London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

Shame - it's a lovely bike.

"When it comes to making statements the Hip Hop shouts out loud!

"airline ticket pocket that makes life a little easier in the airport"

"dedicated media and power supply pouches"

wtf

what's so wrong with "dry your eyes"?!

To me, I take it to be unnecessarily conspicuous smugness at an otherwise pretty build.

That is wank! You can imagine Chelsea FC bringing out something like that so the 'lads' could use it for training

Or Everton, racist... ;)

Looks like a plastic Manga comic bike, and not in a good way. A lot of money has been spent, sorry wasted on that bike!

Forgot, and take the f*@ing sticker off of the Deep V!!!

Yeah but we're not London based or have a load of overpaid nancy boys in our team. This would be right up your mobs street as apparently 'fixies' are dead trendy in London, everyone's riding them you know
Can just see that melt Ashley Cole bombing it up and down Kings Rd on that.....;-)

wish I could afford to do that...

Ha! Sour grapes, love it! When you back in 'London'? Missin' the Pistanator bling at south beers... You got a bike in Paris yet?

Yeah, came back Weds night, grabbed the Vivalo, in Paris with it now! God, the relief...pretty hairy riding over here I tell thee. Plus loads of cobbled roads, don't do the wrists any good

I'm back July 25th for a couple of weeks so I'll try and make South London beers

That's neither hip or hop.

Yes, the multi use of the "Patios" word wasn't lost on me either.

:)

i quite like that blue and white thing. a bit much though. i bet there's a matching bag too.

this bike isn't bad, but not exactly eye-catching, until I spot the moustache bar the wrong way round, I can't imaging how that's a better position than what it was intended to be.

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2008...asClasener.htm

it just look so... weird, the strangest thing is that it look more like a bullhorn than the actual bullhorn bar.

'nor'

I am watching you Andyp, this will go on your report.

Gulp. But then aren't you watching most of London?

I actually have this same bike, except mine was made without the affiliation of Eddy Merckx.
I use it to ride to the about town as my backup bike, I had wanted to turn it into a relaxed 3 speed cruising bike with a large flatbed/basket on the front. But I havent been able to afford any parts, so out of desperation if put my fixed wheel on it because the original steel 5 speed wheel was badly dented. it feels enormous to ride and makes a good town bike.

I dont get what it is with people who see a bike that looks really old, and assume throwing piles of £cash at it will turn it into a super urban fixie retro classic hipster hop race bike?

Its got DT swiss RR 1.2 rims on it which cost £50 each, yet its still running the original cotter cranks (which are better suited to the bike of course) this is one confused bicycle.

http://finefellowindeed.blogspot.com/

it could be yours!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ernie-Clements...QQcmdZViewItem

my £10 Coventry Eagle (same bike same factory):




Id really like to run another brake but have no levers, had to make the on there myself!

I like that Coventry Eagle.

thanks, I currently have it setup like this. Because the steel wheel was very dented so I put my fixed wheel on. Ideally I want it as a 3 speed with hub brakes.

these handlebars suit the super relaxed steering a lot better:

"The opposite of synergy is antagonism, the phenomenon where two agents in combination have an overall effect that is less than that predicted from their individual effects."

http://intelligence.arkitip.com/2008...james-bicycle/




I'll take the black Royce hubs though...

+ 1 - they're some hot shit

^ I am not a big fan of these designer tie ins, but fuck me i would like to have a ride on that.

that fucking richard james bike is sex. i saw it in the window just off saville row. it's beautiful.

Brutal

That Richard James looks wank!

Fuck me, whatever next, singlespeed Hackett??!

fuck me - how much does that bike cost and it's got a typo on the bloody decals

"designed through a'' ya muppets

Maybe they meant "designed despite a partnership...." - where though might work.

That Colnago looks stupid with those bars/grips and the fact that it was probably once a lovely looking road bike. Damm shame.

What is it with deep f-ing profile wheels? It's a reasonably decent old bike that would probably look fine with some 27"s on, but yet the owner wants to spunk cash on weinman 18s that just make the thing look gap-toothed.

^^

For some reason that really reminds me of this guy. Especially if he was naked and wearing a pair of white socks & sandals.

In future can you keep your fantasies to yourself please?

:)