Your rants here.

suzyb

2p short of being able to use the jubilee offer code at wiggle and I can't think of anything else I want that wiggle has

DrLex

suzyb wrote:

2p short of being able to use the jubilee offer code at wiggle and I can't think of anything else I want that wiggle has

Not likely to be a want, but 10p pin clip to push you over?

suzyb

None in stock I am also looking for a gilet but wiggle don't have any in my size. Think I'll just get some more degreaser, I'm starting to run a bit low so will need it eventually.

Libraio

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

TNT are a magic courier company.

They collected a parcel this morning, and according to the tracking details they delivered it to the recipient two weeks ago. For when it absolutely has to be there before you post it TNT is the only solution.

TNT started as Thomas Nationwide Transport (in Australia)

It's now an International company.

Just saying.

Nah, not magic. Just hard working Dutch posties they are. They work so hard it screws up the time space continuethingy.

king_jeffers

I need to ride further out...
He needs to move further over...



Live and learn

Sharkyssurfers

the traffic on embankment, ruined my attempt at the big ben sprint :evil:

optimisticbiker

the idiot woman on the phone crossing Clerkenwell road. Its a zebra crossing, I saw you walking along the pavement nearby... then you step out without looking so I'm on the brakes, near emergency stop from 40km/h... and then you f%%king stand there, a metre or so in the road talking on your phone, lookign the wrong way and have the gall to give me the finger when I ask if you're going to cross the road or not?

DrLex

OptimisticBiker wrote:

the idiot woman on the phone crossing Clerkenwell road. Its a zebra crossing, I saw you walking along the pavement nearby... then you step out without looking so I'm on the brakes, near emergency stop from 40km/h... and then you f%%king stand there, a metre or so in the road talking on your phone, lookign the wrong way and have the gall to give me the finger when I ask if you're going to cross the road or not?

Airzound moment...

Ian.B

Motorbikes with exhausts pointing upwards at about 30 degrees and perfectly positioned to blow straight into your face

rick_chasey

Ian.B wrote:

Motorbikes with exhausts pointing upwards at about 30 degrees and perfectly positioned to blow straight into your face

YES

notsoblue

Ian.B wrote:

Motorbikes with exhausts pointing upwards at about 30 degrees and perfectly positioned to blow straight into your face

+1 Its like they were specifically designed to target cyclists.

This is especially galling when they're stopped in the ASL in front of you!

optimisticbiker

DrLex wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

the idiot woman on the phone crossing Clerkenwell road. Its a zebra crossing, I saw you walking along the pavement nearby... then you step out without looking so I'm on the brakes, near emergency stop from 40km/h... and then you f%%king stand there, a metre or so in the road talking on your phone, lookign the wrong way and have the gall to give me the finger when I ask if you're going to cross the road or not?

Airzound moment...

Yes, I keep meaning to move mine off the old MTB (ex-commuter pre-2007) but there's nowhere to fit it on the current commuter in a way that I can reach the button without taking my hand off the bars and, more importantly, the brakes.

Sharkyssurfers

notsoblue wrote:

Ian.B wrote:

Motorbikes with exhausts pointing upwards at about 30 degrees and perfectly positioned to blow straight into your face

+1 Its like they were specifically designed to target cyclists.

This is especially galling when they're stopped in the ASL in front of you!

always carry a banana is all i'm saying :twisted:

DavidBelcher

Late for work this morning (but it was very quiet so no-one minded) having got part way there and realising I'd put the wrong bin out (recycling bin on a non-recycling week). :oops:

Dunno if that counts as a rant though, plus fellow fans of The Armstrong & Miller Show may get some comic value out of it.

David

rubertoe

This weather is doing nothing for my tan.

msmancunia

Just had a quick look at the Levi's commuter collection.

Levi's don't seem to realise that Girls. Ride. Bikes. Too.

*sigh*

UndercoverElephant

Well it's half-past four and I'm still hung-over. Went out with work to a Mexican restaurant. If the first jug of margaritas was unwise, given what I'd already consumed, the second was a terrible idea.

suzyb

msmancunia wrote:

Just had a quick look at the Levi's commuter collection.

Levi's don't seem to realise that Girls. Ride. Bikes. Too.

*sigh*

Not surprising given they don't seem to realise fat people wear jeans.

rick_chasey

suzyb wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Just had a quick look at the Levi's commuter collection.

Levi's don't seem to realise that Girls. Ride. Bikes. Too.

*sigh*

Not surprising given they don't realise fat people wear jeans.

There are enough shops that cater for fat people. Not enough that cater for small, thin people.

cyclingprop

Rick Chasey wrote:

suzyb wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Just had a quick look at the Levi's commuter collection.

Levi's don't seem to realise that Girls. Ride. Bikes. Too.

*sigh*

Not surprising given they don't realise fat people wear jeans.

There are enough shops that cater for fat people. Not enough that cater for small, thin people.

I contest that. I just bought a new dinner suit. Had to size up the trousers by six inches in the waist until the thighs ceased to be spray on. Now need to pay for adjustment to get them to a point where they're wearable.

Bloody cycling's given me huge thighs.

rick_chasey

cyclingprop wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

suzyb wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Just had a quick look at the Levi's commuter collection.

Levi's don't seem to realise that Girls. Ride. Bikes. Too.

*sigh*

Not surprising given they don't realise fat people wear jeans.

There are enough shops that cater for fat people. Not enough that cater for small, thin people.

I contest that. I just bought a new dinner suit. Had to size up the trousers by six inches in the waist until the thighs ceased to be spray on. Now need to pay for adjustment to get them to a point where they're wearable.

Bloody cycling's given me huge thighs.

You are clearly neither small nor thin then :P.

I doubt Eddy ever had your problem :P




I get fed up with shopping for clothes, only to see them a good 5 inches too long for me or so wide you could fit me and my girlfriend in them.

She has even more problem than I do.

Levis (mens) 28 waist 30 length are just right - though they're gold dust to find. Long live the small sizes. Just because everyone else can't stop putting the fork down doesn't mean my style/wallet should suffer as a result.

notsoblue

Rick Chasey wrote:

There are enough shops that cater for fat people. Not enough that cater for small, thin people.

Maybe. Easier to look good when you're thin though.

So has anyone else tried this Levi's kit yet?

suzyb

Rick Chasey wrote:

suzyb wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Just had a quick look at the Levi's commuter collection.

Levi's don't seem to realise that Girls. Ride. Bikes. Too.

*sigh*

Not surprising given they don't realise fat people wear jeans.

There are enough shops that cater for fat people. Not enough that cater for small, thin people.

That must be a guy thing. Because women's clothes are made small and thin. So me being short and fat can't find anything and the girl I was friends with at school who was tall and thin couldn't either.

I wish I was rich enough to afford getting clothes made specifically for me.

rick_chasey

suzyb wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

suzyb wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Just had a quick look at the Levi's commuter collection.

Levi's don't seem to realise that Girls. Ride. Bikes. Too.

*sigh*

Not surprising given they don't realise fat people wear jeans.

There are enough shops that cater for fat people. Not enough that cater for small, thin people.

That must be a guy thing. Because women's clothes are made small and thin. So me being short and fat can't find anything and the girl I was friends with at school who was tall and thin couldn't either.

I wish I was rich enough to afford getting clothes made specifically for me.

My girlfriend really struggles to find clothes that are small enough.

I mean, really struggles. She's small, for sure, but she's not a dwarf or anything like that. She claims, and I see no reason why she'd make this up - that the smallest sizes have just got a lot bigger.

Only those shops which do 'petite' ranges fit, and they have veeery limited choice.

DavidBelcher

suzyb wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Just had a quick look at the Levi's commuter collection.

Levi's don't seem to realise that Girls. Ride. Bikes. Too.

*sigh*

Not surprising given they don't seem to realise fat people wear jeans.

They've clearly not watched Top Gear then, have they? Although we're talking Levi's here, not also-ran supermarket denim.

David

msmancunia

Rick Chasey wrote:

suzyb wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

suzyb wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

Just had a quick look at the Levi's commuter collection.

Levi's don't seem to realise that Girls. Ride. Bikes. Too.

*sigh*

Not surprising given they don't realise fat people wear jeans.

There are enough shops that cater for fat people. Not enough that cater for small, thin people.

That must be a guy thing. Because women's clothes are made small and thin. So me being short and fat can't find anything and the girl I was friends with at school who was tall and thin couldn't either.

I wish I was rich enough to afford getting clothes made specifically for me.

My girlfriend really struggles to find clothes that are small enough.

I mean, really struggles. She's small, for sure, but she's not a dwarf or anything like that. She claims, and I see no reason why she'd make this up - that the smallest sizes have just got a lot bigger.

Only those shops which do 'petite' ranges fit, and they have veeery limited choice.

A girl I met at a party once who was a buyer for John Lewis told me that because a lot of the garments are made in the far east, they also do the sizing there too, and chinese/thai/vietnamese people are just very different shapes to us in the west.

I'm 5ft 6, and size 12 so you'd think I was Miss Average? But, I've got a swimmers body - short legs, and a long body and arms. I'm also quite bum heavy :oops: thanks to my mum, and because of my cycling my thighs and calves are getting bigger. So I need to size up to fit my bum, which means the waist is too big, I sometimes have to go for petite trousers because otherwise they are way too long, long sleeved tops are too short in the arms and halfway up my midriff, and dresses that have a fitted waist end up with it working it's way up to my armpits!

I'm not sure I'm ever going to win on this. If I win the lottery I'm getting my own personal tailor!

king_jeffers

msmancunia wrote:

So I need to size up to fit my bum, which means the waist is too big, I sometimes have to go for petite trousers because otherwise they are way too long, long sleeved tops are too short in the arms and halfway up my midriff, and dresses that have a fitted waist end up with it working it's way up to my armpits!!

Applespider

And every flaming shop has a different 'size'. There's a lot of vanity sizing out there. I have some old classic skirts etc that I got about 10 years ago that are a 10... they look more like a 6 or 8 these days. I have jackets from Zara in everything from a S to an XL that all fit me.

I have the opposite problem msmancunia - my hips and bum aren't that big so to get a pair of trousers that fit me there, the waist ends up being tiny. Or I get something that fits the waist and then I've got saddlebags of fabric around the bum. Grrrr! And I can rarely buy dresses since my bust is three sizes bigger than my waist/hips!

Today's cycling rant is why didn't all the rain two weeks ago take all that plane 'dust' and help it wash away or settle. My eyes are so gritty after cycling along through Chelsea tonight.

optimisticbiker

Rick Chasey wrote:

My girlfriend really struggles to find clothes that are small enough.

I mean, really struggles. She's small, for sure, but she's not a dwarf or anything like that. She claims, and I see no reason why she'd make this up - that the smallest sizes have just got a lot bigger.

Only those shops which do 'petite' ranges fit, and they have veeery limited choice.

Go to Cardiff then

Seriously, my daughter is a petite 5ft and struggles to find good clothes. But she went on a work trip to Cardiff and has a few hours to kill, so went into the shopping centre there, and apparently found every shop, Gap, Zara, Zigzag, etc etc had much more extensive petite ranges than the London stores (she works just off Oxford St so knows them well, and Westfield is her second home!). She spent quite a lot; when she came home looked like she'd been to the sales!

Maybe they're smaller in Wales so the stores cater for the local demographics?

roger_merriman

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

My girlfriend really struggles to find clothes that are small enough.

I mean, really struggles. She's small, for sure, but she's not a dwarf or anything like that. She claims, and I see no reason why she'd make this up - that the smallest sizes have just got a lot bigger.

Only those shops which do 'petite' ranges fit, and they have veeery limited choice.

Go to Cardiff then

Seriously, my daughter is a petite 5ft and struggles to find good clothes. But she went on a work trip to Cardiff and has a few hours to kill, so went into the shopping centre there, and apparently found every shop, Gap, Zara, Zigzag, etc etc had much more extensive petite ranges than the London stores (she works just off Oxford St so knows them well, and Westfield is her second home!). She spent quite a lot; when she came home looked like she'd been to the sales!

Maybe they're smaller in Wales so the stores cater for the local demographics?

Welsh do tend to be smaller, 5ft blokes isn't that uncommon let alone ladies. at least in South Wales. My sister found finding BF's even close to her height hard work since my family are tall.