The Bicycle as a Fashion Accessory

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Look, I don’t want to be a moaning old git, but has the bicycle become too trendy? Discuss…

Look, what do we know, but I was just sent this bit of PR about a new photo exhibition called ‘City Cycle Style” in which (amongst others), “Sir. Paul Smith and Boris Johnson feature in photography exhibition of the Capital’s most fashionable cyclists”.

“The collection captures 40 of the Capital’s most stylish cyclists on their two-wheeled transport of choice; from vintage and fixed-gear to classic lightweight and Pashley bicycles. From fashionistas to financiers, an increasing number of Londoners are taking to the saddle.”

I know that any type of cycling should be encouraged, but is this just a bit of ‘jumping on the band wagon’? OK, I know Paul Smith has been mad keen on bikes from a very early age, but what do you lot think?

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84 Responses to “The Bicycle as a Fashion Accessory”

  1. I’ve recently taken to describing those fixies with flash rims and narrow bars as tw*t bikes. That’s where I’m at.

  2. Bandwagon? Who cares……
    I have always hated the idea that people that have been on there “since the beginning” feel as if it is “their” wagon and no-one else is allowed to come and play.

    Get more people on two wheels and worry ye not about whether it steals your thunder.

  3. Live and let live, far worse crimes out there….in those you hate, you hate some part of yourself…

  4. Fixies are stupid because they wont go around a corner quickly. Otherwise let them style and bicker away, as dh racers we´re on top of the two-wheel-food-chain anyway.

  5. In my opinion, the more cyclists the better, no matter what their type of bicycle or motive.

    More cyclists mean a stronger industry, which in one way or another affects all of us.

    Also, every car/van driver that experiences cycling on the road will instantly become more aware of how they should drive around cyclists – more space, more caution, less aggression… the affect of this “education” which is directly linked to higher numbers of cycists can’t be over estimated.

    In my opinion.

  6. I agree with “Taff” plus I always like to have a little laugh to myself when i see a fashion cyclist.

  7. I work in the trade, and have done for many years. The more people involved in cycling the better. Not just for my pocket but for more awareness of our great past time!
    There will always be the poser types and if that’s there thing then fair do’s.

  8. More people on bikes the better, regardless of all other factors!

  9. I notice no-one is wearing a helmet – seems that wanting to be fashionable and common sense don’t go hand in hand, there’s a surprise. Each to their own but looks irrelevant to me. I think that the average van driver would not be endeared to cyclists by the sight of this lot… does nothing for me.

  10. It’s good because with more riders on the road motorists are more aware of us as a whole. At the other end though it does mean there are more people riding about who haven’t got a clue, giving the sensible majority a bad image.

  11. I agree that more riders=more awareness and hopefully this will lead onto less accidents. I live in north London and haul my arse around the streets on a Specialized SX Trail 2. Its not coz i want to ponce around being looked at, it’s just because it’s the bike i have and to justify the spends it has to be used, plus with Woburn and Aston not an hours drive away why buy anything else? As for fixies, it’s not for me but whatever floats your boat….

  12. Discuss indeed. It would be nice to see you lot down at DirtHQ out on your bikes for a change!

  13. ps…struggling for some content are we?

  14. Hey Mike…Who are we to question the London mindset from out here in our equally trendy fucking woods? I’m with @Mary live and let live. I rode a bike around London for three years in gym shorts by the way……

  15. 7 dickheads but the blonde in the pic on the top left is easy on the eyes…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_5uVdy5YmA
    ’bout sums it up…

  16. i ride a single speed roadbike round town and then my ‘proper’ bike at the weekend. surely some trendy tool on a bike is better than some trendy tool in a car!?

  17. Last weekend I participated in the first Gentlemen’s Run held in the Swiss city of Zurich. About 60 well-dressed ladies and gentlemen on lovely bikes showed up, enjoyed an easy ride through town with two stops at a bike and a fashion store respectively for beers, wine, pizza and sandwiches. The whole bunch ended up in front of Zurich’s Park Hyatt Hotel for more food and drinks. The bikes all lined up in front of the Hotel, next to Bentleys, Aston Martins and other tin cans/overprized coffins of that kind.

    Call it posh, call it whatever you want – it was a perfectly peaceful and relaxed ride, kind of a well-dressed and well-mannered variety of a Critical Mass event. And I do not regret for a second having taken part.

  18. I ride 24″ wheels and 660mm bars, ripped baggy jeans and t shirt. I’m stuck in 2004 in terms of my riding fashion. To me, pretty much every other rider that has moved with the times is a fasion victim.

  19. well dirt im not going to lie..

    That looks like the biggest gang of bell ends going apart from the Blonde tidy at the top.

  20. Hahahaha bit late on this one? Yes fashionistas and VW owners are now flouncing about on fixies but most people who call themselves riders are stuck in some life long fashion parade, well spending way too much money on fancy crap with way too many buttons for them to ever understand just so they look cool on the scene. Not all are like this but too many are.
    Ass’ on saddles is all good, plus fashion types being in to fixies means off the shelf ones now look awesome.

  21. Can you imagine one of those fashion cycle mags doing an article on the DH gang! At least they have some style beyond the power ranger – MX wanabe.

  22. This is the most twattish news item I have read on Dirt yet. It must be a slow news day in Wales today. More people on bikes is a GOOD thing, and for a cycling mag to say otherwise is a dickhead move.

  23. I think the problem peopla have with bandwagons is not more people getting involved with something they genuinely like and can relate to other enthusiasts about..

    Its the fact that once huge amounts of fashion types start adopting a certain item or pasttime it makes genuine enthusiasts indistinguishable from the herds of sheep who see a fixie in a fashion mag and think they would buy into that image.. thats bound to be annoying! Not to worry anyway, fashionistas are a fickle bunch and will no doubt be into something else in a year or two..

  24. it was legendary author HG Wells that said “Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.”

    more human beings on more bicycles = GOOD THING!

    who gives a sh*t what kind of unicycle / bicycle / tricycle / quadricycle you are riding?

    its all human powered vehicles (HPV) whether pedal driven or hand cranked (for disabled humans) and a great thing as far as this human is concerned…

    if you hate on different “types of bike” its just tribalism, nothing more??

  25. I’m all for people getting on bikes… Be it cool and trendy or cheap and cheerful… However people really need to learn basic, safe cycling techniques… Some stuff i’ve seen is shocking! Also, I don’t care how cool you are… Wear a lid :-D

  26. That being said im all for more asses on saddles, and i think the UK is finally (slowly) coming round to seeing things more from a cyclists point of view, more cyclists = less obesity, pollution etc and more voting power to have cycle lanes created (that is to say not the afterthoughts that most turn out to be with cars parked in them etc) so if after the current fixie trend dies down some more awareness for cyclists remains then its not a bad thing.

  27. JUMPING ON THE BRAND WAGON..! Another, must have item that will sit and gather dust in the hallway/ garage.. Get those fu*kers out in the rain.. then we’ll see who is a real commuter.. Paul Smith, can suck my balls.. ! along with every fixie twat..!

  28. @ERNSTEVERYTHING…

    …who is a “real commuter”??

    sit on a busy road in London during rush hour

    you will see people riding:

    road bikes, fixies, singlespeeds, hybrids, dutch bikes, 29ers, mountain bike hardtails, mountain bike full sussers, BMX bikes, shopping bikes, folders and even BMXs and the odd Downhill bike!

    what is a true commuter? someone that rides their bike to work..regardless of what type of bike it is?

  29. Can’t believe this is even a debate really. We all like bikes for different reasons and whether you like it or not we all have an idea about what is a good look regarding the clothes we wear and the bike set up we go for. The more cyclists the better, it makes the drivers more aware and adjust their usualy overly aggressive behaviour on the road (i know someone has already written that…). I was in london the other day riding along emabankment and it was wicked being in a massive squadron of other cyclists, made me feel loads safer and made riding along a street more fun. Fixies, roadies, xc, dh, bmx whatever… All welcome i say.

  30. The more the merrier who gives fook what people ride, stop being so bloody narrow minded!!!!

  31. @Dorny and what the bloody hell is wrong with owning a VW all of a sudden!! I despair………………………

  32. @spunkface probably the highlight of this whole feature. Genius. Mind if i say it again SPUNKFACE

  33. i ride dh. and have been for about 7 years now. i still ride a fixie for fitness. sam hill does too. so theres no point in calling them tw*t bikes. they are great for getting fit fast.

  35. Fashion is something so ugly it has to be changed every fifteen minutes but style is something versatile in the way you move and the way you smile

    Bums on (bicycle) seats good.

  36. Definitely think more bikes is better, regardless or type of bike or who rides them. If we could even get close to what amsterdam has it would be prime.

  37. Some fixie riders ride through traffic like utter twunts, without lids, those guys need a slap other than that fashionable cycling is fine by me

  38. I live in london and it does seem that more and more twats with tight jeans and no kind of consideration for other road users, are jumping on their colourful fixed gear stock built bikes. I ride a fixie to get around so im not against the bike its self, i also have 710mm bars on it (750 was a bit to wide) and i also obey the laws of the road. These hipsters and sheep would be fine if they pulled their heads out of their arses and looked where they were going. (while their at it they might even realise how stupid they look.)
    As for Boris and others a like, they will be twats no matter the amount of wheels transporting them.
    Rant over.

  39. Let’s face it you only have to visit a trail centre on any given weekend to realise how much a fashion accessory the (mountain)bike has become. People are sold shit they don’t ever need or use, I mean 180 36′s at Afan come on!
    If there was any sport that epitomises the phrase ‘all the gear no idea’ then ours is definately it.
    Surely most manufacturers/cycle retailers are to blame for the miselling of products to the uneducated. I know from a friends experience that a certain Specialized concept store are guilty as!

  40. Blah blah blah give a shit only know who one of them is anyway and I like it that more people are riding. Anyway I’m off for a cross country ride tomorrow ( or should I call it by it’s new “trendy” name All mountain or Enduro)?

  41. Oh my word. The bike, the human and ‘style’ have been
    intrinsically linked sinced the cycle was invented. It enabled women
    to wear trousers in public for the first time. Imagine the uproar
    then. Never mind if they were fixed or free. I rode my bike naked
    around the block for a dare one time and got pulled by the cops.
    That’s style. What are we now, the bike fucking fashion police!?
    I’m taking pictures of Boris on his bike on Thursday…shall I pass on the
    message he’s trying to hard?? Remember he’s the one to give the
    go ahead to ELBO, Londons newest pumptrack and dirt jumps. Oh by the way people and bikes
    of ANY kind are photogenic and beautiful. Much like these pics
    taken recently by Joe Mcgorty.
    http://www.stemagency.com/index.php?/project/joe—tweedbike/

  42. As long as it´s bikes, why not? The pics seem a bit dull but it´s a good idea nevertheless.

  43. It’s all well and good moaning cycling is becoming too trendy etc. but don’t forget the more popular it becomes the cheaper it becomes as companies make more units so can sell at cheeper prices as is the case with cars and motorbikes.

  44. As most say, the more on bikes the better. Mind you, when it comes to fashion I think we could look closer to home with jump/4x/street bikes. I think I can sum it up by saying that purple anodising is back in fashion…

  45. I say let the trendies av their moment with those dodgy/stupid bikes as they’ll find something 2 preoccupy their tiny little minds with something else in a few months. That said, if they get the biking bug from them and want 2 come ride a proper bike then the more the merrier. :)

  46. Anyone see the irony in how its becoming trendy to complain about hipsters?

  47. The idea of riding a bike with no brakes through cities scares the bajesus out of me. Much rather stick to dh

  48. who cares if bikes are fashion items?!… I think its great that 2 wheels are ‘fashionable’. Personally I ride trail/DH (obviously… being a reader of dirt) but i love the variety of bikes seen around. I think everyone should be encouraged to ride, whether they are ‘trendies’, mums, dads kids… whoever. and lets be honest half of the sam hill wannabies that can be seen putting in laps dressed in their PJ’s and bars wider than their poor little arms can reach are also treating their bikes as a fashion item… just like some dude with oh so fashionable tattoos, tweed pants and bryl cream plastered hair… at the end of the day we are enjoying 2 wheels… live and let live.

  49. This is all pretty much a non-issue! (Earth + People + Bikes = Earthly People riding Bikes on Earth!)

  50. morris Dancer aka Jonny Trance Fingers
    September 20th, 2011 at 8:39 am

    While on a recent trip to New York i was blown away by the bike fashion culture (im from the depths of Wales)… I rented a bike from a homeless man and rode upto and around Central Park. Ive never felt so out of place.. It was thick with skinny jeans, skinny bars, skinny tashes, skinny men on fixies riding in packs..

    Just nice to see the bike used as a tool for mincing about on.. Not that im about to get into my wifes jeans but still good to see..

  51. I used to be quite narrow minded on this subject, and considdered my self a “propper” mtber and dh only rider, but now a days (and after fifteen years in the industry) i feel way more open minded. i ride a range of bikes for fun, transport, and exercise, ranging from a singlespeed (not fixed) commuter through to a cyclocross bike, a dh rig and even an xc bike.

    I love cycling in all of its forms, its just the funnest thing to do with your time, (surfings pretty sick too) and i whole heartedly support more people (whatever their social status or fashion quirk) riding bikes. more bikes might stop the uk becoming a nation of fat lazy maccy d’s addicted divs.

    yea I do find the city fixie smuggers slightly anoying to say the least, but they’ll sod off to the next fashion trend soon and leave us all to it again. and i think that smug hipsters would be annoying whatever they were doing so lets just leave em to their self loving “we’re all so different” lives

    I will tho echo the comments of a good few of the people above and say that your never to cool to wear a lid!!

    ride on and enjoy it people. lifes to short to hate =)

  52. Great, this is exactly the kind of discussion I was after. I guess my main point was, “would these people be on bikes if it wasn’t the trendy thing to do?” Will it be roller blades next week, or micro scooters? Is this just a short term fad or is there a real future in it? And yeah, certain parts of he industry love it, they are selling lots of bikes. Of course I want to see people on bikes, but only as long as they are doing it for the right reasons. Call me cynical, but would Boris be going by bike everywhere if he wasn’t the Mayor of London?
    Mike.

  53. Would Boris be going by bike everywhere if he wasn’t the Mayor of London?

    I think he would yes. I like Boris, I don’t think you could accuse him of being a fashonista! He is a clever guy under all that bumbling. We need more politicians like him.

  54. Mike@DirtHQ – “but only as long as they are doing it for the right reasons” WTF!!? What does it matter the reason they’re on bikes? There is no bad or wrong reason to be on a bike! Why are you so riled by it? Any bike is a good bike no matter who’s riding it or why. Personally I think it should be law that everyone rides a bike for any journey between 1 and 10 miles. Holland have it right – everyone rides a bike as a part of their everyday life. It’s normal. It should be like that everywhere. Trend or fashion or what ever. What’s the problem? Yes you are cynical. Seriously -lighten up!

    Go Boris!

    Bring back the Penny-Farthing I say!

  55. Paul Bettany no. 1 Fan
    September 20th, 2011 at 11:53 am

    I would like to say something like live and let live but then I look at the faces of the people in those pictures and want to punch them

  56. Yeah Boris would still be on a bike, he was riding one around way before he became Mayor.
    As for fashion biking, well, pyjama suits VS tshirts and baggies, oakley VS spy, flats VS clips, need I continue? Do you REALLY NEED any of it, or is it just what you want to own? I’m sure that fixie bell with the handlebar moustache(that’s wider than his handlebars)figured that he needs a £300 front hub, just like you figured that you need a 2012 Troy Lee jersey. What’s the difference?
    More people on bikes = a good thing. End of.

  57. I think us mountain bikers are quite liberal with who rides and what sort of bike you ride etc. Its those bloody BMXers that need to loosen up. Everytime I’m on mine (when winter comes and the skatepark is the only option) I feel like I’m in some super trendy exclusive club where my jean just aren’t tight enough. They look at you like shit if you have a brake, fuck knows what what kind of death stares I’d get if I arrived on my mtb.
    Different bikes are there for different enviroments/riding. BMXes for park etc, full sus for trails and DH and hardtails for everything in between, and these bikes are perfect for riding in your synth bands latest music video or popping to Mcdonalds to pick up a happy meal containing the latest brightly coloured sun glasses.
    Joking aside, I think you should be able to ride ‘what’ or ‘where’ you want on whatever type of bike you want and every type of rider should get along, because we’re all on two wheels at the end of the day, even if they all different sizes.

  58. @ Johnny trance fingers. I’m also recently back from NYC, was it just me or did you think… 1. Feck riding on those crazed ‘floor it is my motto’ cabbie ridden streets and 2. No one wears helmets in NYC!?

    I also received into my inbox this morning a mailer from Commencal entitled City Bikes, it had a picture of a bike that can only be described as a rip-off of a bike Brooklyn MW did for Kanye West a few years ago. Not my bag, but as people are saying more people on bikes is a good thing. Awareness, health etc.

  59. Mike, what a silly discussion.

    Boris has ridden bikes for years – he’s doing it primarily because it’s the most practical way to get around London. Fixies might be trendy, but many of those people are beginning to realize that brakes and gears are sensible anyway. Cycling is becoming more popular as a form of transport in urban areas not just because it’s fashionable at the moment, but also because the infrastructure to ride bikes more safely in cities and towns is improving. People are choosing bikes as a way to commute and travel, because it’s proving cheaper than running a car, and it’s not as restrictive as public transport. The overall growth in cycling is not a fad and to suggest it is…. well it’s wrong.

    Whilst I personally will always think that mountain bikes are one of the most practical and fun types of bike to ride, mountain bike sales are on the decline and they are definitely not “cool” at the moment . How about starting a new topic on how to make riding mountain bikes more fashionable? It sure used to be cool.

  60. Who are we to talk about fashion? Pyjama race kit like Sam Hill? Wide flat bars? Sessions like Gwin? Come on!!

  61. We all do trends in away. When i was a kid i saw a curtis bmx and i was like YES i need me one of those in my life! That was mid 80′s and i ve been hooked ever since BMX,XC,downhill and fixies for pub duties. The more the better i say, plus you can burn that banker w@*ker of at the lights!! on a personnal note i never got a curtis :-(

  62. i used to hate the idea of fixies but my langster ‘track bike’ as i would more likely call it stops me from being a lazy shite and saves me half a tank through the week.

    shweet.

  63. Nothing wrong at all with fixed wheel bikes, be it in a velodrome or on the road. They only become tw*t bikes when you put flashy rims and narrow bars on them – and ride them with a moustache!

  64. Yeah the whole Fixie thing is a bit of a fad/fashion but who cares.
    Gotta be one of the less worth while discussions I have read in a while , and I visit Pinkbike…..

  65. I saw 4 lads on fixies in Birkenhead once. I think they were lost. I haven’t seen em since. Maybe they are dead,,,,,

  66. Long live bikes! ANY kind of bikes!
    Who I am / are we to judge anyway?!…

  67. Surely If anyone is guilty of ‘jumping on the bandwagon’ it is the youth of mountain biking? Every dh race I go to I see more and more kids plastered in big green Monster energy logo’s. Monster caps, monster t’ shirts – there was none of this in th dh scene back in the 90′s. Everyone in dh wants to pretend to be someone else or has to have the latest Troy Lee helmet as (Insert Pro’s name here) has one. The increase in bikes used in major cities and especially London has to do with a few logical reasons:

    1. The credit crunch – Its a simple fact – owning a bike is cheaper than owning a car

    2. Practicality – a bike takes you from point A to point B and is cheaper and more convenient than public transport

    3. A shift to a ‘greener’ and more environmentally friendly way of thinking.

    From my point of view the use of bicycles becoming more widespread is just natural and logical. If we want to point the finger at ‘posers’ maybe we need to look a little closer to home at our own niche area of interest?

  68. Fuck Micro Scooters.

  69. As some people here have already stated, we (MTBers) are some of the biggest fashion victims going, seriosuly what is going on with some of the race kits these days, i’d rather grow a tash, put skinny jeans on and ride a fixie to work than wear some of todays race kits

    All this as well as….

    wide flat bars
    clips/flats
    £400 helmets
    blah blah the list goes on

    We are all different people, riding different bikes in different places for different reasons….and its all GOOD!! Except pyjama suits ;-)

  70. Who cares how people use a bike or how they flaming dress…..personally I’d like to know why the BBC and national press failed to even mention the British cycling success at recent MTB world championship. Now that would be a point worthy of discussion.

  71. I absolutely agree with the sentiment of the majority of posts.

    If anyone is concerned with losing their individuality (or masculinity) because cycling has become so fashionable, comfort yourself with the knowledge that if you’re cyclng for the ‘right reasons’ you’ll be fitter, faster, stronger and more skillful than almost everyone else on the roads. Plus, if you feel the need to prove it, at least there will be someone around to see it.

    I agree that more cyclists should make drivers more aware of us, however, there’s already a shocking amount of animosity amongst motorists and the reasons for this shouldn’t be overlooked. My policy is not so much to obey the law, but to avoid getting in anyone’s way & be ultra courteous to pedestrians, but don’t be afraid to speak to motorists, rather than just be rude and ride off. We’re mobile ambassadors and being the more experienced and educated of the breed, we should, where appropriate, be outspoken!

    Incidentally, if you have the urge, carve discreet lips in the verge or pile a little dirt against a tree root along your commute – it’ll give you a chance to get airborn and make you smile on your way to work.

    I also with ddmonkey – Boris is a pretty straight-forward character as politicicians go and we should applaud his outspoken and principled approach. There’s a whole lot wrong with the cycling infrastructure in London, but he is making a positive impact and the future looks bright from what I’ve been hearing.

  72. I agree, the bike has been somewhat or a fashion item, and with high street fashion stores like Urban outfitters selling cheap “Fixie” (fixed gear bikes) it only adds fuel to the fire. But hating on different kinds of bikes it just stupid.
    I’ve been a professional sports photographer for 6 years, specialising in bikes.
    I’ve ridden DH, BMX, Road and now I’m on a fixed gear testing frames for a US company, and I’ve been a photographer in all those disciplines of cycling.
    Don’t get me wrong, I do get the micky taken out of me just for laughs, “ha you ride a fixie” (robbo from mutiny bmx) but I’ve never had anyone hate on me cus of my bike in the way I’ve read on here.
    And like what Downhilldan said, the bike industry and the bicycle itself has become fashionable because of you, the consumers.
    I can think of so many mtb companies that have made their products to look “cool” so it would sell more, and i saw a hell of a lot at Eurobike this year. And when it comes to the “Hipster Fixie rider” then I can’t say i like it, I got into fixed gear bikes because of the velodrome and then the trick side of it when i visited america, but the same goes for the kids buying “fixes”. Companies have made them look cool, so the street kids want them.

    Simply said, get on your bike and go ride, and if you find some time, try out other bike disciplines as you might realise it’s just “twats” that ride them. Each discipline has it’s difficulty, don’t be ignorant.

  73. Just goes to prove there’s a bike for everyone!
    I just like to see people enjoying riding.

  74. I was very insulting and dismissive of the whole fixed cult, but now I appreciate it brings more people into cycling, puts cycling across the media and has a positive cross-over effect with other disciplines. It reinforces the beautiful simplicity of a traditional skinny tubed quality frame, showing up how shit and cumbersome all these mono-cock lumps look. A utilitarian simple stylishness. http://www.wegotways.com/kinfolkbicycles/ You then appreciate how shit the likes of Trek mtb graphics look. I want to see more mtb frames in this direction for speed and floating over gentle jumps in the woods.

  75. Mayor Boris might be a lovable twat of a man, but Paul Smith has ridden and raced bikes his whole life. He precedes the fixed fashion by about 40 years. Top man.

  76. @Kevolution haha

  77. i love lamp. that is all.

  78. Yep. Definitely fashion. Fixies are so last week.
    It’s all about Bromptons now.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62gRmdIBY0&sns=em

  79. People and bikes are always good to mix it up. People and bikes are good period! The rest is just moot drivel! The idea of trying to isolate and qualify is just a segregationist attitude!

  80. Sorry dmonkey, I meant to click a thumbs up!

  81. Id recommend you visit http://www.thefixfixfix.com – You’ll change your view of female fixie riders once you have been there!!!

    Anyway the more on bikes the better, it makes the roads safer, its better for the environment and having to work in London I have to say that the sheer diversity of bikes always makes for an interesting walk to work. The commuters are actually one area of cycling where the cliques dont matter when you are chatting at the lights. I dont think much of skinny bars and fixies but each to their own!

  82. negs! Ha! you people are a joke!

  83. So i saw this discussion the other day and didnt realy think to much of it however after going for a ride in the forest of dean to day and coming back to home to bristol i felt i had something i wanted to add, so this is my bit. im all for riding whatever bike you want as long as it is either for fun or practical and efficiant to ride. i think this takes in most forms including fixed and sparay on jean. for those of you that know bristol it is a uni city and has plenty of big hills and so there seens to be a multipling number of these silly uni girls riding around on the most impractical bikes that they took from gran before coming to uni. you see the stuggeling up these hill that would be quike to walk up. they realy are not practical and that is not my idea of fun, so it must all be for fashion.

  84. They’ll all stop once they grind their cranks going around a roundabout and minced themselves…not so cool in your £2000 Armani suit when your shin bone’s sticking out eh?

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