Spotted...

Metallic orange frame with an anodised purple rear rim (I think?) and white arrospok on the front, just past 333 lastnite at about 1:30. Anyone on here? I see that bike all the time!

addie [quote]JOL Saw an Orange IRO on the weekend too by the Bean on Curtain.
Had bullhorns but they were inverted. Very strange.

That'll be my housemate/neighbour David. He works in The Diner and I don't get the bars either.
But that frame sure is a sexy beast.[/quote]

JOL Saw an Orange IRO on the weekend too by the Bean on Curtain.
Had bullhorns but they were inverted. Very strange.

Well hello! It is me, David, of strange orange IRO fame! So, here's the explanation: I upturned the pursuit horns to give me a bit of a rise while i'm waiting for a shorter (60mm) stem to arrive in the post.
the long stem from my old bike combined with the generous drop proved to be wrist-crushingly uncomfortable. I don't like the way it looks at the moment, either, and agree that it is, indeed, very strange. Only temporary, though, until the short stem comes in - at which point i may still switch to cheapo mtb riser bars... i don't know how much i'm into the pursuit horns, after the initial infatuation that made me get them... :(

Vic: yes, i was up at the polo, once. on the day i finished the iro build. it's my first fix after single-speeding for a couple of years and after falling onto a motorcyclist (nice enough guy) at some lights on high holborn for forgetting that my feet were strapped in, I'm loving it. d:o)=

Addie: spotted you bombing down commercial street towards our house from shoreditch high st. a couple of nights ago. hairy-faced and maniacal looking. in a light drizzle...

Hi!
I'll take note next time I'm passing. If you fancy getting rid or them there horns whisper me.
I quite fancy trying them on my next build.

JOL: very good. I'll try them with my new stem when it arrives, mull it over and then whisper, either way.

+1 for the sun, but I would have thought the falcon would have given more space with its generous front patio, not that many places to lock bikes, though we could lock them together and lean against the wall, though when it warms up it will be oversubscribed.
When are south lahndan drinks then? Not tonight I hope as I'm doing westie drinks, maybe it should be a regular wednesday night thing, that way I can go to both.

not many days left to have it..

mondays or tuesdays?

saturday afternoon

Ah hello David/sprocketeer - we (mattster blaster + I) were in the Diner just last night actually! I don't think the IRO looks strange though. Do you happen to own another red/orange French-brand fixed affair with ano red deep v's too? It was locked up on the post near the door, very nice it was. Laura and messenger friend (Jacqui? with the mercian) were in the Diner also - london fixed riders' favourite eatery or what!

RPM not many days left to have it..

mondays or tuesdays?

Sounds good, I'd be up for one of those nights...
Haven't been to The Sun since playing a gig there about 20 years ago, thought it had long gone!
Falcon's OK, full of rugger types and 'Clapham Girls' tho'...
The Prince Regent near Herne Hill's a good spot too, lots of wooden tables outside/space for bikes...

+1 for this Monday or Tuesday. But what bike to bring to win the respect of forumengers? I'm thinking not the Langster.

hello vic. no, the other orange affair isn't mine but i know and admire it. i think it belongs to a dude who works in one of the shops or offices on curtain road. yes: the diner is definitely where the fixed get their fix these days.
when were you in? where did you sit? i was working last night from 6 until about 11 but primarily scuttled about in the basement sorting bottles of beer...

im up for clapham do's...clapham is sort of on my way home. +1 on mon or tue

is it about time this talk gets its own thread?

sprocketeer hello vic. no, the other orange affair isn't mine but i know and admire it. i think it belongs to a dude who works in one of the shops or offices on curtain road. yes: the diner is definitely where the fixed get their fix these days.
when were you in? where did you sit? i was working last night from 6 until about 11 but primarily scuttled about in the basement sorting bottles of beer...

Ha, cool - we sat at the cloistered naughty bench - i'm sure you know it! About 7.30 - 8ish. Maybe we would have seen you? Ah this is what I love about the east end, plenty good bikes and people everywhere to grow 'the scene' (ha, retarded description).

Yup - the growing army of east end fixed riders, love 'em/it. (that's not sarcasm) ;D

cool. the naughty bench - or table 14 as we refer to it in the 'diner scene' haha... drop in again sometime soon and make yourself known... :)

If the orange/ red french fixie with red anodized rims was a red Le Jeune it was me. Parked at the dinerlast night next to a couple of crazy colored fixeds. One pink and one purple.

brown surly, flat bars
4:15 today in tottenham court rd heading north

sailorsam If the orange/ red french fixie with red anodized rims was a red Le Jeune it was me. Parked at the dinerlast night next to a couple of crazy colored fixeds. One pink and one purple.

You'd also chained up on the corner by Whoreditch House last Sunday, I believe. I was on a market mission, laden like a donkey with food for the week otherwise I would have let you know how much I was salivating over your frame.

Not literally, like.

hops in the city i had just lost my colleague on the way to a meeting, i get A-Z dyslexia and could link one place to the next she gave me some GPS.
Good.Pointing.Sarah. Its thatta way __________________>

sailorsam If the orange/ red french fixie with red anodized rims was a red Le Jeune it was me. Parked at the dinerlast night next to a couple of crazy colored fixeds. One pink and one purple.

Ah hello then! Nice rims there! Yeah Matt's is purple but mine is yellow, it'll be pleased to be thought of as pink though (poor thing has colour dysphoria, ha). All 5/3/08 Diner fixeds accounted for then - this forum's good for something.

Sadly I'm actually thinking of selling it. I don't know if I can justify having 2 fixed gear bikes. Flat is also starting to look like a workshop!

The Ginger Sex-God, Tommy this morning joined me from New Cross Gate to Borough.
Good to see ya pal!

rob on kingsland road we had a lovely little chat

rakan & smear in the george before the bike thieves came out. a pleasure to meet you in the flesh, nice bikes indeed.

i saw roxy on old street dodging traffic at 11.30 last night

old street yesterday afternoon somebody on a bob jackson wearing a rapha tour cap with a frame strapped to his back, also one of those green/pink brakeless charge's being ridden slowly along old st, i think the beard was cooler than the bike.