pancake4life

I don't get it

tradtimbo

Where did you get these photos? Someone should contact that fella with the bandana before he kills himself or someone else out on the roads.

There are quite a few very dangerous bikes posted here recently. Funny to an extent.

pancake4life

He has a brake.
i don't think he is in to much danger

sngsndrms

damn that thing is ugly...hopefully this doesn't piss too many people off but, jesus christ, enough with the track bikes, fixed gear and no brakes and blah blah blah...it's so trendy and ridiculous it makes me want to puke sometimes. I mean, it's ok to have one and all but the no brake thing is just so ****ing stupid. Ok, you're cool cause you have no brakes on your bike If you can give me another reason as to why you did that then fine, and don't say to make your bike as light as possible...c'mon.

craigcraigcraig

clean lines, tricks, because you don't ride fast enough to need a brake.

RooNYC

Reverse mounted rb021, hahahaha. Now I've seen it all, funny stuff.

sharpsandflatts

spotted in richmond, va

thirdgenbird

why is it even locked?

Marrock

Because crackheads will steal anything that isn't bolted down.

thirdgenbird

wow, i'm glad i dont live in the city

helloamerican

those monkey butt saddles crack me up.

ismellfish2

https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2009...ertToloy_2.htm

Scrodzilla

Needs a top tube brake.

muckymucky

looks kinda cool in a way to me~

fuzz2050

That guy on the minibike is awesome. All you poor losers wish you could be as cool as he is.

I hate bicycles

Actually,
And for the record it's fun as shiit

seau grateau

I want that bike so bad.

diaper eater

lol thats how i first tested out fixed gear. i used the shifter cable that i took off though lol. still had the brakes, just wanted to get a feel for the pedals actually pushing my feet when i let them coast

Fobdot

Oh god that is so ghetto.

WoundedKnee

That is godly

j-lie

Jared Leto is jackass of the decade.

seau grateau

I dunno about you guys, but I always thought about doing this.

HandsomeRyan

What is the point of this? Is this the thing where you run 2 different sized freewheels on each side of the hub so you pedal in one ratio and backpedal/resistance in a different ratio?

adriano 

thats fascinating!

TwoShort

I don't think that can work:
When driving forward, the non-driveside freewheel would only freewheel if the non-driveside chain was moving slower than the wheel, so the drive side must be the higher ratio. When resisting, the opposite situation obtains, and the non-drive side must be the higher ratio. So standard freewheels on both sides should just be a sloppy fixed gear if the ratios are equal, and the drivetrain won't turn at all if they are different.

I've built several (retro-direct) bikes, with two freewheels on the same side and a funky chain route that lets you propel the bike forward at different ratios by pedaling forward or backward, so I wonder if that is what you are thinking of?

In any case, the pictured bike is not a retro-direct, and I can't come up with any possible functional justification for the extra chain. That's not my thing, but I'm hardly in a position to criticize someone else for building weird drive trains for inexplicable reasons. If there is a functional justification, or I'm somehow wrong about the two-freewheels idea, I'd genuinely love to hear about it.