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RPM there was also a slot later on (the one show, I hate it) which detailed cycling in the capital.

it was all reasonable and positive, I don't think there's anything to grizzle about, apart from maybe Winston shoving his bum in the camera

yeah, that was quite a good piece.

adrian 'voodoo'chiles

Shouldn't all normal people be in the pub at that time of night? ;) Respect to the Rollapaluza boyz! That was a cute piece...
No Arrospok tho'... Tsk, tsk, tsk... And Wayne's clobber looked great!

That is so dull. Winston, couldn't you have 'sexed' it up a bit? Where's the brakeless madmen that I keep hearing about?

now winston's bike has been shown as the epitome of cool, will he go brakeless + arrospok?

or will wannabe hipsters all over London be reaching for the bar-ends and full mudguards?

hippy What? No Rollapaluza plug?? :P

There clearly was- Paul was wearing a T-shirt.

What a bunch of bollocks I was riding a fixed wheel bike in London in 1998 (and in Cambridge 2 years before that...) does that make me one of the first people? No because there were guys riding them in London in 1898 for fuck sake.
Someone better start making Fixed is not a crime stickers.....

RPM who were those two posh muppets?!

couriers my arse, public schoolboys more like! ;)

Winston's skin turns green, his bulging muscles rip through his white shirt and grey trousers...he attempts to mutter "you wouldn't like me when I'm"....before collapsing to the floor ....upon recovery he teledials Zack Speedfast who's cool hand immediately despatches an icbm to deal with RPM in the manner which he deserves.....Kaboom.

nimhbus 'they look cool'

am i cool? Am i? Am i cool now? Am i cool? Am i? Am i cool?

[geek] But that quote was Steve Coogan (on The Day Today). [/geek]

Rapsac Both Winston & I are Oxbridge drop outs.

It didn't look as bad as I had expected, some misquotes but he accepted that 'fixed gear' is an americanism and used 'fixed wheel'.

I didn't see any mosquitoes.

I thought it was well done, a good representation of fixed wheel cyclists as normal people.

Well normal nerds. Yeah good piece and fairplay to Winspar for proactively shaping the direction of the discussion (no brakeless, alleycat hyperbole).

And I learnt the background to Winston's nickname - nice one Paul ;-)

BringMeMyFix [quote]Rapsac Both Winston & I are Oxbridge drop outs.

It didn't look as bad as I had expected, some misquotes but he accepted that 'fixed gear' is an americanism and used 'fixed wheel'.

I didn't see any mosquitoes.[/quote]

I said I had been a curryer for 8 years, it turned into we had been riding fixed for eight years.

We said we have been riding fixed for a long time turned into the now infamous 'they were among the first etc etc'

No biggies just came across as slightly rushed. Bound to happen.