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responding to the hyperbolic rants on here does not constitute being 'bleeding-heart lefty'. I think most of what I've said has been politically neutral, perhaps apart from my last post. Others have raised objections to the blanket condemnation of an area and its inhabitants in more ideologically orientated language, but, as the old adage has it, you (lot) started it.
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look it's last right-wing post wins!
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fuck me is all of the above (relativley) serious? It seems the lfgss demographic is morphing into that of the young conervatives. Or perhaps these are our reverent older members' mutterings. Over to Movingtarget for unadulterated apolitical rambles for me.
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She does, frequently, but she is a Liverpudlian and can take all comers. I don't think Kingsland Road is anymore dangerous than any other urban setting really, though I'm sure that if I had been beaten up there I may think differently.
I spose growing up in a place does alter your perception of it to a degree (I have felt intimidated in foriegn cities and shit, and in Glasgow and I'm sure Glaswegian's would say I was wrong to be) but I just reckon its better to try to all rub along than to automatically associate a place with danger and its people with crime.
No hating here I assure you though. x
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No of course that's not some 'nice shit', but such incidents do not charecterise my experience of the area. One swallow does not a summer make and all that.
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No silly me. I just don't like it when people propogandize the depravity of parts of London, having lived in dalston for 25 years and never once having a hair on my head touched.
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How about we set up a ride? The scum ride? Trawl around through east, a beer for any stolen bike spotted. Sounds a good idea to me!
I was taking the piss old bean. This forum seems to have a propensity for sound and fury, which signifies very little. I'm sorry these terrible things happen but do not think that violent incidents are on the increase, or that the youth of today are anything other than those of the vast span of human history. I tend to agree with the young man above, and, whilst again stressing my condolences, do not agree with the hyperbolic missions which are announced on these boards with unerving regularity.
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why don't you make some spokecards reading 'beware the hoodies'. Attention raising and that.
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I think I preferred this place when it was full of lillyliberal hipsters.
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yeah, or a letter to Boris? the problem is, if its their land then they can basically do what they like, (excuse my rudimentary legalease), or at any rate, if they fuck with your bike th onus is on you to pursue a case, and thats expensive and scary. Which is why I'd suggest gurrila tactics every time. I'd be suprised if there was literally no public pavement on the north side of tooley street next to more london however. Perhpas town planners/architects can advise us?
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Yeah I thought about doin that, can't be arsed as yet, but maybe if we assmble a collection of shit bikes and shit locks we could bore them into submission. More fun cutting their locks off and peddling off, smiling.
Does anyone know about where you can view plans/blueprints of architectural behemoths like more london so we can work out if they're even allowed to clap bikes chained to teh lamposts?
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but they charge you £50 to have it released. i say chop it off. wankers. plus its very unclear where you aren't allowed to lock up, there's one sign (as far as i could see) on a small lampost near the starbucks, 20m or so from the road, saying 'don't lock bikes to this lampost' or words to that effect. It doesn't say 'don't lock your bike anywhere in this area, or we'll fuck your day up'. also, they'll even 'clamp' you if you free lock your bike whilst poppin in to aforementioned starbucks. They trie dthis to me once and I wouldnt let them, leading to a comical standoff. they really are scum.
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What's worse then 'do not lock bike here' signs is the practice of large developments (I'm thinking of More London Riverside, on Tooley street, my least favourite corperate pisspot in all of London) where they 'clamp' bikes left on 'their' property, and charge £50 for release. They have a few tiny signs on some of their lamposts which they claim covers them legally, but I'm not sure where the limits of their authority are. They even 'clamp' bikes chained to lamposts right next to the road on Tooley street, but I wonder if this is their land? Sureley the pavement constitutes a public footpath or something. I suppose I'd have to check the blue prints to work out were their 'land' ends, the filthy cunts.
Luckily, they use very shitty locks to lock up your bike, so rather than legal challenges I'd recommend coming back with bolt cutters and dealing out some rough(ish) justice. This puts the ball firmly back in their court (legally, and they'd have to catch you first), and you could always argue that you thought it was a bike theif 'kidnapping' your wheels. enough rambles, but if anyone could shed light on this heinous pratice It'd be much appreciated...
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shhhhh, best kept secret....
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This was a pretty fantastic (if short) alleycat, but only two non-couriers entered, so far as I could tell. More peeps for next time perraps. The trail is now a permenant white dribbled monument to a fine race, starting and finishing at the foundry and describing a kesytone cops style loop through hipsterville E2.
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sounds like the OP is just a shit cyclist. And a moany one.
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It is pretty lame when fauxriers have spoke cards for races they were never even at tho, which has been known.
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are only women like only children?
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fucking hell! the geezer aquitted himself with a fine disclaimer, and u wanna measure his willy and do all that other shit?
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whoops misread. still, fuck the area in general. Too many lights and confusion for me.
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happened last week as well. bishopsgate is a fucking shit stretch of road.
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ahh i see. Controller. Hope you're very nice to all those pleasant people.
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I just realised who you are slaytanic, I called you a fakenger once outside proud in camden and you had the most delightfully pissed off face I've ever seen, waggling fingers at me and such. I must say you take fakenging to next levels. Sorry if this comes across as a personal slight, and is unrelated to the topic at hand, but you are chatting such utter guff that I'm glad I've ascertained who you are, as it makes it clear that your posts are the driveling rants of an imbecile, rather than the genuine opinions of a bitter old bastard.