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Bavarian? Not really. It's in an italic (as in Italian/Latin) cursive pen style rather than a Germanic blackletter style:

The red type on the left is considerably more German, being DIN (Deutsche Industrie Norm, the typeface used on German road signs etc.).

I personally have no problem with it as a logo, by the way (apart from finding it ugly), the point I was making is that it's an illustration of how much we expect a slick, technical-looking logo on stuff. Especially bike kit.

Amateurish, in that it's been typed out using a very default-looking font rather than having been crafted as a bespoke logotype. It works as a logo in that it's distinctive and they use it consistently.

I am pro.

The Lightweight logotype is amateurish, and quite ugly, but I do find it funny when people positively demand a slick corporate logo on products. "It's just not calculated enough for me. How am I supposed to know that I fit into their target demographic? Other people might mistake me for a consumer who buys poorly marketed goods when in reality I have a highly developed taste in corporate branding."

Sorry Oliver, "GET OUT OF THE FUCKING CARRIAGEWAY" just doesn't scan.

I am quite fond of a bit of polished stainless steel, like this Roberts 953 downtube:

It's such a distinctive frame, I'm surprised no-one's spotted it yet. Maybe it's lying in some thief's back yard because he found it impossible to ride.

Eyes = peeled.

Does not compute in the brave new world of east end semi-gastro pubs. A decent burger wouldn't go amiss though. The steak sandwich was very Rapha.*

• i.e., nice but pricey
  

Good looking build, Mattty.

Not sure I would call those TIG welds a "classic look" but I guess a large proportion of the target market don't give one since it has CHROMEZ and OLD SCHOOL MINIMALIST RIVETZ SADDLE (which is as squashy as your average hybrid's).

Decent enough bike though. A friend has the 2010 red one and it's alright for an OTP.

almost made me kick my tv

He/she has a bike collection like a bag of Skittles.

Ouch. Were they round steel track forks that weren't designed for brakes...?

A couple of weeks ago I did yell GET OUT OF THE FUCKING ROAD to some teenage tourist who was with his family and wandered into the road - despite seeing me coming - in order to prove how grown up he was. His sister laughed at him. Result.

... and fixies

It's the latest version of freerunning, I believe they call it "freestanding".

I once worked in 'Record and Tape exchange' in Notting Hill. We eventually were rude to everyone, because so many people came in expecting to get good money for their Gary Numan record collections in all their resplendent and varying coloured vinyl.

I worked there one summer. Depressing. There was a seemingly infinite number of people who would come in and ask to look at the "special" CDs in the locked cabinets, examine them at great length while I have to stand there making sure they don't run off with them, and then not buy anything.

I did a few shifts in the videogame one as well. That was a bit more of a laugh since it was basically deserted and we would "test" old GameBoys and Vectrexes at length.

I have a wee little saddle bag that takes a tube, levers and a multitool, and I mount a mini-pump on the frame. I know this is against The Rules but it allows me to fill my jersey pockets with the sausage rolls and cans of fizzy pop I need to see me through one of my "epic" 20-mile weekend rides.

The Captain Kidd's not a bad pub. Would they let us take bikes through and out the back? I'm not worried about locking my beater up out front but having seen some of your bikes last week I'm guessing you might not all be down with that...

I'm surprised Rapha haven't added a storage bottle to their range yet.

They're still writing the story to print on the inside of it.

Trans: "for endangering life by persistent throwing of bicyclists over handlebars"

I'm sure this is more to your liking.

That must be the first time I've seen a bike that clashes with gravel.

A really neat thing is the elastic strap for holding the laces in place to stop them falling into the chain.

This is a very good idea. I quite like toeclips & straps so I can avoid walking around in disco slippers, but generally wear velcro/slip-ons as I have a great fear of laces coming undone and getting caught in a fixed drivetrain at speed. Will have to check those Mission shoes out.

Oh no, wait. You mean THIS one.

Amazing scenes.

Disclaimer: that was a joke, do not file out your gold Phil hubs.

Maybe.

I can't wait to see these wheels. Are the rims gold too? Please let them be gold.