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Of course the irony of my post is that this is just my view, and possibly the best thing about the ride is that you don['t have to agree with it, you ride for your own reasons.

Oi you! I came on here to escape from my dissertation, not to be reminded of it.

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Actually, I've though about this in the cold light of day, and all of the above comments are completely inappropriate. It's like when someone posts a pic of Victoria Pendleton and everyone starts going on about how they do/don't find her sexy. It's a woman on a bike for fuck's sake - where is it written that that has anything to do with sex? And this is a photo of my foot. My FOOT! You can see a bit of ankle, but I don't think that's been considered particularly risque for the past 100 years or so. If I'd posted something involving cleavage or buttocks, or perhaps actual nudity, then fair enough - eroticize me all you like. I'd be asking for it. But can't I even show you my foot without it being sexualized?

I am pissed off, to put it mildly. All the effort and energy I put into my cycling, and my career, and being a nice person, and I still ultimately get judged on my sex appeal (something I don't put any effort into at all).

And don't bother accusing me of being a humourless feminist or anything like that. Yes, I'm a feminist, and yes I have a pretty good sense of humour, but this just isn't funny, and I'm fed up of trying to laugh off sexism when it actually upsets me.

Oh bother - why do I always get myself into these pickles? I'd just like to confirm that I'm wearing a burqa in the photo, and it's not really my foot, and I'm not really a girl. And you're all sick fucks.

Cool! My first confirmed sighting.

A related question (might as well keep them all in the same place): how do you stop your gloves from stinking when you've had them a few years? I put on some clean ones last night, but they must have been building up the sweat for ages, because they smelt revolting as soon as they got warmed up, and my hands even smelt a bit funny after my shower!

Just threw up my hands in despair and nipped out to the local garage. It took two men ten minutes to loosen the screw (eventually they hammered in a slightly larger allen key), but it's now out - and that means I'll be wearing these tonight!

But thanks for all the offers. I'll buy you a drink anyway if I see you at CM. (And if I make it to CM.)

Oh arse, I don't have any of those tools. And of course this would happen just as all the useful shops are closing for the day.

But thanks for the tips!

I'm trying to swap the SPD cleats from one pair of shoes to another, and one of the screws is so battered that I can't get the allen key to stick, and consequently can't unscrew it. Is there any obvious solution? I am increasingly impatient to try out my new shoes!

Chap on an all-black fixed (no bar tape, black chain too, as far as I could make out), heading south on the Norwood Road a few minutes ago. Anyone we know?

I was there. Dark-haired girl on a pink Surly Steamroller. Who were you?

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Stranger. I don't even know how to describe them. It looked like each of his legs was wearing a skirt with a naughty cutaway panel. I was so distracted that I didn't get to check out the bike.

assos do women's stuff, though why she has to be posing provocatively and not just stood next to a bike like the blokes is a mystery...

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It's cos women only actually ride bikes in order to attract men. Of course.

(And I am even less impressed with Rapha after this evening's shambles ride.)

See you there chaps!

Also, I maintain that the lack of a women's range is problematic, in my humble opinion.

Yes, this is one of the things that annoy me most about Rapha. It means it's impossible for me to make a statement by refusing to buy any of their clothing.

Just over two years. And quickly fell into monogamy. I don't think I've ridden anything with gears for about 18 months now. Mostly for reasons of laziness.

Ooh! I'm in.

Pity your friend didn't take these down, (irrefutable proof of ownership) and pity they didn't chase down the (their) potentially stolen bike.

He did take down the details, along with photos, etc., and had his name written all over the bike, both visibly and in UV. He's going to report the Gumtree post to the police (who will of course do fuck all) and see if they're interested in following it up (hah!).

But yes, I'm rather annoyed he decided not to chase it down with a gang of heavies brandishing D-locks. When the next one gets stolen, in about six months, I shall be a lot more insistent. Who's in?

Isn't the whole point of having a Brompton to be able to fold it up and take it with you, thereby eliminating the possibility of theft?

This is what I have been trying not to say all along! (It would probably be considered insensitive.) He locked it up on the South Bank, went to have a drink, and when he came back it was gone.

I spoke to him earlier, and he's more-or-less decided just to let it go, and get a new one on the insurance. Which is a shame, because I've always wanted a chance to get one over on the bike thieves!

Girl wheeling a bike over Westminster Bridge at midnight, accompanied by a gentleman in Strange Trousers.

bring a photo of your bike for further evidence, ask him question about the bike that only you know (either way the 'seller' may not know even the saddle make).

Unfortunately it's a pretty standard Brompton, though the spec matches exactly. (I have warned him that about 3,658 Bromptons get stolen and sold in London every day, and that this is almost definitely stolen, but might not be his - but he seems convinced. Anyway, he's got his name written all over it in UV and visible permanent marker, so it shouldn't be that hard to identify.)

Pretty much what I told him (except for the big guns bit). Good idea about waving the crime ref number at them though.

He's calling the seller now, and we're going to try and round up a gang of heavies. Unfortunately most of the people we know are all thespy and effeminate! Perhaps I'll wear my moustache...

how this stable boy sound?;

Oh. Erm, I think I'd prefer an unstable one, thank you very much.

Right, so it appears to be narrowing down to the Charge Ladle (pretty! cheap! (but why are they all named after cutlery?) and the Selle Italia...

Please could someone point me towards that recent thread where people discussed getting bikes back once they've been stolen and advertised on Gumtree? (I've tried searching, but I think it must be one of those threads that started off on a completely different topic.)

A friend's just found an ad for his recently stolen bike, and we're trying to work out how to get it back...

This thread is making me laugh, because I've just spent the week staying with a very tall friend who has an attic apartment (full of sloping ceilings and improbable beams) in Westminster. He's lived there for three years now, and still bumps his head just about every five minutes. It would be funny if it wasn't so clearly painful.

If I was a lady I'd be wearing a flowing skirt and I'd be riding a horse right into the 1700s before swooning over a love note written in my suitor's blood. I'd have my stable boy worry about what 'ladies saddle' was best for my delicate rump.

I will, naturally, also be purchasing an embossed leather side-saddle for such occasions. Do you have a stable boy I can borrow?