A Mountain bikers View

blakef111
blakef111 Posts: 374
edited February 2009 in Commuting chat
I have just returned from a trip to london and I am frankly amazed! the amount of really good looking fixie bikes was phenomenal to say the least, I was mostly around the holburn and covent garden area, so to anyone that rides a fixie I salute you and your culture and think that it is really great for our sport as you show normal people that cycling is not only enjoyable but stylish also so thank you.

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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Don't encourage them. :wink:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • wgwarburton
    wgwarburton Posts: 1,863
    cjcp wrote:
    Don't encourage them. :wink:


    Yeah, too many Mountain Bikers riding on the roads already... bunch of posers!

    :-)

    Cheers,
    W.
  • blakef111
    blakef111 Posts: 374
    i dint mean mountain bikers i meant road style fixed gear bikes
  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    Wait til one of them mows you down on a zebra corssing!




    (btw I ride a fixie ;) )
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  • blakef111
    blakef111 Posts: 374
    nearly happened actually some guy on a white fixie with drop handle bars
  • the_hundredth_idiot
    the_hundredth_idiot Posts: 813
    blakef111 wrote:
    nearly happened actually some guy on a white fixie with drop handle bars

    To which the correct response from you to him should have been, "Why don't you XXXX off back to Brick Lane, you media ponce."* :D

    * Still tempted to get myself a fixie, and a courier bag - but there's no way I'd go down the "nicked the handlebars off my son's balance bike" route. Would getting a "fixie" but hiding a three speed hub gear in it be cheating?
    Never be tempted to race against a Barclays Cycle Hire bike. If you do, there are only two outcomes. Of these, by far the better is that you now have the scalp of a Boris Bike.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    The Hundredth Idiot wrote:
    blakef111 wrote:
    nearly happened actually some guy on a white fixie with drop handle bars

    To which the correct response from you to him should have been, "Why don't you XXXX off back to Brick Lane, you media ponce."* :D

    I think it's pronounced "meejah". :P

    Do they have fixer-only bike racks in the West End now?
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Blake makes a good point, much as I get fed up of the fashion fixies and the bad reputation they are giving the function fixies (like me), if they are getting more people into cycling then that's brilliant in my book.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • woodyonthebeach
    woodyonthebeach Posts: 583
    blakef111 wrote:
    I have just returned from a trip to london and I am frankly amazed! the amount of really good looking fixie bikes was phenomenal to say the least, I was mostly around the holburn and covent garden area, so to anyone that rides a fixie I salute you and your culture and think that it is really great for our sport as you show normal people that cycling is not only enjoyable but stylish also so thank you.

    Everytime I get my back side into town I do tend to perve over the bikes rather than than the mass's of totty I keep on being nudged about by mates.

    Hail to the fixie. Want one and going to get one just cant tell the mrs just yet. Best go for a subtle bribe first
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