Tarkovsky

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• Wanted: Singlespeed road bike, 59-60CM ish frame

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• My fixie is fixing my poor cycling technique

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• My fixie is fixing my poor cycling technique

  in General • 12 years, 4 months

  

  Plus it makes you look cooler

  or a bit pretentious...

• My fixie is fixing my poor cycling technique

  in General • 12 years, 4 months

  

  Hi all.

  I've been cycling for years, mostly as a kid on a shitty BMX. Haven't really done it for a decade since. However I decided that I couldn't be arsed waiting at bus stops and paying through the nose for transport.

  I got a fixed gear bike a couple of weeks ago... I thought it was handy because of the lower maintenance and lightweight and comparative low cost. I've had a bumpy couple of weeks with 2 flat tires... which prompted me to get a set of Duranos.

  Anyway today I had this odd realisation, that all this 'one-ness that's put about with the road stuff isn't just BS. I'm finding that each pedal stroke is sort of melding into the next, whereas before before it felt like I was pumping leg after leg... instead this is a kind of fluid motion which involves movement in every part of my leg, from my upper thigh to my foot to my toe. It also seems to be a hell of a lot more efficient... I'm able to quite easily keep up 20+mph whereas just before this clicked in my mind this was a hell of a lot harder. It's nice to think that riding this way may actually be making me making me a more efficient cyclist. I'm guessing this is a fairly common experience with people who are new to fixed gear?

• Wanted: Singlespeed road bike, 59-60CM ish frame

  in Wanted Adverts • 12 years, 4 months

  

  Really love like the look of this frame. I just don't think I can be arsed with building a bike, want to be on the road now!

  I should've just said singlespeed in my first post as that's what I want - I didn't realise that a road bike meant gears!

  ...
  Very helpful Tenners... Didn't realise what a twat I was being by I posting a wanted add in the wanted section! Thanks for enlightening me.

• Wanted: Singlespeed road bike, 59-60CM ish frame

  in Wanted Adverts • 12 years, 5 months

  

  Bump on this. Probably be spending +-£200.

• Wanted: Singlespeed road bike, 59-60CM ish frame

  in Wanted Adverts • 12 years, 5 months

  

  Hi there

  Unfortunately my bike got nicked by some twat and I'm in the market for a new one. Don't have an awful lot to spend. Something with drops would be nice, maybe even suicide breaks, not too heavy etc.

  A peugot from would be nice, as that's what I had before, but I'm open to offers.

  Thanks a lot

  Zak

• The London Cycle Map Campaign

  in General • 12 years, 5 months

  

  Great idea!

• Toplessness

  in General • 12 years, 5 months

  

  Taste doesn't feature heavily on my mind when I'm sandwiched by arctics or cut up by taxis at the old street round about. Keeping both my nipples if I come off, does however!

• Olympic Games Lanes

  in General • 12 years, 5 months

  

  Pavement cycling it is then!