Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Singlespeed question from a noob

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stonez
02-07-10, 02:29 AM
Hi all

I was going through the pictures in the gallery and I noticed that quite a few do not have front brakes and / or rear. Is is because these single speeds have fixed gears? I notice they do not have coasters on them. thank you

teedoff087
02-07-10, 02:34 AM
Yes. And that's because their owners are knobs.
Brian
02-07-10, 09:36 AM
There's just no stopping some people.

deathhare
02-07-10, 09:50 AM
Some people dont run brakes, the rest dont know how to ride without them.
TejanoTrackie
02-07-10, 11:14 AM
Thread (n+1) = Thread (n) + same bs, loop on n = 1 to n = infinity
jet sanchEz
02-07-10, 11:15 AM
burn this forum down
tmh657
02-07-10, 07:54 PM
burn this forum down

+1,000,000,000 Not sure why I even come here anymore.
skid on me
02-07-10, 09:23 PM
to scared to ride fixie, but wants the gals to think he's riding one. so he foot jams. his pair of vans are ruined now.
skid on me
02-07-10, 09:24 PM
even though riding ss without brakes would be scarier.....
HandsomeRyan
02-08-10, 04:28 AM
Those bicycles are manufactured by Toyota hence you can not stop them.
sh00k
02-08-10, 07:34 AM
roflmaooo @ the replies! hahahahahahaa! i love this forum!
Maddox
02-08-10, 03:25 PM
My favorite thing - bar none - is when you see a tarckster sporting a rear brake. The senselessness it indicates...it just really leaves you scratching your head.
Maddox
02-08-10, 03:33 PM
...quite a few do not have front brakes and / or rear. Is is because these single speeds have fixed gears? I notice they do not have coasters on them.

Fixed gear bikes have no freewheel mechanism - this means that any time the wheels are turning, the pedals move too. This is what sets them apart from singlespeeds. Also, fixed gear bikes, as a rule, never have coasters (unless the rider decides to have fun with his rig).

The modern fixed-gear movement borrows a lot from the old track racing bikes, so many riders choose to go brakeless. If they do go with brakes, they're usually ridiculed by their friends and called a poser by strangers.

But it's a generally agreed-upon rule that running a rear brake is stupid. The front wheel is all that matters - it's the only one that slows you down with any real reliability (something about physics...ask your professor). Sheldon Brown has some good stuff to read on the topic (http://sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html) which will probably help you figure it out.

PS- next time, use the search function. The forum is full of questions like this.
Scrodzilla
02-08-10, 03:45 PM
next time, use the search function. The forum is full of dumb questions like this.

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