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Isn't that 'someone' mostly responsible for starting most of them??

My gut feeling is it would probably be spot on for you assuming 'normal' proportions. According to an online bike fit calculator I need 54 seat tube and 55 top tube based on my proportions (c-c).

Confused on sizing, sorry, what kind of height of rider would this suit?

Actually hold on, is this 54 centre to top? Square?

So about 53 ctc????

54cm. Italian

Im 180cm tall but it would be confortable for taller person too.

Now I'm confused. I'm 175 (5' 9" in old money) and I reckon correct size for me is 54 c-c and figured this frame would be a gnats too small.

It's pretty obvious from the photo what it is and a quick search of images soon found one with the building in the background. I don't think any more clues are necessary. If you want to help it along, perhaps you can arrange for less wind and more sun.

Ha! So few farms in London yet at least 2 share the same connection.

^ T'was indeed a cream bike.

I've not been there, that's just a photo from their website. I could do with a ride today but shopping has been put on my punishment to do list.

Did I spot you at the Elephant and Castle heading into town on Thursday around midday? I was stuck at traffic lights and with a passenger otherwise I'd have given chase and said hi.

Very easy to find. Took me less than 1 minute. Bonus points for getting Jerry in the photo?
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sounds intriguing wvm, more details please!

This was a privately organised ride with 16 of us plus a support van. Day 1 was the toughest with 85 miles to Dover for an early evening ferry followed by a short sprint to our hotel as the light was fading.

Once in France we basically followed the Macmillan London to Paris route. Conveniently this was also signposted almost the entire route we had in our Garmins by orange marker arrows. The second day took us into Arras at around 75 miles with the ride marred only by a few showers and me getting 2 punctures.

Day 3 was to Compiegne, again around 75 miles. The day started off miserably wet, cold and windy. Arm and leg warmers were a welcome addition. Luckily, at worst the wind was little more than a cross wind and there was one magic few miles of dead straight country road across open fields with not a car in sight and with a full on tail wind of some 15 mph. The whole group flew along at around 25 mph with only soft pedalling required to maintain that speed.

Day 4 was the final run into Paris. This was the shortest day of the whole trip in terms of distance and also, aside from the first day, the warmest and driest. The first half continued the theme of country lanes and villages with little or no traffic for the most part. After the lunch stop (back up vans rock!) it was into Paris. We aimed to head in as one and I ended up on the front for the most part. This entailed needing 10 pairs of eyes to watch the road, the traffic lights (Paris has got a few), other traffic, the Garmin for the route and, of course, the rest of the group. This was a bit slow and tedious but, eventually, we all rolled up the Champs Elysees together to the Arc de Triomphe and then onward to the Eiffel Tower. We then rendevoud with the van to load a few bikes, swap kit, drink champers, etc. and then headed to the Gare Du Nord for an evening Eurostar back to normality.

Highlights must be the amazing scenery of the French countryside and the many villages we passed through. Particularly touching was the WW1 cemetries through the Somme area. The French drivers were almost 100% faultless and considerate in their behaviour and the cheers, smiles and waves from so many people along the way was really great.

The route was great with the worse climb being just outside Folkestone. There were a few others along the way but nothing overly demanding. The roads were generally excellent and the traffic levels were amazingly low. I wouldn't hesitate in doing it again.

tl:dr - Do it, you'll love it!

Popped out Saturday morning for a little tootle South Eastwards. 4 days and 300 miles of following a purple line on the Garmin and someone else's orange marker arrows later we arrived here. Awesome ride. Would do again!
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I reckon I pretty much destroyed my left Keo cleat in just 30 minutes of leading a group of 12 riders from the outskirts of Paris to the Arc de Triomphe in the afternoon rush hour.
#freakinghokeycokey!

WTF did I just write?

Bear jel of mad skilz

There's a big lump in my throat right now. Thanks and best wishes to you both!

A bit like looking at the mantlepiece while you're stoking the fire?

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I don't know about the rest of you but I'm regularly acknowledged by cabbies, bus drivers, lorry drivers and even WVM for not riding like an impatient, unpredictable twat. It's nice. I definitely prefer it to making people angry.

True dat.

That one seems to work and in the time it's taken to get the pictures up I've managed to locate it on Google Street View. The hedge is not so neat there.

New tag

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1934&pictureid=13265

Got a bit of an issue with my car.

Passenger footwell is sodden, I lifted the carpet and the padding oozes if I press down on it. I remember seeing some wetness near the sunroof as well, could it be rolling down the inside of the lining?

Can't find any other damp spots

Check the drain holes around the sun roof, they're probably blocked.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?1909676-Have-a-water-leak-MKIV-sunroof-drain-locations

Possibly not. Tho it is just my assumption that these are linked.

Epic fail on my part. I thought the clue had something to do with Creme Eggs...

Scared shitless of roundabouts at the mo following me nearly t-boning a car that failed to spot me aleardy on the roundabout Sunday morning and then seeing another cyclist nearly getting annihilated by a BMW on some kind of a warp factor 10 mission yesterday afternoon.

Going by the clue I'm guessing Cadbury World....

Done and problem solved.

I'm still getting the warning despite only having one session of the forum open. Perhaps I multi added something but never used it. Maybe I need to clear cookies???