Hello Sir - yeah, saw link and needed a breather from all the po-facedness and foppery
Er, I've just got back from a 45 mile ride on my geared bike, down through Crystal Palace and out into the North Downs; quick experimental ride up White Lane (aka Titsey Lane, aka Bec Hillclimb) in 39x19 and then back home. Weather was perfect, roads pretty clear, and it's fantastic getting from Old St out into beautiful rolling countryside and back again, all between 8.30 and 11am.
Did you go out anywhere today? I may try to drag my wife out on her SS later, and stick the childseat on the back of my (fixed) Inbred. Riding with a kid on board is a whole new universe of cycling...