WTF is going on at Tescos in Brixton?

just went on a Beer run to my local Tescos, and theres some kind of film shoot going on in the car park, Winnebagos, caterers, a big camera on a cherry picker... the works.

so i have a quick look to see whats going on, and parked in the middle of it all is a golf buggy with some kind of rig on the front... and on this rig is.... yep you guessed it..... a fixie fixed wheel track pista fixed gear bicycle no less (well actually ss). Some dodgy looking conversion with a Brookes swallow, as low as it will go, som nitto type pista drops with track grips (cut in half, with one half by the stem and the other on the drops???)....and silver H+sons.

it wouldn't really bother me appart from they have obviously tried to build a 'cool fixie' and ended up with of the wrongest pengy conversions i have ever seen in my life. and the fact they are probobly filming an advert for fucking cocco pops makes it all the more painful.

Rant over.

you should have explained to the director the error of his crews ways and offered them the use of your machine.
but then again as tie ins sometime work those parts companies might have been giving a 'little contribution' for their parts to be used.

You should have puked on your cock and told them to film that.

They're clearly filming an advert for the new Tesco fixie.

you should have cycled crazily through the set shouting NO BRAKES MO FUCKAAAAA

They're clearly filming an advert for the new Tesco fixie.

Every little fixie helps..

I'm totally taking DeathBike™ over for a gander...

(t)OOL must be launching his new Blagger bike range to the masses.

Diet Coke advert... Was just chatting to the guy looking after the bike for the shoot... Turns out there's gonna be a hot girl on a 'fixie' in it, even tho' it's actually SS... Built up by BLB (it's a BLB frame)... Chap seemed really nice, he had what looked like a brakeless FBM and wished he was at home... We bonded over a mutual love for Soma Everwears... And may I just say, Rob, you are a fucking shit detective...

its funny how u all criticise everyone for jumping on the bandwagon, but this is the very reason the forum exists and everyone joined +/-

its funny how u all criticise everyone for jumping on the bandwagon, but this is the very reason the forum exists and everyone joined +/-

What's your point? Who's criticising anyone?

And may I just say, Rob, you are a fucking shit detective...

hahah... i wasn't up for getting all sherlock holmes over it!

the only guy i spoke to was some security type dude, who wasn't telling me shit, and wouldn't let me look at the bike.

was it really a BLB frame? it looked really poor from what i could see, but it was surrounded by all that scafolding type shit on the rig, so i was obviously mistaken. did you see what was going on with the grips? they looked very odd too me, a bit like cornys set up, but with chopped in half rubber track grip type things.

and i couldnt really give a shit about the whole bandwagon thing.... we've all fucking jumped on it at some point. i just thought that if theyre gonna do it, they should do it with a nice bike! but as Joe as Joe said, it seems like they have made an effort!

.......but that saddle definatley looked like it had just been welded to the top of the seat tube.

And may I just say, Rob, you are a fucking shit detective...

No, that'll be Gillian McKeith...

Barf!

Every little fixie helps..

ROFL. Comedy gold. You crack me up...

its funny how u all criticise everyone for jumping on the bandwagon, but this is the very reason the forum exists and everyone joined +/-

It's rare to encounter a post that is entirely without merit. I think I'll get Tynan to print this out and frame it.

It's rare to encounter a post that is entirely without merit. I think I'll get Tynan to print this out and frame it.

It's not that rare, unfortunately.

its funny how u all criticise everyone for jumping on the bandwagon, but this is the very reason the forum exists and everyone joined +/-

This is a Tesco forum?

I've been deceived. Deceived I tell you.

There's another one!

I meant Platini's but you can have some too Andy.

Q.E.D.
edit - slooow.

it's funny how something becomes adopted by the masses innit?

there's no reason on earth why fixies should be in a ford focus ad or a diet coke ad - they will have no impact on the sales of either and nationwide the ads will have no sway over the mass market's interest in fixed gear. Yet people involved in the publicity decide the products need an injection of cool, and arbitrarily the fixie is chosen (as I doubt the BLB publicity machine is hammering out product placement deals).

What a shame the fixie can be appropriated by absolutely anyone for any means. Instead of diet coke and ford someone should be making a kids film where somehow the fixies they are riding become intrinisic to the climax of the plot. Then it would blow up for the right people rather than a bunch of halfwit London thirtysomethings who listen to Chris Moyles and take it easy monday to friday "cos it's a school night".

We've come a long way since ET.

This is a Tesco forum?

I've been deceived. Deceived I tell you.

Me too. I thought it was an M&S forum (with a Poundland annexe).

Re-make of the Red Hand Gang or the Famous 5.

Bit annoying, it's my regular Friday night dogging spot...

What?! I've been looking for you in the glory-hole in maccy-d toilets last 3 Fridays...