Fixed article in the Independent

A number of comments - fuckwits mainly...

www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/cyclotherapy-the-extra-effort-you-put-in-setting-off-from-traffic-lights-on-a-fixedgear-bike-is-great-for-getting-in-shape-1648039.html

Oxford to portsmouth ride anyone?

If you use a normal bike and set off in the wrong direction an hour or so early you can do a huge loop travel 3 times the distance or more and still arrive on time...

that says alot about the readership of the independant...

Bunch of fucking wimps in the comments. Muswell Hill, Archway Road? Is he having a laugh

I couldn't stop myself from replying ;)

that says alot about the readership of the independant...

Oh yeah, just look at this idiot posting there:

Re: Muswell Hill???
bmmf wrote:
Saturday, 21 March 2009 at 01:56 pm (UTC)
@comradekaff:

Muswell Hill on 46x18/17 fixed - sub 1min30

Descending into Brighton (before it gets too built up) on 46x18 - 40mph

80 miles of South Downs Way (offroad) on 39x16 fixed - about 10 hours

And I don't even have a racing licence. You need to HTFU :)

Glad we don't have people like this on here. :)

He's got a point. I am a fucking idiot. But a fucking idiot who can spell and appropriately capitalise 'The Independent'.

Fantastic BMMF!

Good work BMMF!

Clap clap

Don't encourage him! He'll only do it again!

And he's done it before, on the TfL forum as BringMeMyOyster. A grand internet moment that was.

but you will have a racing license in a couple of weeks, you filthy stinking, biro stealing reed warbler

The Independent is truly awful these days. And their subeditor needs dismissing immediately, for the completely irrelevant title.

Though I appreciate they probably had some difficulty seeing as a headline along the lines of 'buy a fixed bike, they are fashionable and you will feel like a hipster' in the green living section may not have been deemed totally appropriate.

Re: Muswell Hill???
bmmf wrote:
Saturday, 21 March 2009 at 01:56 pm (UTC)
@comradekaff:

Muswell Hill on 46x18/17 fixed - sub 1min30

Descending into Brighton (before it gets too built up) on 46x18 - 40mph

80 miles of South Downs Way (offroad) on 39x16 fixed - about 10 hours

And I don't even have a racing licence. You need to HTFU :)

And you need to put your willy away.;)

I used my eyes and brain to read some of those comments and they made me emit a laughing noise with involuntary use of my vocal chords

And he's done it before, on the TfL forum as BringMeMyOyster. A grand internet moment that was.

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"There are a lot of so-called cyclists riding on new fixie bikes that don't have brakes. The riders are a threat to the public and themselves and some of them have bright pink bikes that are an eyesore."

:)

Who is BringMeMyAxe then? Their comments made me chuckle.

I used my eyes and brain to read some of those comments and they made me emit a laughing noise with involuntary use of my vocal chords

'cords' vocal cords...

you're a fucking dapper fellow hippy, despite what everyone says

I used to own orange cords.. I'm THE most undapper mofo ever.

'cords' vocal cords...

They're actually vocal 'folds' :p

'cords' vocal cords...

please stop your incessant correcting, it is really boring and i'm starting to feel sorry for you.

^I would've removed the final period for the sake of consistency :)