most aren't true fixies, but have a flip flop hub allowing freewheeling and brakes

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:01, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

a lad got hit by a car outside my pub,
it was his first day riding his new fixie. He broke his nose and his arm.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:02, Reply)

heh heh

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:04, Reply)

Cyclists are fucking mental in Oxford.
They cut me up! I'm in a one ton lump of metal that's at the mercy of some pretty unforgiving physics and they fucking cut *me* up.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:04, Reply)

They are absolute loons,
i cycle in oxford a lot, as to be fair, it is the easiest way to get around this town as the roads are all shit, and the one way system, but i'm careful. Some of those guys are fucking looney.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:06, Reply)

In fairness you were in a 2CV and wearing a beret at the time.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:07, Reply)

May I just say as a cyclist....
I fucking hate fixies and he had it coming.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:16, Reply)

i've never ridden one,
how hard are they to stop? I imagine at speed, they would be almost impossible to stop quickly without locking the wheel, sliding and then die.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:17, Reply)

I've never ridden one either
what ever everyone says I'm not that much of a twat.

I understand the stopping process is more or less as you describe. the less suicidal ones have at least one proper break though and a lot of what is classed as a 'fixie' is actually just a single speed bike with a freewheel, usually still just the one brake though, which is retarded.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:24, Reply)

I might go buy a penny farthing.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:31, Reply)

I am genuinely surprised these have not made a comeback yet
they would be the ultimate fixie.

probablt because they are too hard to fake.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:41, Reply)

which reminds me:
bit.ly/QnBi6e
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:49, Reply)

I'd totally ride a velociraptor, by the way.

( Kroney, Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:03, Reply)

Did I ever mention I have a tattoo of a velociraptor on my cock?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:16, Reply)

=/

( Kroney, Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:17, Reply)

you know you want it frenchie.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 26 Sep 2012, 12:24, Reply)