I had a guy stop me last night...

more bikes on the road = more cnuts not in cars = more ppl empathise with cyclists = cool.
I think we generally all agree on this.

Getting back to thread subject tho.....

My missus is away at the mo, so I'm unusually doin the school run with my kids AM & PM, on our bikes (not fcuking 4X4! ((steroetyping again!!!)).
This is GR8, coz it means I get to commute to Regent St. much later then usual. Loads of traffic. Mugs...just sitting in there cars for ages and ages and ages ((oops, steroetyping again!!!))

Waiting outside my sons primary school for the gate to open, all his 10yo mates start to arrive on there little MTBs and then start furtively ogling my bike. Later, when he gets home from school, my son tells me how cool all his mates thought my bike was!! and 'was that your Dad?' (lol).....
So the seeds are being sewn.

Oh yeah. Shame to spoil a good story(?), but I should point out that I ride a shabby, fairly standard Langster.

i'm taking buses everywhere these days, and i was was walking along camden high street, saw a langster rider and shouted 'yeeahh laaangstarrrr!!'.
I thinnk imy brain has become specially tuned to bikes- cos everytime one goes past i have to check it out, along with the rider.

i miss my bike!!!!!

kipsy - were you in lycra??

i like BLB, they're really friendly and very helpful. (this is genuine, not sarcastic). i am perfectly happy with all sorts riding fixed/ss. for many people the fad will pass and they will find something else to spend money on, golf perhaps. similarly, a new bike trend will appear, in the same way everyone once thought a muddy fox or a bmx was the coolest thing ever made. some of us will be left behind.

no lycra on my fixed LPG.

I get the headturning bike thing. Girls used to turn my head.....fcuking weirdo hey?!

lol, you're married, not blind!

lpg lol, you're married, not blind!

haaaaaaahahaha

Who cares if someone is riding a Langstaaaaarrrr, better than another car on the road. I do the head turning as well :) Girls take priority, of course. :P

peejay78 i like BLB, they're really friendly and very helpful. (this is genuine, not sarcastic).

I can see why people get bad vibes in there. When I went in to buy my PAC bag the first question the girl asked was "are you a courier?" "no--" "student?" "yeah" and I got the feeling there was a bit of a 'tone' in it but she was pretty helpful afterwards. :)

well...i had the same question asked.

Me : Large toe clips plz
Her: Are you a courier
Me : No
Me : Do i get a discount or summat? Then yeh, i am a courier
Her; Sorry, too late.

At least she didn't ask me if i was a 'messenger'. That would have pissed me right off.

couriers get discount in BLB?

I'm Spartacus

I'm Brian, and so's my wife

they do get discount yes, which is probably why they ask.

Just use your LCC card. They'll hate that :)

Looks like whenever asked I'm now a courier. They might catch me out though when I start asking for directions out of the shop.. and whether or not my tie looks okay to them..

Let's all get on the courier-ladder groan

lpg well...i had the same question asked.

Me : Large toe clips plz
Her: Are you a courier
Me : No
Me : Do i get a discount or summat? Then yeh, i am a courier
Her; Sorry, too late.

At least she didn't ask me if i was a 'messenger'. That would have pissed me right off.

That's pretty pathetic on their part... Perhaps I should have been when I bought my PAC, would have got a bit of discount....

I had 3 people stop me to talk about my bike yesterday.
A 70year old guy came up while i was sitting on it waiting for a friend
and just starting looking at every part very closely with great interest seemed to know
abit about it which was pretty cool.

I have had a few recently, including a less-than-sober Scottish guy who staggered over and started quizzing me. He sent me on my way with a cheery "nice one...stay safe"...

I am still not quite sure what to answer when people ask me why I ride fixed... I just enjoy the rigour of it I suppose. That and pouring a sizeable part of my disposable income into the coffers of Mavic/Shimano/Brixton Cycles etc.

Scrapper I had 3 people stop me to talk about my bike yesterday.
A 70year old guy came up while i was sitting on it waiting for a friend
and just starting looking at every part very closely with great interest seemed to know
abit about it which was pretty cool.

you weren't up by parliament hill were you. My dad said he got chatting with someone on a fixie yesterday. He's about 70
and bike mad.

hippy Looks like whenever asked I'm now a courier. They might catch me out though when I start asking for directions out of the shop.. and whether or not my tie looks okay to them..

I think they'll spot your pink shirt first.....

roland I am still not quite sure what to answer when people ask me why I ride fixed...

Just tell them you can't be arsed with gears.

had some middle-aged dude in comment on the dawes i was riding and the holdsworth frame i had attached to my backpack. he was ridin a converted peuguot, albeit SS. he thought fixed was crzy. maybe true?! :)

andrewleitch86 [quote]roland I am still not quite sure what to answer when people ask me why I ride fixed...

Just tell them you can't be arsed with gears.[/quote]

Still doesn't really explain it though.

tallsam [quote]andrewleitch86 [quote]roland I am still not quite sure what to answer when people ask me why I ride fixed...

Just tell them you can't be arsed with gears.[/quote]

Still doesn't really explain it though.[/quote]

ask them to try it themselves. simple!

edmundane [quote]tallsam [quote]andrewleitch86 [quote]roland I am still not quite sure what to answer when people ask me why I ride fixed...

Just tell them you can't be arsed with gears.[/quote]

Still doesn't really explain it though.[/quote]

ask them to try it themselves. simple![/quote]

True. My first fixed experience lasted for about 5 metres. Not because I fell off but because I thought wow that's different.

the first time i road with fixed wheel i went at the speed of light.

As a kid I used to have a tractor where the pedals were connected directly to the front wheel. That was my first fixed wheel.