Can you get your fix without a fixed?
03-14-08, 02:52 AM
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Can you get your fix without a fixed?
I'm a uni student in Australia and really didn't have much money, worked on holidays to save up the 590AUD to buy a KHS Flite 100 only to find that theres none in the factory and no shipments coming in for a good half year. I've visited all the other options in the price range (one random which was too small for me) and now the only thing I have left is possibly getting a single speed.
The whole reason why I wanted to first go fixed is cause I want the simplicity of it all after riding geared bikes for all my life. I'm now thinking that I'll end up getting a single speed, but I know that if I spend an extra 200 dollars which I have as backup money for other things, then I could go to a Schwinn Madison. Is it worth spending extra for the fixed gear capability? the closest thing I had to a fixed gear is a 3-speed internal hubbed old road bike which I did love but it wasn't quality enough for anything but a beater.
The whole reason why I wanted to first go fixed is cause I want the simplicity of it all after riding geared bikes for all my life. I'm now thinking that I'll end up getting a single speed, but I know that if I spend an extra 200 dollars which I have as backup money for other things, then I could go to a Schwinn Madison. Is it worth spending extra for the fixed gear capability? the closest thing I had to a fixed gear is a 3-speed internal hubbed old road bike which I did love but it wasn't quality enough for anything but a beater.
03-14-08, 02:58 AM
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you can just thread a cog and a lockring on to the hub and have a fixed gear. what single speed are you looking at? does it have a flip flop hub?
03-14-08, 08:34 AM
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You can get your fix without a fixed. I started out with geared mountain bikes, switched to singlespeed and loved it. When I built a road conversion I bought a wheelset with a flip flop hub. I was excited to try fixed but found that it didn't add anything more to my riding enjoyment than single speed did.
Test ride a fixed from an LBS or borrow a friends. If you're still interested, build up a conversion for ~$200. Ride that until you're sick of it or have enough money for a track bike. That was my plan but I've stuck with my conversion for 4 years, 6k miles and have no desire to buy a "proper" track bike. I get my fix without a fixed!
Test ride a fixed from an LBS or borrow a friends. If you're still interested, build up a conversion for ~$200. Ride that until you're sick of it or have enough money for a track bike. That was my plan but I've stuck with my conversion for 4 years, 6k miles and have no desire to buy a "proper" track bike. I get my fix without a fixed!
