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papa44, bring it on.

why? were you in a london paper talking with authority about something you don't understand?

It's obvious that this forum is now just a cycling forum (with all the normal crap - helmet threads, trolls etc), and not a forum for Londoners who ride fixed wheels and single-speeds, so can it be renamed to reflect that?

I was thinking Yet Another Cycling Forum, but that's already taken....

ah bill don't get in a huff, i'll still come and troll your forum too.

All of it really papa, especially the bit where you managed to sho all those new people looking at the forum and who might be interested in building up a new bike that didn't come otp from halfords and weigh a ton and who might think oh these guys are really nice and friendly maybe I'll go out for a few beers with them when i finish my lovely raleigh that my friend found in a skip, what a mistake they've made and that fixed gear riders are actually a bunch of cliquey wankers who will laugh at you cos' you don't understand the rules of six day racing.

nice bit of bluster there. can't see any relation between that and what i posted; if you've been cycling for 10 minutes and try to represent a large section of londons cycling community in a high circulation london paper you should expect to get called out on it.

no OD it was definitely me, i just had a dress on at the time. x

at least i keep my trolling to one topic eh?

cheers. i will do.

you dug around the forum for 24 minutes to prove i was hypocritical? i'm flattered but i would have confessed that with little prompting

oh good gracious! perhaps you are right! GIYFLLHOYB

do you?

yeah. thats possible.

hey, we've gone off topic here. lets get back to the bit where all the hackney media types were binning me for calling them out. i'll post some more profile pics if you need ammo?

ha!
i saw that too.... don't hurt the animals man!

this is comedy gold

pfff. bet it was the old brakes argument again.

i thought a Kyle was a group?

so far i count 5 Kyles, and at least one of them has qualifications in english literature

which bit hit too close to home for you?

i see a couple of potential Kyle's already

yeah. there was few ERRORS in the origional article so i tightened it up a bit for them:

THIS PARTICULAR Fixed Wheeler

Rides for FASHION

London’s cycle courier community pioneered the use of “fixies” – gearless WHAT? HOW DOES THE WHEEL TURN? and sometime brakeless YEAH. I'LL LEAVE THIS ONE FOR NOW bikes often rebuilt from OLD racing frames. Since then, fixed culture has boomed in the capital, particularly among East End hipsters. Some disparagingly term them “fakengers” (fake messengers), but those who discover the delights of riding fixed – playing bike polo or just pimping their bike with riotously colourful tyres, chains and rims – claim that fixed is no mere fad, but a way of life. UNTIL THE NEXT FAD BECOMES HIS WAY OF LIFE.

Kyle Hugall, 27, advertising creative, Hackney FORMERLY NOTTING HILL BUT ITS MUCH MORE EDGY AND COOL IN HACKNEY YEAH?

How long have you been cycling? I’ve been cycling since I was three years old. STOPPED WHEN I WAS 4 AND STARTED AGAIN AT AGE 26-AND-A-HALF.

What bike do you ride?

A Bianchi Pista (£150). It’s a fixed-gear bike, so the ride is really smooth. I love the amount of control you have over the bike. You feel much more connected to the road. WHEN YOU ARE SPRAWLED ALL OVER IT AFTER FUCKING UP A CORNER FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME

Where do you regularly ride?

East London to town. 750 METERS IN A STRAIGHT LINE

Miles cycled per week? 3

Cycling philosophy? It’s an essential accessory to living a sustainable life in a modern city. TEH COURIERS AND THEM GUYS AT THE CAT AND MUTTON LOOK COOL

Best thing about cycling? The way the city suddenly shrinks and becomes conquerable. WHAT?

Fave place to ride?

Regent’s Canal. BECAUSE THERES NO SCARY CARS. OR CORNERS.

What more could be done for cyclists in London?

I’d bring in pit stops – places to refill tyres, repair punctures and fix bike chains etc. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

ARE you a helmet? Yes.

Fave website? The London Fixed-Gear and Single Speed Forum (londonfgss.com) is great for queries and questions serving the fixed-gear community. LIKE WHAT BIKE SHOULD I BUY TO LOOK LIKE YOU GUYS WITHOUT REALLY CARING ABOUT THE SCENE AND THE PEOPLE IN IT

the worst thing about being hit is that spinning around bit followed by the not knowing how bad it is bit. sucky.

yeah, get your hands out. your elbows/shoulders cant absorb an impact and you'll probably pop your collar bone real good:

ba-doom-tish

i was showing you that my face was sad

of all the crashes i've had the only reaction i could fit in was instinct. i wouldn't worry about it to much, its one of those things that you get better at with practice. unfortunately.

its a bit of a shame that you've invented a word to describe cyclists that are not as cool or as good as yourselves... :sadface:

tynan. if i was loaded i'd hire you to write my biography.