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@neuroportal
mmmm...personally I did think it was no more than anyone unfamiliar with fixed gear making a comment about having no brakes. It was what I would have expected off anyone who wouldn't know/have ridden fixed. So in that sense I didn't think it was bad, just a normal question. As the intro said "...might *seem *like a foolhardy idea..." but didn't lay into it. Not defending the BBC, just how it came across to me.
Mainstream? How many people will try it, then give up. Plenty of used OTP in the coming years then.