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i've seen a lot of these about recently. saw an unwary feller having his flappy trousers eaten by his drive chain on one only this morning.
i've just come back from cologne in germanyland where (as in most of urban continental yerp) it seems that everyone rides bikes as practical, cheap, healthy and non polluting urban transport. what's more they do without giving a flying fuck about 531, NJS or being "all italian". it was all rather refreshing actaully. didn't see a single fixed gear amongst thousands upon thousands of bikes for three days.
i still love london's fixie london, bikefashionnazi tendancies and all. but i can't help thinking a bit more european "practical style on the cheap" as represented by these pleasant looking jalopies might be just the thing for our beloved capital's ongoing bikesplosion.
they certainly look better, appear tougher and have a better rep and customer support than unipacks.
I like em.