fold your tyres properly

i received a new schwalbe marathon in the post... whoever sent it didn't know how to fold said tyre properly.. although i have to confess it still puzzles me...

anyway, here's the result, an hour worth of fiddling, the old tyre popped back on out of desperation and these... i have 4... thanks.

with a name like mine...

.. you feel like you have to have some decent pedestrian/car/retard warner, so my choice has always been a proper comedy clown horn.

then i saw this at spittalfields, i reckon it's hard to beat... i salute you.

U-S-A! U-S-A!

interesting article about arlington county offering free lights to cyclists to avoid violations...
the examiner

interesting in that it's a marked contrast with the city of london's bike police and community 'support' officers who seem to delight in sitting out of site at key commuter routes...

handing out on the spot fines just bolsters city funds, i find it hard to believe it changes attitudes.