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There's been an explosion in the number of singlespeeds up here over the last six months - invariably ridden by awkward-looking art school types - but fixed wheels are still rare beasts. I can can only think of a handful of fixed spots in the last 12 months: a dreadlocked courier girl who seemed to disappear from the roads when summer turned to winter; a whippet-like old roadie on Great Western Road; a bearded guy, who possibly was a courier, at the bottom of University Avenue (that encounter wasn't embarrassing at all. :-) ) and an On One Pompino just off Bothwell Street. Fixed wheels are going to be achingly trendy up here, too. It just hasn't happened yet.
You don't even see off-the-peg bikes on the streets. Hate Langsters? Come to Glasgow, cos you'll never see one outside the confines of a bike shop.
I saw the Banana last year, but never with a rider on top of it. Have you got your bike with you now? Only I just overtook a young lady sporting a single gear at the bottom of Queen Margaret Drive. If you say yes, it means I've made a spot. Feel free to lie. :-)