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@kipsy
Its such a bright light now I've FINALLY seen it....
Well done eeehhhh. I too took my first serious fixed ride last week and can't get enough of it now! Soooooquiet!! I'd just knackered my 3th BMX freewheel on my 14mnth old langy and thought, fuckthisforalark and did my commute slow n steady. Today I was winding thru the traffic a bit more like normal, and hardly touching my brakes. Though last Friday I made a near fatal error of wearing boxers under my cutoffs and had a couple of near freewheeling moments trying to adjust me tackle....one time my rear wheel did a lift-off!
So I must check my lock-ring is tight enough? and check fairly it regularly.
what about tyre rotation direction? As I've flipped my wheel round, my tyre is now rotating the wrong way...problem or no?
Braking effectively now without bunnyhopping all the time, but HTF do you manage to skid? Is this because I'm running 48x16?
Back brake seems to be redundant....at what point should I get rid of it? will I ever want to freewheel again? (why?)