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@Nef
to be honest, i'd be totally happy to ride a rust bucket - as long as it rides and has some life in it. as i said i wasn't after some shit hot bike and i wasn't expecting anything decent with a £200 budget.
the scene in the north, well newcastle anyway, seems to have exploded. when i first started riding a fixie here i was the only one i'd ever see save for the odd ss and now they're all over the place - granted it is no london though.
and ldngrrl - from what i've seen on this site i haven't really seen that many cheap parts going - not to mention the fact that if i did buy it all in parts i'd have to pay to get the wheels built as i can't be fucked doing it myself (before anyone has a tantrum about this, i don't know ANYONE who builds their own wheels when it can be avoided, even my mates who work in shops fucking hate it).
anyway, fixie isn't a scene to me - its a kind of bike. feel free to cringe away.