The bastards!

Hipsters at it again

😆 “casually riding”, how should they have been riding, I wonder.

well as long as he wasn’t “furiously driving”

Nevermimd the lack of a front brake, I’d be more worried about these malicious lies about a road cyclist 😯

Chap was early 70s probably, had a big smile on his face

How hard is it to track stand a penny farthing?

“Anyone who rides straight through a red is a danger to other road users”

Despite this being a clear example of someone riding through a red light and being a danger to absolutely no-one.

Another….at it again

er… “Thursday 14 April 2016”

Oh, I know but it came up on my FB timeline and fitted recent events perfectly. Call it poetic licence or whatever.

In other news, it wasn’t a hipster and it’s not even a fixie really.

Can you freewheel them then?

The front wheel is fixed so technically he has a front brake (feet), but chances of stopping one is quite slim.

Could use the emergency stick for a brake?

Sounds safe that 😉

1 1/4ds sometimes had a front brake operating on the solid tyre. Can’t see from the pic.

There’s usually a second brake too. The brake lever moved a series of rods which push a leather pad against the solid rubber tyre.

Surely there is a brake acting directly on the tyre?

In other news I rode my fixed wheel 105 km yesterday and had nothing untoward happen. The nice thing was I didn’t have to put my foot down once in three hours 😀