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Hey Ben,
I'm also a non Londoner (although I did once live in London). Should'nt let the fact that your else where get in the way of you enjoying the forum...
Must say I like the idea of getting everyone outside of the capital together for our own small town polo. I know ther are a couple of us from Cambridge on here and I think Macey-B is from Wolverhampton so sort of your neck of the woods.
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I'm straight cockney blood.
YouTube - Straight Outta Compton - NWA
You're straight Cockney? Well I'm straight outta Compton.
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this is why we should all start carrying fire arms.
No need for fire arms, Sugar in the little shits gas tanks when they is parked up outside their tower block, school, parol office, Nanns house, tesco, or where ever the youts of today hang out. And a banana up the tail pipe for good measure.
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hmm not such a great idea as its a large frame and will flex oh so well
No not a good idea at all, and wasnt meant seriously...
Something decorative. I'm likeing the big spike, especially if you have a front brake and can endo it in to the eye of the chasing youths on scooter (see other the yoots on scooters thread for more details)..
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I'm sure they had them in Tesco (Fulbourn Near Cambridge, so no where near London) yesterday I will go back and look after work. I may put them on the classifieds and sell to the highest bidder if they have them.
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we need to fight back.
and yes, it is worth getting stabbed or killed for.
like war, people have to die defending their rights, if this country is becoming lawless, then we fight.
I agree. I know I should'nt as that makes me as bad as them if I fight back, but fuck it you have to stand up and fight for some things. Touch wood on the mild mannered streets of Cambridge I havent been attacked or robbed (maybe as I am a 17 stone 6'3 skin head), but lets face it these attacks seem to be pretty indescripnate so keep an MTB handy to throw at their heads when they try to run you down and nick your ride.
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Set of old school Michelin Performance tyres 700x23c loads of life left in them hardly used, just been knocking around the garage for a couple of years. - £7.50 the pair

Shimano 600 Brake lever. Its a right hand but would work as either left or right. Mint condition
£5

Shimano RX100 front mech NOS £3.50
I know Mechs are not very popular on here but its cheap and I know some of you have geared bikes...
Think its bottom pull and the band is for a skinny steel frame i will check that width...

Gusset Slim Jim flat pedals in white. Really are only one ride old as i got a set of lips and straps and replaced them so like new apart from a bit of mud. With spare pins 9/16. Nice and smooth and a cool white. £20

Also have 4x (i.e. front and rear) Black Shimano LX cantis will need new pads - £15
One pair (one wheels worth) of Shimano XT Cantis- £10Bad news is I am in Cambridge all prices include postage. Preferably paypal. Give me a yell if you want any of it.
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Now I'm concerned I might be a fakenger. Whilst riding my bike to the shops earlier I rolled my jeans up so they wouldn't get caught in the chain. Luckily I was wearing my nike rather than converse (didn't want wet feet) and put my beer in the back pockets of my jacket rather than in a bag. I was however wearing my cycling cap.
Being overly concerned you might be a fakenger means you are one.
A valid point from fc9k... But are'nt we all fakengers?
If you have a courier bag and ride a fixed wheel, are'nt you a fakenger? So I think that is about 90% of us...
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In 99 I was riding in to Twickenham with a mate in the bus lane it was around 8:50am. There was a cue of traffic at stand still and as we approached a junction to a side street, a car squeezed through the traffic to come move in to the street. The girl driving stopped dead as soon as she saw us which left us no choice but to take a big hand full of brake (luckily I was on a MTB with a set of Magura Hydraulics). I endo up to her bonnet and as my tyre touched hers I went over the bars and on to her bonnet all at very slow speed. She was screaming. I just saw red (I never loose my temper, really never) I picked my bike up and was just about to launch it through her window when my mate Chris grabbed one of my wheels and stopped me.
I have never felt like taht before. I have since been knocked off by peds and vehicles several times, but I have never reacted like that again as I remember that it wasnt me acting like that it was just the Adrenaline. Pure madness that really didnt help the situation and only served to scare the living shit out of an attractive young women... and make me look like a total tit (nothing new)...

Mate 184 stiches... That is mad.
Hope you get well soon. I am in Cambridge, but often in Norfolk as my GF lives your way if I can help shout me.
Hope the bastard in the 4x4 gets whats coming to him/her...