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  • Answers to the following questions would help me with my project a great deal.

    Q1: What do you like about fixed-gear/track bikes?

    **I like almost all bikes, and fixed bikes are just another way of enjoying bike riding. My other four bikes are all geared. It's a nicely different feeling when pedalling and owing to knee problems I also have my fixed ****geared ****low to prevent myself from shifting into gears that are too high. I'm also keen to learn a small number of tricks.
    **
    Q2: Do you have brakes*? front, rear, both or none?

    Two rim brakes, front and rear. I often ride single speed, too.

    Q3: What setup do you have on your rear hub? (mark all that apply)

    - fixed/free flip-flop

    Q4: What DON'T you like about fixed-gear/track bikes?

    What's not to like? They're not suitable for everything but that's only to be expected. I don't go on long-distance rides with mine, for instance.

    Q5: If a baker's dozen is 13, can i call a 3-day weekend a baker's weekend?

    **Is this some cryptic question about the correct way of calculating gear inches? Answer at http://www.sheldonbrown.com/. Along with answers to every other question ever asked. Why do we have this forum, anyway?
    **
    *I don't include riding fixed-gear in this questionnaire, even though this technically counts as a braking mechanism.

    Brakist

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