London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

I'm back by the way, what did i miss?

Nothing to see here..

nothing here but attitude and fashion.

[spits]

i think you need to loose the attitude, and ride your bike

yeah, I'm gonna lose my bike and ride some attitude

My attitude rides my bike with me.

back to topic: hike some altitude!

Mary received a parrot as a gift. The parrot was fully grown with a very bad attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was profanity; those that weren't profanity were, to say the least, rude.
Mary tried to change the bird's attitude by constantly saying polite words and playing soft music, anything she could think of. Nothing worked.
She yelled at the bird and the bird got worse. She shook the bird and the bird became even madder and ruder. Finally, in a moment of desperation, Mary put the parrot in the freezer to get a minute of peace.
For a few moments she heard the bird swearing, squawking, kicking and screaming. Then, suddenly, there was absolute quiet. Mary was frightened that she might have actually hurt the bird and quickly opened the freezer door.
The parrot calmly stepped out onto Mary's extended arm. Perfectly calm, the parrot said, "I am very sorry that I offended you with my language and my actions and I ask your forgiveness. I will endeavor to correct my behavior, and I am sure it will never happen again."
Mary was astounded at the changes in the bird's attitude and was about to ask what had changed him, when the parrot continued, "May I ask what the chicken did?

it was also very wet last week.

I once thought it'd be a good idea to take my fix to Cornwall. Hadn't been riding fixed long at this point, and wasn't in the best of shape. Rode to the train station, got on a train, arrived near St Ives. Then remembered what bastards the hills were. Went up several stupidly steep hills at about 2km/h and then struggled to keep control spinning out down the steep approach into St Ives. Not the best idea I ever had. Bike remained idle for the rest of the week...