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A bloke on a maroon (I think) fixie along the embankment in Chelsea at 8-half 8 nodded at me (in approval perhaps) is that one of you here?

I'm the bloke on an almost standard shiny Bianchi Pista, rolled up jean and baby blue t-shirt carrying a rucksack.

I'd also say that stealing a large company's logo is very different from exploiting a small independent company. A large company won't feel it, the smaller one can be really hurt by it.

eh? one or t'other I would have thought Roxy - otherwise who's to decide at what level/size of company it becomes 'ok' to distort or appropriate their identity?

small independent such as for instance Brixton Cycles, one bad incident can pretty much ruined their reputation, and because they're not a chain bike shop like Evans, their sales can have an bigger impact compared to says, Evans.

48/16 too big, and doesn't feel very smooth, I used to have a 48/16 once (standard in Bianchi Pista) but after getting the rear clog replaced for a 19t Surly, my God how smooth it is, take a slight while to get used to it but cycling felt so nice and easy now after replacing the rear clog for a 19t.

I finally learn to skid properly too, and able to do a long skid down Pentonville Road, that was bliss.

go to a reputable bike shop, ask them if they have an 18t rear clog (surly if you like), and unless you're going to replace the clog yourself, ask them to replace it for you, take no more than 10 minutes.

it's a stunner alright, but most beautiful? I think not.

I hear underneath waterloo bridge is romantic in the evening

doesn't it smell of piss?

I'm not surprised it's heavy, it's probably old fashion heavy steel that screw onto the body of a rickshaw.

rickshaw! that it! those are from a rickshaw!

that is from those tourist bike thing, i forget what it called, those 3 wheels bike with a sofa on them (okay, not exactly a sofa but you get the idea).

Looked at the frame quickly, and it looks to me like the forks getting hit pulled the headtube down, and there's a bit of a bend on the top tube - going to put a straight edge to it when I get home on Saturday and see.

If not, perhaps some nice carbon forks that I can snap in the future.

or even the Fixie Inc. chrome straightfork that make your bike look nice and classic without looking too old.

if it any consolation, the experience will probably encourage you to do a bit more research and careful planning in the future, the harsher the experience, the better the chance you'll get a better buy in future.

sorry I was a bit rude earlier, I was rather taken aback by the price tags.

If you put the bikes in there wet, do they dry out or stay wet?..........might get one for my roof garden....where I won't have to lock them!

well, there seemed to be enough air in there to let it dry, if it doesn't dry by the next day, adding a few holes on the side should provided enough air really, let see how it is after a couple of weeks time so I can tell if it can dry easily.

it came with two bags that's design for ballistic, just add heap of pebbles and you got a solid foundation in case there's heavy wind on the roof.

most of us never rode a track bike (including me) before, so the experience is new to us, even when we knew that it going to be quite stiff.

Jesus fucking Christ, could you add an warning when you show us the video? I never thought how much a human look like a ragdolls when he/she been thrown from the SUV.

for an SUV, that's clearly unsafe.

and a charge plug is a sweet bike, brilliant choice if you hasn't ridden for a while.

sorry i'm a bit alarmed by the price tags, I mean £240?? that's a lots higher than the usual price tags.

fair enough, I'll lock the two bike up together now.

£240??? fuck off mate, that just too expensive for a piece of shit. it worth £50, not £240.

..then I've been had buying it!!! Paid £50 for the lock that comes with it, but then I was probably ripped off as well?

you really have been had mate, no fear, some poor sod would actually buy that sooner or later and you'll have enough money to buy a 2nd hand off-the-shelf singlespeed/fixie bicycles that actually have higher quality and reliable compound (and a LOTS lighter too).

like this for instance;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Specialized-Langster-fixed-gear-single-speed-track-bike_W0QQitemZ120266737678QQihZ002QQcategoryZ33503QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

you're just making a tidy £40 profit when you brought the piece of shit for £200, the wheels not even Deep V, it's just a cheap knock-off weaker copy.

make sure you at least lock them all together!

there hasn't been a bike theft in my area for a couple decades (knock wood), the door to the back garden is locked.

yes I know I should locked it, but meh.

£240??? fuck off mate, that just too expensive for a piece of shit. it worth £50, not £240.

I cannot believed you actually decided to dubbed the bike as lightweight.

Me and my father is getting a bit annoyed with our gigantic plastic sheet that was used to cover our bicycles, so we prompty went to buy a bike tent for £50, after he have to spend £130 replacing his entire back wheels and gear merch because they got so rusty from the weather and the 8 miles daily commute between Wimbledon and Waterloo.

http://www.tidytent.com/

basically it's a tent for bicycles, and that's about it really, upon arrival (we order our from Wiggles for £50) it turn out to be a piece of piss job, take about 5 minutes that even the most advanced and easiest tent in the world would struggle to match the speed and ease of use to set up the tent, a couple of rod through the tent and that's it, the downside is that there's no security, but they have a small hole allowing some wall mount so you can chain your bike against the wall if the tent is against the wall.

the size is huge, probably not idea if your back garden/alley is really narrow, but the size is the best thing about it, it allowed you to simply just push your bike inside the tent without any mishap, and zip it up, I've included a couple of photo to show you the size of it in our back garden.

it said it can hold 2 bicycles, but I think they meant MTB, as I can easily put 3 road/track bicycles in it, maybe even four if I'm careful with the arrangement of the bicycles.

so far it's a great piece of kit that make the Apple Mac computer look like a complicated piece of shit when it come to ease of used, all we got left to do is to see how it bear the English weather for a couple of months.

edscroble: I just typed a full stop, couldn't think of anything that was worth saying!

all I add was "motorised private vehicle should never be allowed in the bus lane".

okay while the colour combination may not suit everyone, that is really nice especially the colour coded Brooks (I think?) saddle.

signed (I think? I have to add detail on that comment-style box and press submit?)

is there any car that's parked rather abnormal? if not, possible hit and run? (since the police needed to collect evidence sound like a hit and run).