Exactly what is a fixie?
no gears?
( Kroney, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:50, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Or breaks, the wheels are locked to the pedals so you just stop pedalling to break.
or something.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:51, Reply)

That sounds like a fucking shit idea.

( Kroney, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:52, Reply)

Hipsters also wear braces without a covering jacket.
Like plebs.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:52, Reply)

I think I'm starting to understand why everybody hates them so much.
I thought it was mostly dressing like Dr Who and having a Dozer-style attitude to music.
( Kroney, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:53, Reply)

that, too.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:55, Reply)

It is
Fixed wheels are for the track, or if you have stabilizers.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:53, Reply)

I borrowed my friend's flat in Canary Wharf for a week of the olympics
Both her and her bloke are cyclists. He's got a fixie with a Burls titanium frame. I was both impressed and deeply, deeply disgusted.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:56, Reply)

It sounds bloody dangerous for a city bike.

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:56, Reply)

It's OK, the cunts only ever ride on the pavement
so it doesn't matter. At least to them
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:00, Reply)

specifically, no gears and no freewheel.
In terms of progress it's the cycling equivalent of lighting a fire on your kitchen floor with a flint rather than turn on the cooker.

But, hey, apparently it's hip.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:53, Reply)

I'd like to see them stop in a hurry

( Kroney, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:54, Reply)

No brakes and no helmet, obv.
cos it spoils the hair etc.
Darwinism should take care of it.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 13:56, Reply)