Lord help me. I'm starting to have fixed gear fantasies......Fixed Gear Testimonials
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Lord help your knees - they're about to get fixed gear nightmares...
ReplyDeleteOK ... that's just too stupidly hardcore for me.
ReplyDeleteBut what do I know ... I ride an electric for my commute.
Check out www.fixedgeargallery.com Great site with people posting pics of their fixed gear rigs!! Good discussion forum too.
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ReplyDeleteI have a fixie, and love it. The link to Sheldon Browns site is a good one, as is fixedgeargallery. Not sure if you knew but Sheldon Brown died recently. He was a great man.
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fixed gears are awesome! however breaks are your friends.
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"Fixies" are awesome!
ReplyDeleteI used to ride one all the time in Chicago. A lot of folks say they're dangerous, but there is a sort of zen-like cadence that you get when the beast just keep turning...
I liken it to old revolvers - they go around and around and...
I converted an old lugged steel Trek 12 speed to fixed-gear (encouraged by the writings of the late great Sheldon) just a few short months before I purchased my first revolver.
ReplyDeleteI love both, and expect you will love fixed-gear riding too.
Pick a sane gear -- I like 42x16 which is around 69" -- and keep a front brake and your knees should be fine. Some non-fixie riders enjoy perpetrating myths about who ride fixies and why...sounds a bit familiar actually...
Please keep us posted, and good luck!
Watched "quicksilver" too mny times Xav?
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