Why Fixed Gears Are Cool
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Permalink Reply by jen on
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i must admit ... he floats like a butterfly. but that aside ... if he commonly rides as recklessly as shown ... his barb (like steve irwin's) will find him.
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Permalink Reply by Ali on
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Geometry is a personal thing, I ride a bike that is considered one size too small for me by most standards, two sizes too small by some but that's the beauty of the human body...No two are the same and people find different things comfortable, I personally like to have my drops lower, the aggressive riding position that this gives which in turn what I feel gives me more control when I am taking a corner going 45.
-Ali
ishnock aka the blue baron said:Terrible. Terrible. Terrible....and I am one of the biggest fixed gear advocates on this forum, because that is all I ride and build.
He put, not only his life at risk, but others. I've made a couple of videos with similar efforts, but never did I once film them in the middle of live traffic - not scripted traffic- but fucking live "there might be a baby on board" traffic.
That is not fixed and free...that is fixed and dumb. ....
Also that bike is a bullshit ass fix build ......garbage wheel set up ..geometry of the bike is wack, plus it does not even fit him, which is why the seat post is highly raised.
Plus the angle of his horns are too low , causing his position to be too far over = Instant head injury during a crash....
Plus skidding down hill in the rain with no toe cages or clipless pedals?????
FOH
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Permalink Reply by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on
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This thread has forced my hand. I am building a fixie this week damn it!
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Permalink Reply by Aaron Bussey on
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I'll flip my hub and join you on a fixed ride this weekend - gotta love flip flops....
Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! said:This thread has forced my hand. I am building a fixie this week damn it!
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Took a lot less time than a week. I managed to find everything I needed on Craigslist and just finished. I even found a brake chord!
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Permalink Reply by wig [ isaac ] on
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love that front wheel...
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Haut Stuff...
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ERCHLVRSN, check the calendar. Are you suffering from seasonal affective disorder?
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yeah ERCHLVRSN - if you want to ride more make some rides....
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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on
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What are you drunk? There are rides happening all of the time on both the calender here and other places plus there have been several alleycats this winter.
I know plenty of people who ride year round, myself included; if you can't find rides it is not because they aren't happening or people aren't out there it's because you aren't trying.
ERCHLVRSN said:Nice to see a video of someone riding and not just sitting on their butt talking about riding like so many do here in Chicago…
People here sit and complain about biking but bike very little in this city…
The lack of cool events shows…few good events in Chicago period…
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