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if you need convincing, maybe it isn't for you, if you want to check out the pros and cons of riding fixed for yourself, you should just pop into polo either east or south and have a go on one, that way you can make up your own mind, rather than asking us to make it up for you.
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i was very cynical pre going fixed and stayed with the freewheel. However, after taking a leap of faith (coz yes, it is a different experience riding fixed as you do have to adjust your riding style in a positive way by LOOKING where you're going and paying attention to the flow of traffic) I'm seldom riding with a freewheel now, let alone gears. Never had any trouble stopping with my brake/fixed setup, but if a ped were to jump out directly in front of me then I doubt I'd stop in time.
Try it SD67, its takes some getting used to, but most of us here believe riding a fixed gear bike to be far more entertaining than clunking around with a noisy freewheel or and ensemble of heavy gears. Also, its ssooo easy to clean & maintain, just change those front brake pads and check your tyre pressures and polish your deep v's ;O)
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It's about riding within your limits as much as anything else. There will always be a point, no matter what you're riding, where a ped could step out in front of you without leaving you enough time or room to avoid hitting them. If you try and ride like you've got two 10" discs when you don't then expect to crash a bit.
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Lets be a bit more friendly shall we.;)
Fixed wheel is safe but not all riders are. You will be riding a bike that is different to your current bike so it will take some getting used to and you may have to alter the way in which your ride.
Many people hate change in any form. This is true with bikes as much as anything and hence many people will not work through the adjustment period ride a fixed bike for a week and say they hate it. Change can be for good but it may take time to become accustomed. A Sejour blackfoot states come and have a go on someones bike at polo.
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^^ +1
Your fella falling off could have been in his 1st week? There is a time when you forget you can't freewheel, especially early on when you panic.
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if you need convincing, maybe it isn't for you, if you want to check out the pros and cons of riding fixed for yourself, you should just pop into polo either east or south and have a go on one, that way you can make up your own mind, rather than asking us to make it up for you.
take careyeah! corny for mayor!
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Lets be a bit more friendly shall we.;)
Fixed wheel is safe but not all riders are. You will be riding a bike that is different to your current bike so it will take some getting used to and you may have to alter the way in which your ride.
Many people hate change in any form. This is true with bikes as much as anything and hence many people will not work through the adjustment period ride a fixed bike for a week and say they hate it. Change can be for good but it may take time to become accustomed. A Sejour blackfoot states come and have a go on someones bike at polo.
The voice of reason .......Well said that man
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Riding fixed is shit. It's something people do during their 20-something-rehearsal-mid-life-crisis phase. It's also a regressional behaviour; an attempt to recapture the secure feelings of childhood when you rode a fixed trike and felt special because you were the centre of your parents' universe... so there's also a degree of egocentrism about it.
Every fixed rider I've ever met has been a complete waste of cellular tissue, and an embarrassment to the rest of the anthropological genetic drift squad to which they once belonged.
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What are you talking about? Fixed is great!
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...riding fixed is ace... to me enhances the cycling experience, feel for your bike and the road beneath your wheels. If that doesn't appeal.... ditto the above.
Shin, I couldn't agree more.
This last week I've been trying a new gear ratio but in the spirit of try-before-you-buy, I opted for an old 16t freewheel I had lying around.
- Coasting up to lights feels all wrong -I have to squeeze harder on the brakes to stop.
- Coasting down hills feels wrong and my legs seem stiffer without that constant spinning.
- The whole riding experience feels lacking, almost sterile and boring. Fixers have more fun!
- Coasting up to lights feels all wrong -I have to squeeze harder on the brakes to stop.
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Coasting down hills feels wrong and my legs seem stiffer without that constant spinning.
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?
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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?
Leave your free wheel at home.
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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?
Not many hills where I ride each day, swooping down it this morining I only got to about 28mph and it lasts for about 20 seconds. Not worth writing home about ;)
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I ride a single speed in London. Makes perfect sense for commuting for a number of reasons. I still need to be convinced however that fixed-gears are not dangerous for riding around town, (oh god, what have I said! ;-) ) Here's an example. I was riding through town the other day when i caught up with a fellow cyclist at traffic lights . We started talking bikes and stuff and peddled off. Just down the road a pedestrian stepped out into the road. I slammed on the brakes and avoided an accident with ease. My fellow cyclist (riding a fixie) swerved, tried to back pedal I guess and ended up embarrassed on the floor. Not a good advert for the fixed wheel.