Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Can anyone explain the benefits...

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calculator
06-20-04, 01:33 AM
Granted I'm new to these things, but this seems a bit odd:

http://i5.ebayimg.com/01/i/02/01/09/f9_3.JPG

Fugazi Dave
06-20-04, 01:41 AM
I dare anyone to call that anything *but* odd.
ultra-g
06-20-04, 01:59 AM
Granted I'm new to these things, but this seems a bit odd:

http://i5.ebayimg.com/01/i/02/01/09/f9_3.JPG

It Must Belong to someone in Williamsburg Brooklyn

Fugazi Dave
06-20-04, 02:01 AM
It Must Belong to someone in Williamsburg Brooklyn

But where's the integrated iPod mount?
catatonic
06-20-04, 02:04 AM
well since the rear wheel is so huge, and it's fixed to teh gear I guess that means theres is mroe distance travelled per rotation of the sprocket.

Problem being....you now seem to have a mechanical disadvantage...since your crankset is far smallrr than your load (that hu-effing-mongous wheel)...so I bet it will be hard to get to speed...but I bet it's got some impressive top end.
Joe Gardner
06-20-04, 02:06 AM
Is that on ebay? *drool*
calculator
06-20-04, 02:53 AM
Is that on ebay? *drool*

Nope! But a picture of it is:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=56197&item=3684252826&rd=1
NZLcyclist
06-20-04, 03:22 AM
I beleive they used to use this as an aero setup cause they could get nice and low at the front end. This was before aerobars. :p Or is it actually a normal front wheel and a huge ass rear? its hard to tell.
catatonic
06-20-04, 03:59 AM
:D huge ass rear...check the seat to each one....i still have n clue why....imagine how easy it would be to endo on that thing....
familyman
06-20-04, 06:55 AM
Aero experiment. It's worth a try. Imagine all the weird crap that's been tried that hasn't worked.
Here's to the innovators, whether they succeed or fail.
skitbraviking
06-20-04, 09:13 AM
I dare anyone to call that anything *but* odd.

how about: "special"
pitboss
06-20-04, 09:21 AM
That bike was an expirement of some sort. Marcus at Yojimbo's has a picture of a similar bike, and on a slow day he explained to me that it was custom made, blah blah blah, I completely forgot. I know it was ridden a few times at least.
Moral of the story: Go to Yojimbo's, ask Marcus, and then buy something.
Thanks
Moonshot
06-20-04, 09:41 AM
It looks like the crank arms would scrub going through corners. Maybe the bike was for motorpacing or the Bonneville Salt Flats?
Fugazi Dave
06-20-04, 12:08 PM
how about: "special"

Ooh.....sneaky.
lucklust
06-20-04, 03:06 PM
imagine how easy it would be to endo on that thing....
Not very... no front brake...

Still, I'd ride it. Just because.
Jose R
06-20-04, 06:30 PM
That looks like the bike Francesco Moser used in 1985 to attempt to break the hour record he set in 1984 in Mexico with this bike (btw, he used a 57x15 fixed gear :eek: ) :

http://www.fototime.com/A7B0AB18DE8EE2D/standard.jpg

http://www.fototime.com/A30CABA283668FE/standard.jpg

http://www.fototime.com/304B7750BDBADD1/standard.jpg

A short history of the above bike is here: hour record bike (http://www.marca.com/perico/eng/bicycle/today.html)

You can see the funky bike in use here:

http://www.fototime.com/299FC28022A4E77/standard.jpg

Francesco Moser was/is a true original. You can visit his bike factory and museum in Trento. I think he also has vineyard.
Moonshot
06-20-04, 07:57 PM
Nice catch, Jose!
manboy
06-21-04, 12:28 AM
uh, white stripes?