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@edmundane
alright, my little story...
i never really rode BMX or skated though i had a BMX when i was 8 and had a skateboard i got for free from a friend which i never used.
only started riding last year in june when i went to paris to stay with my friend. he's a bike freak so he got me on the saddle of a marin hybrid to get around town with him. only then did i realise how enjoyable it is to ride a bike, and it really is the quickest way of getting around!
got a 21 speed 80's steel condor tourer when i came back to london. 2 months later i found an '88 peugeot triathlon sitting in my friend's yard half dead so i rescued it and this is when i started tinkering with bikes, building it back up into a decent ride. at the same time got aware of fixed and started reading sheldon (who doesn't when you start getting your tools out?), saw a few fixed bikes around town and wished i had one, but didn't have the money and didn't really want to convert the 2 bikes i have.
it wasn't until i started talking to punkpixel about bikes he really got me into getting one. trawled around the bay without results and waited till the herne hill jumble. bought the green vitus, relaced the back hub onto a clincher rim, fitted a front brake and never looked back.
i still ride my geared bikes and still like it, not as much as fixed though...
the peugeot's doing rain duties at the moment as i build up my 2nd fix. the condor i'm selling it to a friend.