Next up: a natty leather trouser clip from Brooks, one of those ones that snaps round your leg – or, more amusingly, round anything that you throw it at in its open state. Make your commute just that bit classier and your office just a bit more dangerous…
Usual rules: just post and you’re in the draw. Only registered users’ posts will be entered, and we’ll draw it next Friday. The judge’s etc and so on.
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I think the author is trying too hard to "both sides" this one. The basic error is Gove's - he was wandering across a pedestrian crossing on red for him with his head in a cup of coffee, and started well after it was on red. The Highway Code says "should not cross" in these circumstances. He then tried to excuse this by red herrings. Conservatives, including Gove, are supposed to have taking personal responsibility for their actions as a core value. Perhaps having the crooked coward Boris Johnson and Fruit Loop Liz as elected leaders demonstrates that this is merely historical. Gove is permitting a culture war being fought in the pages of his magazine; that is a war where Conservatives are demonising cycling because they hope it will save the rump Conservative Party. One example was their sudden reversal of support for the Welsh 20mph default limit. Should noodles have reacted less sharply - perhaps. A chat with Michael Gove to stop him wandering around the streets like a lobotomised koala may have been beneficial.
@mdavidford Funny, as soon as I saw your comment on the ticker on another article I knew to whom you must be replying.
@mctrials23 People have been suffering for years because they have been unlucky enough to have been hired by bad people, or had the bad luck to become ill. This is just bringing the system more into balance. I don't have a problem with encouraging people to start businesses but I don't agree with doing it by letting them exploit the poor and the desperate, if they need encouragement then offer state benefits for small businesses and use the claims process to make sure that they are doing everything they should to run the business properly including paying and training their employees. If they just want to get rich quick by exploiting others then they should be in the USA.
One may wonder why you've brought up DEI when it has nothing at all to do with anything in what Lappartient said. Or why you care about the state of the women's sport if you're so down on diversity, equity and inclusion. 🤷♂️
Not quite the first time, I rode over it back in the late twentyteens, just happened to see it was jammed nose-to-tail so thought it would be fun to filter along...turned out there was an overturned lorry at the eastern end blocking all carriageways. I honestly didn't know cycling was banned (the signs aren't very prominent), just assumed nobody rode on it because it would be suicidal in normal circumstances. Fortunately the weary copper at the other end who saw me just cut off my apologies and said, "Fuck off over there [a gap in the barrier to a slip road] and don't do it again."
They're not slalom barriers, they're Sheffield stands for parking your bike.
@momove I would think that spending time training someone up, putting the time and effort into that only to have most people move on relatively quickly isn't a great business model. I know there is the argument that "if your business has to take advantage of people to run then its not a viable business" but thats the reality of some of these shops. Up to a point, thats exactly what apprenticeships have always been. A business get cheap labour that might help them a bit and the apprentice learns something.
One may wonder why bureaucrat Lappartient wants to reinvent the wheel with a massive injection of DEI and drastic reduction of money. Let the best cyclists win, period. Meanwhile, women's pro peloton needs means and support to attract new sponsors, increase TV coverage, improve salaries and prize money.
So they want to pay people a pittance "for the experience", not record their leave accrued, have them ineligible for sickness pay, then complain about them not being experts on e-bikes, bikefitting and more?
No right-wing media frothing about this?
20 thoughts on “Friday Schwag Grab: Brooks leather cycle clip”
Yes please
I’m partial to something robust to keep my jeans unripped.
It’s a perfect match for my Brooks collection …
… that I would love to start with this leather trouser clip.
This will go…
Terribly well with my tweed 3 piece.
Cheeky…
May be a bit cheeky of me… 😀
I’m in
Stick us in the draw chief – this should halp save my work trousers and look better than my reflective version on a light summer evening.
Brooks leather trouser clip
Ooh yes please.
Thatl match my brooks saddle & bar tape.
tasty …
much nicer than my current dodgy velcro thing. I wonder what the scary retail price is …
old skool looks at new skool prices
’bout £13 i think 🙂
looks good to me
Hope I can keep it off my son’s wrist tho!
How very Brooks: looks lovely
How very Brooks: looks lovely but £££!
STRAPPING STUFF
Most splendid! It’ll fit in with my lovely brown cords…
back to road bike after a 20
back to road bike after a 20 year gap with MTBs, this could be my first bit of kit:)
I love the feel of leather…
…but will it look good with shorts?
The shorts question
[quote]…but will it look good with shorts?
Depends where you wear it.
Kick Start…..
…my 2009 commute!
Yes please count me in!
JB
Brooks Leather Touser/Bondage Strap
Hmm, yes please why not !
Thanks
Sean
i could be very tempted!!!
i could be very tempted!!!
Brooks
Perfect alternative to stuffing trousers into boots!
We have a winner!
The names went in the hat, Dave shut his eyes and had a rummage… then he picked one out.
Matrs wins the Brooks leather trouser clip thingy
[quote] back to road bike after a 20 year gap with MTBs, this could be my first bit of kit:)
It might indeed… although it probably wouldn’t want to be your only bit of kit
Friday the 13th was my day
Friday the 13th was my day then 😀 😀 😀 well happy, looking forward to receiving.
Cheers
Matt