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Yeah, fair play, that was a pretty stupid and OTT summary by me. Sorry, I was battered. I watched the rest of the trailer and it looks really made made, so credit for that. BUT, the usual cliches about how you're literally connected to the bike or how you* move along as the bike moves* smacks of the usual internet-enabled stylised guff. Anyway, I bet the full thing is better than a series of soundbites and, as you say, it isn't meant for knobs like me. I spend a short while in Bristol last week and thought it was an ace town. Gotta love that bridge.
As an aside, the idea that fixed wheel bikes are maintenance-free always cracks me up, given that they're actually very high maintenance when you include having to learn about what is and isn't cool, choosing hats, posting spurious drivel on forums, changing your parts every five mintues etc etc. It clearly isn't about getting out on a bike and the easiest, quickest, cheapest way possible just because you want to feel connected to the road, it's about being part of a big trend that everyone's really into, that's actually a lot of fun. There's way too much pseudo-philosophical naval-gazing involved in trying to justify it.
As for "self-loathing, ex-hipster cynic", is the ex implying that I'm somehow past it? Bastard.