Possibly the most bizarre trend in cycling – and there really are quite a few at the moment – is the emergence of mini-velos. These seem to define themselves as hybrid or track frames with 20″ wheels and either fixed or single-speed freewheels.
Perhaps the most visually familiar of these is the Cannondale Hooligan – for some time it’s been a trade stand side-show but has strangely (especially for a brand that’s at the bottom of a very long fall from grace and been dodging bankruptcy for perhaps too long) made it into production:
Whatever strange popularity gauge Flickr is normally able to provide for such trends is bizarrely distorted by somebody’s obsession with tagging the crap out of their Brompton style mini-hybrid which has none of the eccentricity of the mini-velo trend is just plain rubbish!
However appealing these might seem for a blast to shops before disposing of via ghost riding into an oncoming bus (or is that just me?), surely they must be the reserve of the few with a large garage and an even larger wallet?
