As I pedalled my bicycle to work this A.M.

Oh, and you should perhaps be aware that:

Wu-Tang's Ghostface Killah has launched his own label, Starks Enterprises & has signed a deal with Def Jam. Ghost is aiming to release his untitled album before the end of this year. "They on top right now. They control the radio, its bananas. We not gonna change nothing. Going from Epic to Def Jam is like going from the Padres to Yankees," Ghost told AllHipHop.com.

I didn't see that on the way to \/\/3rK, ov course, that's the hot poop from "alerts", which dropped into my mailbox as I posted the above thing, and which is presented here as a publick service, not as a cheap subterfuge to get my posting onto the "new answers" page, o no.

the end times are nigh! but where is old father ethan?

I just got done riding my bike outside my neighborhood for the first time ever. It was excellent. I live in an area with lots of cows so when I pass them on my bike they all stare at me. They can hear me coming because of my Hello Kitty bell that rings on the old country roads. Is it weird if I talk to the cows and refer to them by the numbers on their ear tags? Number 24 is my favorite, with Number 50 a close second. Also something ruined my bike-riding-cow-talkin-time, I passed a marker that had said "So and So 18xx-18xx, shot in the back by So and So" then on down the marker it said "Unnamed Negro Slave..blah blah". I guess that's Arkansas for you though.

tell me more about bunnies and bucolic garbage! i saw a rabbis in holland park the other weekend and it was GRATE. and a duckling!

a RABBIS??? a rabbit obv! it washed its nose and grazed and everything!

everything? bucolic aminal porn shockah

Great post Norman!

On my way to work, I often see bunnies, herons, big fish in the canal, dragonflies, ducks which I say hello to and sometimes I even see a woodpecker. This is why West London is so great.

On the tube once a guy sat opposite me started smoking heroin from some foil. Nobody said a word.

There is no wildlife in hardcore S.London though I tried to grow some from old bread.

tom? have you turned into hanle y? growing animals from bread? wtf?

Believe me Jel, if you'd seen that bread you wouldn't've bet against Tom's attempt succeeding.

foxes tom: you will see

of course yr flatmates ect ect but no i mean the snouty ones w.red fur

What, Afro Ken?

Why are y'all so clever today? It is National Clever Day over there, or is Tom just in a good mood?

so i am looking to buy a mountain bike again, i havent been on a bike since i was hit by a car in 2000. what is the absolute lowest i should spend on a bike? all i want is good brakes and a few speeds. what brands should i stay away from?

Since then I have seen foxes (several times) herons (v v often) goths fukcing (once [was enough])

absolute minimum = 250 quid, unless it's used or an end-of-liner. I would avoid shimano megarange gears, having wasted several hours of my life recently trying to get them to work properly, but it is possible that you will not be able to avoid them. avoid full-suspension, "Y"-frames at all costs at low price points. Dawes do a reasonable range, as do raleigh, at their higher price points (ie 250-300 quid) If you can get the same m/c for cheaper just b/c it does not have front suspension forks, you'd probably be better going for the cheaper model at this price point. Mechanical simplicity = all. Avoid anything fitted w/"camel" tyres, or if you find a reasonable machine fitted w/them, replace them and the inner tubes immediately.

I want a bicycle. I kept seeing these fancy PURPLE BIKES in Cambridge and I just coveted one. Only £70! Cheap! (Cheaper than a punt, at least.) Problem is, I can't really ride a bike. :-(

I wish Norm was around to service my bicycle :(

hey Norm, the other week while driving down Dalston lane, I saw a bloke ride away on an incredibly swanky Klein, that he can't have paid more than fifty quid for judging by the wedge he handed over. I nearly wept, back when I was into my mountain biking I would have killed for a pretty pretty Klein.

Well worth picking up for the city rider (we have just become dealers for these)

http://www.dahon.co.uk

Whatever happened to "katie" anyway? Another "old-timer" ?I haven't seen around for a long while.

quid = how many american dollars? (google is down)

call it about 80 dollars to be generous.

Obviously they're all nicked down there, and the bloke who bought it had no idea what he was buying

I have NO IDEA what the situationm is w/r/t the bike trade in the US! Sorry! If you're buying used, and find a decent ORANGE for a good price, that's a good brand is all I have to offer!

ok, thanks

i stopped riding my bike to work after
1. getting caught in a torrential downpour in palo alto
2. slipping and falling to the street after rain in a busy parking lot

but surely it doesn't rain every day?