Originally Posted by
xsuperflyx
So I just finished building my first Fixed Gear and I am really unsure of this thing, at times it feels like I am going to get flung off the bike, haven't figured out the whole skidding thing yet (I can't skid on dry pavement), and it feels really unnatural. Granted I took it on a very short first ride.
I was just wondering did you guys instantly love it, or did you warm up to it after a while?
The bike looks fine. The secret to riding fixed is "don't fight the bike." You and the bike are a team, more so than with a freewheel bike. When I built my first fixed gear bike, I used a flip/flop hub with a fixed cog on one side and a single freewheel on the other. I decided I'd start out using fixed exclusively and if I still had problems after a couple weeks I'd try it with the single freewheel.
Years later, the single freewheel is still on the wheel, but the chain has still never touched it.