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What sort of time? (I really really shouldn't leave my dissertation, but am tempted...)

There's a nice (slightly longer) circuit involving the Woolwich ferry and Canary Wharf if anyone's interested, but the ferry stops at 8, so this might be best saved for another day...

I get how people might appreciate the tightness - but the padding?

Tee hee. I met a young lady (a non-cyclist) this evening who thinks that padded lycra shorts are totally hot. (No one has ever told me that before!) Needless to say, she was gay. I think we might be onto something...

smirk

Really? Why would they joke about such a thing? Do Rapha actually have a sense of humour?

(Tried on someone's Rapha jacket today. It was a lot less nice (and comfy, and waterproof) than my Swrve one.)

I thought for a second you were going to point us towards this little beauty.

I just received the Milwaukee hoodie - great fit! Fast delivery from the Swrve online store in LA too.

I also have the cotton cycle "knickers" which fit perfectly. I got these from Mosquito Bikes on Essex Road (N1) - the only shop to stock Swrve merch (alongside Brick Lane Cycles).

Brixton Cycles have some stuff too. Not much, from what I can tell, but I think I saw some base layers, the jeans, and the Milwaukee hoodie.

tries to ignore thread

a good sign to cut down on the porn when you see porn where there isnt any...

Stop jiggling at me!

...huh? Oh no, wait...

phone pic my bike in chicago:

See, to me this looks like the publicity shot for a porn movie, only with a bike. Hmmm...

Two chaps encountering a taxi driver on Theobald's Road at about 6.15, one with a Dolan frame strapped to his back, the other carry two sets of forks.

I seem to be doing a lot of spotting lately. Probably because I'm not back on the bike yet, so am standing around at bus stops feeling jealous. Twitch twitch twitch.

cheers people! i think i shall order the montane h20.

now which trousers shall i get???

These ones!

(Well, you did ask...)

I just noticed TFL have a competition for photos of cycling in London. Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone's interested - I'd love it if the winner was a fixed rider, rather than a pretty girl on a Pashley, or someone in a flourescent jacket.

Ohhhhhhh, I feel your pain. I've just written off my pride and joy (rain, skid, lamp post) and am still coming to terms with the fact that I'll never ride it again. It's almost worse than having it stolen, because it's now sitting in the corner of my room, making me cry every time I walk past.

Bloke on a Surly Steamroller, on North Cross Road in Dulwich, just a couple of seconds ago. How I envy you!

bereaved

i recently got a black Montane H20 featherlite. weighs 42gm, packs down into a little bag, 100% waterproof, on sale at chainreaction £35. money well spent! :)

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=29853

Just remembered I've got one of them too. The fact that I'd forgotten tells you how frequently I've used it.

Never met you Emilia but felt sick when I skipped the text and just saw your picture with RIP.....Thank goodness you will be alright and mend, good luck with the new project.

Ahem. Have edited. Sorry for any alarm caused!

No no no - get the Swrve Milwaukee hoodie! This thread tells you all you need to know: http://www.londonfgss.com/thread7644.html

I have one, and I'm actively looking forward to the weather getting all crap, so that I can wear it.

Emilia get well soon
sorry to hear about your crash
good going though hitting a lamppost
how did you manage that !

Well, the bike hit the lamp post. I hit the road and the kerb. Though there must have been a few other impacts I didn't notice at the time. I have bruises in the strangest places.

the good news
is that now you get to plan your beautiful new bike...;)
Like what colour
Whether it going to be English or Japanese or Italian
What wheels & what group
whether it going to be a hipster or vintage
or a modern urban commute
Rest up and get on velospace
and start dreaming
But you're right - onwards and upwards. (I'm thinking Mercian Professional, emerald green flamboyant, maybe a Surly chainring (for old times' sake), Phil Wood high flange hubs...)

currently going through the same greaving process, taxi pulled out on me last week. Killed my Bob jackson, I'd waited 10 month for it to be delivered, then id only done 200 miles on it before it got wrecked. No matter how much someone say's 'it could have been worse' it doesn't help.
But hey, it could have been worse.

I know, I know, but I'm struggling to imagine how. I'd had the bike for 14 months - just enough time to do a few 1000 miles, have some adventures, and totally fall in love with it. I'd started to make all sorts of plans for the future - I'd just put a rack on it, and was going to promote it to being my long-distance inter-city bike (I've just picked up a boring bog-standard Condor, which will now become my rebound bike), and eventually ride across America on it. And then some. And it rode like a dream - I smiled every time I got on it, and used to glance at it sitting in the corner of my room, and feel all smug that it was mine.

I'd almost rather have broken a few bones. Bones heal - frames don't.

Brief glimpse of chap on a black bike in a yellow cap, going north on Norwood Road, just before 1pm. I was on the bus. :-(

No one's fault but my own - I took a corner too fast on my way into Richmond Park, skidded in the rain, and went straight into a lamp post. I'm fine (cuts and bruises), but my beautiful beautiful Surly has a buckled frame, and will in all likelihood never be ridden again. I am grieving like never before. Bad break-ups have nothing on this. I still can't bring myself to inspect or photograph the damage. :-(

This is it in its former glory...

Would have thought you'd get lots turning up in the back of ambulances..

This rings an unfortunate bell. :-(

...or you could find a girl with strong hands and get her to do it! (Not all girls are weak and wimpy, y'know...)

Have you tried the massaging-it-all-the-way-round thing (oo-er!), then sticking two tyre levers in at the same time and forcing them apart?

(I seem to be talking exclusively in innuendos today.)