Whilst trawling through the internet I came across this rather extravagantly decorated fixie. It was created by Jacques Ferrand, a trained traditional leather cutter and sewer. Jacques has his own shop, Crèvecoeur (23 r. Des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France) and normally works on bags, shoes, and belts, either directly for customers under the name Etablissements Ferrand, or for labels such as Hermès but thought he would do something different. He has even covered a few skate boards. Perhaps it is a little quiet in the shop due to the recession?
A Fully Fitted Fixie – In Leather?
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 18:41
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Rendel Harris 28 minutes ago
@the little onion Yep, there's a certain troll of this parish (not, to be fair, the regular idiot but another one who turns up occasionally) who, in addition to stating that there's no point in sending drivers to prison if they kill or maim cyclists unless they were speeding or drunk frequently asks us to "have sympathy for the driver who will suffer the trauma of this unfortunate event for the rest of their lives."
wtjs 1 hour ago
@the little onion You're right! I hope we don’t see this kind of garbage come to the UK, we are seeing the seeds being sewn already Yes, by the police. They're happy to send out the despicably insincere 'thoughts and prayers' when a cyclist is killed, but actively work against anything being done about the close-passing we're enduring day in, day out. They refuse to do anything about the hordes of vehicles being driven around without MOT, and this forgiving nature persists even when the vehicle has failed MOT for serious safety defects. ttps://upride.cc/incident/kv69ztm_vivaro_closepass/ etc. etc
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@eburtthebike eburtthebike Don't forget how much airtime and how many column inches are devoted to climate change denial, despite the overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary.
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@eburtthebike eburtthebike Don't forget how much airtime and how many column inches are devoted to climate change denial, despite the overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary.
the little onion 1 hour ago
It’s already here on a milder level. Every time someone holds cyclists mutually responsible for the behaviour of bad cyclists. Every time someone talks about how arrogant cyclists are, how they think they own the road, and other instances of projection. Every time some journalist makes a joke about beheading cyclists with piano wire, a joke that wouldn’t be made about any other road user, and every time someone goes ahead and stretches wire across a bike path.
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KiwiMike 4 hours ago
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Impressively leathery –
Impressively leathery – though it’s a shame he didn’t try to do some leather tyres too