Year-end slowdown, my brown ass! I’m the busiest I have even been at the office. I half-considered calling reception with a bomb scare, but apparently one can get arrested for this kind of thing. Who knew?
I also didn’t know what a fixed gear bicycle was until that guy Uno De Waal from 10and5.com explained it to me. A “Fixie” is a bike that has been pared down to its simplest form – devoid of gears, it’s a single-speed bike without a freewheel. Because the pedals are always in motion when it is moving, you cannot coast on a fixie. This could prove problematic to some people (me included) who want to freewheel as much as they can through life.
Why would anyone want such a thing? Apart from being excellent exercise, it’s a far cleaner mode of transport. Oh, and they are pretty to look at. See a small collection of them after the jump.
