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"felt like a broken variable gears bicycle" - never heard anyone say this before. What make was your brakeless hipster bicycle?
I rode this Dapper in 2011 summer and after 2 months became annoyed by coaster hub because I had to always adjust pedal position for take off after stopping at traffic lights.
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I switch back and forth between geared bicycle and fixed wheel bicycle, riding it as a singlespeed felt a little lacklustre in comparison to riding it as fixed.
I have the same bike, very relaxing to ride, find the coaster to be perfectly fine since I always revert to leaving the pedals at 2 o'clock every time I coast.
edscoble
You should slap a coaster hubs on the rear, it's a lots more fun being able to slow down with a light back pedal.
I don't know, I never really enjoyed singlespeed, even after riding a brakeless hipster bicycle for a long time, felt like a broken variable gears bicycle.