hey man, i was on a maroon coloured peugot conversion with no bartape. lost you in all that heavy traffic around holborn but then spotted you again as I pursued you through the hyde park corner underpass...nice riding ;)

thanks! been practising! Cool will look out for you next time on the way to work. Maybe a quick race under the hyde park underpass!

saw someone on a fixed gear around furzedown in tooting, on a green conversion with bullhorns/no tape, campy front rim laced to non descript huba and a goldtec rear. anyone?

How about the hermit's cave for south drinks, camberwell? :)

Yeah yeah i know it's 5 mins from my house. Good beer but nowhere to park an abundance of bikes. Oh and it's in Camberwell.

Spotted a pink [b]PINK bridgestone locked up outside spamalot about 2 oclock. I hope the owner was nearby - 1 cheap looking D-lock through just the frame = VERY BAD IDEA.

yeah spotted that bike (i think, could there be two rediculously bright pink bridgestones around?) going down upper street through angel at around 3ish.

it had risers and a plastic bag over the seat (but i guess the owner takes that off to ride it)

Aidan, were you having a pint in the John Snow last night?

Aha! If on Sunday t'was me and a mate.. riding 'off-road' on 25s and 44x16 was a good laff.
You should have shouted - I almost bought that dekerf!

yeah, that was my pink bridgestone. its an abus d lock...and it was a vanity bag on the saddle.. are abus locks a bit shit then? I've got a one of those big black chain things, also abus i think, if i used both would that be better.. What's the best thing to lock a bike with (damn it, my comments on this forum are always the dorkiest)

I say the sun in clapham old town, has out door bit with heaters and you can keep ya bike with you. lets do it. before i move from south to east

+1 to what em says, though i prefer the Prince of Wales across the way from the Sun, but yes, let's sort before i too head from south to (back) east

are you trying to sort out 7 days drinking ventures jonny?????

366 days this year murtle - i love the leap years ;)

yeeeeeeehhhhaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr!! come on jonny :)

let's sort it then

know those pubs very well.

from like, yeards ago

rpm, go to westie drinks u grumpy git. if nimbhus can get his fat ass there, surely you can!!

haha

don't go north of the river that time of night sonny, especially if Hippy doesn't go

hippy??? forgot what he looks like

Fat ugly guy. Talks with an annoying accent.

you described everyone bar me!

rpm, that is soft!!

POW better than the Sun. Fewsflash: Clapham full of cunts.

Metallic orange frame with an anodised purple rear rim (I think?) and white arrospok on the front, just past 333 lastnite at about 1:30. Anyone on here? I see that bike all the time!

Well hello! It is me, David, of strange orange IRO fame! So, here's the explanation: I upturned the pursuit horns to give me a bit of a rise while i'm waiting for a shorter (60mm) stem to arrive in the post.
the long stem from my old bike combined with the generous drop proved to be wrist-crushingly uncomfortable. I don't like the way it looks at the moment, either, and agree that it is, indeed, very strange. Only temporary, though, until the short stem comes in - at which point i may still switch to cheapo mtb riser bars... i don't know how much i'm into the pursuit horns, after the initial infatuation that made me get them... :(

Vic: yes, i was up at the polo, once. on the day i finished the iro build. it's my first fix after single-speeding for a couple of years and after falling onto a motorcyclist (nice enough guy) at some lights on high holborn for forgetting that my feet were strapped in, I'm loving it. d:o)=

Addie: spotted you bombing down commercial street towards our house from shoreditch high st. a couple of nights ago. hairy-faced and maniacal looking. in a light drizzle...

Hi!
I'll take note next time I'm passing. If you fancy getting rid or them there horns whisper me.
I quite fancy trying them on my next build.

JOL: very good. I'll try them with my new stem when it arrives, mull it over and then whisper, either way.

+1 for the sun, but I would have thought the falcon would have given more space with its generous front patio, not that many places to lock bikes, though we could lock them together and lean against the wall, though when it warms up it will be oversubscribed.
When are south lahndan drinks then? Not tonight I hope as I'm doing westie drinks, maybe it should be a regular wednesday night thing, that way I can go to both.

not many days left to have it..

mondays or tuesdays?

saturday afternoon

Ah hello David/sprocketeer - we (mattster blaster + I) were in the Diner just last night actually! I don't think the IRO looks strange though. Do you happen to own another red/orange French-brand fixed affair with ano red deep v's too? It was locked up on the post near the door, very nice it was. Laura and messenger friend (Jacqui? with the mercian) were in the Diner also - london fixed riders' favourite eatery or what!

Sounds good, I'd be up for one of those nights...
Haven't been to The Sun since playing a gig there about 20 years ago, thought it had long gone!
Falcon's OK, full of rugger types and 'Clapham Girls' tho'...
The Prince Regent near Herne Hill's a good spot too, lots of wooden tables outside/space for bikes...

+1 for this Monday or Tuesday. But what bike to bring to win the respect of forumengers? I'm thinking not the Langster.

hello vic. no, the other orange affair isn't mine but i know and admire it. i think it belongs to a dude who works in one of the shops or offices on curtain road. yes: the diner is definitely where the fixed get their fix these days.
when were you in? where did you sit? i was working last night from 6 until about 11 but primarily scuttled about in the basement sorting bottles of beer...

im up for clapham do's...clapham is sort of on my way home. +1 on mon or tue

is it about time this talk gets its own thread?