Spotted in Manchester...

talking of new fools - who's rides the single speed silver plug with no back brake on oxford road occasionally? - not big, not clever...

Yeah that guy is a muppet. I had the misfortune of getting stuck behind him through Rusholme one day. He actually said 'yeah I'm bombing down to Owens Park now, innit', despite being overtaken by cars. In Rusholme. At like 4 pm. How is it even possible to cycle that slowly? Dick.

talking of new fools - who's rides the single speed silver plug with no back brake on oxford road occasionally? - not big, not clever...

Does it have a front brake?

Does it have a front brake?

Fixie - your doing it wrong.

wouldnt be too surprised, see ze kiddywinks (says me) riding on battered BMX and mountain bikes brakeless loads, they just stick their bigass vans on the rear wheel to stop....

freewheel with a front break is fine, stop quicker than fixed with no breaks tbh

bmx with no breaks is common too, i dont have breaks on mine but you tend to be going alot slower and cap hop curbs to get around stuff and use your feet to stop

Yeah - i'm nor sure on the freewheel front brake combo - I can stick my foot on the back of my bmx but I wouldn't want to try on a track frame

@Morgan - I've got stuck behind him in Rusholme too - I would laugh at him but maybe he's being (too?) cautious - that's where I've been knocked off twice!

im not saying freewheel with a front brake is good but its better than fixed with no brakes and to be honest its probably better than freewheel with just a back brake too

ss with front brake is fine.
did my first london (snow) messenger winter like that.
just made sure my front brake worked

@ vc "better than fixed with no brakes" lets please not start this tired debate again... ;)
youre much better off spending your time baiting southerners... always makes my day!

hahahaha yeah I was worried we where heading that way - let's just agree that this particular fella is a dick!

i do daily rides brakeless and alleycats with a brake

is this particular charge rider riding ss with no brakes?

a whole world of pain just waiting to happen...

can't blame a guy for being cautious in Rusholme, it's a fucking deathrap- car door alley!

Me and Woody (messenger) both work on ss front brake. It's fine.

More importantly I've just see a whole brand new pretty girl on fixed down my end on my way home - this ist gut news ya!

yes, main point on ss with front brake is not that it doesnt work, it works if your not going fast enough and not needing to stop in a hurry, otherwise your going over the bars. but WHY!? if you have a front brake you can just as easily have a rear brake, or better yet both.

More importantly I've just see a whole brand new pretty girl on fixed down my end on my way home - this ist gut news ya!

OOERRR.

Me and Woody (messenger) both work on ss front brake. It's fine.

I've had it up to here with this fakenwoodrow

Dangeruss (I think) last night out front of G-Mex pulling tricks, it was dark and I was in The Bridgwater Hall so not 100%

A couple of weeks ago - Roryeaglestone back of the Arndale, presumably on way home from work.

Halloween night (about 2am) a hipster type dude on a Plug in Rusholme, I thought you were Morgan so rode up behind you and screamed "Do a fucking skid Morgan, and do it fucking now !" You weren't actually Morgan so sorry, I was a bit tired and emotional mind.

Dangeruss (I think) last night out front of G-Mex pulling tricks, it was dark and I was in The Bridgwater Hall so not 100%

Yep... Spotted

Halloween night (about 2am) a hipster type dude on a Plug in Rusholme, I thought you were Morgan so rode up behind you and screamed "Do a fucking skid Morgan, and do it fucking now !" You weren't actually Morgan so sorry, I was a bit tired and emotional mind.

Brilliant...!!

me! How very honoured - that sounds like hometime... hope I didnt ignore you Ronnie?...

Nah you didn't see me. I was the other side of Shudehill and was gabbing on my phone so couldn't really shout.

Halloween night (about 2am) a hipster type dude on a Plug in Rusholme, I thought you were Morgan so rode up behind you and screamed "Do a fucking skid Morgan, and do it fucking now !" You weren't actually Morgan so sorry, I was a bit tired and emotional mind.

That is my hipster nemesis. He rides a chrome charge but freewheel/front brake only.
Dick.

Whomever I rode down Upper Brooke St. with yesterday, fair play chap! That headwind was slaying me but you were tanking it, took me some effort to keep up.

breaks are cool morgan. ok. however, keeping a colnago beauty locked away and never riding it on those peaks is a crime.

What am I going to do? Ride it in drainpipes and leather? When I've got enough moneys for some bib shorts at least, I'll be out! I'm still getting to grips with this whole 'gears' thing, what they about, right?

tights in this weather dear or you shall catch a cold

I know nothing of Lycra!
I don't have enough money for any right now anyway, so it's largey hypothetical until I earn some cash dollars.

Cheapest way initially will be to get some padded bib shorts, then get some unpadded non-bib tights to wear over them when it's cold.