Go on, convince me...

Each to their own but seriously, roadies are hitting 100kph down mountain sides. There ain't nothing wrong with freewheels, road geometry, etc. I heart fixed for commuting in Lundone.

breakless

fail.

I do know this much. When tipping up at south drinks last Monday on the Fuji's maiden voyage I had to try and hide the stupid grin of a 5 year old.

I think the problem is mistaking "fixie" as a philosophy or belief system as opposed to a type of bike.

Convince me that we're all descendants of Xenu.

yeah, but you ride brakeless

fail.

:(

when you masturbate, do you ever put a condom on when your fantasizing?

...this is a serious question i hasten.

only when i don't have a tissue to hand

No misunderstanding on my part. I know exactly what a fixed wheel is and I know they can have brakes. I also know you can crash on them, just like on any other bike. Maybe the question should be are you more likely to?
Controversy? maybe, maybe not, but there's nothing wrong with a healthy debate is there? I'm sure we'd all agree that the most important thing is we just ride and enjoy it what ever we're on :-)

he just crash his fucking bike, fixie or not, there's not a specific kind of bike that you're more likely to crash in, just a specific kind of person that's more likely to be very inept when riding a bicycles.

ben i think you misunderstand, i'm not discussing the 'poshwank' no i mean as you fantisize, do you practice 'safe' fantisizing?

I was chatting to this guy at the pedestrian crossing the other day. The green man came on and he tripped over his shoelaces and fell flat on his face! Not a good advert for shoes, or walking for that matter. I'll stick with my Segway.

I was chatting to this guy at the pedestrian crossing the other day. The green man came on and he tripped over his shoelaces and fell flat on his face! Not a good advert for shoes, or walking for that matter. I'll stick with my Segway.

brilliant respond mate.

laceless its the only way.

You read a breakless bicycle rider having an accident as "not a good advert for the fixed wheel."

I don't think I am being unreasonable in thinking that your prejudices against fixed wheel are based on a (common) misunderstanding.

Prejudice? I'm not prejudice. Some of my best freinds ride fixed ;-)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wIICQOyy-Yg

he just crash his fucking bike, fixie or not, there's not a specific kind of bike that you're more likely to crash in, just a specific kind of person that's more likely to be very inept when riding a bicycles.

Do you think this guy is one of them? or is it his bike? ;-)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wIICQOyy-Yg

i ride gears but never change them or stop peddling so it feels like its fixed

i ride gears but never change them or stop peddling so it feels like its fixed

No it doesn't.

i ride gears but never change them or stop peddling so it feels like its fixed

I did the same, and I can honestly tell you it's nowhere near like a proper fixed wheel bicycle, and I meant nowhere.

I took a ride in a hot air balloon once. From about 300ft I saw a tractor crash into a ditch and roll.
My conclusion is hot air balooning is by far the best way to collect sheep.

:^|

i ride gears but never change them or stop peddling so it feels like its fixed

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I'm not averse to the odd bout of uber-cadence madness, but swooping down hills at 35+mph with a freewheel is perhaps the one area where the fun factor's greater than on fixed. Isn't it?

I think so. The only time I've ever wished for a freewheel is yesterday when blurry-eyed blind bouncing down a 3 mile Cotswold hill spinning my pins at 130,000rpm.

No it doesn't.

I wasn't actually serious

Right. Neither was I, ever.

I had to try and hide the stupid grin of a 5 year old.

By smothering them with a pillow, or just locking them in the cellar?

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