http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: fashion - Recent Topics en Thu, 21 May 2026 10:41:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1639#post-15939 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:33:24 +0000 Smudge 15939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I’ve been looking at the bicycles I see as I travel about and, excepting the desperately fashionable on fixies and faux fixies I’m seeing fewer and fewer mountain bikes, I’m also starting to see many more practical bikes (eg, fitted with full mudguards, lights, bell etc.).<br /> This led me to wonder… the eighties and nineties were the era of the mountain bike, as people realise a bicycle is useful/fun but a mountain bike is somewhat compromised away from the mountains, the 2000-2010’s (don’t know a snappy abbreviation!) seem to have become the era of the hybrid (or often the roadified/commuting prepared mountain bike).</p> <p>So will the next decade be the era of the tourer style bike? (my definition: a bike without suspension with drop bars and mudguards and at least one rack which will take panniers, middle sized road tyres and a wide range of gearing. Eg. Ridgeback Panorama or a kitted ‘cross bike doubtless open to debate though!)</p> <p>Or will there be a different craze/fashion…? Maybe folders as bikes become more popular and space more restricted?</p> <p>As exam papers used to say, “discuss” ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1650#post-16068 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:40:51 +0000 Smudge 16068@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On seeing another <em>desperately</em> fashionable fixed gear with *no* brakes I wondered... is it style over substance? Admiring the clean lines and the elegant concept I considered, could I ride with no brakes other than my legs?</p> <p>I concluded that either;</p> <p>The rider rides in a different Edinburgh to the one I'm familiar with.<br /> The rider rides very slowly or not in traffic.<br /> It's a art object and of little functional use.<br /> The rider has superhuman powers both riding and anticipation of other road users/pedestrians.<br /> The rider is too cool for school but not too cool for casualty.<br /> or...<br /> I'm old and unfashionable and just don't "get it" ;-) lol</p> <p>Don't get me wrong, it's very pretty and nicely put together but I just can't imagine riding it anywhere worthwhile :-/</p> <p>Thoughts? </p>