this image of LONDINIUM R on the production line was taken at about 2pm UTC on tuesday (yesterday now)
as you can see the machines are not ready to despatch today, which surprised me
i was sent the following explanation;
All on the track 20 machines . We have had a disaster with tube nuts had to scrap 4000 1/4″ thread stripping so we are having to remake pipes as we speak. That’s the joys of engineering. If you need updates just ask me I will tell you exactly. It won’t be 5 days we should start being able to ship in 2-3 days
so that is where we are; you now know as much as i do
it looks as though we will be able to commence despatch later this week
* dont worry, they wont ship with black thermoplastic lever grips – they will be wenge as usual