right, i'm gonna buy one, follow you and overtake you at every opportunity*.

*whilst texting my friend, and eating noodles (with chopsticks).

i don't quite get it.

i think it's meant to be funny though, isn't it?

yep, sorry about the complicated words.

ok... i forgive you..

i had to go back to work today after seven weeks off and as a result i feel really retarded.

man, i would love to have your job!!

I saw two cases of The White Langster today, both might I add ridden by messengers.

viral marketing at work?

I quite like this one:


NY is fuck ugly though, as are the other two.

is that a chainring or a grinding saw?

mates in evans more like.

staff discount + beer% = a very cheap bike.
cheap so it doesn't matter if it gets nicked/smashed, strong enough for courier work, reasonably light.

two fingers up to bike snobs too.

Viral marketing my ass, not if they read this thread.

Plus with bike shop mates you would just get a flyer at £298 or a normal langster for £255.

i think some of those langsters are quite ok bikes if you look at them as ss bikes rather than compact geometry wannabe track bikes.
btw i love s works stuff, and that includes the frameset...is it wrong?
p.s. anyone noticed hoe the chicago one sez gangster instead of langster?

i see that guy on the roads a bit, he looks about 12, and is never at the snow or an ally cat, but if i had a bike like that i would hide it too... god save the queen on the rear triangle urrrg

Saw one this morning. Have been biting my tongue, since I think it's a bit snobby to diss them. But fsck me, it's horrible. (Murtle's, on the other hand, is a very good specimen).

why thankyou mouse...8^)

and twice as light as your bike :p

That's two threads in a row that I've read that have dissed Mouse's bike as being heavy. Leave off him - she's a beauty Mouse.

and dogs..it's not a polo bike

yours definately is a work horse. but for mouse's bike condor made a special tubing with 2mm walls

I'm gonna start getting a complex here ;oP

so those stories about awkward customers getting lead poured into their frames are true then..

Saw one of the Langsters in Evans today.

That paint job is awful.

Maybe it's a great ride. I think we'll have to change the old joke about why ugly birds are like scooters, and compare them with these things.

Imagine if you had just bought one and then you read all this.... ouch

you've summed up 103.58978% of bike riding culture in London with that, hippy :)

You are 145% correct there asm.

It is not lead, it is pepperami.

The only problem with the London Langster is the paint job, a quick respray and you have a pretty decent bike for £400.

great to see one in the flesh at bike polo today. everyone was very polite indeed. i commented on the rather small 42t "messenger sugino" chainring.

Nothing wrong with a 42T..

I saw a Wrongster at the London Freewheel today, along with what I thought was Yorgo's ride, until I spotted it was a white IRO, freewheel with two orange deep-v and orange tyres.. and ridden by a 10 year-old :)

what? did I start a pre-teen trend?

y

Dunno man, but I spotted it and thought it was you until I noticed both wheels were orange and it was actually an IRO.. you're gonna have to sell yours now.. or destroy the kid's bike :)

Or do a "Maddy" on him.. sorry bad joke

Ooohh
(Ok, I still laughed.. :))

The Langster comes with puncture resistant tires, doesn't it?

That's sold it for me! I'm going to buy one today! Woo!

had two more punctures since then. so maybe i should investigate
Saw a "wrongster" (oh how I laughed when I first read that - but only the 2007 model mind) in the window of another evans - don't ask, and i take back what I said about the rims and the hubs, they have this really flat matt surface. Doesn't sparkle or shine like you think they should. From a distance nice to look at but up close just not doing it for me. I'm all about the shiny anodized parts me... ;-P

If anybody's on the forum and you've brought one, don't worry about what we say, ride it and enjoy it. Opinions make th world go round, and we're only laying into it until another mass produced bike comes along, then we'll give that one a good kicking as well...