Fixed-Gear Article in the Observer 9th March

lpg . If you wouldn't say it to her face, then don't write it on this forum. Please.

yeah i best be careful...she might write a poorly researched article about me.

Aidan - I think you should be more worried about a WELL researched article about you ;-)

it would be a good read

interesting to say the least

alice's article

cold trippin' ha!

slamm alice's article

Love the 'Cold trippin' bit - :D

slamm alice's article

Praise the lord! I remember the last run of bombay TV things on here, I spent hours in stiches watching them. Encore!

slam you are a funny man

here we go not again you people make me fucking laugh

bombay TV is the answer to everything.

it could settle wars, if only they'd let it..

velocity boy
Journalists have forever mid-understood, mis-represented and simply not got subcultures.

I dont know. I think there are plenty examples of great journalists documenting subcultures. Hunter S. Thompsons Hells angels book, for example. But they all come from writers taking time and making an effort to understand that culture.
I do take your point. This is a frickin' newspaper. On a Sunday. Its easy like sunday morning entertainment for people who got wasted on saturday but want to prove they didnt quite destroy all their brain cells. What were we expecting?
As bikesnob said:
If you're unfamiliar with the [new york] Times, it's sort of an obituary for subcultures, in that once yours appears there then it's already dead.

I'm sure Ms.F. is a perfectly nice person. She seems to be. And I like journalists. I used to be one. I still live with one. I just have no interest in collaborating with media I have no editorial control over. Media whos primary aim is to sell their brand/product on the back of my culture and (mis)represent it according to the percieved values of their readers. I'm glad you mentioned the Mail. I like to hope it'd have been an easier call to just hang up if they'd called instead of the Observer.

Incidentally, over on MovingTarget, theyre debating the ethics of messengers appearing in a McDonalds commercial...

eggpie
As bikesnob said:
If you're unfamiliar with the [new york] Times, it's sort of an obituary for subcultures, in that once yours appears there then it's already dead.

I read a lot but not all of BikeSnob. Can't believe I missed this quote. Golden. lol

6 pages! Look what you've done! Thank fcsk I bought that geared bike.. :P

we had no direction without you, hippy.

you best get reading hippy!

we await your commands.

hehe.. only 11 pages of threads to get through.. 10min job.. easy ;)

hippy 6 pages! Look what you've done! Thank fcsk I bought that geared bike.. :P

Me too, but no off-the-peg U.S. crap ;)

It's not off the peg any more biatch. Not that I care about that. I ride what I like and I like my S-Works :)

What? You changed the saddle? Suck my customized balls.

he can't change a saddle :p

BringMeMyFix What? You changed the saddle? Suck my customized balls.

Yep hahaha :P

Oh, and it now has a Powertap. Anyone wanna buy some near-new Ksyrium ES wheels?

Keep up you guys. Don't you remember the Powermeter tap (uh, whatever) saga?