|
06-30-2006, 09:27 PM
|
#1
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 26
Country: United States
|
Fixed Gear
Anyone ride fixed? I started a little over a year ago and I'll never go back - best way to ride a bike in my opinion.
__________________
__________________
"Ain't nobody that can sing like me..." Woody Guthrie
|
|
|
06-30-2006, 10:14 PM
|
#2
|
Supporting Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 318
Country: United States
|
Yep, I actually got hit by a car last year while riding mine. I started in '00, and I just recently began running a front brake, since it would have saved my back if i had been able to stop within a five foot range of the car that ran a stop sign through the intersection i was crossing. Herniated a disc that'd gotten messed up before. But, yeah fixed is the only way for me, even though my back keeps me off mostly. I now live in a rural area, and I love riding my track bike on the roads around here.
__________________
|
|
|
07-02-2006, 01:32 PM
|
#3
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 26
Country: United States
|
I'm getting ready to build another one. I found an old frame that I think will make a decent beater - I'll probably run a brake and risers, put a basket and fenders on it, as my other bike is pretty much a track bike (though I've never even seen a track). I like the process of working on the bike, collecting parts etc. as much as I like riding. I guess it's the same way with cars.
__________________
"Ain't nobody that can sing like me..." Woody Guthrie
|
|
|
07-02-2006, 02:53 PM
|
#4
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 933
Country: United States
|
I rode a single speed last year (it helped me figure out how to ride up hills better). I never have tried using a fixed gear but going down hills seems like it wold be very hard.
__________________
2008 EPA adjusted:
Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
Average commute speed=25mph (yes, that's in a car)
|
|
|
07-03-2006, 06:15 AM
|
#5
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,325
Country: United States
|
I have a few friends with fixed, and found them rather hard to learn to ride, and to start out on, altho fun to ride once you are going, I however would never build one for my self.
my current bicycle is a racing frame with flat bars, and a 3 speed inturnal geared hub, I had the full derailer set up for many years, and finely put a 3 speed hub on, and I don't think I would be able to go back to derailers.
|
|
|
07-03-2006, 06:50 AM
|
#6
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 26
Country: United States
|
I'd like to get ahold of an old two-speed kickback hub - I guess I shouldn't have said never go back... I do think it would be fun to put one of those on a cruiser type bike. I do have a hard time going down hills - not that it's physically that hard, it's just hard to restrain because it's so fun to go fast. I find that when I ride with friends on road bikes I pass them going up and they pass me coming down. You guys get on fixedgeargallery.com? I'm an addict.
__________________
"Ain't nobody that can sing like me..." Woody Guthrie
|
|
|
07-03-2006, 09:38 PM
|
#7
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 7
Country: United States
|
Both my GF and I ride fixed, I have converted 3 bikes, and bought one off ebay. I dont know what it is, but I *love* riding my fixie. I rarely put any miles on my other bikes now days. I put a front break on after rear ending a truck that cut me off. No more brakeless days for me.
DirtyOldTown, are you on bikeforums as well? http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=178
|
|
|
07-04-2006, 07:05 AM
|
#8
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 26
Country: United States
|
I'm on there - I get on the gallery more though, for the pics. I don't spend too much time on there because I'm on a couple other car forums and I'd end up on the computer all day if I kept up with all of them. What do you guys ride? I've got a KHS Flite 100 that I've been replacing parts on as money will allow. I got it locally and so far i've added Sugino 75s, Nitto B123s, MKS Sylvans w/Toshi doubles, and an eighth inch chain. The bike I'm putting all my old stuff on is a Steyr Clubman (cheap). I plan on putting both of them on the gallery when I'm finished with them, but who knows when that will be. I'd like to try building some wheels for the KHS at some point.
__________________
__________________
"Ain't nobody that can sing like me..." Woody Guthrie
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Car Talk & Chit Chat |
|
|
|
|
|
» Fuelly iOS Apps |
|
» Fuelly Android Apps |
|
|
|
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 07:06 PM.