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wheel_or_no_wheel
So not dissimilar to the fixie fakenger craze that took over London in 2007, it spawned a whole fandom of events, forums, shops and media attention.
All on the back of couriers riding their fixed wheel bicycles in an attempt to earn a crust to buy gear and red stripe.
The money moved in and so did the urban fashion fixie spread in E.S magazine wearing a rapha ‘fixed’ jersey and pair of cut downs astride the fasion editors pinarello, cycling cap at a jaunty angle.