obliterator
12-23-05, 12:24 AM
We all have a liking for singlespeeds in this forum but what specifically do you like the most about the fixies.
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - the love for singlespeeds
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wearyourtruth
12-23-05, 12:26 AM
i would say it's the opposite... most in this forum love fixed, it's rare to see a singlespeed
obliterator
12-23-05, 12:29 AM
Okay, what specifically do you like about your fixed?
obliterator
12-23-05, 12:30 AM
For me its just the simplicity and avoiding the main stream cyclists.
HereNT
12-23-05, 12:44 AM
Okay, what specifically do you like about your fixed?
"It's like running with 8 (12?) foot strides" - forget who
The connection is like nothing else. I'm not going to go too far into it since it's late, and I've been drinking (yeah, that didn't used to stop me) but it's a complete fusing of the rider and the machine. It does what you do. On a single speed, you can stop, and the bike keeps going. You're disconnected.
As far as my particular fixies -
Current one - it's served well through two winters of abuse.
About to be built one - basically free, and ready for many winters of abuse.
Track bike I tore down for the winter - she's pretty. She loves me. She's very happy that I liberated her from the narrow confines of the velo and put her on the street. She's pissed at me that I took her parts off and won't ride her in the snow and ice that is a Minnesota winter. She's going to have to be mad at me until spring...
"It's like running with 8 (12?) foot strides" - forget who
The connection is like nothing else. I'm not going to go too far into it since it's late, and I've been drinking (yeah, that didn't used to stop me) but it's a complete fusing of the rider and the machine. It does what you do. On a single speed, you can stop, and the bike keeps going. You're disconnected.
As far as my particular fixies -
Current one - it's served well through two winters of abuse.
About to be built one - basically free, and ready for many winters of abuse.
Track bike I tore down for the winter - she's pretty. She loves me. She's very happy that I liberated her from the narrow confines of the velo and put her on the street. She's pissed at me that I took her parts off and won't ride her in the snow and ice that is a Minnesota winter. She's going to have to be mad at me until spring...
obliterator
12-23-05, 12:58 AM
she'll forgive you. deep down she knows its for her own good.
Placid Casual
12-23-05, 01:56 AM
avoiding the main stream cyclists.
Yeah, 'cause fixed gear bicycles are really maneuverable and stuff.
Yeah, 'cause fixed gear bicycles are really maneuverable and stuff.
filtersweep
12-23-05, 02:21 AM
For me its just the simplicity and avoiding the main stream cyclists.
Simplicity?
You can still coast on a SS... and coasting is for suckers.
BTW, what is a mainstream cyclist? I don't know that I've ever met one.
Simplicity?
You can still coast on a SS... and coasting is for suckers.
BTW, what is a mainstream cyclist? I don't know that I've ever met one.
obliterator
12-23-05, 02:43 AM
simplicity? No gears and no brakes. Never meet a mainstream cyclist? Hmmmmm I see them every day.
jim-bob
12-23-05, 02:45 AM
simplicity? No gears and no brakes. Never meet a mainstream cyclist? Hmmmmm I see them every day.
No gears and no brakes?
You ride a unicycle?
No gears and no brakes?
You ride a unicycle?
Rancid
12-23-05, 03:33 AM
I like it because its superty duperty.......or that whole complete infusion of rider and bike deal. It just flows
soyboy
12-23-05, 04:50 AM
No gears and no brakes?
You ride a unicycle?
i believe it's a ghost busters big wheel, slimer doesn't shoot water anymore, but he's still a good time
You ride a unicycle?
i believe it's a ghost busters big wheel, slimer doesn't shoot water anymore, but he's still a good time
HereNT
12-23-05, 06:31 AM
she'll forgive you. deep down she knows its for her own good.
Would that be before or after she turns into a little red pile of rust from all the salt on the road?
Would that be before or after she turns into a little red pile of rust from all the salt on the road?
queerpunk
12-23-05, 06:48 AM
i'm just too stupid to shift
mrRed
12-23-05, 07:31 AM
Because I love riding bikes more than most things, and my fixed gear makes me smile, grunt, yell, crash, sprint and skid more.
summerinside
12-23-05, 11:07 AM
Hell... who cares. I'd like to voice for the record that fixie elitism sucks and I like to rock both - mostly because there's so many different types of biking that are all fun. If I'm just tooling around in the city i'm all for my fixed, but my SS cyclocross bike and my SS mountain bike are rad for riding off road/wherever.
Hell, I've got a geared downhill rig that I take out to the hills and that's fun too. who cares, it's fun to bike.
Hell, I've got a geared downhill rig that I take out to the hills and that's fun too. who cares, it's fun to bike.
huhenio
12-23-05, 11:31 AM
I like riding my fix because ... I do not know ... it is a matter of pleasure.
mrRed
12-23-05, 11:51 AM
hells yeah @ summerinside. Although my only bike right now is my fix, it won't be that way forever.