Originally Posted by green princess
ostro, ostro!!! it was ostro this winter!!! of cause i know the warsaw car killers, seems i am one of them by riding... although im not a messenger... however.... i kept asking my biker friends to help me build this fixy since january and got fed up... i need to do it myself i guess, the boys are too lazy and others want too much money for it... i just don't have it.... besides it is fun doing it oneself, isin't it?! ...as to warsaw... the community isn't big, but quite active... many alleycats here... but NEVER ENOUGH!!!
nice that you know about them ostro!!
Talking to those friends is probably the best you can do. they willl have the insider tips for around town bike deals. Not only is it more enjoyable to do it yourself, you learn a whole lot about the mechanics.
I did some reading on the polish bike and messanger culture. Check this out
http://www.oldskooltrack.com/files/i...on_bicycle.pdf interesting read.