On Aug 6, 4:54*pm, MIG wrote:

On 6 Aug, 16:51, David Cantrell wrote:

On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 09:50:29PM +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:
bikes can't easily go backwards.

Really? *They could when I were a lad.

Fixed wheel bikes are still used for some purposes. *I've never ridden
one though.

Fixed wheel bikes have become pretty popular of late in London, at
least amongst modish folk.

Quite a different riding experience, but actually fairly well suited
to nipping around un-mountainous London town, though if one were
intending to ascend the hills of say Highgate or Crystal Palace on a
regular basis then I think they might not be the wisest choice! (The
way of handling a hill of any substance is basically to absolutely
hammer it right up to the top.)