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is this thread a lure to out the old duffers who wake up to the today programme? this old duffer heard it too.
it was predictably embarassing (jolly beeb reporter saying "gosh" and "fixie" a lot) but it was neutral to the point of being banal which was a bit of a relief. it was also the first mainstream piece i've heard to mention the coming fixed gear apocalypse by acknowledging that the phenomenon had now entered the mainstream and concluding that when something enters the mainstream (i.e. when jolly beeb reporters become aware of it i assume?) it ceases to be cool. the piece finished with the assertion that fixed gears will soon be riden by nurses and grannies alike.
fair enough.