FIXED GEAR BIKES.....

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FIXED GEAR BIKES.....

Post by felis » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:43 pm

http://vimeo.com/3811916

Anyone on here ride them ?

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Post by tuck » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:52 pm

Bit too much like hard work for my liking. Why use energy and effort to slow down when you could just get a free wheel bike with brakes?

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Post by w3sk » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:05 pm

I don't know much about them other then the are the most trendy hipster bikes around where I live. To each there own, but where I live it is more for fashion then practicle use.

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Post by firky » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:25 pm

I used to, I used to be right into mountain biking. Now it's about 6 years since I last rode a bike :oops:

But as for trendy fixed wheels... not my bag (just realised this is what you mean :oops: )
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Post by theedman » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:33 pm

Think joker does, personally it couldnt get my nut around not freewheeling down a hill
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Post by gwa » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:46 pm

Wow the guy did a pedal grind.

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Post by Coppola » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:18 pm

fixies suck and you know it.
not really practical are they?

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Post by macroclimate » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:57 pm

I ride one... I enjoy it quite a bit, just a different feeling altogether, much more in touch with the road.

I'm not doing it to fit in or anything, I just like it.
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Post by misk » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:16 am

rode a friends once - it cuts through pavement like a knife through hot butter :) I like my road bike though!

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Post by drokkr » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:23 am

Misk wrote:rode a friends once - it cuts through pavement like a knife through hot butter :) I like my road bike though!
i miss my road bike :cry:
i was thinking i might pick up another one, wheres my wallet?...

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Post by spire » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:08 am

wish it said what songs were in the video, liked em both. anybody know em by chance?

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Post by d+ » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:12 am

the soundtrack is fucking tragic

had to turn it off after 1 min 40s..

i ride a mountain bike around london, its a nightmare for weaving in and out of traffic and going uphill. but the acceleration is good.

id like one of these city bikes but i dont know the first thing about them. dont like the idea of having to sit so high on the seat that i need to lean forward and not being able to touch my feet on the ground whenever i want... also when i park up in london no one touches my bike. but i always see these city bikes with one stolen wheel.
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Post by Pada » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:09 pm

D+ wrote:the soundtrack is fucking tragic

had to turn it off after 1 min 40s..

i ride a mountain bike around london, its a nightmare for weaving in and out of traffic and going uphill. but the acceleration is good.

id like one of these city bikes but i dont know the first thing about them. dont like the idea of having to sit so high on the seat that i need to lean forward and not being able to touch my feet on the ground whenever i want... also when i park up in london no one touches my bike. but i always see these city bikes with one stolen wheel.
you sure people ain't taking the wheel off so no body nicks it?
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Post by d+ » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:09 pm

adisize wrote:
D+ wrote:the soundtrack is fucking tragic

had to turn it off after 1 min 40s..

i ride a mountain bike around london, its a nightmare for weaving in and out of traffic and going uphill. but the acceleration is good.

id like one of these city bikes but i dont know the first thing about them. dont like the idea of having to sit so high on the seat that i need to lean forward and not being able to touch my feet on the ground whenever i want... also when i park up in london no one touches my bike. but i always see these city bikes with one stolen wheel.
you sure people ain't taking the wheel off so no body nicks it?
no idea

some have the wheels still on
some have them still off
in all my time cycling ive never seen someone taking the wheel off / carrying a wheel round with them

but its a possibility
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Post by felis » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:16 pm

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Post by jolly wailer » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:30 pm

people who say fixies are trendy just don't know..

they really haul ass :twisted: if you have yr gears set up right


don't see how more people getting into riding bikes is a bad thing
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Post by felis » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:42 pm

Jolly Wailer wrote:people who say fixies are trendy just don't know..

they really haul ass :twisted: if you have yr gears set up right


don't see how more people getting into riding bikes is a bad thing

... Agreed.

There are a lot of 'hipsters' who give fixed gear bikes a bad name... but...

If you're into bikes the feeling of having to be totally alert and 'at one with the bike' (sounds a bit yoghurt weavery, but when your legs / you are the brakes) can't be beaten....... If that's what your into :)

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Post by tightpantsben » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:43 pm

i ride one everyday at work and love it.
and please please dont turn the dubstep forum into a bitch site about fixies and hipsters. some people ride them for fashion, others for the "zen" like feeling, some because they are easy to take care of, etc etc etc. the point is they are riding a bike and not driving a car.

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Post by felis » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:55 pm

tightpantsben wrote:i ride one everyday at work and love it.
and please please dont turn the dubstep forum into a bitch site about fixies and hipsters. some people ride them for fashion, others for the "zen" like feeling, some because they are easy to take care of, etc etc etc. the point is they are riding a bike and not driving a car.

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