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I went out on the Bristol South CC club run with my neighbour yesterday. He's a member and races time trials which I've been thinking of having a go at come the Spring. I took my geared bike, as I generally do on longer journeys (bite me!). A few of the guys on the run were riding fixed.
I guess most of the fixed riders I've met until now can be broadly be put in the same category because they generally come off this board; they've generally been into city riding and the aesthetics of track bikes. The guys on the club run were much more roadie's riding fixed for winter training. But they can seriously ride!
Their bikes weren't stripped down track machines, made to look as light and fine as possible, they all ran two brakes and full mudguards, and even mudflaps on the end of their mudguards. One even had the classic naked lady mudflap ornament! Some of them had racks too.
The run we did was a 40 mile hill ride out of South Bristol and down to Farrington Gurney then around through Midsomer Norton and the Chew Valley and back. Fook, did it have some hills! Those guys riding fixed were heroes, they mashed up the hills so frickin' hard and then span so fast on the way down. I was super-impressed!
It was good to see another side of fixed gear riding. Just thought I'd let you know!