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It was striking and I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for it to jot down some details next time.
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there cheap ebay bikes they were goin for 100 pound recently.
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UNIPACK!!!!
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Aha, mystery solved. That's the one.
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I don't think I've seen a unipack outside of london.
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Today, locked up at the stands outside Urban Outfitters on Buchanan Street, a bright yellow unmarked s/s bike with the tubing extending outfront to create a platform for a sizeable plastic box. Looked very shiny and new, big chunky tires. Not a home-grown hybrid job, but a professional looking thing, I'd guess some kind of Scandanavian or Eastern/Central European utility bike, a converted post bike maybe? Any ideas, or anyone else see this?
euan:I don't think I've seen a unipack outside of london.
Seems like they've infiltrated up here as well then, as that white and blue one on eBay is exactly what I saw.
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CommentAuthorconn artist
- CommentTimeFeb 28th 2009
krakow:Today, locked up at the stands outside Urban Outfitters on Buchanan Street, a bright yellow unmarked s/s bike with the tubing extending outfront to create a platform for a sizeable plastic box. Looked very shiny and new, big chunky tires. Not a home-grown hybrid job, but a professional looking thing, I'd guess some kind of Scandanavian or Eastern/Central European utility bike, a converted post bike maybe? Any ideas, or anyone else see this?
euan:I don't think I've seen a unipack outside of london.
Seems like they've infiltrated up here as well then, as that white and blue one on eBay is exactly what I saw.
posssibly, the german post office is yello.
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I saw some guy cutting through Kelvingrove park tonight just after 6 wearing one of those lights round the napper.
Fixed.
Miner's chic.
Also Jenny the courier at Finnieston looking in a hurry.
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Chap on a white on one at the Victoria Road Sorting Office.
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CommentAuthorconn artist
- CommentTimeMar 4th 2009
guy on a brakeless fixed (some silver on it not all of it tho) with blue tyres, green jacket. today corner of gordon street about 2.45
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islipaway:Chap on a white on one at the Victoria Road Sorting Office.
I live just around the corner from there. You local or is it on the way somewhere?
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Local sorting office, picking up my grips for polo bike, woo. Stay in battlefield.
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Something black with pink bullhorns near Kings Court. Also (possibly charge plug) hanging up in the architects near Kings Court.
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sorry if ive been lacking on the progression of this forum over the past couple of months, been a bit stressed / busy
Ive spotted quite a few folk around on the roads, i've given a few nods.
sorry if i didn't notice anyone who may have seen me.is the tuesday night event still running? i might attend.
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Cuppa T:is the tuesday night event still running? i might attend.
Yep. Still going strong. We've missed you.
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Today - 5:20pm - Cuppa T's bike outisde The Goose on Union St.
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A vision of short-haired cycling loveliness at Devonshire Gardens this morning, and again at Church Street a wee bit later on cos the traffic lights were slowing me down. OK, so she wasn't on a fixed wheel or even a singlespeed, but the point is that she was on a bike. Take heart single ciclistas of Glasgow.
PS I'm available for dinner-dates. :-D
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CommentAuthorplurabelle
- CommentTimeMar 7th 2009
krakow:Today, locked up at the stands outside Urban Outfitters on Buchanan Street, a bright yellow unmarked s/s bike with the tubing extending outfront to create a platform for a sizeable plastic box. Looked very shiny and new, big chunky tires. Not a home-grown hybrid job, but a professional looking thing, I'd guess some kind of Scandanavian or Eastern/Central European utility bike, a converted post bike maybe? Any ideas, or anyone else see this?
I've seen that lots, as I often lock my bike up outside UO. It's odd but nice. it had a big black box sitting perfectly in the front carrier thing last time – it's obviously been made especially for the transport of the box. It looked a bit like a coolbox.
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I think conn artist's idea that it could be some kind of German post bike sounds possible. If I see it again I'll leave a spoke card and perhaps even a note.
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rusty:Today - 5:20pm - Cuppa T's bike outisde The Goose on Union St.
not mine
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This is a German post bike.
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A mahoosive German postbike.
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CommentAuthorplurabelle
- CommentTimeMar 8th 2009
Went to tapa on Pollokshaws road today for a coffee and as I was locking my bike up outside a guy was locking his up – I gave it what I thought was quite a subtle ogle, but I think he noticed. Then he went in to the cafe just in front of me, and I wanted to give him a 'nice bike' but my bike is shit so I bottled it. It was really lovely tho' – a pale blue Flying Scot fg with pink (I think) handlebars.
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I'm in the opinion that putting pink handlebars on a Flying Scot should be a crime. Pista Concept yeah whatever. Not a Flying Scot.
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It's not quite like that, but the colour and the box bit at the front is close enough to make me think that the Glasgow one must be some kind of relative.
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CommentAuthorconn artist
- CommentTimeMar 8th 2009
krakow:It's not quite like that, but the colour and the box bit at the front is close enough to make me think that the Glasgow one must be some kind of relative.
could just be an older model or somethin.
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CommentAuthorplurabelle
- CommentTimeMar 8th 2009
The one at the bike racks at UO is much much simpler than that. But aye, same colour, and the box isn't a million miles off.
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euan:I'm in the opinion that putting pink handlebars on a Flying Scot should be a crime. Pista Concept yeah whatever. Not a Flying Scot.
I think I've committed a serious crime. I once painted a Scot Salmon pink with Lemon forks and contrasting lug lining, i.e lemon lugwork on the frame and pink on the forks. I was inspired by these.
I was young and it was the '80s, well that's my excuse, your honor.
I've rectified my crime by respraying it equipment grey last year.
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Those biscuits only ever inspired me to buy better biscuits. :-)
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Hey, what's wrong with party rings?!
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I didn't even know they had a name!
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CommentAuthormechanical_vandal
- CommentTimeMar 8th 2009
My scot is salmon pink and thats the factory colour
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Soweto888:Those biscuits only ever inspired me to buy better biscuits. :-)
Heathen.
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Getafix:This is a German post bike.
Getafix:A mahoosive German postbike.
Fixed ;)
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Spied johnnyhotdog beating the cars off the lights heading west on Great Western earlier. Unfortunately I was pedestrian at the time. Lame.
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Outside Viper by the way.
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CommentAuthorBank_street_baller
- CommentTimeMar 10th 2009
dickie outside hillhead on Byres Rd, riding on the wrong side of the road!
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The things you have to do to get beer money!!!
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CommentAuthorBilliebob56
- CommentTimeMar 10th 2009 edited
Exchange Place, Tuesday 1.50pm: Some young chap with red hair on what looked like a black Surly pulling a rather sweet skid outside reganos
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CommentAuthorJohnny Crash
- CommentTimeMar 11th 2009
1903:Spied johnnyhotdog beating the cars off the lights heading west on Great Western earlier. Unfortunately I was pedestrian at the time. Lame.
sorry.....wasn't me. i hire doubles to cycle for me as i'm too lazy.
it's nice to know they're not embarrassing me.
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CommentAuthorBank_street_baller
- CommentTimeMar 11th 2009
possibly me? i was up and down great western quite alot yesterday, and my real name is Jonny! Easy mistake to make
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CommentAuthorconn artist
- CommentTimeMar 13th 2009
two this morning at the squinty bridge area. guy on a green iron horse transit. no idea if fixed of single. tiny chainring tho.
just before that girl with white single speed with red/black bar tape.
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I don't think I saw a single bike rider on my way into work today.
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I saw a three folk today, dont know if they were fixed or single, I was in the car. one looked like a Specialised Tricross, the others I didn't have much time to study.
Meant to say all on Maryhill road at the Bearsden end.
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CommentAuthorJohnny Crash
- CommentTimeMar 13th 2009
euan:I don't think I saw a single bike rider on my way into work today.
Fashion's a funny thing. Have we all survived the trend, has Duffy killed it? What's going on?!
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I passed 3 cyclists today,
1 mountain bike with a squeaky chain where the guy's legs were spinning round like mad but he was crawling along
1 wobbly lady riding a ubiquitous ridgeback hybrid with a high vis vest on
1 singlespeeder on a nondescript frame, going quite fast but not fast enough for me when I was running late...I hope duffy has killed it but i doubt it
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Fashion has different meanings. Clothing fashion, of course, is all about Fendi bags and prada shoes etc. but there are bike fashions too.
I'm a real mug for NJS stuff because I've seen it all over the internet on nice bikes and want to emulate that. I know that I could have scored the Cinelli versions of what I just bought for 20% of the price I payed but fashion being what it is, I went for Nitto.
Anyone who likes the idea of going brakeless for the aesthetic (that includes me) is a victim of fixed gear fashion. It's nothing to be ashamed of though. I could be tooling about on a £50 conversion but I'm not. That's because of the fashion (and partly the better condition of parts I have because of it). I still yearn for a full keirin bike and a vintage build cinelli. That must be fashion.
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CommentAuthorplurabelle
- CommentTimeMar 13th 2009
I dunno, I think 'fashion' that is a lot to do with a DIY aesthetic is different – it seems to me that the fixed gear thing is more about a sort of purity/integrity/quality fetishism, and it's much more ground up. Aesthetic awareness is different from 'fashion', which is about being dictated to by a set group of designers about what new piece you need to buy to keep up with the seasons.
There's nowt wrong with having aesthetic preferences – some stuff looks much nicer than other stuff. But as long as that's allied, as it seems to be, with a distinction between quality and crap, and utility, I think that's a good thing.
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Good point. When I said fashion I was encompassing more than is really meant by the word fashion. Really I was just talking about aesthetic preference as you said. I feel much better now that I don't think I'm a fashion victim.