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These law-twisting wordy twats are the same ones that would probably try to suggest that wearing a mini-skirt is contributory negligence in rape cases just so they can add another 'win' to their CV.

I noticed on a recent trip to Venice that a number of cafes and bars had Super T on tap.
In a few places around Italy I saw bars with a Super T sponsored awning over the tables outside the front.
Classy.

"Hell is other people" ("L'enfer, c'est les autres")

"There's no fool like an old fool" (a suitable retort to those terrible cunts who insist on patronising those greater than 1 year younger than themselves with phrases like 'ooh you're just a baby')

"Piss up a rope fuckstick"

You mentioned in your original post that you had a witness - I presume you're still in contact with them? Also the original info that was given to the fuzz would've presumably included details of whose fault it was and what the witness saw? If so the insurance company and the scooter monkey can take a flying leap.

i cycled from paris to barcelona. great fun, accept for spain. they hate cyclists.
we did about 70 miles a day

Please tell me more about this - my next imaginary planned tour is UK to Malaga so any info on cycling in Spain would be appreciated...

Your bags look like they're the business Scott - now I wish I needed/could afford one!
Ever thought about making tool-rolls? Large ones for the home/workshop and small ones for the road?

Sugar is the cure.

and yet you can type and put your foot in your mouth at the same time. odd that... :)

Multitasking FTW

My girlfriend can't seem to pedal and talk at the same time so fixed wheel is quite out of the question.

[Sorry, don't mean that to have misogynistic undertones, it's a trait particular to my gf only as far as I know]

Goes down well at dinner parties and private views.

Why do I see so many hetero couples where the man is riding fixed and the woman is on single speed?

I'm assuming they are couples because they never really look all that happy together.

Of my friends who ride bicycles some of the men are intrigued by the idea of a fixed wheel but most don't care for it.
*All *my female friends just think it's stupid to ride without gears (although they love cycling equally as anyone else does); and as for riding without a freewheel, most cannot begin to see the point even if they try, so they just take the piss instead... so Will's observations aren't too much of a surprise to me really

If someone is unfortunate enough to be involved in a car crash when they are driving (as many people are), many many lives and NHS £s would be saved if the driver and/or passenger were wearing a helmet.
I hope you all wear a helmet when driving a car on public roads.

bump

Not bad for £775

You'll never find a 3mm socket...
But you will easily find a 3mm box spanner, which is what you want

My automatic reaction to shared space ideas is to reject them, because I just think of the cycle path near me which are inundated with peds who moan at you if you ask them to get out of your way.
They usually look at you like you're a rapist, and suggest that you should be on the road, whereupon the car drivers all screech at you that you should be on the cycle paths...

I know it's not that oppressive in reality, but if the average urbanites can't even share a little space like that, how would they manage on a large scale city-wide basis? It would be interesting to see an example (am I right in thinking that Holland is the place to see this in action?)

shared space is a wonderful approach that has been proven to work unanimously. It is, again in my opinion, the only way forward for traffic management, for various reasons.

Does the idea of shared space necessarily have to rely on a certain degree of tolerance? Or does tolerance develop with 'acclimatisation' to shared spaces?

I went to a great exhibition in Prague about 8 years ago called "Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890-1937" (to be exact!); it looked at the inspirations behind the design of 'modern cities', and what they hoped to achieve, in places such as Budapest, Vienna, Prague.
The artwork and drafting was amazing, and all the pictures of the cityscapes looked so appealing, but all you had to do was catch a bus 1/2 hour away from the exhibition hall to see the grim reality.
A utopian city would I think, like a utopian countryside, be one that allows complete freedom of movement in all areas for all the people therein - obviously not a possibility.
I would love to see a city where private car access (inc. cabs) was not possible/allowed, only public transport, freight, bicycles and walking.
It would be interesting to see what it would be like, whether it would be peaceful and clean, or not, for example (there would certainly be less aggression I think, once you get rid of the car-owning schizophrenics who turn from mild-mannered people into screaming hit-and-run merchants once in their bubble)

Yep, Simoncini's* look* lovely (i've never ridden one though), and of course the 'artisanal' side of things is very appealing. I might take a crash course in improving my Italian with a strong emphasis on bicycle buying...

...And then you meet someone who seems genuinely interesting at first, and then they say "what's your favourite car? mines a [...]", and you're back to square one again...
:D

If you are resident in a country that has an official dealer Tommasini won't sell to you directly. I know because I tried. However you can certainly buy from the UK dealer and pick the frame up in Italy. Tommasini want to protect their brand and look after their dealerships you can't really blame them for that. I am still negotiating with them about paint and geometry the UK dealer is really helpful however I am not expecting this to come cheap! What sweetens the blow is that the UK dealer will allow me to pay in euros...:)

Nice one that's very useful to know, saves me farting about trying to contact him. Like I say, can't afford one at the moment, but if I can save £60 a month for a year, I'll get on to the dealership. Sounds like a fair scheme to me really, probably saves him having to put up with English bike nerds speaking bad Italian to him too...

you were too slow. the pound has lost a lot of value against the euro and your frame is now 1/3 more expensive. (if you are paid in £'s) than it was a few months ago.

Tell me about it... but to be honest whether the frame is 600 or 800 doesn't really make much difference to me lately as I don't have any money. By the time I've saved up they'll still be 800 more than I've got.

Don't let GA2G see that picture

ha ha 'The Chuck Norris Book of Bicycle Maintenance" would be a blinding read!

@ The Smiling Buddha - do you think it's worth a trip down to Italy to get a Tommasini? I mean, I wouldn't need much of an incentive to go there anyway, but I've been wondering lately how much a frameset would cost me if I went straight to the builders (in Grossetto), rather than via the dealer in the UK - any thoughts?