately for the guy in this case, City are probably the least overworked and busy force in the country, with the possible exception of the Outer Hebridean police authority.

I've got a picture of a guy picking his wing mirror off the ground, trying to fit it back on despite the fact that it's broken, after a similar incident... bike lane on Lower Thames St, guy turns left, I turn left with him but my arm hits his wing mirror. Bit of a scratch but no fracture, unlike his mirror...

If you really really really want to buy new - for £500 go for a pearson touche (google it) or a genesis flyer. Both get positive reviews and are good value for money.

It's even better value when it's 350 quid for a good-as-new one month old Genesis Flyer from your fellow forum member... :-)

just taken one now. give me 5 mins to put it on flickr. it's pretty much brand new - bought a month ago, and I've been away two of those weeks. goes in to OnYourBike for it's one month warranty svc on Thursday.

See: DSC00530 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!@@AMEPARAM@@http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/2548649192_8016c2feac.jpg?v=0@@AMEPARAM@@2548649192@@AMEPARAM@@8016c2feac It's as per stock, except the seatpost is a longer Bontrager one instead of the faux-carbon original. If you insist I can leave the bottle cage :-)

DO you have any pictures?

just taken one now. give me 5 mins to put it on flickr. it's pretty much brand new - bought a month ago, and I've been away two of those weeks. goes in to OnYourBike for it's one month warranty svc on Thursday.

without making any representations as to "cool", "retro" or even "commuter", I'm selling a Genesis Flyer 56cm if you're interested in it - should suit someone 5'10ish as it's too small for my 6'3" person. Send me an email via the forum if interested. (I would have used a pm but this forum seems to lack that feature?)