I confess...

Everyone has at least one bike related skeleton in their closet.

I'll start: I've never actually owned anything made by campagnolo, and I'm secretly proud of it.

When's your birthday? I've got some old small bits lying around that I can giftwrap ;)

I like the look of big clearances between tyre & forks, oh the shame..

Every bike I've ever bought has been custom built from the best parts I could afford. I've never known the joy of cobbling together anything from begged, borrowed or stolen parts just to be able to ride. I have, and still do, put purchase of bike parts above food.

I was scared of fixed wheel. Only started riding fixed by accident - when the bike that came to me over ebay did not have a drilled bridge, and I wasn't going to ride it as a one-brake SS.

I learnt to cycle rather in the same way as these kids here on Singapore's East Coast Parkway

In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog... When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out... But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life

Object is a cunt. Not a confession, just an observation.

I had an Emelle Santana, bright yellow, which i modified with a batman disc wheel cover on the back when i was about 11

Not too different to how i roll now :)

I own a London Langster, and I like it.

In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog... When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out... But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life
chunk from goonies right?

I own a London Langster, and I like it.

can someone please post that picture of the bully from the simpsons, you know the one..

can someone please post that picture of the bully from the simpsons, you know the one..

You don't know Nelson Muntz is? Ha Ha

I love my fixed and it's slightly uncomfortable awkwardness from being built on a Carbolite frame that's not really the right geometry for me. I love the challenge of learning everywhere I usually freewheel and the smug satisfaction I get from remembering to brake properly and not reaching for the levers. I love rocking around town with people not quite knowing that I don't operate in the same way as them, reading traffic in ways they don't understand.

But the confession is that I dearly love gears as well. I love both methods of control and whilst I'm really glad I've built up a fixed, I don't think I'll ever give up my geared bikes.

i shit in my judo 'ghee' when i was thrown particularly hard age 12.

Outside of work I prefer riding my geared bike. There, I've said it.

I hadn't ridden a bike since I was 7, before I got my single speed raleigh conversion last april.

I killed a man in Reno just to watch him die

I rode a girl's bike aged between 4 and 8 years old. Now I have a girl's name. Go figure.

You don't know Nelson Muntz is? Ha Ha

the fact that i share a first name with the simpsons resident alchoholic means i dont watch it much...

i ride a pinarello...

My bike was once OTP.

I've never bought OTP. I feel I'm missing out somehow..

I've never bought OTP. I feel I'm missing out somehow..

Maccy D is OTP.

I had an Emelle Santana, bright yellow, which i modified with a batman disc wheel cover on the back when i was about 11

Not too different to how i roll now :)

You can expect an e-mail from Graham Drummond in the near future...