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I only had one, officerz...really...

Judging by the state of my head this morning, I'd say you were the soberest person present by some way.

Nhatt, passing by Brick Lane tonight and being smashing as ever.

Just give 'em a bell on 0300 123 1212 and let them know that you were there early for the RTA on Euston Road at such and such a time. Probably they won't follow it up, but there's always a possibility they'll be diligent.

Having gone through a fair list of lubes (being a lazy fucker I oil chains rather than cleaning them) I've settled on Finish Line ceramic or White Lightning Epic Ride. They're more or less interchangeably ace.

Default mysql text-matching limit, innit. I'm so sad that I even know this: my life would have been improved immeasurably by never encountering mysql.

Scherrit: FWIW, I'm in the middle of the racing snake/fattie continuum (small waist, huge arse, big thighs) and my Santinis are blissfully comfy. Also cheap from Prendas - get one of the ones with the proper gel pad though.

One thing that pisses me off though is all the haters that indulge in the bad reputation of bad products, you have no right to comment unless you have some degree of experience riding/braking it.

I can spot a TIG weld with holes in it using my eyes. TIG welds aren't meant to have holes in them. Don't need to ride it to know that whoever's building their frames isn't very good at welding, for which reason I'm out even before all the other criticisms set in.

Moncho: I think I'll be speaking for everyone when I say thanks for doing what you could. You'll probably want to make yourself known as a witness, even if you didn't see the accident itself, since you were first on the scene.

The heavier the vehicles, the more wear the road will get.

I looked up the formula used by civil engineers* to estimate road wear once. It goes up with something terrifying like the cube of axle loading.

*the less civil ones just shrug and say "it'll be fucked inside six months".

If you can get out to any of the landfill sites, every one I've ever seen has shitloads of mashed/corroded frames in the "recyclable steel" skip.

And reckless, drunken, law breaking which, I believe, is a major selling point in the hybrid market.

"We'll fix it in post."

recolours traffic lights, composites cheering crowds over scandalised citizenry

Oliver - sure it wasn't a tarmac lorry? They'll give off a bit of smoke (and smell, though I quite like the smell meself - like coal-tar soap) if they have heated tar onboard.

Have a chat to overdrive on here and see if he'll do/get someone to do an alleycat on one (at a guess, prize sponsorship for one of the LCEF fundraisers is likely to be a good route to securing cooperation here). Couple of Flip cameras on the bike and you should be able to get a nice impression of speed and nippyness.

Either way I think we can all learn a lesson from Shelly's encounter.

In this case I learn that I must spread some rep around before giving it to Wiganwill (ooer!) again.

Hey Steff,
I think I saw you at Donkey Derby friday night too.
I had to google woolgatherng,learn something new....etc

You did :-)

Splendid evening, that. Would have been more splendid if I'd remembered to bring more cash, but my head thanked me in the morning.

A spotted-by: cheery yell from London's famous Overdrive this morning on Roman Road. Apologies for late/feeble response - I was woolgathering.

£1175 is getting into custom frame territory though. Dave Yates's top-end 853 road frames are £965 (plus forks) for instance.

If you can't find it, here is my earlier review

Ta! Sounds grimly plausible. I'd still quite like a Guvnor, mind, but only because I've got more modern/normal/reliable bikes to fall back on.

And don't use *"pussyhole"*ting. It's not a Caribbean word and it's not nice, really. It's British and intimidating. It's like a verbal equivalent of pushing your forehead against somebody else's chin.

Indeed. Not big or clever, though it can be quite funny when it's all third parties misjudging things and getting a kicking for it.

FWIW, a standard chainwhip and a cheater bar will remove the cog from a Fuji hub. If I'd known about the loctite in advance I'd have used a solvent though. Never found the bars a problem, though I only really use the flats. The wheels are pretty naff though - replacing them transforms the bike.

I spend a lot of hours fixing Pashley Prontos.

What goes wrong on them, out of interest?

I think of the current crop I'd go for a Workcycles FR8 or a Bullit - sadly it's all academic as I lack space for more bike and live up a fairly narrow stairwell.

What would/should you wear underneath this Merino Jersey?

I'd vote for nothing, unless it's really cold. Merino's fine against the skin, as anyone who own an Icebreaker top will tell you.

Also did an excellent and very quick job on my bar tape and a good cup of coffee.

Shortened Snap On 15mm ring spanner, for cheap.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-UNUSED-SNAP-SNAPON-15MM-RING-SPANNER-SHORTENED-/380325475792?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item588d2a35d0#ht_500wt_1156

It's the green tyres and a gold chain, Steff, which really top it off.

The chain isn't actually gold - not sure why the (crap) camera in my phone has rendered it thus. It's a very basic 7 quid KMC Z510HX - I don't really understand expensive track chains. Vittoria Paves only come in green, but I wuvs them.