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@umno
obviously i have no fixed gear credibility but for a while i had a weirdly sentimental attachment to my first bike, despite the fact it was fucking shit. i really liked it's shade of blue and it's actually what i started commuting on. i remember getting so fucking out of breath going up hills and people making fun of the tiny wheels. it was also a heavy bastard and the folding capability was pretty much useless. but nobody ever wanted to nick it even though every part of it was quick release. the 3-speed gears were also fun as gear 3 was tremendously tough, like trying to push your feet into an elephant's bum or something, gear 2 was okay but occasionally slipped at the worst moments and left you frantically pedalling air in busy intersections or going up southwark bridge, and gear 1 was obviously useless. that and the handlebars used to detach sometimes while steering. that being said, the brakes were amazing!
yet being the most uncool & dangerous thing to probably cycle i did some totally slow-but-comfy epic 3am cross-london rides and was finally liberated from the night bus rides of ultimate despair and sorrow.
i sold it and it now rusts in someone else's garden.