Do you think fixies will come back?

Unemployed college tutor - my job.

True, true, but they are the people I like to think of as insignificant......

How many youtubers does it take to say "don't stop pedaling"?

but but but.. kanye...

porteur bikes

A what now?

#neverontrend
#alwaysinfront

About ten years ago I went to a fixed wheelie competition on the Mall - on a Sunday so no traffic - organised by Super Ted, I think. Someone managed most of the length of the Mall iirc.

No, all the cool kids moved on years ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2885aR6o6s

where the terms "romanceur" and "groad" have been used unironically

I'm clearly not following the trendy threads... I'm trying to imagine what they mean.

I suspect that a significant proportion of people on here don't care about bike trends, but just enjoy riding fixed and are unconcerned about their current cool credentials.

That's definitely not true. This forum is full of people who now mostly ride gears, have 'gravel' bikes and go bikepacking.

.....but he/she has to ask Tester first.

a significant proportion of people on here

This forum is full of people who

If you take "full of" away from the whole forum, does it still leave space for "a significant proportion"? Can both statements be true?

Does full of = half? 90%? Is 20% a significant proportion? What about 5%?

I'm assuming "groad" is a collision of gravel/road, but I haven't figured out "romanceur" yet... is it a particularly nostalgic porteur?

I'm assuming "groad" is a collision of gravel/road, but I haven't figured out "romanceur" yet... is it a particularly nostalgic porteur?

No idea TBF. Is it some kind of bike you can do "adventures" on, whatever that means.

@GwGs is building one at the moment, maybe he can explain

I thought we were all buying houses and diesel estates now instead of fixies?

makes me wonder, is this a first wave of homeowners/humblebraggers/crypto miners the forum is experiencing?

No, we've had Facebook for ages.

Leave me out mate, I’m reeling in soon to be negative equity, I spent the morning sweeping the A10 and have less followers on Instagram than my dad. The bike will probably compound my misery too.

Yeah, and you don't even have a fixie. Loser.

I could renege the sale then launch a smear campaign when I'm mentioned in the bad traders thread. I have nothing to lose at this point.*

*I need to deliver that bike or I might just end up in bad traders anyway.

Spok and disc are going back on my bike for Monday and I don’t care if I fall on my arse as I crash through the security barrier at work whip skidding my rear tub down to the belts.