I never understood that, y’know. We’ve got a large, sunny island over there and a small, damp one over here. We want rid of our undesireables, so we stay here and ship them off. *facepalm*

Congratulations you have just won the internet

thirdly,cyclistsdont pay road tax/rediculouse fule tax which the majority of motorists do

It’s Vehicle excise duty not road tax and the majority of cyclist do pay VED and tax on fuel because the majority of cyclists are also car owners.

what’s a church of england?

I’d leave you smiling and filled with joy.

That is indeed what she whispered in my ears when she sailed past me like a beautiful Godzilla.

A black Karl Marx, yes.

Karl Marx was always black and he is still alive on a spaceship with Elvis (who is also black) BIG and 2pac (who are both actually white)

True Story

A fact borne out by the fact that her bicycle has brakes.

A coaster brake and a front brake no less

They are slaves. Like everyone else who drives, they were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.

You are Karl Marx and I claim my £5

Scottish trail center mission as everyone else who rides bike in Scotland will be at Kinlochleven.

Sunny where I’m going too.

I don’t know; South America?

it’s single speed and a coaster brake (I think) but all you have to do is google image search women on fixed bike or a similar varient and you will find reems of legit fixed bikes with attractive women on there

She’s just very pretty

What’s the point of a Fixie?

What’s the point of a Fixie?

It’d be a very small step from animals to humans if you deliberately shot a pet of mine.

Get an angry dog and tie said angry dog to a flimsy branch

It does nothing for your fitness that riding singlespeed doesnt do. When going downhill your leg muscles are more often than not, REacting, not Acting. I’ve watched the heart rate monitor, I train with power on the geared bike I know when effort is going in and when it isn’t.

You are Lance Armstrong and I claim my £5

“Eddy Merckx won the Tour de France in the 80s like six times on a fixed-gear.

Alright then.

What’s the point of a Fixie?

What is the point of anything?

Firstly they are called fixed gear bikes or simply just fixed.

Secondly they are the most basic for of bicycle transportation and are something like 95% efficient at transferring human effort into forward motion

Thirdly they are very easy to maintain and a very good training tool

Fourthly good for inner city commuting – unless you live somewhere like Sheffield or Halifax etc.

Fifthly there does seem to be some very cute girls on them so why not get your leg over one (a fixed bike that is)?

Sixthly I want a fixed bike but can’t justify one just yet.

sit down with your wife

No wife, no girlfriend, a job I hate.

Getting the **** out of dodge next year. Canada no less.

Huh – Zah

I enjoy the drinking, I enjoy the meeting up with friends / family. I enjoy eating until it hurts but I don’t love the commercial aspect.

I also love how I’m going to be in the Antipodes this Christmas.

Did I mention that at all?

human trafficking is the career for you

Chirstmas is what you make of it.

For me that’s a three week holiday in NZ; seeing old friends

Ha

you sir need to get out more.

PS. I am not bothered either way.

Apparently the best forks you can buy at the moment.

Yeah sure. That is why no one wants to be the BOS importer

Thing is, I bet you don’t!

You are quite right. But almost everything. Except massive steep jump.

I also usually get to the top first or second any way giving me time to drop the necessary 1″ of post to then go and ride what I want.

Still do want a Thomson dropper (with an under the saddle lever)

one day it will just be tesco and crc left

Here hoping. I have shares in both.

grip tape has to match the tyres & saddle

Not sure if this has been said.

Let them smell your scent. They’ll know how manly you are if you are indeed a man. Then they will all let you do stuff to them – the lovelies that is.

concise post; well done.

what maccruiskeen said

[edit]and what dezb said before him[/edit]

Fair point.

I think I am just against them as a general rule. Maybe I should get out more.

As for riding on with it still down- that’s underuse not overuse!

Fair point. Why the EXCLAMATION MARK though?!

Northwind – correct; I do not own a dropper.

I ride everything with saddle at full extension. Technical descents, jumps, climbs etc.

I think that the gravity dropper is useful but I do not like the idea of a remote. I have seen lots of people rop there saddle for a short descent that they didn’t need to drop it for. Then continue to ride with the saddle down mashing their pedals.

At least with an under the saddle lever you are forced to think more about when you are going to use the dropper.

You can always manually drop your post as well, so if it’s good enough for 90% of your riding, that’s still good.

This ^^^^ is kind of what I was trying to say with the over use.

Yes it is only my opinion.

I personally think that remote dropper posts are not the best. 1st and foremost – It will encourage over use; subsequently this will lead to bad pedaling. You will drop it for everything when often it is not needed. 2nd – Spent so long finally getting to a point where you can ride with only one lever on your bar why then put another lever on there.

Get it on yer head, has such a good spread that there is not really any need for a light on the bars.

The helmet mount isn’t very good though.

IMO

not to listen to some silly prick trying to belittle people with ill-conceived nit-picking

I am no expert but I think you may need some fresh air.

The real scandal about sandwiches is that the two halves of a sandwich that you get in a packet aren’t actually the same sandwich, they are from two different sandwiches. Shocking.

The greatest claim any human has ever made in the history of humanity. Possibly?

It is full of amazing restaurants. I have been with work so only really got chance to see a bit of the city in the evenings.

Got told by the locals that the best place for restaurants is Leibnizstraße it is however a long road.

Talk to the locals they are very friendly and helpful.