Comments on: The site fixie-riders love to hate http://www.velorution.biz/2008/08/the-site-fixie-riders-love-to-hate/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:22:28 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: JoeBob http://www.velorution.biz/2008/08/the-site-fixie-riders-love-to-hate/#comment-755428 JoeBob Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:07:02 +0000 http://www.velorution.biz/?p=1466#comment-755428 'i pull on the front brake to avoid collision'... Maybe, just maybe, having two brakes and using them both would have stopped a collision; fixie-smug-righteous-type from cracking a frame and driver from having (presumably) a cyclist shaped dent in her door. Bicycles are on the whole a triumph of function over form, shame a few of their riders aren't ;) ...Rare I'm on the side of a motorist. ‘i pull on the front brake to avoid collision’…

Maybe, just maybe, having two brakes and using them both would have stopped a collision; fixie-smug-righteous-type from cracking a frame and driver from having (presumably) a cyclist shaped dent in her door. Bicycles are on the whole a triumph of function over form, shame a few of their riders aren’t ;)

…Rare I’m on the side of a motorist.

]]> By: Isis http://www.velorution.biz/2008/08/the-site-fixie-riders-love-to-hate/#comment-1212 Isis Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:22:26 +0000 http://www.velorution.biz/?p=1466#comment-1212 LOL. It's an old bike so I guess it will blend in. LOL. It's an old bike so I guess it will blend in.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.velorution.biz/2008/08/the-site-fixie-riders-love-to-hate/#comment-1209 Kevin Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:52:35 +0000 http://www.velorution.biz/?p=1466#comment-1209 anyone who has cycled the morning commute on the cycle paths of Copenhagen or Berlin, will know that it's more cut throat than the M25 on a bank Holiday monday. (and there are lots of skinny jeans and one leg turn-ups) anyone who has cycled the morning commute on the cycle paths of Copenhagen or Berlin, will know that it’s more cut throat than the M25 on a bank Holiday monday. (and there are lots of skinny jeans and one leg turn-ups)

]]> By: Yokota Fritz http://www.velorution.biz/2008/08/the-site-fixie-riders-love-to-hate/#comment-1211 Yokota Fritz Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:23:28 +0000 http://www.velorution.biz/?p=1466#comment-1211 No turned up jeans on the Dane, but he's still in the skinny leg pants that fixie riders here in the USA seem to favor. That BBC article -- wow. No turned up jeans on the Dane, but he’s still in the skinny leg pants that fixie riders here in the USA seem to favor.

That BBC article — wow.

]]> By: Track Racing Not For the City « Intrepid Commuter http://www.velorution.biz/2008/08/the-site-fixie-riders-love-to-hate/#comment-1210 Track Racing Not For the City « Intrepid Commuter Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:34:56 +0000 http://www.velorution.biz/?p=1466#comment-1210 [...] Racing Not For the City Jump to Comments In a welcome return to form, Andrea at Velorution has brought this horrible article from the BBC to my [...] [...] Racing Not For the City Jump to Comments In a welcome return to form, Andrea at Velorution has brought this horrible article from the BBC to my [...]

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