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And down I go! In a soggy puddly painful heap. Was actually enjoying my soaking spin round Viccy Park en route to work until I made the schoolboy error of imagining that the road would do what I hoped under a muddy flood. One pot hole later and Ive gone from 20 - 0 and am sitting in 3 inches of water going 'sssssss aaaaaaah sssssss aaaaaaah'. Fair play to the picture of serenity and calm who cruised up to me on his 3 speed to see if I was ok. Now I ache... And I have no milk... And I don't want to limp to the shop. Shitter!

yep.

am i the only person who thinks that yehuda moon cartoons are about as funny as a fart in a space suit? do we have to find them funny because they are about bikes?

Are they supposed to be funny? I have to say though that a fart in a space suit is in every sense funny.

is there a difference between rear and front vbrake calipers?
(apart from the length of cable required to operate)

http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2011-01-16

Topical!

Just think it's a nice bit of co supporting forum love. I like it when people give other people things for free, it's nice.

I'm welling up here chaps!

I'm a bit past it tbh... Spent my 20s intoxicating myself and eating lots. Did no exercise at all. Now every day on the bike feels like everest.

Did a couple of laps of Viccy park then went to Sainsbury's, now I'm at work. Lovely morning, but I'm so damned unfit! 10 miles at an average of 15mph (geared / most of which off street with no stopping except for over excited staffies / owners). That's pretty sluggish right?

That's a pea... possibly from the Hipster thread. Apparently he's a model and it was temporary for a shoot. Still a mahooooosive fail though.

When you say demo maps are available, what does that entail? A new SD would be 33 quid. Just trying to establish how usable this is. Is it effectively a large speedo / cadence comp?

Good result. Is the tide turning? It sounds like the fuzz are actually beginning to regard bike theft as an actual crime for a change?

Tell us more... Where did they uncover this haul?

This resolved yet?

I suppose I'm wondering broadly whether a (worthwhile) change in legislation would be more sympathetically received if it were accompanied by a campaign encouraging everyone to remember to calm the fuck down and try not to crash into each other?

Added to which I would still maintain that a bobby or two pulling up crappy noddy cyclists and suggesting improvements or training wouldn't hurt. (I bet that will go down like a ton of shit on here though!)

Maybe.. I'd rather that not be the solution, but a general atmosphere of education is needed... car and truck drivers as a priority of course. I agree with the base of the OP in that too often a driver is behind the wheel of a 2 ton danger box without acknowledging the responsibility they have to be patient around riders... Remember those cheapo ads in the 80s telling people how to behave around horses on the roads or the more recent "Think Bike" motorcycle campaign? Time for some stuff like that I reckon.

Hmmm...

What about shit cyclists who are at fault in road incidents / shit peds who are at fault for collisions with bikes and so on? Am I the only one not looking forward to spring brining a mass increase of dodgy cyclists winding up our fellow road users and creating odd, noddy packs which dive sheeplike into vulnerable / selfish places on the road? I'd say that all road users have a responsibility. I'm not excusing dangerous or aggressive driving, but it simply cannot be a case of pre-ordained hierarchy can it?

1. Kingcutter +25 (great service on every transaction) - super professional + fast delivery + great packaging + just what it says on the tin..
   
2. RetroDiCorsa +13 He is the Man!
   
3. broken_777 +5 Excellent speedy wheel builds at a great price and mega strong
   
4. socialamnesia +5 (very Excellent - total dude- more than helpful. cannot fault.)
   
5. Joe1983 +3
   
6. East End Images +3 very cheap and very quick, a lovely chap
   
7. Benjybars +2
   
8. Hilarystone (of course-he's like the lfgss Tesco, but better) +16
   
9. PeterV +6 (extremely helpful)
   
10. zieleman +3
    
11. Tel +13 - friendly, fast and fantastic packaging,
    
12. Rik +4
    
13. Andy.W
    
14. Varno +6 (throughly nice chap)
    
15. Arup +2
    
16. Simplex NL +9 (extremely nice and an excellent bike packer)
    
17. Dogsballs wheel builds -alarmingly quick but good wheel builds) +2
    
18. Pistoffski +7 (A belated thanks for the Dave Quinn. Pleasure to meet you.)
    
19. Roy Airs
    
20. Pistanator +1
    
21. Fox
    
22. Roberto (example to follow) +2
    
23. Jermaine Jackson
    
24. Carl
    
25. Forms
    
26. Philosovril
    
27. Archie's Grobags +3
    
28. Nuknow +4
    
29. Platini
    
30. colnago_costa +13 (lovely guy, didn't shout at me for being early!)
    
31. Temper_Temper
    
32. velocipede65
    
33. JIMMEH (very quickly delivered.) +1
    
34. dmczone +4 (very professional and good service)
    
35. teenslain +1 top sowf london geezer
    
36. snowyagain
    
37. spaghettihoops +2
    
38. RPM
    
39. horatio +1
    
40. jonny
    
41. Virgil +3 Great price and well packaged - cheers!
    
42. Andypancake +2 Absolute gent... and some nice goodies. Ta fella.
    
43. Tito Jackson +1
    
44. Steelarts +1 This guy sure knows how to pack a bike.
    
45. Dirty Harry +2 (and his brother)
    
46. Janet Jackson
    
47. TheBrick(Tommy)
    
48. Michael Jackson
    
49. dr fast
    
50. RIH (bought bike very well packed from Holland) +553. provenrad-agreed-(bought campy bits)
    
51. Prince
    
52. Germaneddie - bought lots of stuff from him at jumbles and other places. very helpful and good prices +2
    
53. Fixado
    
54. Harry Major
    
55. Philxthomas
    
56. Dalester
    
57. Tilover +1
    
58. Faso
    
59. Tee Tee
    
60. Buddha Fingaz
    
61. Reginald (bought bars months ago - v helpful)
    
62. andyfallsoff
    
63. maxcrowe (traded seatpost + bought some sweet S75's)
    
64. Fruit (Just one of the most helpful people) +1
    
65. darstachy (spent £300+ in one go, did exactly as he said he would)+1
    
66. SoperRiva - Cannot BELIEVE he's not on this list yet! Some of the bargains I've had over the years..... sheds tear +1 fo' sho'
    
67. Aroogah +1
    
68. The Bonk +4
    
69. Crows
    
70. knowthejo
    
71. Erikfox, bike came very well packaged from Holland and was very helpful +2
    
72. IDOnothing
    
73. Downlo - Quicker than Wiggle.
    
74. Bikejunk
    
75. KLM - genuinely nice guy, I rate him
    
76. Jessberry, nextday delivery
    
77. XMAN
    
78. Flowmont
    
79. Berniebike, great communication, frame packed brilliantly, next day delivery ace
    
80. Danb - kept me up to date, well packaged and pretty speedy all things considered.
    
81. Yap
    
82. Robertoegg
    
83. WjPrince
    
84. Benjybars
    
85. Gregorio - Nice wheels as promised, friendly Pm's, and delivery was swift. Cheers ears. +1
    
86. B'jammin - super helpful, thanks for the rims!
    
87. 36x18 - brilliant service, really quick wheel build turn around :) +2
    
88. gregorio - excellent service!
    
89. Sirf - couple of things weren't originally perfect and he fixed it up! great guy.
    
90. Björn - They say good service only shows when something goes wrong; in this case inept couriers ;)
    
91. Yorkiefix: great deal, came real quick
    
92. harv4130 - not only did he post me a cog for free/gratis/nada, he then sorted me a nice stem out for super cheap.
    
93. Rodolfo
    
94. catfood - bargain wheels and even brought them to Souths for me
    
95. Maelstrom
    
96. Pifko
    99 Lew_redd - fast delivery, well packaged and even got insurance on the posting of the frame
    
97. MrLemon - really helpful and well priced, worked around my schedule to meet
    
98. Bespokebicycle - exactly as the label on the tin. Many thanks.
    
    

A plus for Pistanator. Nice chap. Cared about what he was selling. Handled dibs and pricing very fairly and some good free advice too. Cheers

I too have a skull cap. Without the helmet on I look like the Spanish inquisition. Not a good look.

Bald folk, who sweat alot like them.

I'm bald... And I sweat alot... But I think it's wanky!

^ there's positively nothing 'reasonable' about that thing!

sweet, will pop in at lunch and check it out

They should have a big stack of variously sized mass produced raw wood jobs, which you can paint / stain or leave as they are.

That said, what size you after? I've got half a dozen used Atlantis frames (don't use ready mades anymore) at work. 45mm deep box, tulip wood, 285 x 235mm. About 20 quid a pop in Atlantis. You can have the lot for 40 collected from Mile End. Pm me if they're any use.

Atlantis Art Supplies off Brick Lane.

Alienmo
I had a think about your plight last night and remembered a load of tools which my father in law left me. Came to work this morning and sure enough I discover I have a small electric angle grinder. It's a 600w 115mm job with no decent disks on it. I'm in mile end and you're more than welcome to borrow it if it's not too late and you've headed south already. I'll PM you my phone and you can txt / bell me if you want to.

Alienmo was that you I saw in Evans Spitalfields this morning looking mightily cheesed off? I have to say I noticed you plight and did wonder what the hell you were going to do about it. Bummer that you'll end up having to fork out for a new abus when you finally sort it too. Good luck with it. I hope it works out!

Dibs the ATAT!