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hah! you'd have to catch me first! looks garish but would probably fly

1-nil to mitre man

actually i quite like the whole suits of cards analogy. its almost like a nod to poker, as in a game of skill and chance (with dice man 'esque emphasis on the chance)...which is pretty much how i feel everytime i go out on the roads. at least on this fucker visibility would not be a problem.

hell no! technically i think its an awesome component plus its a little bit of fun...it needs and aerospoke on the front to make it a great bike!

HAH! Right on trend then! you can argue bout the colour scheme but not with the crank

woah!

i think hybridising one with a tazer is the way forward.

first the twat gets fried, then they get sprayed. if frying is a good enough deterent the bike stays as is i.e. no skethcy paint job. after frying and spraying surely any self-respected pikey would be well fucked off.

how's about this?

http://www.slipperybrick.com/2008/11/exploding-bike-lock-keeps-your-ride-safe/

not sure whats worse..stolen bike or random respray

fuckin scum...there's so many of these bastards about. if its any sympathy its not confined to the big smoke. had my first fixer lifted from my back garden a few back. only got it fixer after i had a sweet kona mtb robbed from the front garden, locked around a tree...cambridge's flatness prompted the switch and never looked back.

has anyone found any lock/locking (ahem) strategy they can rely on? sensible and daft options welcome. considering wiring up the frame of my new bike to the mains or a car battery overnight. surely you can get a gps dongle or something hidden in a seat post or something nowadays?

try jake read at http://www.jakeread.com/index.html

such a dude and will really help you get something perfect together on a budget

good luck with it

true...i've been pretty loyal to light blue since i bought so don't really know where else to go...plus it seems a few have gone out of biz lately (like mikes bikes) but i guess it'd be all about the second hand shops...any suggestions?

try again

hey bogey,

cheers for the comeback and the suggestion re. keeping a look out. the bike was 99% OTP so i never really bothered creating bike porn. it's the 2007 so it looks exactly like this...

...except it has spds fitted...might still have a speedo (right side of bar, with cable running down the right fork) plus LED's fitted front (left side of bar) and back (seat post). its got a fitting attached for a rear wheel rainguard near the top of the downtube and its also set up to freewheel.

it has this small SB logo (but reversed so white is black and vv) as a sticker on the downtube

other than that nothing major to speak of..was in perfect condition.

have just bought a new bike via cyclescam which nicely softened the blow and i pick it up early next week so will be there for next thurs

how many peeps come out?

thanks again bro

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hi all,

just joined...nice to see a dedicated cambridge thread. seen fixers on the rise around the city too...often a nice chromed out classic looking number chained up next to a stall opposite monsoon/that dinky card shop just down from office...looks sweet.

thinking about joining in the ride but wondering how far/long you guys go, where from and when and how much training i need to do to avoid embarrassment?!

also...i just had a genesis flyer stolen from my house...2007 model - white frame, black carbon forks, mavic wheels, spd's...supreme being sticker on the down tube at the crank end. i bought it from light blue and the chap who runs the workshop there has reportedly seen a 'toerag' on it heading up to chesterton with 2 other 'toerags'.

axa have kindly declined to insure so ideally need to find it and serve justice. it's a small city and i'd be super grateful of any sightings. a chav on a fixer is as likely as an ashtray on a motorbike so should stick out..any help massively appreciated - can offer any form of alcohol (or whatever your poison is) as a reward.

see you around

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i think i just got semi-spanked...fairplay

crazy jim...went to a lot of schools but sadly must have missed the one where you learnt how to be funny. can you pls send details...asap

YouTube - Sam Miller and Will Miller Crazy Fixed Gear Trick Video!
not really for me but i respect it

funny...you do have a point about the one-up-man-ship though...it is a lot of fun. maybe we can agree on that.

banned? surely not! my life will end...how will i cope without access to to nice people like yourself? i think you're taking this all a bit too seriously. 'dropped' was not my phrase, but if i was you i'd be dropping a chill pill.

well that depends on your definition of useful. wrt this thread all i can say is that i got a bike today in blb. mariola took me through the whole build and she was awesome and i cant wait to pick the thing up...isnt that value for money. nuff said...hope that meets your criteria for useful.

fiesty

well..apologies all for the repetition. i just joined so i have to post on 3 threads before i can get full member status...just getting my numbers up.

guess i overshot with my G comment. i'll personally actually spend £43 x 12 = £512 for £1000 worthish of bike (lets leave the G's out of this) i think that by anyones books thats ok and a whole £88 cheaper than an otp flyer.

i think the scenes are similar...not the same. nothing wrong with a little bit of attitude or gnarl, and yes i'm sure there are some gnarly hipster lead figure makers. but seeing as you have the warhammer knowledge you tell me?

thanks...i'll take that as a compliment. as a hippy i don't sense a lot of peace in you.

i dunno...i'm new to this game but have just also spent a G today in blb via cyclescam after having a genesis flyer robbed and i'm shocked by the volume of stuff on blb here.

seems to be the whole fixed scene is like any other...skating, snowboarding, bmxing...self-expression, feeling like you're doing something non-mainstream...whatever. some people are cool...some people are not. all of these scenes have some gnarl and it wouldn't be the same without it.

lets be honest...all of this shit is about one-up-manship...who has the sickest bike, the nicest styles, the freshest moves so there's always gonna be some arrogance/attitude. like everyone on here's never looked down on someone's set-up and turned their nose up. its the same shit hypocrites!

my conclusion..anyone that goes into blb and doesn't like it is spineless and easily intimidated and really should either grow some balls or melt their bike down and go hang out in gamesworkshop and wank over making the nerdiest metal troll figures...or whatever the fuck it is they do in there

this is hilarious...i just spent a G in there after replacing a stolen genesis flyer that wasn't covered by insurance. i know...what a fuckwit. anyway...i didn't do much research as i was saving a boat load of cash by using cyclescham. at first i though i'd blown a G on welded turkey foil and aboriginal scrotums (should that be scroti?) after reading some of the threads on here. now i see that all the haters are just probably gutted they didnt start there own store. the girl in there told me today they sold 400 blb track frames in a year. you do the maths...fair play. if we brits all got our fingers out our arse, stopped claiming benefits and took a few risks, maybe we'd have half the chutzpah of the poles...I salute you! (is it ok to say salute in the same sentance as anything polish? brings back war connatations...sorry!)