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Hmm . . . where i live in West London fixed riding is still a rarity and most of the practioners seem to be old hands who have been fixed up for a while, though there has been a notable increase in SS OTP riders in the last couple of years . . i rarely venture to shoreditch and hipsterland, but when i went to check out BLB i was amazed and highly amused by the hipster epidemic.
The scene in the East end seems to be very fad like, with a lot of band wagoners whosed fixed is probably just another accessory to them.
Now obviously thats a massive generalisation as i know alot of you boys from over that way are as had core bunch of fixed riders as you will find anywhere, but it does seem to me that riding fixed is currently flavor of the month, and as such the London scene seems to be more fashion orientated than other scenes.