Across Asia on a fixie? Silly?

Make sure you go across bangladesh, the whole country is a completely flat delta. Ripe for 'fixie' riding. Go ***soon ***though, otherwise youll be spending most of the time in a boat.

fixed :-(

Choose Big tyres, strong steel frames, lightweight kit and Brooks saddles. Choose a fucking big tool kit. Choose Sudocrem, Germoline, Terra Nova tents and Thermarests. Choose lugs, 531 and cantilever brakes. Choose a fixed-free double sided hub. Choose flat pedals and powergrips. Choose your riding partners. Choose Ortlieb and Carradice luggage. Choose not to buy your bike on hire purchase in a range of fucking enamel finishes. Choose building your own wheels and wondering what the hell you're doing at the side of the road with a Spokey. Choose sitting on your saddle hour after mind-numbing hour, watching the miles crawl by, stuffing cheap shite food into your mouth at every opportunity. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable airport, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up trustafarian gap year students they've spawned to replace you.

Choose your future. Choose fixed.

<3 charlotte.

@OP: personally I think 5000 miles across asia fixed is a stupid idea - especially if you've no experienced riding fixed.

The most life changing experiences happen when you're out of your comfort zone.
But take a freewheel with you just in case ;)

Travel light.

http://osmosno.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/packing-list/

Sounds good to me - as daccordi says two couriers did it on brakeless track bikes with messenger bags so ignore the doom mongers and have fun! They skitched off trucks to go up the big hills...

round the world brakeless huh
interesting

If you have the time, why not? You'll have to accept that sometimes you'll be pushing, and you won't cover the same distances in a day, but I could imagine that.

I've done lots of singlespeed touring before, and it was fab.

Get a dingle. Or a dongle. Whatever Surly call them.

It would pretty challenging riding across some of the terrain on a fixie. I suggest that a cyclo cross/touring bike would be more ideal.

Really? How on earth have you come to such a strange conclusion?

Wow, been reading through a bit of your site - what a life!

big plan!

Looks like it got done

http://www.osmosno.com/osmosnonow.html#16

i heard about these guys through a friend in ha noi. they're semi-legendary in se asia. anyone met them / know where they are now?

Charlotte, i've reread that post about 10 times in the last week and the grin hasnt left my ruddy cheeks. M

i have friends, they're cycling from scotland to indonesia, surabaya.. those bunch of crazy people..hahaha

wowsers-hardcore. Can;t help but think of a recent bikesnob post and having a chuckle though!

wowsers-hardcore. Can;t help but think of a recent bikesnob post and having a chuckle though!

hardcore! i like what it sounds to it. they said it took 'em around 2 years across turkey, india, center of asia, south east asia, and then to java, indonesia. ride with 50kg on their back. ouchhh for the rest of 2 years back to europe.