Go Back   London Fixed-gear and Single-speed > General


 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 26th March 2008   #2851
hippy
 
hippy's Avatar
Shake it... shake it.. shake it like a polaroid picture (in sidis)
  quote   reply
Registered users don't see adverts. Signup or signin to hide them.
Old 26th March 2008   #2852
wheels
 
wheels's Avatar
Spotted Pipwish - Warren Street tube, met him to do a seedy tyre deal, dirty £20s went one way, two hoops of exotic rubber the other way - his bike is rather cool, postbox red Bob Jackson, very nice chrome rear mud guard + other various bike furniture - as I walked off I spotted some old bloke (in his 60s/70s) stop Pipwish and quiz him about his lovely bike.
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2853
adoubletap
 
adoubletap's Avatar
A month or so back I had a geezer on an ancient Dawes shout "fooking hell a Bob Jackson" whilst we were waiting to pull out onto Shaftesbury Avenue from bottom of Greek St and he launched into reminiscing all the way up to Monmouth St about racing one up north when he was a kid and how he really wanted a Mercian and how Condor were always thought a bit flash.

So nothings changed really.
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2854
justMouse
 
justMouse's Avatar
...except that people want Bob Jacksons these days :P
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2855
Ant
 
Ant's Avatar
I spotted a chap on a black fixed with red decals wearing black trousers and red socks with a nice beige bag in Canary Wharf a moment ago.
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2856
pipwish
 
pipwish's Avatar
Quote:
wheels:Spotted Pipwish - Warren Street tube, met him to do a seedy tyre deal, dirty £20s went one way, two hoops of exotic rubber the other way - his bike is rather cool, postbox red Bob Jackson, very nice chrome rear mud guard + other various bike furniture - as I walked off I spotted some old bloke (in his 60s/70s) stop Pipwish and quiz him about his lovely bike.
Cheers Wheels, that is nearly it for the white tyres. Maybe one pair left.

The mud guard is a Honjo Koken.

The old chap said it was a beautiful bike and that he had a track bike 50 years ago(!). He looked it all over and started quizzing me about gear ratios and such like. It's good when someone you wouldn't otherwise chat to lights up about something like this.
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2857
wheels
 
wheels's Avatar
I forgot to ask, did you get that sprayed/powdercoated or was it new ?
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2858
pipwish
 
pipwish's Avatar
Quote:
wheels:I forgot to ask, did you get that sprayed/powdercoated or was it new ?
New from Leeds via Putney.
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2859
TheBrick(Tommy)
 
TheBrick(Tommy)'s Avatar
Some dude I have seen before at Bourgh, blue green bike can't remember much more.
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2860
pj (pj)
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2861
BRM
 
BRM's Avatar


Rob Brough?
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2862
andyp
 
andyp's Avatar
Quote:
provenrad:
ooohh.. Westie spotting is on the rise it seems?

And another. Yay! ;)
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2863
pj (pj)
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2864
Hammo
Not sure of the protocol but,

Dogsballs, this afternoon as i collected something nice off of him.

BigBen at the Albert hall bus stop as i was carrying said nice item back to work on the bus.

Feel free to disagree....

Nice to meet you anyway.

Chris
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2865
bigben
Nice to meet you too, first time I've been spotted and of all things it was waiting for a bus, sigh. Said nice thing is a very very nice thing by the way.
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2866
wheels
 
wheels's Avatar
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2867
|³|MA3K
 
|³|MA3K's Avatar
Rust Langsters everywhere, not a taut chain in sight.
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2868
slaytanic1
 
slaytanic1's Avatar
who is the guy with the pink bridgestone?!! I see it everywhere!!
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2869
chris crash
 
chris crash's Avatar
Quote:
hippy:Shake it... shake it.. shake it like a polaroid picture (in sidis)
polaroid actually released a press release after that song saying "you dont need to shake a Polaroid picture"

I have a bag full of polaroid film with me, its like gold at $1 per shot, then theres the medium format... i need less pricey hobbies.
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2870
lpg
 
lpg's Avatar
spotted a girl on bermondsey st. yesterday - bare green frame, what looked like a gold nitto groupset (?) hello, v.nice!
  quote   reply
Old 26th March 2008   #2871
pj (pj)
just saw seb riding up peckham high street, away from polo, whilst i rode the other way, back from east end drinks. and i was damp, and a hundred yards later i got a puncture.
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2872
flickwg
 
flickwg's Avatar
Quote:
pj (pj):just saw seb riding up peckham high street, away from polo, whilst i rode the other way, back from east end drinks. and i was damp, and a hundred yards later i got a puncture.
unlocky, well by the time i got home damp would not even begin to describe it
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2873
pj (pj)
it was most unlocky, young sir.

lockily i lived only a further hundred yards down the road.
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2874
matt (baddesigner)
 
matt (baddesigner)'s Avatar
don't see many folk on my morning route up the A10, but i did see a chap in a mustard yellow (ish) top crossing a junction near dalston on a burgundy mercian with a nice pink spiral seat tube. nice bike, i was too busy trying to track stand at the lights (whatever) to wave/salute etc. i do often see a courier chap (i think) on a green frame with orange forks headin down towards kingsland road from stamford hill.
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2875
TheBrick(Tommy)
 
TheBrick(Tommy)'s Avatar
hops! I screamed, you looked confused.
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2876
photoben
 
photoben's Avatar
Hops my old flatmate has spotted you a few times when you drop off at his work, Monkton Chambers. Not sure if he's said hi or seen you since he told me. If you see Stuart, give him a slap for me.
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2877
squoocher
 
squoocher's Avatar
who is the guy with the pink bridgestone?!! I see it everywhere!!
That's me that is.
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2878
Pistanator
 
Pistanator's Avatar
John(Momentum) two days ago in New York!! Small world hey kiddo! ;-)
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2879
slaytanic1
 
slaytanic1's Avatar
Quote:
squoocher:who is the guy with the pink bridgestone?!! I see it everywhere!!
That's me that is.
Your frame is amazing. Do you have the dura ace hubs? Where did you pick up your frame from?
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2880
Lebowski
Forgive the lateness but... Sparky heading up Kennington Park Road yesterday morning. Hey mate.
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2881
adoubletap
 
adoubletap's Avatar
A young lady with nice hair on (I think) a red frame with deep-vee and a spok of some nature heading north on Old Kent Road at 5-ish
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2882
pj (pj)
Quote:
Pistanator:John(Momentum) two days ago in New York!! Small world hey kiddo! ;-)
well, small if you only count the hipster bits.
  quote   reply
Old 27th March 2008   #2883
horatio
 
horatio's Avatar
This is unlikely, but - I was just coming up the stairs of my building with my bike in arm, and girlfriend in tow. Some guy was coming down sans bike but also with girlfriend in tow. I had to get out of the way to let them down. I thought he had said "lots of traffic down the stairs" but my girlfriend said he said "my trackie is down stairs" (where two bikes have been stolen from since I've moved here!). Perhaps you're on here, and I can say, I'm not a dick who ignored you, just misheard you?
  quote   reply
Old 28th March 2008   #2884
ihatelaw
sky blue mercian, yellow front wheel, purple rear wheel, yellow tyres, stamford street at 1pm in the pouring rain. Sounds horrible on paper but great colour combo. shame you kerbed it.
  quote   reply
Old 28th March 2008   #2885
tomasito
 
tomasito's Avatar
two white bikes, one no logo and pink deep V, the other a mercian, LFGSS spoke cards, outside the Auld Shillelagh in Stokey last night.

and another, ss with chain tensioner heading towards Castle Climbing with new wheel strapped to the back.
  quote   reply
Old 28th March 2008   #2886