Have huhenio take a video of how he does it. Having been on a very hilly ride with him on his fixed gear bike, I can say that I witnessed an impressive method of coasting on a fixed gear. I remember him calling it the "meat grinder" or something to that effect. It's a little rough on the chain stays though.

Use clipless pedals and run brakes. That should alleviate any safety concerns. And whatever you do, do not try to coast.

Does he use brakes or just do the Kevin Bacon dismount at 30 mph in the event of an emergency?

lol !!

That would be immediately followed by a glorious faceplant ! =)

KB rocks !

fordfastrr: you are the man !!
That yellow bike rokks !! The lite set-up is 100% punk rokk !!

sqeakywheel: I put a fake (F ront br AKE)on mine and glad I did.
On one of my first rides it snowed about 6" while I was in work so I
removed my clips for the ride home. I came to my first down hill that
was clear and started to pick up speed and sure enuff, my feets came off
the pedals and there was no way I was going to get them back on
for a while.:eek::eek::eek:
Yes.....the image of this is every bit as bad as it might seem :roflmao:.
I was very glad I had my fakie !! I have hills -o-plenty to work on my downhill
technique here but I was even thinking of putting some tiny BMX flatland pegs
on the rear axle nuts for bigger downhills Huhenio stylee :D

It does take a little while to get used to it...you have to remember that
you cannot stop pedaling at all or the bike will remind you most
unpleasantly that you better get back on it ! :eek: My first real "Uh-Oh"
was doing a look-a-round to check passing traffic. Yikes !! Keep pedaling !
But, as I said before, now that I am getting used to it it is becoming more
fun every day. The positives of no gears for my commute right now far
outweight the negatives so Im gonna stick with it for a while.

anxiously awaiting a redline 925 so i can play in fixed / ss world. i thought about a conversion, and searched out a few deicated fixed / ss bikes, but the redline seems the best bang for the buck.

my commute is only a mile, but it will also be my town bike, and a diversion from my "road" bike. i'm actually really really excited to ride something "simple". i plan on street shoes, maybe a basket or moving my panniers from my touring rig. just looking forward to riding like i did when i was a kid, nor gears, no gear, just go ride, to get somewhere.

I love the license plate. Where did you find it? I want to put one on my 520... and to be honest, it would be fun to put one on my roadie, brevet, long distance bike.

Seeing that green plate when I'm out and about on the road for work travel is such a refreshing sight.

bmikeI got it at K-Mart in the Diamond Run Mall in Rutland. Ive seen
them in other places too. I used some other letters that I had lying
around because the ones that come with it are black and real big.
The white stick-ons can be gotten at any craft / hobby shop.
Where are you in the Republic ??? If you cant find one PM me and
Ill send you one out !!!!!
Some of the stuff I write in these forums I dont know if its too wise
to advertise its me, though :roflmao::roflmao:

ok, so this is the only picture i could find of my fixie in it's current setup. an 80's red schwinn paramount frame 46x18 with some cut down riser bars.

me before an alleycat, feuling up on an "energy drink" (my bike is the red one right beside me)

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1.../DCP_1341a.jpg

and you simply gotta see huhenios coating technique, it is insane, but the only way i could see to keep up with freewheeled folks in the hills.... i am not ready to try yet.

WuT !! No Ortliebs !!
:roflmao:

I'm gonna cover all the latest fads by converting my mtb into a fixed gear touring bike. I already got the rack.

Yikes is right! The other day I tried to bunny hop a pothole and forgot the Prime Fixie Directive. I didn't get bucked off but it wrenched my back and shoulder. I've been sore for a couple of days.

DON'T STOP PEDALING!

Here is mine in its current configuration. About to tear it down and grind off the cable guides and down tube shifter bosses. 48*17

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...3/100_2976.jpg

Here's some current pics from the way in this morning, just before it started raining.

I'm way ahead of you ;)

Actually, it was the first fixies that were called saftey bikes, because the weren't the big wheeled penny farthings...

I'll try to get some pics of mine up later on today.

Consider a unicycle. Fixed gear, reliable, minimal maintenance, few parts (no frivilous steering or braking mechanisms), good workout. Makes almost as much sense as a two wheel fixed gear bike for commuting. For an even better workout consider solid rubber tires; even more reliability and less to go wrong.

I'm trying to decide which of my dad's oft-repeated sayings is most appropriate here.

"Don't knock it until you've tried it."

or

"If you don't understand it, I can't explain it to you."

did you ever consider buying a clue, or just leaving us the f*ck alone???

do you think your funny? :rolleyes:

I don't believe you actually like to bike.

I'm thinking about doing what you did with this one. I trashed the drive train through no maintenance and now it's in pieces on my living room floor (I have a patient wife that I'm taking advantage of).

And yes I'm a bit of a tall dork. Plus it has 26x1 tires on it in that pic.


SS/Fixie
Repair drivetrain
SS/Fixe
Repair drivetrain
...


http://www.sterling-ranch.com/Trek850/Side01.jpg

does someone piss in your coffee every morning?

don't let threadsh*tters ruin your day!


anyways, this here's not a very good picture, but it is of the current street/work bike

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5486/gtword5ex.jpg



hey max-a-mill, was that pic taken at 12 monkeys?

Maybe if we ignore him, he'll go away. Besides he just made it to my ignore list.

Its got vertical dropouts so going fixed might be a bit of a pain, but single speed with a tensioner would be very easy! I say go for it. Buy a bmx cog and some spacers and a tensioner and go to town!