Saw one in the flesh today (there aren't many here in Oz). It's actually a really nice bike imo. Sure the decals suck but other than that its pretty sweet.

a london one in oz... thought you were only sposed to get the special editions ones from the cities they are 'dedicated' to?

I have a friend in Tokyo who saw a NYC one there.

Also they didn't do a Ostrailia specific one.

Saw a courier-type riding one in Broadgate circle today..
SS with no rear brake (looked like a little koala toy stuck in the brake mount area)
Dude wearing a purple jumper with "couriers.co.uk" or similar written across it.

seen a couple one stationary with geezer and a girl sat under that lovely new awning in spitalfields market, drop bars, both brakes still on.
Saw another with risers, ridden by courier up by grays inn road.
Personally still not convinced, but hey ho, and is it me or is east london like the epicentre of the fixed london universe. Walk around there on a night and every other blinking bike is a fixed. Blimey O'fixie

swallow all anti-bourgeois impulses and sit down outside one of the chi-chi coffee shops in broadway market (take out mortgage first to pay for tiny coffee in a glass, not a mug) and watch and wait. within minutes you'll see legions of the fixed mulleteers, shooting past like a sudden perseid shower. alternatively go on saturday and watch them walk their steeds, as BSNYC would put it, "like afghan hounds" through the olive and placenta cake stalls.

lol, placenta or polenta??

Just stripped my friends ShitBrownLangster down for a repaint this weekend. I must say with the upgrades that he has done and the now repainted frame it's actually not a bad bike. I mean damn that frame is light.

It's almost worth recommending them to people if they want a cheap starter. All Specialized need to do is sort out the horrific colour schemes.

placenta, as in the afterbirth, either in a peculiar olive cake the size of a postage stamp costing a million pounds, or on pugliese bread, fed to the birkencroc-clad chillen running feral in the street outside the dove, which in turn is a sort of sam smith's for the ideologically, morally and intellectually bogus hordes ravaging the east end, or any other part of london for that matter that corresponds to notion that pretty terraced houses can be transformed into a 'village', even if it is within the heart of a sprawling metropolis. not that i care, as long as i can get my fassbinder films from the not-apollo and a pint of fruli from the not-weatherspoon.

I liked that, it made me smile.

even I keep seeing fakengers everywhere now, in the south. Saw some in camberwell, brixton, hernia hill, stockwell..

buggers are everywhere, and some of the riding isn't exactly stylish. I'm no expert, but come there must be some right five minute wonders out there.

peejay you r a cunning linguist!! damn arts students put me to shame :(

I saw one in my LBS a few days ago. The bars look very nice I think. Apart from that it's not too special but it's only really the decals that are rubbish on it. If the frame was pure white then it'd be a very nice looking bike I think.

relaxed geometry is horrible.

the bars look like the proverbial dog's penis.

I suppose I didn't really look at the bike from a 'whole bike' point of view. The geometry isn't really what I'd be after. Much prefer my Fuji.

(adopts patronising, fatherly tone)

good for you.

nice save.

The Perth Langster:
With a gold and red livery complete with strings of cork hanging from the handle bars. In place of pedals there are exclusive Aussi-style rigid thongs to slip your bare feet into.
The frame is adorned with Swan Gold decals and down the rear stay is written "Too bloody right mate" and on the top tube "F' K'en oath"

and also, "harden the fuck up"

I think that is on the Melburn Langster.

A very generous assessment of the situation LOL

The Liverpool Langster: Has had the wheels removed.

The Edinburgh Langster: Comes covered in a crispy batter and 'sauce'.

the oxford langster:
Thinks itself too good to be a bike. Its a mode of effective transport. Can't be ridden by just anyone, and has all the comfortable features expected by such clientele. Also offers a ridiculous 'armchair esque' upright riding position.

The brookes equivalent:
Looks far more attractive, and is easy to ride!

The Henley Langster...

...Insert relevant Boris joke here.

the shoreditch langster:

has white colour scheme, anodized red hubs for "oh-so-now" effect. sugino 42t chainring for those hors categorie cols on the way to soho. ironic tupe map underlaid. homage to sex pistols in recognition of anti-capitalist ethos of both maker and buyer, encapsulating nihilism of '77 in commercial, materialistic form. slyly references 'foxtonmini' school of graphic design for the spiritually dead flotsam jetsam of 2007.

oh.

This is better

http://togabikes.com/itemdetails.cfm?id=8776

you captured the zeitgeist there. well done.

I have owned a couple of Langster's. They are very light and perform well in all circumstances. Pretty comfy for 60 miles + too, a forgiving ride with the carbon fork.

I like compact geometry but its that fucking steerer tube thats ruins the aesthetics, Specialzed should sort it out!

The original Langster looked much better, I am on the lookout for one atm as it goes. Theres one on flea bay in my size..........

Thats the one:)

Call me sick, but I like that.

I was in a shop in London Bridge when a girl returned her london langster last week. Man at the counter was spewing because he said he's spent an age getting her set up (says he), only for her to get home and her mates to tell her it was shite. Shame on you all and your pernicious influence.
On the other hand, I watched her wobble past me about 5 minutes earlier and I suspect that matey who sold her it needs a fucking sharp slap. Mind you I imagine she simply HAD to have one and a sale's a sale.