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"face of arse". That could be applied to a few members of the current cabinet. Imho.

Whilst not ideal, I can usually find the item. Click on the link and look at the address in the browser. In the middle is a text bit which is clearly the title of the item, copy that bit and search eBay for it. Usually it comes back with the right item.

Like I say, pita, but you can do it.

Decided to go with cantilevers in the end. Had to buy a new fork to have enough space for the canti hanger.. which is no big deal, I think I wanted the extra height anyway. Wish I had thought for a second though, got new Pompino forks (for a Pomp frame, only £20 at the mo) but I maybe should have got some nice straight forks, which does give the whole thing a more aggressive look. But I think I would have had trouble finding anything for £20, so they will do for now.

Railling? Just get all Danny McAskill on it.

(not sure if that is how to spell his name, too lazy to check)

I will henceforth ride a bike with three brakes, as a way of making amends. Pictures to follow.

Uhoh.

Word.

Why not just close it? Leave it as a memorial to... don't know what. Can't think of a good word.

There was a thread recently where some guy was trying to drum up interest in what seemed to be PUA group training sessions. Going out along Oxford Street and hassling girls for their numbers, doing press ups in the street, hanging out with people like that sort of thing. Got pretty roundly flamed by all the peeps on here. I guess everyone on LFGSS is just so innately attractive to the opposite sex (or otherwise) that they just can't empathise with people for whom it is not like that. I tried to UTFS it, but couldn't find it.

These people would be better off waiting behind till it's safe to go forward on the right.

A digression really but, yeah, they should not have been on the left. But, if you were on the left of a lorry, and it looked to be moving toward you and you were going to get squashed, would you, (A) not move, as you should not have been on the left anyway or (B) do whatever, including jumping on the pavement, to get out of the way and save yourself from becoming roadkill.

Me, I would do nothing, and make a note to self to not move up the left side of a lorry next time. No, really, I would, my life is a litany of poor decision making.

Not always a silly idea. I am sure I have heard accounts of people popping up to avoid being squished by lorries. Yeah, they should not have been on the left anyway but still.

Seriously, I generally ride the curb, and don't use pavements as shortcuts... but I would do it in this case, just to get the chance to laugh at the guy. Might not always be able to go round the right, depends on traffic.

OK, that's a good compromise. In that it doesn't do any permanent damage, yet would probably really annoy him (or her?). It is usually the case that people like this do not like you "touching their car". They see it as a personal affront. I got told once to not rest a styrofoam cup on someone's car as it showed "lack of respect".

Edit: Checked the original post, it is a him.

My most likely response would have been to bump up the kerb, go round him, bump down again, have a good look into his windscreen, and laugh at him before riding off.

^ Yes he has.

Edit: Would I hit his mirror? No I wouldn't. But I would not think (that) badly of someone who did.

Oh, I wouldn't be able to guess miles, well OK.. I commute llike 5 miles per day, and it would be about a year with these on, I think, so 35 miles per week (allow for some weekend errands).. prods calculator... wow! About 1,750 miles. Seems a lot, but have a look at the pictures, which is the least worn of the two. I would say it still has a reasonable amount of tread on it (them).

@Woah Cats, thanks. No single amusing incident then.. oh well.

I agree with the above, it is probably flipper floppers who have turned it round to go SS, so now they are SS with one brake. I am trying to remember... the first bike I built (recently - but I used to do it all the time as a kid) was a flip flop (was intrigued by the idea of it). I tried it fixed for a few weeks, fine but I missed freewheeling (for me, is the point of riding a bike, almost) so switched it over to SS. I cannot recall if that meant I was SS/SB or not? It might have been, as I still have a single brake at home, which I think is the one I didn't use from a set. If so, I am sorry.

Cost me about £160 to build the bike - conversion of an old Raleigh, 27" wheels, re-laced the rear rim onto a flip-flop, sold it for £50 through the bay. Was a bargain for someone, I hope they are still enjoying it.

csb/

Mark, see post below yours. dj is right, they are 29 x 2.10 which would be 700x53c in new money.

dj, no they are not tubeless, that is, they require tubes. I re-used the tubes with the twin halos which I replaced them with - since I use the bike for commuting at the moment. Where in London are you?

this might interest you.

I know all this, but fair enough for pointing it out.

But you can afford an interventionist foreign policy?

What? I can afford an interventionist foreign policy? I can't afford a foreign holiday. Who is this "you". If you mean, "us" the British (not sure where you are), then yeah, we should have left the Americans to it. It was their fight as far as I could tell. Don't know we got involved. But that is definitely a different conversation.

Ah. Cannot go to On One and lust that at the mo as their site is down.

I mean, fuck me, I am already busy supporting a handful of failing banks and thousands of overfed bankers with second and third homes in Europe. I do not have the financial capacity left for 11 kids, a horse and fucking flying lessons.

I know >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rant thread.

Council do have a duty of care, that's right. And I am not a Tory, but this sort of thing does perplex me. I work, so each commitment I enter into has to be weighed up, and that includes having another child (I have three, so no more, but hypothetically speaking). I have to do that, so why should someone who is living on benefits, that is my tax, not have to make the same decisions? We pay benefits based on someone's needs, but I think there should be a maximum - why is it right that there needs can keep on being met as they expand (to 11 fucking kids for fuck's sake!), and continue to be met indefinitely, whereas mine can only be met up to a point - i.e the limits of my paypacket?

I would love to hear someone explain why?

^lots, Yup, that was a fail

Don't think it's been posted in here

Had to set it up for commuting again at the moment but lookin to get the challenge tyres back on and do some proper fixed off road miles soon.

What's that frame? Is it a Pompino? Not pomp forks though?

^^ Turns out we all own horse.

the mums didn't use the word cunt once
what wrong with them

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