jim_the_chin

Aren't the five inch handlebars for getting bikes in and out of city dwellings? I could certainly do with less bars when bringing the bike through my terraced house hallway. What has suprised me a bit about this counting law-breakers thing is there aren't many. By far the majority of cyclists are law abiding.

Well, results are in and the score on the ride home tonight was 11-3. That's 11 geared bikes and 3 single speeds breaking the law. But that was 3/5 single speeds that I saw. I'll repeat this in the morning when all the meeja types are out and about on their singles.

I ride gears, I thought about joining the cool kids once and tried sticking in one gear to see what it was like. Obviously, it was totally unsuited to stop/start riding. I'll do a fair poll tonight on my ride home and count who busts lights/crossings. I'll include my one transgression (i'm not a saint)

I think they should be banned on London streets. My experience of watching other cyclists daily suggests they are responsible for the majority of law-breaking behaviour. The riders are not motivated to stop at lights or zebra crossings as they lose momentum. In doing that they give us all a bad reputation and make other road users more aggressive towards cyclists. Single speed bikes are designed for tracks and should not be allowed on public streets.

I was woken in Landells Road at 5am by what sounded like an air-raid siren, a loud electrical buzzing sound outside that lasted about 20 seconds, I looked out and saw the street lights had gone out and we'd had a brief power cut. It was a bit weird.

An iron age structure would be more likely than a roman one atop a hill. I can't see the point of a roman fort this close to the main settlement north of the river either. I'm unsure if there's ever been a serious excavation though.

'Est' isn't East though?

25 minutes by bike, regardless of whether it's 'kick-ass' or not expensive bikes no faster

I went past just before 7 and no workmen but lots of nice water in the road if you want some.

Hey, we got 2 goals and a penalty at old trafford - can't remember the last time that happened.

Just cycled from central via elephant, walworth road, camberwell and ed and the only thing of note was 3 riot vans on whateley road outside the ed police station. No youths, no-one milling around, just shops boarded up.

Sainsburys shut up at the plough, local shops open 10 mins ago but looking understandably edgy.

Just came back through bottom of lyndhurst way with two lines of riot police at the junction with peckham road. Saw lots of hooded yoot around the burgess park area - thought they were heading for walworth road, but maybe heading away from peckham.

re: the insanity thing, could be deulsional disorder: "false beliefs based on incorrect inference about external reality that persist despite the evidence to the contrary and these beliefs are not ordinarily accepted by other members of the person's culture or subculture" Not that it really matters much.

Get a Q-bot and jump the queues - just did so on my 5th visit and it completely transformed the experience. ?15 a person.

Whilst utterly shocked by the act I did wonder if there was a positive amidst the tragedy and mayhem. I wonder if the murderous frustration that people like this show is a sign of how much they are marginalised in modern society. Perhaps this is the sort of thing old Adolf himself might have done had he lived now, instead of being allowed near actual power and causing 50 million deaths. Just a thought.

Sorry to disappoint with the thread title. Indicators to me are: Cheap price Use of text speak when selling something 'grown-up' Single post only OR posters who only sell stuff but always make out they have a personal reason for selling Arranging to exchange goods in the pub or away from home Nothing definitive here, just some suspicions, and it's an industry I'm loathe to support I wonder if people who buy and sell as a business should be made to indicate this; this would separate them out from the fences.

Over the years I've noticed more ads in the for sale section that I'm pretty sure are for stolen goods. What do you reckon are the top signs that indicate nicked gear?

Landed somewhere, maybe near kings

The barrow got me interested too - looks like it's probably under the local authority block though.

I am interested thanks. Reports can be found on the Ryman league site http://rymanleague.goalrun.com/leagues?league_news_item&lid=256&did=2102&id=2755643

This is a pretty good Zombie thread - raised from the dead. 2 years and 8 months nearly between posts - is that an edf record?

I'm not excusing this guy and I agree that this post should be warning others. It must be at least unnerving to be faced with this guy and probably quite frightening. I wanted to add that if he has a gambling addiction it is a real problem, he wouldn't be doing this for kicks but just to try and solve a problem caused by gambling losses. It's the wrong way to do it and he should be arrested and judged by the courts. The best outcome would be to get him back into treatment to prevent the cause of the crimes he's trying to commit.

Crocuses out in Horniman gardens this morning, lovely sight. Waiting for those bluebells in dulwich woods.

Kathryn, I'm on Landells, were they trying to force the door?