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It's generally not a good idea to buy stolen goods, even with the honourable intention of returning them to the owner. There have been some cases in which people have done this, sometimes at the owner's request, and the bikes have been returned to the owners, but at the end of the day the thief will have got what they wanted, the owner or the buyer will be out of pocket, and often it proves impossible to trace the owner. The police will also potentially not be able to catch the thief in possession of the stolen bike. Obviously, you can't always take a stand on principle, and in some cases the owner will be desperate enough to pay money to get their bike back, but generally you should avoid the temptation. Report such incidents to the Cycle Task Force instead (contact details here) so that they can carry on building up a picture, e.g. they might get three reports of this bloke trying to sell to people in that spot and try to catch him in the act.

I see your point. More needs to be done to solve the root of the problem but if my bike was stolen and somebody in my situation last night, had their suspicions, bought the bike, posted on here and it somehow made it back to me, i'd be happy to pay the £40 to get it back.

I appreciate the good intention but most stolen bikes don't make it home

I was drunk so this is a bit vague. Walking home from the Princess Victoria on Uxbridge Road last night bloke tried to sell me what looked to be a very nice trick bike for 40 quid outside the John Snow shop.

I don't know much about bikes like this but it looked nice. Red frame white fork and ridiculous fat headset and wide bars. Kept telling me it was legit and did I want it because he needed to buy electricity! Man and bike didn't fit together.

I'd have taken it off him if I had the cash on me because I'm convinced he'd nicked it.

really?

There's another 74km off TT's to come, during which Wibbles will wipe the floor with Niggles and Hesjedal-if anything Evans is more of a threat atm.

As long as he doesn't have any more crashes or upsets in the mountains he's still very much going to be in the mix.

Don't see him being in pink after tomorrow and I think he'll lose more time in the mountains.

Just a feeling. Hope I'm wrong

I made up the first bit. I think the second bit is probably true

Sky have removed coverage now Wiggins is out of contention

Tomorrow's meant to be tough, maybe see some of the big guns show what they've got to give, wonder whether Paolini can hold onto the pink jersey

Just read he says he's going to ride tomorrow like a one day classic to hold on to the pink for one more day knowing it's gone after the ITT on Saturday

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/14539/Giro-dItalia-Overall-leader-Paolini-believes-Wiggins-is-in-great-condition.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+velonation_pro_cycling+%28Cycling+News+%26+Race+Results+%7C+VeloNation.com%29

Explains why Moyes has started wearing a suit on match days this season

Why's Wiggins not given the same time given the crash that hed him up was inside 3k?

Just seen the overhead. What a beast!

Beast!

Only £17.50 inc shipping. Gracias!

Hi

I'm looking for some SM-SH70 cleats for SPD 7410

The ones with zero float.

Can only find them in The States and don't want to pay twice the cost of the cleats for shipping

Thanks

What a fucking beautiful bike

Ah memories... My second home for about 5 years at the early part of the last decade. Used to be a great pub. Amazing beer garden

No idea if it's any good but I love the look of this Van Nicholas fork

http://www.fatbirds.co.uk/19932/products/van-nicholas-vnt-slr-carbon-road-fork.aspx

Bloody hell!

I've heard quite a lot of this over the past few weeks. Drivers have pretty much always had to conserve some aspect of the car, whether it be fuel, tyres, engines, whatever. The only time that I know of where it was proper all out racing was around/just after 2000 where people were just banging out quali laps for the entire race and it was a boring procession because the fastest cars qualified at the front and drove off. And everybody whinged about it.

Even back in the "glory days" of Senna, Prost, Mansell etc., how many times did you see someone charging through the field with a fresh set of tyres racing the guys in front with old rubber and running on fumes because they'd went too hard to soon.

I like seeing drivers put under the pressure of something that seems impossible to understand at the start of the season yet by the end of the season everyone's got it sussed and are complaining that the tyres last too long. You know, just like last season.

Conservation on the resources has always been a part of F1 racing. It's not going to change. If you don't like it, go watch drag racing or old videos of Schumacher leading a boring procession for 2 hours, exciting stuff!

In the early part of the last decade the boring races you remember were because of the most dominant driver for a generation and a series of pliant team mates in the best car on the grid. Grooved tyres (another failed F1 gimmick) also didn't help, by reducing cornering speeds, limiting late breaking and not giving much traction when close to the car in front.

There is an enormous difference between drivers managing tyres over a race distance and using tyres that last less than 10 laps regardless of the driving style. It's stupid.

Tyres are the biggest leveller in Formular 1 and I'd just like to see less of the wacky races 'innovations'. And you can throw DRS into that too

Gonna be interesting tomorrow. Vettel on different tyres will be right up there but that Mercedes looks incredibly well balanced.

Rather boringly I think it'll be won on tyre strategy.

I do wish they'd remove all these barriers that prevent drivers from racing on pure speed and talent. What is the fucking point of a tyre that lasts 7/8 laps

A man with a piece of ham on his head - ahmed
A man with two pieces of ham on his head - Muhammad
A man with two pieces of ham on his head standing between two houses - Muhammad Ali

apologies if this is a repost: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/09/russell-brand-margaret-thatcher

russell brand in talking sense shocker

Read that last night. Not a fan but that is brilliantly written

And another n00b q, so Continental Sprinters are fantastic tires according to this.thread.

My bike is a vintage beastie, so old school gumwalls would possibly look better. However, current stock seems all black. Are there any alternatives with gumwall equally p_nctr resistant?

I use Veloflex Roubaix. Amazing tyres!

http://www.velo-motion.com/Race-Components/Tires-Tubular/Veloflex-Roubaix-Tubular::21.html

That Peugeot looks like an old BSA I has rusting in the garden which I decided was too much work.

Would love to have a look at the other one

Thanks

Rahm Emanuel. Obama's first chief of staff.

His brother is a hollywood agent and supposedly the basis for Ari Gold in Entourage

It's true he gets a little over enthused about veganism, but he is an icon of the era nonetheless.

For songwriting yes.

Game over anyway-Morrisey has spoken

''Thatcher was a Terror without an Atom of Humanity''

The problem there is every time Morrisey opens his mouth for anything other than a song shit comes pouring out.

This is a man who said what goes on in McDonalds and KFC is worse than the massacre in Utoya