Simulating fixed

I have a singlespeed with a flip flop hub and to be honest I prefer to ride it on the freewheel as I like being able to coast along

However when I find myself around fixed riders I sometimes continue pedalling when I don't need to as if to pretend that I am riding fixed

I guess it's down to some sort of feeling of shame... Is that wrong?

faking it is never wrong, ask any hooker!

there's also a lot of people not on fixed doing the 'holding the bars right by the stem' as a fixed style affectation -

get a white industries freewheel hub and everyone will now you're not riding fixed, they're noisy buggers!

nowt wrong with riding a singlespeed

yes there is, it's gay and you damn well know it.

I think we need a poll on the topic.

Burn the fake-fakenger!

We've all done it though at some point. If you say you haven't you're lying! :-)

i used to simulate fixed/brakeless by buckaroo-ing down the road then running into pedestrians

To balance things up, I ride fixed, but with front & rear brakes and an extreme lack of souplesse so that it looks as though I'm ss.

We've all done it though at some point. If you say you haven't you're lying! :-)

Don't tar me with your hipster brush!
I rode singlespeed mtb and I'm proud!
Bah humbug. Pesky kids. Back in my day.

a year later i still haven't even tried the freewheel hung on the other side of my flip-flop. in fact, i'd forgotten it was there. might be fun.

I don't really coast much on my geared bikes, but I'm not trying to pull the wool over anyone's pawls.

Sometimes I simulate flaming on forums by writing heaps of vitriolic bile in the text field.

Then I erase and replace it with something banal.

Sometimes I simulate flaming on forums by writing heaps of vitriolic bile in the text field.

Then I erase and replace it with something banal.

I wish a few more people would try that... ;-)

vitriolenger

i find posting a banal vitriolic diatribe really helps me get through the day.

banalenger / diatribenger

Fakenslagenoffenger

I wish a few more people would try that... ;-)

You trying to get a rise from me too you bastard?

:)

Engerenger (I don't think I've left myself anywhere to go from here).

FakenEngerenger

You trying to get a rise from me too you bastard?

:)

Nah, it was one of our newer compadres I had in mind - but if you want... ;-)

I am simulating being prickly and irrational, never mind me.

I sometimes simulate being cool on my trackbike, but then i realize that i got my pants inside my socks, and that it looks rather silly... :)

i was simulating riding single speed on newly flipped fixed cog this morning...

nearly went into back of a bus face first... :(