Fixed Wheel Article in Men's Health

some one skipped his meds this morning.

A man's gotta have a hobby Chris..

yours is ranting at journalists?

Well I meant skipping meds but I guess you could add "thinking about chocolate limes" too.

it took you 5 hours to read it?

maybe you should go back to ladybird books.

Overexaggeration for dramatic effect.

Although it did take about 4 and a half hours to sift out the genuine editorial content from the adverts. I think I ended up with about a page's worth of text that wasn't directly trying to sell me something.

fuck Mens Health, I read Esquire and Fighters Only.

Just had a look at the article - 4 bikes, 4 x NoBrakes. Picture's wobbly but the first bike might be a, gasp, Langster...

It's more of a fashion piece than anything of substance by the looks of things. So expect lots of Men's Health readers ripping off your 'look' in the upcoming months.

Just had a look at the article - 4 bikes, 4 x NoBrakes. Picture's wobbly

Looks like you'll have to make your presence felt, thisis rob
;-)

None can rip of my look. I'm 100% individual, and so is everyone like me.

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*Well in worse news according to Elle magazines ‘Hot or Not’ list boyfriends’ obsessions with their fixed gear bikes is a huge NOT this month.

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and also according to yesterday's Sunday Times Style magazine 'barometer'. They must all have been listening to Nemone.

Ha ha this is the next skid toward HHSBmageddon / Black PistaDay

Faudax FTW

The article wasn't that bad. For someone who doesn't know about Fixed or Single-speed bikes it is quite informative.

The "testimonials", however, were purely about what they were wearing and how good their bike looked.

Overexaggeration for dramatic effect.

Although it did take about 4 and a half hours to sift out the genuine editorial content from the adverts. I think I ended up with about a page's worth of text that wasn't directly trying to sell me something.

surely every word in a magazine is there to sell you something.

... expect lots of Men's Health readers ripping off your 'look' in the upcoming months.

judging by my last few months in london's hipster london, this was already in full effect.

as for the elle article, they've got a point. there's far too many dickwads out there, nipping out at lunch to have a five knuckle shuffle over the 'pinnacle bachelor' in spitalfields evans, knowing that this year, that's about as far as their bonus will stretch, and all because some lazy american poor cunts couldn't be bothered to pay their mortgage.

judging by my last few months in london's hipster london, this was already in full effect.

as for the elle article, they've got a point. there's far too many dickwads out there, nipping out at lunch to have a five knuckle shuffle over the 'pinnacle bachelor' in spitalfields evans, knowing that this year, that's about as far as their bonus will stretch, and all because some lazy american poor cunts couldn't be bothered to pay their mortgage.

And then coming on here and moaning that we're unhelpful elitist twats.
Not that I'm not an unhelpful elitist twat...

I'm mostly going to be ripping off Hippy's 'look' for the next week. Just for shits & giggles.

My look? T-shirt and shorts? You couldn't get that common if you tried.
I bet you'll wear a £40 designers t-shirt or something. hahaha :P
Where will you put the pink Rapha stripe? Don't want your sponsors finding out about this..

Hippy yesterday:

See - easy!

Oh God, seen it all before with skateboarding. Don't worry chaps, it'll pass!

Hippy yesterday:

See - easy!

You dodgy fucker.. as if I'd wear a fucking cycling cap! That's it.. I'm sending out the rabid dogs.. they kill pink-wearers on sight..

Oh God, seen it all before with skateboarding. Don't worry chaps, it'll pass!

What will pass? More bikes = good.

If you're worried about some kind of 'scene' then you're probably as fickle as the Men's Health types and should try skateboarding.. I hear it's cool again..

Fixed Gears are taking over America... one suburb at a time.

Fixed Gears are taking over America... one suburb at a time.

They'd have to do it that way - hipsters are not renowned for their endurance cycling capabilities...

"I can't work out why they've featured SS and fixed to begin with. They just don't seem the 'type' to rush out an spend the time either building up a bike, or even getting an OTP."

the guy who wrote the article rides fixed from Ham into central london every day and is my singlespeed mountain bike buddy and has been trying to get the oppurtunity to write a bike based piece for the mag for a while now. i know i'm biased but i really liked the article and another excuse to look at more pics of bikes is always welcome.

.. your aspirational executive type who wouldn't ride a bike as it would mess up their Paul Smith suit ...

Came up Regents Street today in my normal commuter speed and passed a guy who was dressed in a suit, struggling to get his genesis flyer moving ... made me feel like the millenium falcon, even though I am belonging to the commuter-with-mudguards on off-thepeg-SS crowd and definitely not ride THAT fast due to an easy gear ratio.

I like the fact that MH has in one section little boxes making fun of useless statistics ('people hit in the head remember less!'), yet every page that isn't advertising cars, clothes or jewellery has about eight different bits of stats that are pretty much just as useful.