Oh, bother.

I'd thought it was some sort of management-speak overrun.

 

It did. A bit reluctantly, but then, it hadn't moved since July.

I'd forgotten quite how rubbish the brakes were, too.

 

Never going to be that simple though, is it?

One hose gone will inevitably be an indicator of others on the way,
then during dismantling Dodger will discover that the clutch
hydraulics are linked to the power steering pump and the air
conditioning, requiring at least 220 lines to explain the intricacies
of dissasembly and why he's once again managed to lay his bike across
three acres of prime Docklands real estate in a thin layer of assorted
componentry.

Probably.

 

;-p',',',',',', to you, matey.

 

I walk (at least) 50-60 minutes per day - that's got to be healthy,
right?

In the "town" area where I live within Greater London, it'd be a rare
day that I didn't walk to where I needed to be.

 

http://shop.wemoto.com/index.dyn?oid=5834019

Shows clutch hose as £29.50

 

An excellent way for a poodlefaker to meet the ladies.

 

V (for it is she) wants to move to Pinner. The commute from there to my
office, using the Met line, is actually longer than the trek from the
arse end of Berkshire. What's up with that?

 

Or Embankment to Covent Garden via Leicester Square.

Insanity.

 

it's god telling you to get out on your bike more.

 

Well yes - apart from the length of your legs, obviously. Keep that
up and you'll be 3'6" in ten years.

And the air quality in The Smoke. You /do/ wear a Tokyo-approved
filter mask, don't you? That would benefit the people around you as
well, so perhaps not.

 

You know it's da troof though, dontcha? It ain't just the Wing, you
know.

 

<raises hand>

When I first started at the Pru - I used to go Cannon St to Chancery
Lane, via Monument and Bank.

Well, I did it twice, before catching on.

 

First Great Western in "not the worst train operator" shocka!

 

I walk from Liverpool St. or Moorgate along the length of London Wall
- there's remarkably little traffic (and sometimes I go along the
Highwalks where the air's even cleaner) and then cut through Gresham
St. to St.Pauls - there's really not much traffic - much less than
there is where I live, actually.

heh.

 

you daft/lazy sod.

heh.

 

it's not all in one chunk - my commute each way is: 10 minutes walk ->
30 minutes on the train -> 15 minutes walk. But as you say, I'm
walking as fast as I can do comfortably.

since I started doing it every day, I have noticed that the back aches
I used to be susceptible to are much rarer.

 

Oh, I do. Mined ewe, the Blackbird has been very well behaved for the
last eight years.

If you're interested, there's a new GL1500 maintenance blockbuster in
the pipeline at the moment.

Swing-arms, clutches, electricals, brakes - it's got the lot.

Perhaps I could go for a LOTR-esque Trilogy:

Fettleship of the 'bird; the Two Hondas; and Return of the Wing.

I could cast Brad Pitt as me. You could be played by Andy Serkis.

 

You, coat, now.

 

I'll claim daft, in this instance.