New bike for Boris

roger_merriman
roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
edited February 2014 in Commuting chat
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10642745/Riding-my-broken-bike-is-like-working-with-the-Lib-Dems.html

So uk bike for Boris which one do we think he should have?

Yes I know it's not Friday but it's my day off! Not that I work many days/hrs!

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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Do we know what it was?

    Sounds like a spesh to me.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

    PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills
  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    had it not been made in america i'd have said it was a planet x...
    BMC TM01 - FCN 0
    Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
    Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
    Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
    Premier (CX) - FCN 6
    Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN3
  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    It's titanium in colour, it could be a Litespeed made in Chattanooga. However, if it was, it would be repairable.
  • talius
    talius Posts: 282
    It's a Marin Fairfax
    Merckx EMX 5
    Ribble 7005 Audax / Campag Centaur

    RIP - Scott Speedster S10
  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    rubertoe wrote:
    Do we know what it was?

    Sounds like a splesh to me.

    FTFY
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    I quite liked that story. We've all been there...

    He should get a Genesis.
    FCN 4 PX SL Pro SRAM Red
    FCN 8 Scott Sportster '05
  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    Genesis or Cotic.
    Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.
  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    Saw this the other day. Wondered if he asked for compensation from TFL..
    FCN 9 || FCN 5
  • fat_tail
    fat_tail Posts: 786
    jds_1981 wrote:
    Saw this the other day. Wondered if he asked for compensation from TFL..

    that was my first thought - the mayor of london comes off his bike on a london road and admits that in a newspaper article ?
    Ridley Fenix SL
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    davis wrote:
    Genesis or Cotic.

    Nice bit of publicity there :)
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • bigmonka
    bigmonka Posts: 361
    4 sets of wheels in 8years?! He needs to take his hands off the brakes whilst riding!
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,853
    BigMonka wrote:
    4 sets of wheels in 8years?! He needs to take his hands off the brakes whilst riding!
    It's all the pot holes on his beautifully maintained roads.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Veronese68 wrote:
    BigMonka wrote:
    4 sets of wheels in 8years?! He needs to take his hands off the brakes whilst riding!
    It's all the pot holes on his beautifully maintained roads.

    It's because he's a fat knacker :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    arran77 wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    BigMonka wrote:
    4 sets of wheels in 8years?! He needs to take his hands off the brakes whilst riding!
    It's all the pot holes on his beautifully maintained roads.

    It's because he's a fat knacker :wink:
    That has something to do with it. I kept breaking wheels until I got some suitable for the more portly fellow.
    FCN 4 PX SL Pro SRAM Red
    FCN 8 Scott Sportster '05
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    notsoblue wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    BigMonka wrote:
    4 sets of wheels in 8years?! He needs to take his hands off the brakes whilst riding!
    It's all the pot holes on his beautifully maintained roads.

    It's because he's a fat knacker :wink:
    That has something to do with it. I kept breaking wheels until I got some suitable for the more portly fellow.

    Ah yes, that's what I meant, not fat knacker :lol:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn

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