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I've rocked a small bum bag before if I am going out sans bag.

Men who wear bum bags look very, very silly. Even the gay boys I know stopped wearing them in the late eighties.

For commuting and gadding about town, I have a plastic tub from BBB that goes in one of my bottle cages and contains a spare tube, levers, alan keys, patch kit, vinyl gloves and some coin-cell back-up lights. I object to both getting my hands dirty and not having lights at night. I usually stash my pump in my back pocket if I'm sans luggage.

Incidentally, for those of you who've carried but never used a CO2 bottle, I strongly suggest that you try to avoid holding the metal part whilst you're filling your tyres...

47x19 on my commuting and audax bike.

48x17 on my poseur bike.

Anything bigger just isn't practical for me.

I'd like to come to the West beers. Although it'll probably be on a more conventional bike...

How did you get the bike up to Chester?

Train to Crewe and then rode. About 25 miles of lovely country lanes.

Can you skid on one of those?

You are joking aren't you?

...but does it bar-spin?

Oddly, I've not tried. I never even thought of it. Theoretically, yes I suppose it might, but the brake cable would need to come off first...

In Chester at the weekend on my new bike.

http://www.mojobicyclecafe.com/

We were there last summer - well worth riding a few blocks out of town.

I want one !! Where did you get it, and how much did it cost ???

Joff Summerfield made it. Google him - he's easy enough to find. I shan't tell you what he charged me, other than to say it was much cheaper than I had expected and significantly less than getting Roberts, Mercian or any other top framebuilder to put you a bike together.

what's it like going up or down hill and is it very heavy?

No idea. Ask me inna few weeks!

Met this bloke near my flat http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics6-albums91-picture1461.jpg
about 3 mile off of finishing his world tour.

That's Joff. He made my penny for me :)

P.s how in gods name do you mount and dismount that contraption?

With some considerable care. I'm just starting out learning at the moment, hence my reluctance to ride the twelve miles back home from Liverpool Street...

Just picked it up last night. People's faces are a picture - they either point and stare or do the London thing and pretend it's perfectly normal.

I've cross-posted this to ACF now. You can find the thread here:

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There's been some talk about doing a ride like this over at ACF and the Sunday seemed appropriate as well, being as it's close to 1st April and all.

Could we not hook up and do an inter-forum ride on this one? Get some real numbers along and raise some money for a good cause?

I could get it out on the CTC and LCC networks, too if you're interested.

C.

Just seen this thread - and now, I have met Roberto, too!

On a train out to Denmead a couple of weekends ago - what a lovely guy :)

I'm rapidly getting to the stage where one day, a good hard slap on the side of a car that overtakes too close isn't all I'm going to do.

My commute isn't that urban (I head out to NW London every morning) but still I get nurks trying to overtake me when there's clearly not enough room to do so. Ever been overtaken by a yummy mummy in a 4x4 on a mini roundabout? Scared the bejaysus out of me, I thought I was going under her wheels.

Sometimes, whacking the side of a car with an open hand to remind them that they're about to squish me doesn't seem enough, you know?

I carry my minipump inna little pouch on my courier bag and it makes for a very handy kubaton. I also sometimes wear MTB shoes with studs. I put it to you - at what stage do you think it's appropriate to do more than just wake the doxy fuckwits up by thumping on their pratmobiles?

I'm so there :-)

I can fix a pun***re faster than most blokes I know...