Talking Luft! With Andy White aka FYXO

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Talking Luft is back, and I'm chatting with my friend Andy White aka FYXO, to put him through the full Talking Luft treatment! Last week on Life in the Peloton I sat down with FYXO to talk about a whole range of fascinating things, from what it's like to work as a bike messenger, to the underground subculture of alley-cat racing, and all things fixed gear riding - plus a whole lot more. It was a super fun episode and I loved getting to know more about one of the more niche ‘pelotons’ out there. If you haven’t listened to it, head over and check it out. But today, we’re on the Talking Luft program! You know the drill by now – I put FYXO through his paces with a little quiz, I tried to squeeze some extra fixie knowledge out of him, and he’s a bit of a style guru so it was a great chance to get a bit of a glimpse into what’s cool in the world of fixed gear bikes and alley cat racing. I won’t spoil it for you but get ready to hear about FYXO’s love of the history and nostalgia of retro 90’s cycling– he’s a fan of the full Indurain casquette style, he loves a beanie, and he’s been known to be partial to a skin suit. I hope you have as much fun listening along as I had putting this one together! Cheers, Mitch

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0:00.0	I'm riding on the freeway with the cars.
0:15.8	Is it illegal?
0:17.1	Of course it's not legal, but this is the thing.
0:19.3	It's illegal.
0:20.5	Like, but this is the thing. Thisegal, yes. It's illegal. Like, but this is the thing.
0:21.8	Yeah, yeah.
0:22.0	This race is whatever. Yeah, yeah. Except for track bikes, no rules. Whatever. And so I leaned out in front of this car. Crazy idea. Slow him down. To slow this SUV down, it's honked. and as I've pulled out of its way
0:37.0	I've grabbed onto its side door
0:38.3	and it's just launched me.
0:39.9	Oh no!
0:40.5	And I've pulled out of its way, I've grabbed onto its side door, and it's just launched me. Oh, no. And I've gone right past Felipe, because I'm holding on spinning madly across Williamsburg Bridge for as long as I could. I'm like, holding on, holding on. Like, all right, it's going to be doing 60 soon. My legs can't go that fast on this limited gear. Do it like 200 revs per minute. So I'll let go.
0:56.0	But I'd pass Felipe. I'm like, right, back in the hunt.
1:04.3	Well, guys, that is a little snippet from the episode I did last week with Andy White,
1:09.9	aka Fixo, Fix Gear Riding, Bike Messenger scene,
1:14.6	the underground racing of Alley Cats, and a whole lot more. It's a fantastic episode. I
1:20.3	loved sitting down with Andy and I've got him back this week for Talking Loft. That's right,
1:26.1	here we are guys. This is Talking Loft, Life in the Peloton, and presented by our
1:30.3	major partner this year, Raffer.
1:32.3	I'm loving what Raffa's doing and I've been really enjoying working with them over the last few years
1:37.3	because it's all about making cycling the most popular sport in the world.
1:41.3	That's what we're doing here at Life in the Pelton too, trying to
1:44.5	spread the word of how cool it is to get out there on a bike. People ask me, what are one of those
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