Should I ride my first fixie back from the shop (in London)?

Homophobe

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London not even dangerous, fucking hell, one of the biggest myth about London.

You know what dude, you're not far off the truth there, the apparently "friendly on the surface" rural areas near where I used to live felt much more dangerous than London, faster moving traffic, people far less aware of cyclists, and stupid fucking WAGS in 4X4's pulling endangering road users on an hourly basis,
"This is Essex my friend"

Be careful going south of the river. There be dragons.

Southist motherfucker, I live South of the river, that by default makes it cool, don't go dissin ma ends blud.

Then you were:

a) silly
b) silly
c) silly

Or you are lying.

a) HTFU
b) HTFU
c) not everyone is a sissy like you ;) I went brakeless after two days of riding fixed and have never looked back, then again I did ride 7-8 years of brakeless bmx beforehand.....

Oh, and make sure your seat is somewhere about the right height when you leave the shop!

Good advice, long-life knee's ftw :)

Don't stress it dude, you'll be fine, its a bike not a space ship, once you get used to the whole non/no coasting thing it'll feel just as natural as your mtb, but do stick a brake on if this is your first time riding fixed, at least a front brake as a minimum.