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Thomas
Guest
1) Adjust brake cable length the very moment a slight difference is noted, *not* during the rain,
going fast behind a nervous driver.
2) Thin T-Shirt and baggy shorts are not suitable attire for such weather. Rain's cold.
3) Even if you are overtaken by a BMW driver that is unable to contemplate a cyclist requiring any
space whatsoever on the road, do not make a w*nker sign in his rear-view mirror - several
drivers behind you will take exception to this, especially if they're driving the poxiest
vauxhall imaginable.
4) London taxi drivers are pure evil.
5) London bus drivers are pure evil, but are worried about their career prospects.
6) Drunk cycling is fine, as long as you have a five minute stretch to get used to the delicate art
of balencing.
7) Should you fall from a stationary start (wooyay clipless pedals), even in a city as unfriendly
as London, *every* passenger on the bus opposite will wave their hands back upon your recovery.
8) Lights mounted on the saddle post will scrape against your legs on every occaision, yet more
irritatingly so than sandpaper.
9) Local bike shops are evil. Upon taking your bike in because the bearings are shot, even though
it's a new bike barely two months old, they will demand someone has a test ride. You bugger off
to work, come back the next day only to discover the saddle's to blame and yet the bearings have
miraculously recovered...
10) I *really* hate Hyde Park Corner.
Thomas.
going fast behind a nervous driver.
2) Thin T-Shirt and baggy shorts are not suitable attire for such weather. Rain's cold.
3) Even if you are overtaken by a BMW driver that is unable to contemplate a cyclist requiring any
space whatsoever on the road, do not make a w*nker sign in his rear-view mirror - several
drivers behind you will take exception to this, especially if they're driving the poxiest
vauxhall imaginable.
4) London taxi drivers are pure evil.
5) London bus drivers are pure evil, but are worried about their career prospects.
6) Drunk cycling is fine, as long as you have a five minute stretch to get used to the delicate art
of balencing.
7) Should you fall from a stationary start (wooyay clipless pedals), even in a city as unfriendly
as London, *every* passenger on the bus opposite will wave their hands back upon your recovery.
8) Lights mounted on the saddle post will scrape against your legs on every occaision, yet more
irritatingly so than sandpaper.
9) Local bike shops are evil. Upon taking your bike in because the bearings are shot, even though
it's a new bike barely two months old, they will demand someone has a test ride. You bugger off
to work, come back the next day only to discover the saddle's to blame and yet the bearings have
miraculously recovered...
10) I *really* hate Hyde Park Corner.
Thomas.