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Slowly but surely getting to meet you all one at a time (usually waiting for my Guinness at the bar). Good night, ta - although some crazy bastard in the toilet took a *really *strong dislike to me.
[into his phone] "I've got two australian's in ere finking i'm a fackin poofta, Chris." (I'm english btw)
[outside having a smoke] "I fackin ate these bike australian peep-al. they don't givva shit about reds. i'll laff at their fack-in fewn-ral."
Nice.
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There's a guy who rides down the river with me on my commute from West Ken, and I swear to you he's more than 7ft tall. His bike looks homemade and is a big as a flippin' horse. It's quite something to behold. He also cycles at around a 100mph without breaking a sweat. I have never managed to keep up with him.
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I also did judo as a kid though I reckon I would've hugged you to death.I won a trophy at it and can still hug with the best of 'em.
I'm going to have to get this video up on youtube to prove that I could out hug any foolz, innit.
I found that the people that tended to win the most where the smelly people, and the losers where just left gasping for clean air.
Which reminds me: there's a clip somewhere on the internet of a Judo 'fight' and one guy poos himself but carries on hugging until the bitter (bitter) end.
er...back to bikes.
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Not sure from the first bit if you are having a go at me or not. I don't consider myself a hardman but feel i am able to look after myself pretty well in tough situations.
That said, the laughter wasn't composure it was more bewilderment.
EDIT: If you were having a go at me, meet behind the bike shed after class and we can sort it out like proper men.
No, I'm jealous. Also, I don't ever have a go at people on here. I just wish I was 6'6" is all.
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You know, if we took every single nightmare story that's ever been told about the crazy things that happen to us when we cycle and put them in a big book (with pictures of mental people) we'd have a nightmare anthology that would sell bah-zillions. My favourite threads are these ones where people recount London's oddities.
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I got to green belt in Judo when I was about 13. I thought I was so tough even though most people mistook me for a short-haired girl/hermaphrodite. My dad still likes to show everyone the film he took of me during a 'competitive fight' once. It's a cinematic classic: around 45 minutes of me and another boy just hugging one another like we're trying to make love without penetration/any understanding of human biology.
My dad cries tears of laughter and disgust simultaneously.
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I wish I was 6'6". I'd be all like, "stomp, stomp little people. Move out of my way." That would be so much cooler.
Ahem.
I also wish I was able to laugh at him like you did. That, my friend, is composure. I'd have ended up doing some judo with him in the middle of the road (rolling around, cuddling aggressively) as cars try to drive around us.
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Monday - Souths @ The Coach and Horses
old timer(s): andyp, SPAGHOOPS, eyebrows, clefty, gizmond
newbies: JOHNNY FITZ, wilda, d14vd_hTuesday - Norths @ The Flask (fingers crossed)
old timer(s): Spins, PinkGottiMobbs
newbies: fred, Slag, mmccarthy (hopefully), Matt, Van Damage, gizmond, LoloTuesday - South Easts @ The Kings Arms
old timer(s): Dammit
newbies: tricitybendix (I can still be a newbie if I've already been once, right?), GormleyTuesday - Trixie Dix @ White's Row Car Park Roof. White's Row, Off Commercial Street
old timer(s):
newbies: JOHNNY FITZ, philjay (been a few times)Wednesday - Easts @ The Royal Inn on the Park
old timer(s): Van Damage, kattt, gizmond, somebody
newbies: JIMALEXThursday - Wests @ The Crabtree or The Ship (season dependent)
old timer(s): Aroogah / Fred / mmccarthy (must I be an old timer? =P)
newbies: kattt, gizmond (been once), Donut (NOT Duncan)Should be able to make it, and I've been on this stinkin forum for quite a while now...just depends on my working hours.
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I read the starter of this thread yesterday, gulped, and hoped she would be okay. I mentioned the accident to a friend of mine and we talked about the dangers of London, and the horribly close calls we've had over the years. I was so, so shocked to when Velcro told us the news. It's genuinely really jolted me.
Velcro, I don't know you, but seriously, I hope you can take something away from the fact that so many people on here clearly care a lot - most it seems without even knowing you well or at all. It's not much, but its something. All the best, mate.
Ride safe everyone (that phrase never felt so important)
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If you're thinking about going out but not sure how much of a pussy you are, just get on your bike and try it. It's really,* really* good fun so long as you have waterproof shoes. I just did 8 miles and there is nothing like skidding in deep snow. And hardly any traffic...bliss.
Maybe it was the constant threat of slipping off and breaking my face that made it so much fun.
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Q1: Do you have fliers in your spokes? (y/n)
no i flippin' well don't.**Q2: Which of the following do you do on your fixed-gear bike **(indicate all that apply):
Communte and get from A to B.
**Q3: Do you ever use a mudguard on your fixed gear bike? **(y/n)
Nope. Should do though, cuz I constantly look like I've shit myself.Q4: How do you feel a mudguard affects the aesthetics of fixed gear bikes in general?
- Disrupts/spoils/makes worse.
Q5: If you get a nipple in your pork scratchings, is this lucky or unlucky?
- No change to fortune
(I'm vegan)
- Disrupts/spoils/makes worse.
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^or when there is half an inch of snow.