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@NeilFairbrother
Well, I'm a newbie to this place so it's with some trepidation that I post which I hope is a post and counts towards my initial minimum get-me-out-of-here-I'm-a... So anyway I ride a fixed, it's the only bike I've got now, having given road bike to No1 son as he lives in Brixton and needs a set of wheels to get around. The bike I ride is a Bianchi track bike 73" fixed, 68" if I turn the wheel around. But then would I go backwards? No - that's not a real question so don't chuck me off because I asked a dumb question.
I used to have 6 bikes when I raced. Best result was under the hour for a 25 on what was the E72 back in the day... road an 88" fixed and my claim to fame if you can call it that was this was the first fixed wheel sub-60 min 25 in the 100+ year history of the club. So there.
I live in Maidenhead so why join a London forum? I love fixed and loving the revival of fixed, some of the bikes around are just fantastic. And for a few years, as I've been trundling around the leafy Berkshire lanes, the quintessentially English Chilterns, I have yet to see another fixed rider...
I can do track stands. Memories of Herne Hill...
Soon as I can find the right buttons to press, I'll upload a pic.
Wonder what the "Go Advanced" button does?