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More like Shitter Island...

... Or Shut-Eye Island.

I lent him my box of matches to light his pipe I've just realised.

You're welcome, Gregory McEwan!

My ridiculous Tweed Run build which I finished last Friday in a blind panic.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1865&pictureid=10359

Going to do some more work to it to make it more comfortable — and safer!
Still fairly chuffed as it's my first ever build.

I had a wonderful time. It was a truly unique experience and I feel privileged to have been able to ride with a group of such lovely and bonkers people.

Spoke to a few people, sadly none from the board as far as I can tell. The velocino was definitely a massive highlight, as were the plethora of other wonderful contraptions.

Thank you so much to all the organisers and marshals.

And I hope whoever it was who lost their red Brompton at the ending party got it back. A bit of shit news during an otherwise unparalleled day to ride out on.

Bleh... My post was uninteresting so deleted it.

Man of mystery and all that.

Cigarellos or woodbines would be acceptable, I would have thought.
Big fat businessman cigars are tough to pull off without looking like a nobber, I think.

I'll be sporting a pipe, but unfortunately I'm rubbish at smoking them. Looks better than Mayfair Lights though.

Herringbone — yay or nay?

1. ChainBreaker
   
2. OldSkoolRacer
   
3. Fox
   
4. Soul
   
5. Japeseye
   6.
   

Aye aye! Chatting to other, similarly attired strangers, is all part of the experience. It’s part of the point of fancy dress surely.
I've only met two people from this board, neither of whom are going, and my mate missed out on a ticket, so I'll definitely be doing as these chocolates suggest:

Terrible. This entire case has been devastating from beginning to end.
Sincerest best wishes to the Elders.

Also very excited. I'm anticipating looking very dapper indeed, but the only tweed I will be wearing will be on my head in the form of a 8 panel cap. I hope I don't get marks docked for tweed paucity.

Popped in to see Mr Sargent this weekend for chainset and pair of caliper brakes. Bike is almost there now, but I've got less than a week to build it and some parts are still on order from The Old Bicycle Company and SJS. Fingers crossed!

Ivan, these are just your opinions. There have been many studies carried out by academics and professionals which take into consideration both side’s arguments. Their analysis holds far more water than your poorly worded and repetitive cautionary tales.

The thing both sides agree on is that you can’t account for every last wanker on the road. The point you are making is abundantly clear: it’s better to have some protection than none. That’s the decision you arrived at, mainly through internal logic, and that’s fine.

The road would be a far safer (and better looking) place if we all paid a lot of attention and encouraged potential cyclists to take cycle training instead of jabbering about foam banana hats and fluoro socks.

This is such a fucking cul-de-sac of a thread now.

Much like Deacon Mews.

I blame the parents.
And blame culture.

One of the nicest things about London is that you've got estates in posh areas and posh streets in poorer areas. Everybody getting all up in everybody else's grill (or pussyhole if you prefer).

Please merge this thread with the helmet thread and flush them both down the loo? (That's right, I've got a wooden 'loo' seat... Proper middle class Newington Green dweller.) (Actually, that's not true, but I do like artisan cafes and use Radio 4 as aural wallpaper.)

^ Sexy

I always wear gloves because the hands tend to go down first. And the elbows, knees and hips, but I'm not about to start wearing a Michelin Man suit.

I don't wear a helmet as often as I should, considering I fairly quickly on my commute. For jaunts to the shops or park, it wouldn't cross my mind to wear a helmet, since I'll be doing around 10mph.

Helmets to my mind are effective in the same way gloves are: as a protective layer preventing road rash. It may help a little with regards to blunt force trauma, but they're not designed for monumental crashes.

It's miserable having sore hands and gloves are a lot smaller and less stupid looking than helmets. I really should wear the helmet more when on longer journeys or when I'm in a rush.

More talk of the sports cave please.

Poor old Smiley.
He was brilliant.

You're both right.

Saying "just get a Fahg Mini and an Evo Mini" is misleading, because people have different types of frame, different anchor objects, different ways of carrying their locks and different budgets.

However, the first post of the thread is all the information you need if you're simply after security – and frankly, what else is a lock for? Dan's correct in that respect.

The best thing to do is probably let people ask questions, point out what they need to consider and the consequences of not getting it right, then let them make their own mistakes if they want to tie their bikes up with a skipping rope.

these things have a chance to jump across borders. 'oh, country a has done this and that, let's do it, too.'

there's no reason for complacency--there are plenty of people pushing helmet compulsion, some well-meaning, some less so (e.g. Commercial interests wanting to sell more tat to people). It's very important to counter this at every opportunity.

^^^ now 'ear dis!!!

To all young brainless men who think they're off of one of those 2 More Faster, 2 More Furiouser films, careening all over the fucking road and getting all up in my rectal passage like a BMW shaped dildo: I hope you all Tokyo Drift yourselves into a tree and wake the fuck up.

Any kind of hat is utterly moronic. THe only practical hat is the beanie, but for some reason i hate them the most. I would and could never wear a beanie, I don't know why but some people are just beanie people. Same sort of person would probably have slippers or a dressing gown or other similarly stupid useless paraphernalia pissing me off. Probably bearded too; shave it off, get on with it, do that up, walk properly, pick your feet up, finish your sentences, take that fucking hat off tit

*A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
*— P. J. O'Rourke

I see! Old Kent Road. I just call Old Kent Road 'Old Kent Road' even if it means typing out Old Kent Road in full. But I can understand that if you're typing Old Kent Road a lot, then typing 'Old Kent Road' instead of 'OKR' could take up lots of valuable time.

Thanks, Oliver.