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rogerzilla

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London fixies
« on: 29 September, 2009, 06:45:44 am »
The craze doesn't seem to have abated yet.  About 1/4 of bikes were fixies, more in outer areas.  The most sawn-off bars I saw were about 10" wide, which must have made handling "interesting".  Lots of slack chains.  One change from a few years ago is that most people use lights after dark now.

Off-topic, I saw two peculiar belt-drive folders with small wheels around Piccadilly Circus - what are they?
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Charlotte

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Re: London fixies
« Reply #1 on: 29 September, 2009, 08:16:29 am »
Stridas?
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red marley

Re: London fixies
« Reply #2 on: 29 September, 2009, 05:45:43 pm »
My impression is that a larger proportion of them now have single speed freewheels. I still can't see a mini-barred-anodized-chained-coloured-rimmed-clips-and-vansed machine without thinking "clown bike" though.
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clarion

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Re: London fixies
« Reply #3 on: 29 September, 2009, 08:25:59 pm »
I was going to comment on that too.  You see lots of 'fixed' on the road, and they stop pedalling...
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GrahamG

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Re: London fixies
« Reply #4 on: 30 September, 2009, 01:02:55 pm »
A friend of mine refers to it a the 'fixed wheel apocalypse'
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