Bike Polo...

BFF07 Bike Polo Shoppers!
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What better way to spend a sunny Oct. morning. And then get sworn at by an SUV driver on TCR...

Bicycle Film Festival

The Brompton got turned away from a cinema today: the Rich Mix creative centre in Shoreditch. Bromdinium was feeling a little lacking in urban cool, dressed in work clothes and a rapha softshell. And a bike clip rather than rolled jeans.

Perhaps because of this, health and safety meant he got chucked out of the showing of Monkey Warfare, shown as part of the Bicycle Film Festival. Oh, the irony. However, turned out Cycleworks were laying on 'valet bike parking' in aid of an African recycling cycle charity, so the B. got locked up for once. An innovation all cinemas, galleries and theatres should introduce. I'd pay a quid to have someone tend a folded brommie.

Film was pretty good, too. Bikes, the MC5, Canada, the Baader Meinhof gang. And app. there's an afterparty at the Bloomsbury bowling lane. The next film, Safety in Numbers, a crossing of the Alps, looked promising as well.

Other news. Velorution have announced that Brompton have released a clip to stop the B. folding.

Bumped into George as well.

Rapha Softshell: king of jackets?

The new Rapha softshell was on show at the Rouleur exhibition at the Host Gallery. Looks pretty much the same as the old one, just with grey lining, rather than pink.

This morning's rain made me reflect on the jacket. Great breathability, good fit, looks pretty good, too. Stitching can be a bit dodgy (at least on mine). And it's pretty water resistant - except at the seams on the arms and the Rapha logo. My shirt was soaked at the inner elbow. Perhaps I need to attack it with some seam sealant?

Couriers by the Duke of York

Brompton leaving Tate Britain

Airnimal

Yellow Bike near St Pauls

Bike and Bus

Rouleur exhibition

Had a day off, so called in on a few galleries. The first was the Host Gallerty, off Old Street, for the Rouleur 2007 photography show. Had some new Rapha kit on display, and a small amount of large-format shots. Worth a visit.

Why

Are all Range Rovers black? And have tinted windows?

Mercedes folding bike

Some pictures here...

London Bikes