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I borrowed a car a few months ago that drove itself.

You set the cruise control to a certain speed and it would accelerate up to that speed, unless something was in the way, when it would match their speed. If you dial in 100mph then it will follow the car in front that's doing 50mph, but when he changes lanes it would zoom off again. If someone pulled in front of you it would brake again.

It also steered itself, but only when there were white lines on both sides of the lane, otherwise it got lost!

Very weird at first, but it's surprising how used to it you get.

In Amsterdam the sirens are crazy-loud. Maybe it's just because all the streets are so small that you're closer to them, but when one passes you have to stop riding and grab your ears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu2MrSxuPz8

I don't really know about size - I'm about 6' 2"

Thanks everyone for the offers and advice. I'll get in touch with you when I'm back in the country on Monday.

What do you think to this frame?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PEUGEOT-MENS-RACING-BIKE_W0QQitemZ280130035325QQihZ018QQcategoryZ33503QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I can't see clearly, does anybody know if these have horizontal drop-outs? Would that be a good frame to start with?

This Sunday? I'm in Amsterdam until Monday. Would have come otherwise - it looks like great fun.

Someone replied, thanks!

I've been looking at getting a fixed for a while now. Commuting through London, using only one of my gears 99% of the time, I realised that messengers looked like they were having fun. The bikes look sleek, too, and I love the idea of trackstanding at lights.

I would really appreciate though, if one of you would do me a favour - meet up with me and let me take one for a spin? Before I put money and time into it I just want to make sure that I can actually ride one of these things without killing myself.

I'd also really appreciate some advice if all goes well. I plan on getting an old frame and grinding off all the sticky out bits, sandblasting it and getting it painted up. After that I'm a bit lost. I want to buy bits that I won't instantly want to upgrade, but haven't got a huge amount to spend. I understand that apart from horizontal drop-outs, there isn't much else I need to look out for in a frame?

Sorry to lay all these questions on you.