London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

Julio · 28th May 2008

I thought you might like to check out this article on fixed gear bikes in Cooler Magazine. Yes, they do go on about 'no brakes' and 'fixies' all the time, but it's a pretty good effort and its nice to see something in a women's magazine that you actually want to read!

pj (pj) · 28th May 2008

i like this bit: 'eschewing brakes and gears marks you out as some kind of fucktard".

jonaent (Jon) · 28th May 2008

"Breaks"!

Julio · 28th May 2008

yeah, I know. Amazing, isn't it?!! Breaks indeed...

stelle · 28th May 2008

no, it marks you out as a unicyclist! how's the barbed wire? still tasty?

MrSmith · 28th May 2008

the stem/frottage pic is a bit strong for a magazine that could fall into the hands of impressionable young children.
frankly i'm disgusted they printed this. they young lady in the picture should be ashamed of herself.

Richard Cheese · 28th May 2008

I like the way the journo is banging on about riding with no breaks (sic) right next to a fucking great big picture of four bikes with brakes on them
But negativity about media monkeys aside, you lot are certainly getting a good name for yourselves - keep it up :-)

TheBrick(Tommy) · 28th May 2008

I can't be arsed to read all that small print so can't comment on the article but you have come out well in the photos.

nimhbus · 28th May 2008

what's next? a Trixie chix bike makeover show on channel five?

CHUG_IT · 28th May 2008

Is it me, or is there a comma missing from the last sentence under the cog??

provenrad · 28th May 2008

semicolon?

CHUG_IT · 28th May 2008

Quite possibly... good to see the girs in the mag regardless!

TheBrick(Tommy) · 28th May 2008

colon?

matt (baddesigner) · 28th May 2008

that header sucks balls, but good work ladies :D

"frottage" ... *hee hee*

pajamas · 28th May 2008

full stop (or "period") would have sufficed. A hyphen - or dash - would have been more magaziney.

JOL · 28th May 2008

Know breaks.

roxy · 28th May 2008

I think the article, grammar/spelling aside is pretty great. The woman who wrote it rides fixed and interviewed me right after the Observer debacle so I was pretty hard on her.
I would like to say that I said "I only knew 3 other women riders" not that there were only 3. According to my quote I was the 4th ever fixed rider in all of London when I started.

We are in the August edition of Elle Magazine -Quebec as well so get your subscriptions in now.

Buffalo Bill · 28th May 2008

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Originally Posted by roxy

I would like to say that I said "I only knew 3 other women riders" not that there were only 3. According to my quote I was the 4th ever fixed rider in all of London when I started.

I shouldn't be surprised by it now, but it never ceases to amaze me that 'proper' media make the sort of errors that would make me curl up and die with shame if they appeared on Moving Target.

And once the mistake has appeared in a 'credible' news source, that's it - fact. To be repeated by all the others.

You are now officially the fourthest fixie girl in London ever, Roxy - take a bow.

roxy · 28th May 2008

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Originally Posted by Buffalo Bill

I shouldn't be surprised by it now, but it never ceases to amaze me that 'proper' media make the sort of errors that would make me curl up and die with shame if they appeared on Moving Target.

And once the mistake has appeared in a 'credible' news source, that's it - fact. To be repeated by all the others.

You are now officially the fourthest fixie girl in London ever, Roxy - take a bow.

And considering that currently there are "ONLY 7 WOMEN IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD RIDING FIXIES" I'm even more fantastic-er.

horatio · 2nd July 2008

Les Hipsters de Londres.

teenslain · 2nd July 2008

Is that Slamm's Diamant? Hadn't noticed before...

EM · 2nd July 2008

horatio · 2nd July 2008

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Originally Posted by teenslain

Is that Slamm's Diamant? Hadn't noticed before...

Ergh, was this posted already? I even tried to do a search to make sure! Thought I had a scoop with my sweet Canadian connections.

EM · 2nd July 2008

Yeah, we through a trixie chix party last year and the pic was one of the prizes.

horatio · 2nd July 2008

Ah, but the article probably wasn't. So at least that's new. I thought Elle had dressed you all up.

EM · 2nd July 2008

Yeah i havent seen that article before -

teenslain · 2nd July 2008

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Originally Posted by horatio

Les Hipsters de Londres.

Hehehe... Queen of the hipsters, third from the left... ;)

RPM · 2nd July 2008

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what's next, no seats or wheels!?

just think about what you wrote there for a moment.

now, slap yourself around the face with a pack of smoked salmon.

EM · 2nd July 2008

shut up gay boy. : )

teenslain · 2nd July 2008

Yeah, shut up Rob! ;p

clefty · 2nd July 2008

Horatio is that the whole article? do you subscribe to Elle Quebec?
I currently have a rather gobsmacked French colleague translating it for me, although I fear I might now have a reputation in the Paris office...

shit i've just realised my name is in there...what on earth did they quote me as saying...

RPM · 2nd July 2008

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Originally Posted by teenslain

Yeah, shut up Rob! ;p

you know she's referring to you, I haven't called em a hipster!

EM · 2nd July 2008

Rob you coming Saturday??? ignore teenslain he's just having problems coming to terms with his sexuality and i am trying to help him over come it.

EM · 2nd July 2008

Yes you have, you called me a hipster on sunday.

RPM · 2nd July 2008

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Originally Posted by EM

Rob you coming Saturday???

only if I'm invited!

EM · 2nd July 2008

you are indeed

RPM · 2nd July 2008

shall I just stand somewhere north of blackfriars bridge and shout?

28th May 2008	#1
Julio	Trixie Chix in Cooler Magazine I thought you might like to check out this article on fixed gear bikes in Cooler Magazine. Yes, they do go on about 'no brakes' and 'fixies' all the time, but it's a pretty good effort and its nice to see something in a women's magazine that you actually want to read!
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28th May 2008	#2
pj (pj)	i like this bit: 'eschewing brakes and gears marks you out as some kind of fucktard".
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28th May 2008	#5
stelle	no, it marks you out as a unicyclist! how's the barbed wire? still tasty?
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28th May 2008	#6
MrSmith	the stem/frottage pic is a bit strong for a magazine that could fall into the hands of impressionable young children. frankly i'm disgusted they printed this. they young lady in the picture should be ashamed of herself.
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28th May 2008	#7
Richard Cheese	I like the way the journo is banging on about riding with no breaks (sic) right next to a fucking great big picture of four bikes with brakes on them But negativity about media monkeys aside, you lot are certainly getting a good name for yourselves - keep it up :-)
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28th May 2008	#8
TheBrick(Tommy)	I can't be arsed to read all that small print so can't comment on the article but you have come out well in the photos.
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28th May 2008	#9
nimhbus	what's next? a Trixie chix bike makeover show on channel five?
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28th May 2008	#10
CHUG_IT	Is it me, or is there a comma missing from the last sentence under the cog??
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28th May 2008	#14
matt (baddesigner)	that header sucks balls, but good work ladies :D "frottage" ... hee hee
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28th May 2008	#15
pajamas	full stop (or "period") would have sufficed. A hyphen - or dash - would have been more magaziney.
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28th May 2008	#17
roxy	I think the article, grammar/spelling aside is pretty great. The woman who wrote it rides fixed and interviewed me right after the Observer debacle so I was pretty hard on her. I would like to say that I said "I only knew 3 other women riders" not that there were only 3. According to my quote I was the 4th ever fixed rider in all of London when I started. We are in the August edition of Elle Magazine -Quebec as well so get your subscriptions in now.
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2nd July 2008	#21
teenslain	Is that Slamm's Diamant? Hadn't noticed before...
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2nd July 2008	#25
horatio	Ah, but the article probably wasn't. So at least that's new. I thought Elle had dressed you all up.
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2nd July 2008	#31
clefty	Horatio is that the whole article? do you subscribe to Elle Quebec? I currently have a rather gobsmacked French colleague translating it for me, although I fear I might now have a reputation in the Paris office... shit i've just realised my name is in there...what on earth did they quote me as saying...
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