Any Fixed Gear riders in ED?

[womanofdulwich]

i'm sure, just remember the chap that attended the velodrome meeting at Dulwich College who said they would be happy to be part of the income stream of the velodrome to play on the middle of the track. Thew velodrome needs as much support as it can get- all year round, not just when the track is dry enough to cycle on.

[snowy]

Ah, but a pedant would point out the intrinsic difference between grass court polo (of which there's about ten very old, but very lovely Allin grass polo bikes at Herne Hill) and Hard Court polo! Mostly the size of the pitch, bikes ridden on, technique, speed etc.

Oh and hello all you fgss rabble!

[PaulR]

snowy Wrote:

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> Oh and hello all you fgss rabble!

Rabble, hmmm...

There's quite a gaggle of forumengers in the Brockley/ED/F Hill area these days, which tallies with the gradual increase in the number of fixed riders that I've noticed around here in recent years.

[mrs f]

That was me!

Sadly I've just had to sell the Rothmann as I'm now pregnant and needed something a bit more upright and due to funds & space couldn't afford to keep that and the new Mixte custom build that BC Bikes are currently working on for me... not SS this time as I'll have three gears.... so I can't join the club!

PaulR Wrote:

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> > I bought a stereo (sort of space-age

> ghetto-blaster thing) on here a while back and

> turned up at the seller's house on my bike. She

> then arrived on a gorgeous (not baby blue)

> Rothmann fixed wheel bike, sold me the stereo and

> watched (I suspect with some wry amusement) as I

> headed off up Lordship Lane with the stereo

> hanging off my left handlebar. It survived -

> including the lovely descent from the Horniman to

> F Hill station. If only it had had batteries in

> it...

[PaulR]

I saw the Rothmann up for sale and recognised it instantly - it's quite a distinctive bike. Good luck with the impending arrival: have you asked at BC whether they can track down a miniature fixed trike as his/her first steed?

[mrs f]

Hi Paul, yes I was gutted to let her go.... it was a very sad day for me, hopefully the new bike will go some way to compensate!

and yes a mini fixie for the bub will defo be on the cards, mr f will ensure that I'm sure!!

[melbournegrove]

Hi from lfgss going back to topic is there people wanting to orgnise a christmas ride?

[felt-tip]

does anyone know if I can buy an Alta in London or is it all mail order?

[EXED]

Ah Damo... You gave your cover away... How are you doing. Your 853 Graham Weigh is being very well looked after in Beckenham.... It's in the garage at the mo.... Hope you and the family are all well.

Regards

Guy

[humber]

I ride an old Giant mountain bike I picked up in holland for 18 euro and wondered, during the recent icy spell, where are all the fixies - I was cycling through Spitalfields at the time. Then, crossing the Essex road, I saw a fixie doing a track start balance at the lights with a full size christmas tree on his shoulder. Cool, very cool, I begrudgingly admitted.

[felt-tip]

hi guys i have put a post in the wanted section but might get better response here: looking for a 2nd hand 61cm ss/fixed racing bike. something like a Gary Fisher Triton or Condor Tempo. Budget is ?300 for the right bike. Thanks.

[felt-tip]

I have now bought a single speed bike and I love it. My commute time is actually quicker using the SS rather than my geared racer. Completely weird but I got home last night and it felt like I'd been teleported from the city. It was just so smooth and fast and stress-free. Looking forward to being brave enough to flip the hub (is that the correct terminology?)

['bout now]

Hello Everyone

I have a fixed Bob Jackson and oh how I love it. 12 years old now and it mixes with all my other bikes. I'm confused though, what makes you johnny come lately fixed riders different from any other bicycle rider?

Because you act like you are and indeed, you have started a thread that suggests you are?

[felt-tip]

I'm new to all this but isnt it the fixed gear / single speed element?

[PaulR]

I'm delighted to hear how much you love your Bob Jackson. But I am confused by your suggestion that "johnny come lately" fixed riders regard themselves as different from any other cyclists. It's undeniable that there's a fashion for riding fixed, but I don't think that means that people who have only recently started riding fixed regard themselves as different or in any way superior. If anything, today's newcomers to the joys of riding fixed will look at old-timers with respect, but someone who complains about "johnny come lately" fixed riders might appear sad and possibly a bit snobbish.

Of course, felt tip is right - it's no stranger to discuss riding fixed as an indentifiable strand of cycling than it would be to discuss riding folding bikes, tricycles, recumbents, MTBs, moultons, tandems etc. Someone riding a fixed wheel bike has presumably deliberately chosen that form of transport and can quite reasonably, in my view, feel an affinity with other cyclists who have made the same choice. That doesn't mean that they look down their noses at people who have made a different choice.

OK, I'll go and make a coffee now.:))

'bout now Wrote:

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> Hello Everyone

>

> I have a fixed Bob Jackson and oh how I love it.

> 12 years old now and it mixes with all my other

> bikes. I'm confused though, what makes you johnny

> come lately fixed riders different from any other

> bicycle rider?

>

> Because you act like you are and indeed, you have

> started a thread that suggests you are?

[thebestnameshavegone]

PaulR Wrote:

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> I'm delighted to hear how much you love your Bob

> Jackson. But I am confused by your suggestion

> that "johnny come lately" fixed riders regard

> themselves as different from any other cyclists.

> It's undeniable that there's a fashion for riding

> fixed, but I don't think that means that people

> who have only recently started riding fixed regard

> themselves as different or in any way superior.

> If anything, today's newcomers to the joys of

> riding fixed will look at old-timers with respect,

> but someone who complains about "johnny come

> lately" fixed riders might appear sad and possibly

> a bit snobbish.

>

> Of course, felt tip is right - it's no stranger to

> discuss riding fixed as an indentifiable strand of

> cycling than it would be to discuss riding folding

> bikes, tricycles, recumbents, MTBs, moultons,

> tandems etc. Someone riding a fixed wheel bike

> has presumably deliberately chosen that form of

> transport and can quite reasonably, in my view,

> feel an affinity with other cyclists who have made

> the same choice. That doesn't mean that they look

> down their noses at people who have made a

> different choice.

>

> OK, I'll go and make a coffee now.:))

>

+1 on that