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raleighnut
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greekonabike
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Go faster stripes on the top tube are guaranteed to add at least 15 horsepower.
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raleighnut
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Yours isn't a crap bike, try riding a BSO (ideally a full suspension one) for a bit to experience true 'crapness'.The bike is in lovely, clean condition.
But even I, who knows little about bicycles, can identify crap when I see it.........it'll do for my starter, as intended...
Oh, it rides lovely, don't get me wrong.....how the hell it stays/has stayed in the condition it's in is what's beyond me. Lived in someone's shed all its life methinks.
I sound ungrateful, I'm not. It was a 'get me started' cheapy, and it's got me started..........and hooked!
raleighnut
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It's a quality (steel?) frame but SS/fixed wheel bikes are definitely a 'niche' product either ridden by 'fashion victims' or by out and out nutters (of which there are a few on here, and 'chapeau' to them)
This is my 'do it all' bike, I've had it for over 16yrs (and it was old then) and I built it up from a frame I was given.
greekonabike
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The first bike I had as an adult was an Apollo Slant that cost about £90 from Halfords. I used it to do my daily six mile commute for about three months before I moved for work and got a car. The bike was heavy, it rattled and the gears were crap regardless of how much they were adjusted. I promised myself that when I had the cash I'd but myself a better bike, and I did. But the Apollo got me hooked. I'm getting all emotional thinking of how lonely it is in the shed, rusting away.
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greekonabike
President of the 'Democratic Republic' of GOAB
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It can be if I flip the wheel
greekonabike
President of the 'Democratic Republic' of GOAB
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- Kent
Well at least you've got the option if you ever want to ride fixed. Have you got any plans for it or are you running it as is?
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I'll run it as it is until I can replace it with something better and more in line with my ( still developing) plans.
Reynard
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Eh, well, it's gotta be better than my absolutely ancient Emelle Leopard 10 - which I've only ridden twice since getting my road bike... 
Can second the bit about the right tyres. I've got the wrong ones on it at the moment out of necessity (finding 24" tyres that aren't knobblies are easier said than done) and it's like riding a bike through half set glue...
It also needs a new front derailleur, new brake blocks, new brake cables and new pedals. I could throw the money at it so that I've got a back-up / bad weather / muddy road bike, but then again, there's a local place that does refurbished bikes for less than the price of the parts I need... 
Can second the bit about the right tyres. I've got the wrong ones on it at the moment out of necessity (finding 24" tyres that aren't knobblies are easier said than done) and it's like riding a bike through half set glue...
It also needs a new front derailleur, new brake blocks, new brake cables and new pedals. I could throw the money at it so that I've got a back-up / bad weather / muddy road bike, but then again, there's a local place that does refurbished bikes for less than the price of the parts I need...