Cotic Roadrat

Lurvly!

Or maybe this one?

hmmmm decisions, decisions. I see a lot of Plugs around London these days it seems they are turning into the Vespa’s of the commuting world, not good! I hate those stupid lawn mowers! Shame, it’s a much better looking bike than the Roadrat, a possible come steal me bike?

That’s right I’ve finally had it with the British weather and purchased some rather fetching waterproof Endura overshoes.

Also, apart from the rain the commute is getting a little chilly these days especially first thing in the morning, so as a direct consequence the Lycra might be arriving a little earlier than expected, but don’t worry chaps I won’t be attempting any public indecency or owt like that I’m only planning on a pair of arm warmers not some full on leotard or anything. Don’t want to be arrested riding through London now do I…

What can I say, it was a country show

Thanks to D for pointing this one out at the Tatton Park Country Show

November in Brixton, the unlikeliest host for Goldfrapp’s new folk sound? Nevertheless it should be yet another good show. Can’t wait!

We never did find the illusive Kevin! Never the less Goldfrapp were as amazing as ever Alison has a massive voice, their on stage presence was pretty spot on and the dancing wolf ladies were interesting to say the least. Their new sound didn’t get the crowd jumping quite like their old stuff but there was plenty mixed in.

The Strangelove tent was great in fact we spent most of our time between there and the main stage. The Stanton Warriors were a bit of a let down but the dj sets I’d never heard of were good! Especially Baraka Som Sistema who played a bit of Benga in the mix, well that was it, that very catchy tune kept re-emerging in some incarnation or another including C’s “where are you Kevin” pigeon song.

As you can see they’re pretty cool, I know D’s got her eye on a Plug Freestyle, trust her to go for the bright green wheels! They do look good, especially face to face but I’m still leaning towards the Cotic Roadrat although these are pretty sweet too:

Argh, so many choices!!!

Yes unfortunately I seem to be getting more serious about this riding past time, unfortunate because at the moment I can’t buy all of the things I want next year’s going to be an expensive one

The 2008 London Bikeathon was completed on Sunday with three new additions, I must say I was taken aback by the amount of people gathering at the starting line, there were thousands (I managed to get a few pics that i’ll post up once I find my camera cable). Perhaps not as many as I’d imagine the Marathon would attract (something that will forever remain only in my imagination!) but still a substantial amount! I noticed the rider numbers went well past the 7 thousand mark.

The weather was fantastic, lovely and sunny but not too hot so the ride was pretty comfortable, my bike suffered somewhat with a creaky pedal but it didn’t hinder the journey.

We decided to pass up the opportunity of extending our ride to the 26 mile much to my disappointment but a rather badly planned shopping delivery cut short our time so we wouldn’t have completed the circuit.

Unfortunately my rather poor attempt at fundraising rendered my participation as pretty useless except for the £10 I got from my lovely brother and the £10 entry free, I just hope the tshirt, medal and refreshments didn’t wipe out my small contribution!

All in all, it was a fantastic experience and we got to see a bit more of London, the quays round the tobacco dock were a nice addition to the route and the detour from the roads although not very busy was a nice break.

Next year we plan to do the 26 mile route, maybe even the 52 it just depends on how fit we get from a year of riding to and from work and how good our new bikes will be.

the picture shows a collage by the well known graffiti artist space invader attached to the side of a random building. i started working at os last november, six months after tagging this image, only to find that the building with the collage is next door to where i work! of all of the space invader collages in the country I happen to tag this one. weird huh?!