Girls

the biggest irony is that on a fixie, you only need a few handful of components, also when it come to singlespeed/fixie, it's all about enjoying the ride, not the bike.

that's what differ us from those roadie/MTB where equipment is really important to them.

Point of order, m'lud! Although I agree with the first comment as this is plainly the essence of ss/fw, I do think that components are VERY important to most ss/fw riders. Maybe it's because we don't have quite the plethora that roadies and mtb riders have that means decisions about what components to use are taken very seriously, often with great care and thought.

You definitely don't need to be a bearded anorak to gain pleasure from the past time in this case.

racist!

my misses rides a black IRO single speed. Uses it a lot but as a bike, she just wanted a nice looking bike that rides well.
The whole forum thing does tend to be a bloke hobby! also along with ebay! collecting loads of parts that you have to hide! and buying more bikes than you need! (how many bikes can you ride? they take up to much room! they mark the walls!) equally large sets of speakers and cables that look a mess!! also drive my misses crazy......... i won't go in to her annoying habits!!

well said my man, but remember these little bike parts take up less space and less expensive than shoes! they also get more use, keep us in shape etc etc...
as for the walls - gorilla wipes! they work wonders.... saying that i have repainted 3 rooms over the last year :)

OH 3rd post in a row!

I just came back from Viet Grill in Shoreditch, and there's a lots of hot girls in fixed gear bicycle, mostly converted road one.

a boy thing is it?

what about this one?

I raise you a

..and a

no it's not a boy thing edscoble but all the add ons are more a blokey thing.

I just came back from Viet Grill in Shoreditch, and there's a lots of hot girls in fixed gear bicycle, mostly converted road one.

a boy thing is it?

Have you ever tried the "Vietnamese pizza" at Viet Grill? Sooooo good...

my misses rides a black IRO single speed. Uses it a lot but as a bike, she just wanted a nice looking bike that rides well.
The whole forum thing does tend to be a bloke hobby! also along with ebay! collecting loads of parts that you have to hide! and buying more bikes than you need! (how many bikes can you ride? they take up to much room! they mark the walls!) equally large sets of speakers and cables that look a mess!! also drive my misses crazy......... i won't go in to her annoying habits!!

'Explosion at the exclamation mark factory kills nine'...

:p

Have you ever tried the "Vietnamese pizza" at Viet Grill? Sooooo good...

No I hasn't I hasn't tried Vietnamese food before, and my girlfriend wanted some, so I chosen the typical vietnamese food instead just to see if i really like it or not.

love it more than Chinese (and I don't really like Chinese that much, prefer Japanese, the food that is), so yeah i probably go back again and try out your recommendation, ta love!

No I hasn't I hasn't tried Vietnamese food before, and my girlfriend wanted some, so I chosen the typical vietnamese food instead just to see if i really like it or not.

love it more than Chinese (and I don't really like Chinese that much, prefer Japanese, the food that is), so yeah i probably go back again and try out your recommendation, ta love!

Found this blog that explains how to eat it (see Round 2):

http://thetummies.blogspot.com/2007/04/cay-tre-vietnamese-kitchen.html

Glad there are some girls on this forum site. Hello to you all!

I want to upgrade my commuter bike to something much lighter, faster and more fun, and think single-speed looks cool.

But:
not sure about all the technical boy-stuff that goes on around it?
does it make you have massive tyranosuarus thighs?
getting away fornm the lights at speed?
going up hills like pentonville road?

I have a lurking suspicion that singlespeed and fixed speed is a fashion thing and a boy thing.

But - I would like to be proved wrong as I liked the feel of a single speed when I tried one last week. I would have ridden off into the sunset, but I had to go home to cook the tea and do the ironing.

The girl-perspective on single-speed would be really useful to me...

Riding a bike is not a guy thing, and yes, fgss is very trendy, but no, not a boy thing anymore than any other active sport.
Anyway, come to Trixie Chix. It's tonight and there will be lots of women with lots of bike.
Also, searching the forum will give you loads of answers to these questions. Including Trixie Chix meet up and the like.
You'll be welcomed in for making the effort and you can try out bikes, ask questions in person, etc.... I think that's partially the problem here. Lots of these questions could have been answered by having a look around the forum. Then your more-informed questions could have been answered (probably with less shock and sarcasm).

Seriously though, making the effort, having the balls, whatever you want to call it, and coming to a Trixie night (or the other days/nights) counts for a lot. There are a lot of noobs on here, that take the lazy way out. Get on yer bike! And come out with us.

Roxy for president!
I'll make the Trixie Chix one night too :)

Hi Roxy

thanks for the invite to Trixie Chix.
But at the moment I'm a bit trapped in the evenings as I have a sick elderly relative whom I'm looking after ...
Means also that I can't get out to bike shops v easily to browse and look about, so hoped I could short circuit by getting some forum advice before my rare visits to the bike shop.

Anyway, I have got lots of useful insight in the course of this long thread so do feel more informed.

Thanks all - and sorry for being such a Noob

having the balls

isn't that a boy thing?

Thanks all - and sorry for being such a Noob

Put it this way, everyone was once a Noob to the world of fixed gear/singlesped, even Roxy herself, no apology is needed.

Here's a singlespeed girl

Here's a singlespeed girl

And she doesn't have brakes. What's stopping her?

Here's a singlespeed girl

how the hell do those boots clip into those pedals?

how the hell does that little skirt help her pedal?

if only girls really looked like that...

Her thighs are too thin to be a real girl who rides bicycles.

Pedaling in a skirt like that is easy. It's getting your leg over the top tube that's difficult. A couple years ago, I was wearing a denim miniskirt and I was trying to get on the back of my cousin's moped (I had no choice). The rear seam of the skirt split open nearly the entire way, it was barely hanging on to my hips.

I now have a mental image of a Bender riding a bike in a ripped denim miniskirt.

I may have missed the boat a bit, but I'm a girl-who-rides-fixed and couldn't resist standing up and being counted.

Re. the technical boy-stuff - well, first of all it's not just boy-stuff - one of the best mechanics I know is a woman. But I have to admit that I'm crap at it (this probably has more to do with being a Pisces than with being a woman). I'm living proof that you can get by with the help of more technically minded friends, and by embarrassing yourself in bike shops. And if you're anything like me, you'll get very good at riding up hills, in order to balance out your pride!

Re. massive tyrannosaurus thighs - hmmmmm. I think it depends on how you're built to start with. I'm stocky, and put on muscle easily, so my legs are HUGE - but I've seen loads of female couriers (who probably do far more miles than me) who look all lean and toned and lanky. It might also have something to do with what gear you ride - I'm on 48x18. Any thoughts, anyone?

Re. getting away from lights at speed - I find I'm a bit slower than most (especially Bromptons) for the first couple of seconds, but usually overtake them before we've cleared the junction. I also find accelerating and cruising a lot more ...relaxing on fixed.

Re. Pentonville Road, etc. - much easier on fixed (but see 'massive tyrannosaurus thighs', above). I've got practically no experience of single speed, but I imagine that you'd lose all the benefits of gears, without gaining any of the benefits of fixed. But then again, so many people seem to ride them that perhaps I'm missing something...

Re. fashion thing - well yes. That's the only drawback as far as I'm concerned.

I now have a mental image of a Bender riding a bike in a ripped denim miniskirt.

Are you turned on by the thought of Bender's metallic cylindrical bottom peeking at you through a ripped denim miniskirt?