London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

Conan · 5th September 2007

is really really hard, however fast you both want to get to the pub, i dont reccomend it at all!!!

lpg · 5th September 2007

i feel ya. I had to cycle to the bike shop saddleless once. Not recommended. By the way, you could always get some bmx pegs.

matt · 6th September 2007

Went out with my ex once she got so drunk i tried to give her a seatie to the cab station. Wasn’t good she fell of and broke her nose ; )

photoben · 6th September 2007

Done it twice with my girl (she only weighs 7half stone) from Brick lane to wapping. She complained my saddle was too hard. It really works your thighs!

31t®um · 6th September 2007

handle bars is easiest
and Ben, you only done it once with your girl?????

eyebrows · 6th September 2007

This morning i was forced to half cycle, half run from chelsea to condor cycles due to a sheared seat bolt.
Fucking painful as.

tallsam · 6th September 2007

A "seatie"?

Round my way we call it a "Croggie" - no idea why.

In Oxford they call it a "backie".

BRM · 6th September 2007

It's a 'dink' in West Oz.

dicki · 6th September 2007

backies for me
i cycled about 1/2 mile with no saddle on my polo bike my legs were shaking when i dismounted there must be some good shit going on to make them hurt that much
how about a fixed no saddle bridges ride see who gets the furthest

kipsy · 6th September 2007

see who gets a seatpost up there arse the furthest you mean

hippy · 6th September 2007

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BRM666:It's a 'dink' in West Oz.

It's a 'dink' in east Oz.. :)

dt · 6th September 2007

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dicki:
how about a fixed no saddle bridges ride see who gets the furthest

could go for the hour record, only need to average 42km/h :o

matt · 6th September 2007

that's hard core.... some one nicked my saddle once had to ride 2 miles with out it felt like my legs were going to give in when i arrived home.

matt · 6th September 2007

up for the fixed no saddle bridge race : 0

|³|MA3K · 6th September 2007

My seat pole snapped at the head once, had to cycle standing from Dalston to Stockwell at 4am with a fizzy head - just no fun at all.

|³|MA3K · 6th September 2007

Oh I concur with the Aussies, it indeed is called a 'dink' or 'dinkie' Australia-wide.

In Canada it was called a 'double'.

eyebrows · 6th September 2007

its always been a backie

Nicholas · 6th September 2007

It's a backer over here in sunny Dublin.

tallsam · 6th September 2007

looks like Croggie is a Midlands ting then. Or it was probably just what my mates said. Bunch of idiots

hippy · 6th September 2007

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htay:its always been a backie

No, backie is for ta-baccie aka tobacco. :P

|³|MA3K · 6th September 2007

For a smoko blue.

rg37 · 6th September 2007

on my old bike i was cruising no handed leaning back and my seat bolt went pop and snapped, i go flying backwards bike goes forwards doing a ghost ride right in front of a bus, the poor bus driver shit himself when he saw a riderless ghost bike zoom right in front and cross over to the other side.... had to bike back standing up with badly cut hands from the fall not fun

giving a mate a lift on bike = backie

eyebrows · 6th September 2007

no baccy = tobaccy= tobacco.
Giving your mate a lift is a backie. full stop.

|³|MA3K · 6th September 2007

Unless your mate is a ghost.

rusty · 6th September 2007

It's Backie in Glasgow. I don't know what it is in Middlesbrough. I'll ask someone but I might get stabbed.

. · 6th September 2007

It's 'backie' here in North London.

31t®um · 6th September 2007

it's backie here west, and when i lived in cornwall too

lpg · 6th September 2007

so whats it called when someone stands on the rear pegs?

and when someone sits on the handlebars?

31t®um · 6th September 2007

er......... a peggie????
and a handlebarrie???

photoben · 6th September 2007

Backie. Also backie in Essex.

glow · 6th September 2007

backie

matt · 6th September 2007

said backie in new york to......

benanza · 6th September 2007

Backie in Grantham (Lincs) when I was there.

hippy · 6th September 2007

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htay:no baccy = tobaccy= tobacco.
Giving your mate a lift is a backie. full stop.

I don't smoke and you can use as much punctuation as you want but I'm not calling it a 'backie' - it sounds like something from Brokeback Mountain..

Dink is mentioned here (along with loads of other tasty meanings!):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dink#Slang

I'm sure 'backie' is in urbandictionary, etc. but it's either down or blocked here.

Conan · 6th September 2007

so it looks like im the only person whos ever called it a 'seatie'?!!?

hippy · 6th September 2007

Looks that way :)
Points for originality :)
Fsck it, how about you have another smiley :)

threedaymonk · 6th September 2007

I once saw three full-grown adult males on a single bicycle in Osaka, Japan. One on the seat, one sitting behind him on the rack, and one standing on the rack behind that with his arms on the shoulders of the driver.

I was impressed. I wouldn't try it myself, mind.

hippy · 6th September 2007

I saw that kind of thing in da Netherlands a lot. Only with 3 females though (no, it wasn't a dream!) and the 3rd chick would be sitting sideways on the rack!

provenrad · 22nd November 2007

Is this a good way to make friends - "Alright love, wanna lift?" or perhaps increase the effectiveness of winter training?
If I had a 36 spoke wheel I would either buy these / search in my local tip for months.

10 GN buy it now

turpe · 22nd November 2007

In Naaaarfuk, where I grew up, it's a 'seatie'.

jonny · 22nd November 2007

croggie where i grew up, banbury, oxfordshire.

bombadil · 22nd November 2007

i thought a croggie was on the crossbar - like a crossie

TheBrick(Tommy) · 22nd November 2007

YES i may get these my mrs is always asking for backies

Pistanator · 22nd November 2007

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jonny:croggie where i grew up, banbury, oxfordshire.

Banbury ey? I grew up(from 11-19 anyway) in Wantage, shit'ole!

jonny · 22nd November 2007

nah, as far as i can remember we just used the term for carrying someone anywhere on the bike. we were all on choppers back then so always plenty of room on the seat anyway

jonny · 22nd November 2007

i imagine banbury and wantage are v similar. i go back regular to drink tea round at mumsy's tho.

Scrapper · 22nd November 2007

it's called a "double" where im from , personally i would have called it a chazwazza

Pistanator · 22nd November 2007

Dull as dishwater, full of inbreds and pissed up cunts on a Fri & Sat night kickin shit out of each other in the marketplace? Sound familiar? Oh, loose women too.....

Couldn't wait to leave the place tbh

Pistanator · 22nd November 2007

It's ALWAYS a backie, end of!

TheBrick(Tommy) · 22nd November 2007

Quote:

Pistanator:

Quote:

jonny:croggie where i grew up, banbury, oxfordshire.

Banbury ey? I grew up(from 11-19 anyway) in Wantage, shit'ole!

Word to that I grew up nr Faringdon, also a shit hole and would some times get drunk in Wantage.

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5th September 2007	#1
Conan	is really really hard, however fast you both want to get to the pub, i dont reccomend it at all!!!
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6th September 2007	#3
matt	Went out with my ex once she got so drunk i tried to give her a seatie to the cab station. Wasn’t good she fell of and broke her nose ; )
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6th September 2007	#5
31t®um	handle bars is easiest and Ben, you only done it once with your girl?????
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6th September 2007	#6
eyebrows	This morning i was forced to half cycle, half run from chelsea to condor cycles due to a sheared seat bolt. Fucking painful as.
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6th September 2007	#7
tallsam	A "seatie"? Round my way we call it a "Croggie" - no idea why. In Oxford they call it a "backie".
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6th September 2007	#9
dicki	backies for me i cycled about 1/2 mile with no saddle on my polo bike my legs were shaking when i dismounted there must be some good shit going on to make them hurt that much how about a fixed no saddle bridges ride see who gets the furthest
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6th September 2007	#10
kipsy	see who gets a seatpost up there arse the furthest you mean
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6th September 2007	#15
\|³\|MA3K	My seat pole snapped at the head once, had to cycle standing from Dalston to Stockwell at 4am with a fizzy head - just no fun at all.
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6th September 2007	#18
Nicholas	It's a backer over here in sunny Dublin.
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6th September 2007	#22
rg37	on my old bike i was cruising no handed leaning back and my seat bolt went pop and snapped, i go flying backwards bike goes forwards doing a ghost ride right in front of a bus, the poor bus driver shit himself when he saw a riderless ghost bike zoom right in front and cross over to the other side.... had to bike back standing up with badly cut hands from the fall not fun giving a mate a lift on bike = backie
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6th September 2007	#25
rusty	It's Backie in Glasgow. I don't know what it is in Middlesbrough. I'll ask someone but I might get stabbed.
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6th September 2007	#33
benanza	Backie in Grantham (Lincs) when I was there.
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6th September 2007	#36
hippy	Looks that way :) Points for originality :) Fsck it, how about you have another smiley :)
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6th September 2007	#37
threedaymonk	I once saw three full-grown adult males on a single bicycle in Osaka, Japan. One on the seat, one sitting behind him on the rack, and one standing on the rack behind that with his arms on the shoulders of the driver. I was impressed. I wouldn't try it myself, mind.
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22nd November 2007	#39
provenrad	Is this a good way to make friends - "Alright love, wanna lift?" or perhaps increase the effectiveness of winter training? If I had a 36 spoke wheel I would either buy these / search in my local tip for months. 10 GN buy it now
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22nd November 2007	#40
turpe	In Naaaarfuk, where I grew up, it's a 'seatie'.
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22nd November 2007	#41
jonny	croggie where i grew up, banbury, oxfordshire.
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22nd November 2007	#42
bombadil	i thought a croggie was on the crossbar - like a crossie
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22nd November 2007	#43
TheBrick(Tommy)	YES i may get these my mrs is always asking for backies
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22nd November 2007	#47
Scrapper	it's called a "double" where im from , personally i would have called it a chazwazza
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22nd November 2007	#48
Pistanator	Dull as dishwater, full of inbreds and pissed up cunts on a Fri & Sat night kickin shit out of each other in the marketplace? Sound familiar? Oh, loose women too..... Couldn't wait to leave the place tbh
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