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Guy working on his back wheel by Spitalfields. Approx 1PM.

Your (upside down) bike looked like some sort of silver/carbon/aero/incredible creation that I was very curious about... But you looked stressed so I decided not to hassle you.

Nothing positive has come from your article. I'd go as far as to say that it's really ill-advised.

1. It's not an interesting story - Create have been doing the exact same thing for years and as a result are probably the most common bike on the road these days. Also Charge do a very similar thing but to a much higher standard and have won over much of the cycling community with their budget bikes. Either would have been a better subject.
   
2. You've slated a forum which is pretty unequivocally apposed to dangerous bikes and helps a lot of newbies to be safe. (For free.) At the same time you've spotlighted a company churning out poor value, dangerous mechanics (see brake cable pic above) that WILL lead to injury or worse.
   
3. You've contributed, in a national newspaper, to the shitty stereotypes that we all face on the road every day.
   
   

Nice work, Peter.

Last night did I see a gentleman riding a Graham Weigh track bike with a large porteur-style rack on the front? Dalston Junction, 6.45?

If so this impressed me.

SPOTTED:

Shitloads of Spoks this weekend.

I would like to forward the notion that there is a direct correlation between fair weather and Aerospoke-rocking cyclists.

Make of this what you will...

I just found out the Dischord back catalogue is now on Spotify.

So that. LOUD.

Bad vibe. Will keep an eye out. Should be an easy spot if it's still in the area.

Nice geo

Couple on a cool-as-fuck tandem. Hackney Rd, 6.30.

Awesome bike. Looked amazing fun.

I've been rocking the Hardshells for six months. I commute to work every day and I've had one puncture in that time. (Which was a twisted piece of metal.)

Thumbs up.

I need the exact same product!

I've got a Manhattan Portage bag that brilliantly protects my MacBook (also 17") and allows me to fit a single D-lock in there without a problem - but the strap is shit. Even on the tightest setting it flies to the left and right when cornering. It's a great bag but no good for cycling. It needs an additional strap like a courier bag or something...

So yeah - I think you're onto something here.

Oh, really?

Awesome, cheers.

Can all Formula rear hubs accommodate a freewheel? I'm getting mixed info on this from different sources and I was wondering if any of you guys could clear it up for me...

I'm familiar with the concept of flip flop hubs etc and have had a few OTP bikes that have come with a fixed/free rear wheel in the past, but I was told that any Formula hub could accomodate a freewheel - regardless of fixed thread. Is this accurate?

Any advice gratefully received.

I doubt that 5th floor sticker is doing you any favours right now...

no idea. never even heard of them. what the fuck are you on about? what are bikes? utfs!

Searching for 14 yields no results. Jog on.

I went by there earlier on and it looks like it's closing down or moving or something...

Anyone know what the deal is?

I don't think the other 'explanations' of fixed trick riding are altogether fair. I think that apart from it being fun (shock, horror), the appeal lies in the fact that it's a kind of acrobatics on bikes. Not everyone is naturally into 'traditional' applications of cycling, e.g. long-distance riding or road racing. Some people are naturally more interested in performing acrobatically. It broadens out the appeal of cycling.

Sorry, I didn't phrase it properly. I wasn't really asking what they were doing, I was wondering why what they were doing was so unbelievably shit.

Maybe I'm coming at this from the wrong angle, but I find street BMX to be really engaging. It makes fixed trick riding look like poop.

Jesus H Christ. Is that kind of stuff what this whole gang beef is over......why do people want to see a video of people doing wheelies and bunnyhops? Its like the MTB videos i used to make 15 years ago (ie rubbish)!

Lolz at that video.

Can someone explain fixed-gear trick riding to me? Because it seems to have a pretty huge following and yet the standard of tricks is (generally) absolutely horrendous.

Lolzzzzz

I like it! I kind of wish it didn't have the Genesis stickers but you've done a bloody good job.

That De Rosa is my dream bike...

Who on earth owns that amazing metallic blue Faggin parked directly outside my work on Curtain Rd?

Seriously... Wow.

Good price

^^^ Well into that

I just cycled past Dalston Junction. Came straight on here praying it wasn't what it looked like.

Of course it was. Very sad.

Spotted ten minutes ago:

Dude on a white track bike - possibly Bob Jackson - riding directly into an idiot pedestrian crossing Kingsland Road (Dalston/Ridley Road Saturday mong-fest.) You were right buddy. Next time give him something to remember you by.