The fixed gear apocalypse

Bike Snob's on form today:

'Yep, Serotta, the favored marque of lawyers, accountants, and dentists everywhere, is now offering its own take on the road-going fixed-gear.'

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/

Actually... I want one of those.

Full carbon fixed gear bike, made-to-measure, with handling to fit your desire? Yes please.

...The Serotta Singolo, however is for the sort of rider who has the disposable income to add a sixth or seventh bicycle to his stable and who also gets itchy and uncomfortable when forced to ride “low-end” or mass-produced bikes"..."If you’ve ever tried to put an article of clothing on a cat, you’ve got some idea of what I’m talking about."

Ha classic. I've just got a picture of a cat stuck in a t shirt frantically trying to get out.

i think, if it was somehow possible, for the ultimate snob ride of the century, would be to build a fixie out of a Treck Madone frame. they only weight 3 lbs i believe. imagine that.

or one of the sub-1kg Colnago Extreme-C frames that Rasmussen rode in the Tour before he was so rudely interrupted by doping allegations.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/tour05/tech/?id=/tech/2005/features/tour05/rasmussen_colnago

if you could somehow make a fixed gear out of that, with carbon components everywhere... that'd be a hell of a polo bike.

It is only made out of carbon so you could probably hack of the drop out and glue some track drop outs on. No more nails is supposed to be good.

http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=No%20More%20Nails&cm_mmc=Google-_-Cat%2091%20Spring-_-Cat%2091%20Products-_-No%20More%20Nails

or one of the sub-1kg Colnago Extreme-C frames that Rasmussen rode in the Tour before he was so rudely interrupted by doping allegations.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/tour05/tech/?id=/tech/2005/features/tour05/rasmussen_colnago

if you could somehow make a fixed gear out of that, with carbon components everywhere... that'd be a hell of a polo bike.

that would break straight away!

yeah but it'd be fast until it broke!

Not with you riding it.

The harbinger of doom for fixed gear is surely that the Kona Paddy Wagon is for sale in Halfords.
It's not even a hipster clique; it's mundane.

If they are riding a bike they are not driving a car. Bring on the apocolypse.

I think it may be here. This morning I swear I saw someone with double spoks and high viz.

He must be seeking the other three riders of the Fixie Apocalypse.

Don't you have footage from your GoPro?

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Please don't tell me you commute - IN LONDON - without one.

Not backing the chartreuse.

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Here is the right colour.

Bump,
for ten year anniversary.

Did "Masterbating Monkey" really justify 3 exclamation points?