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A woman walks across the road on a green light for me outside Tottenham Court Rd station I lock up and she just stands there looking like a possum caught in headlights. Completely take her and land on top of her. As I'm getting up and asking her if she is OK an old man pipes up "bloody cyclists" after making sure the girl was ok. (Pretty sure she wasn't but was saying she was) I mentioned this is why you look at the lights to see if you can cross to which she agreed and apologised. Then i proceeded to yell at the old man that thought that it was all my fault even though he wasn't stupid enough to cross to road into oncoming traffic.

I have a sore shin.

A workmate that rides fixed thought I was a bit crazy for trying it out on the ride through the city but a bit of danger keeps me alert! (i think)

I've got no retention either at the moment just till I get comfortable as id rather be able to ditch the bike why I'm still getting the hang of things than have a full blown moment

When I swamped the wheel round I marked the frame so it went back to the same place as on the free-wheel so i'll check them out when i get home! thanks

I've just started this week riding fixed. After 3 months using the freewheel I thought it was time to give it a shot. Instead of learning on a quiet day I just took the plunge and rode to work (Mile End to Soho) and it was ok! Remembering to pedal is the main thing but only got caught out a couple of times but no real drama. I'm still using both brakes until I get completely used to it.

The hardest part is when coming to a stop and making sure I have the pedals in the right place to head off again and not pushing backwards into whatever is behind me haha At the moment i'm using cheap shitty plastic pedals (Aventon Mataro) so next step is cleats and shoes. I'm not to keen on straps.

I have noticed that its alot harder to pedal. It almost feels like there is drag on the wheel. I just serviced the bike and lubed the chain etc so maybe its just the added force of it being a fixed gear and I need to get used to it?