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dont laugh at me, i may be wearing a condom as a hat (which im not letting you chew)
but you have no right to laugh AT me

ive done that once brakeless, only later did i realise how hard it was to get your feet back on the spinning pedals and how easy it is to brake your legs.

What an embarrassing first post but...

This was like my first real experience riding a fixed gear bike. My friend had just converted his bike, so I tried it out. (It is like a 19" frame [sorry, I'm American] and I am 6'4".. so this thing is tiny) He lives near a little hill type thing so I get the great idea in my head of running the bike down that, while peddling as fast as I could (I figured I would be fine, because the bike had a front brake --- little did I know it barely worked whatsoever)

So I'm screaming down this incline, and I get the brilliant idea in my head to take my feet off the pedals... and well... yeah. I was an inch from going face first into a very sinister looking thorn bush.

Lesson learned.

sinister looking thorn bush - hardcore

Dude... how often do you change bikes?? That thing is gorgeous though, congratulations!! Same wheelset from the Colnago?? Where do you find these things??

What an embarrassing first post but...

This was like my first real experience riding a fixed gear bike. My friend had just converted his bike, so I tried it out. (It is like a 19" frame [sorry, I'm American] and I am 6'4".. so this thing is tiny) He lives near a little hill type thing so I get the great idea in my head of running the bike down that, while peddling as fast as I could (I figured I would be fine, because the bike had a front brake --- little did I know it barely worked whatsoever)

So I'm screaming down this incline, and I get the brilliant idea in my head to take my feet off the pedals... and well... yeah. I was an inch from going face first into a very sinister looking thorn bush.

Lesson learned.

actually there are several ways to stop your bike in this situation

1. Take one of your feet and lightly jam it between the frame and the rear wheel causing the sole of the shoe to rub against the tyre making your rear wheel slow down. Make sure you dont jam it too hard the rear wheel will crush your toes agiainst the frame.

2. Handbrake as i call it is when you reach out with one of your hands to the front wheel and grab it to stop it. Gloves advised, make sure you're above the legal drinking limit to be dumb enough to do this.

3. Bite your arm off and stick it into your front wheel.

actually there are several ways to stop your bike in this situation

1. Take one of your feet and lightly jam it between the frame and the rear wheel causing the sole of the shoe to rub against the tyre making your rear wheel slow down. Make sure you dont jam it too hard the rear wheel will crush your toes agiainst the frame.

2. Handbrake as i call it is when you reach out with one of your hands to the front wheel and grab it to stop it. Gloves advised, make sure you're above the legal drinking limit to be dumb enough to do this.

3. Bite your arm off and stick it into your front wheel.

I sincerely hope that all (Except for maybe the first one) are far from any real solution people have tried.

And about the bush comment, yes, I am one hardcore guy ;)

^^Where in america are you based?

actually there are several ways to stop your bike in this situation

1. Take one of your feet and lightly jam it between the frame and the rear wheel causing the sole of the shoe to rub against the tyre making your rear wheel slow down. Make sure you dont jam it too hard the rear wheel will crush your toes agiainst the frame.

2. Handbrake as i call it is when you reach out with one of your hands to the front wheel and grab it to stop it. Gloves advised, make sure you're above the legal drinking limit to be dumb enough to do this.

3. Bite your arm off and stick it into your front wheel.

you forgot the 'army roll' move

you forgot the 'army roll' move

1. put your feet on the handlebars, lean back over the saddle and stop the rear wheel with your ass crack
   

Most men don't mind diving head-first into bush.

http://www.londonfgss.com/members2585-albums396-picture2362.jpg
Pretty much the finished bike. Might still get rid of 1 or both stem spacers. Still got to change pedals...
Brake lever isn;t usually in that position, but i took the flic just after having had a bit of a crash, and didn't notice.

99% stick a thomson post on there too

Yeah man, i feels you! Just too broke at the moment.

Whats rims are those?

http://www.londonfgss.com/members2585-albums396-picture2362.jpg
Pretty much the finished bike. Might still get rid of 1 or both stem spacers. Still got to change pedals...
Brake lever isn;t usually in that position, but i took the flic just after having had a bit of a crash, and didn't notice.

i have been loving this build forms... its fncking nice dude!

Whats rims are those?

i guess mavic open pro cd

Looking good! forms

Lose the A stem and put on a quill stem - Nice though! :-)

look great! the ahead stem look fucking queer on a skinny headtube I must says.

the steerer is not threaded.

well no shit columbo!

thats a beautiful ride that mate!

ha! at least i can put a tyre on :)

this is going to stick with me forever.

:)

(you might as well have kept that nice little avatar ed:)

ha!
we'll never get tyred of it!