Fixed-Gear Article in the Observer 9th March

scott not scot Ok...joking aside....I've said it before...WE don't own the sole rights to fixed gear....sure we all love riding them...but it spreads a lot further than this forum,and it's inevitable that it will get written about...both in favour and against.
I don't know Alice Fisher personally...but for all i know she could be one of the nicest people you could meet. Sure,her article isn't a fair representation of fixed gear riding...but at the end of the day we can't say she hasn't done any research this time...she had input from two people that have the respect of this whole forum....roxy and andy....and maybe they've been misquoted on certain things...but at least she started on the right foot compared to many of the other articles i've read.
I'm pretty sure she didn't set out to harm the whole fixed gear 'scene' despite the headline having a very good chance of doing so.
For the uneducated reading that article...they have probably formed opinions of fixed gear riders as being a bit stupid or unhinged for riding these 'bikes with no brakes'....and for any of those people that search for more information and end up here....we don't always do a great job of proving otherwise.
If anyone is seriously bothered by the article...maybe the time would be better spent writing a letter to Alice explaining why the article isn't a fair representation?
You may now begin calling me names...:)

Alice was incredibly nice when I talked to her. She seemed very interested and seemed genuinely concerned with getting the piece right. Until getting specific photo requests and seeing where it was headed I was excited about the article. She made it clear she didn't have final edit.
As you may have noticed they didn't use one of my photos nor any of the other photographer's work I sent them to. New York, WTF?
When I called Alice on saturday with my concerns she immediately put me in touch with her editor. Her editor, Lucy, assured me that they were putting out a balanced piece.

I have written to both of them [at 1am this morning] explaining what parts [all of it] of the article I find objectional or just plain wrong. I haven't heard back yet.