Forgive me, for I have sinned...
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Please, please. not another helmet thread. I can't stand it. (For newcomers, the subject of helmets is VERY touchy for some folks, has been debated forever, and there is a thread in A&S pages long devoted to the topic. "This is the only thread where a discussion of the pros and cons of wearing a helmet will be discussed. Others will be locked or deleted". Please go there for your thoughts and debates.)
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So, what's the problem?
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Three Hail Contis and Two Big Apples if you don't mind.
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<flips through sin book, running finger down lists, looking, looking...>
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My new fat 2.35 studded tires don't fit the fork on the old ice bike. After considering all options, I went the easy way. I bought a new bike. But it's not here and the ice on the bike path is just right today.
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I think it comes down to all the 'fixie' nonsense, largely posted by non- fixed gear riders or by wannabes. There is nothing scary about riding fixed and it poses less chance of falling off than going clipless for the first time
The 'secrets'?
Don't over gear. If you have a choice, and I recommend this, gear for 65-70 gear inches - this gives a reasonable speed range while allowing you to use your legs. As it happens, I run 66gi all the time anyway and I have big hills on every ride I do.
Use your brakes. In particular, use them to stop. To start with, use your brakes as you would on a freewheel bike. As you ride the bike, you'll start to learn about using your legs to control your speed and that's when you'll start to discover that brakes are a really blunt tool for controlling your speed. For all that, use your brakes to stop or heavy slowing down - I don't hesitate to reach for the brake levers.
You will NOT be thrown over the handle bars if you forget to pedal. Yes, the bike will remind you of the mechanical properties of fixed gear via a shove on the rear foot but the damage is limited to personal embarrassment akin to muffing a gear change.
Coasting is grossly over rated, which is why I rarely coast on my geared bike.
It's actually easier to clip in or get into toe clips on a fixed gear than a geared bike because as you move off, the gearing means the pedals are travelling rather slowly. For all that, for your first few rides, there's nothing wrong with using platforms - foot retention is only needed for high cadences.
Go fixed my son. You are not embracing the dark side, you are abandoning it and embracing the purity of riding fixed
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Your confession is noted.
You do realise that many eyes will be on your butt the next time you decide to ride in 50+ company? Just to ensure that you are in fact telling a truthful confession, you understand.
I will let the ballroom dalliance pass, this time. There's nothing wrong with bringing some romantic stuff into physical activity... or should that be bringing physical activity into romantic stuff.
Oh well, have fun!
You do realise that many eyes will be on your butt the next time you decide to ride in 50+ company? Just to ensure that you are in fact telling a truthful confession, you understand.
I will let the ballroom dalliance pass, this time. There's nothing wrong with bringing some romantic stuff into physical activity... or should that be bringing physical activity into romantic stuff.
Oh well, have fun!
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Do all these confessions make my butt look big?
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However, you have redeemed yourself with a worthy N+1 solution.
Salvation is nigh!
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Not picking on you mate because I hear this a lot. Why the fear of going fixed?
I think it comes down to all the 'fixie' nonsense, largely posted by non- fixed gear riders or by wannabes. There is nothing scary about riding fixed and it poses less chance of falling off than going clipless for the first time
The 'secrets'?
Don't over gear. If you have a choice, and I recommend this, gear for 65-70 gear inches - this gives a reasonable speed range while allowing you to use your legs. As it happens, I run 66gi all the time anyway and I have big hills on every ride I do.
Use your brakes. In particular, use them to stop. To start with, use your brakes as you would on a freewheel bike. As you ride the bike, you'll start to learn about using your legs to control your speed and that's when you'll start to discover that brakes are a really blunt tool for controlling your speed. For all that, use your brakes to stop or heavy slowing down - I don't hesitate to reach for the brake levers.
You will NOT be thrown over the handle bars if you forget to pedal. Yes, the bike will remind you of the mechanical properties of fixed gear via a shove on the rear foot but the damage is limited to personal embarrassment akin to muffing a gear change.
Coasting is grossly over rated, which is why I rarely coast on my geared bike.
It's actually easier to clip in or get into toe clips on a fixed gear than a geared bike because as you move off, the gearing means the pedals are travelling rather slowly. For all that, for your first few rides, there's nothing wrong with using platforms - foot retention is only needed for high cadences.
Go fixed my son. You are not embracing the dark side, you are abandoning it and embracing the purity of riding fixed
I think it comes down to all the 'fixie' nonsense, largely posted by non- fixed gear riders or by wannabes. There is nothing scary about riding fixed and it poses less chance of falling off than going clipless for the first time
The 'secrets'?
Don't over gear. If you have a choice, and I recommend this, gear for 65-70 gear inches - this gives a reasonable speed range while allowing you to use your legs. As it happens, I run 66gi all the time anyway and I have big hills on every ride I do.
Use your brakes. In particular, use them to stop. To start with, use your brakes as you would on a freewheel bike. As you ride the bike, you'll start to learn about using your legs to control your speed and that's when you'll start to discover that brakes are a really blunt tool for controlling your speed. For all that, use your brakes to stop or heavy slowing down - I don't hesitate to reach for the brake levers.
You will NOT be thrown over the handle bars if you forget to pedal. Yes, the bike will remind you of the mechanical properties of fixed gear via a shove on the rear foot but the damage is limited to personal embarrassment akin to muffing a gear change.
Coasting is grossly over rated, which is why I rarely coast on my geared bike.
It's actually easier to clip in or get into toe clips on a fixed gear than a geared bike because as you move off, the gearing means the pedals are travelling rather slowly. For all that, for your first few rides, there's nothing wrong with using platforms - foot retention is only needed for high cadences.
Go fixed my son. You are not embracing the dark side, you are abandoning it and embracing the purity of riding fixed
And welcome Deacon Europa to the Temple of the Fixed Gear (one of the several "alternative" denominations we have here).
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I thought that the biggest fashion faux pas for females involves an animal usually used for transportation in the desert and the appendage usually found at the end of a foot.
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Ok, I confess, I'm a wuss, I like my bikes way too much to ride them in the Winter Slop!! We live in a 3rd. floor, one bedroom apt. so I don't have a place to "wash off the crud" and my lovely bikes would become piles of RUST quickly! IF we had more room, (we have 4 bikes now), I'd by a "BSO" from Wal-Mart and put studded tires on it and just let it RUST away and buy a new one each winter, then it wouldn't bother me to watch it slowly die away into a even more POS. There I've confessed, you may throw stones at your pleasure!
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Also known as dromedary toe. The more common term instead of dromedary is in the censor because it was setting off anti-porn filters on people's work computers.
I confess that I did not wash my bike for months, and only did so when shamed into it because someone commented on my gray fork. It is actually white.
I confess that I did not wash my bike for months, and only did so when shamed into it because someone commented on my gray fork. It is actually white.
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Meaning toe of a desert beast of burden with a hump that can travel long distances in extreme heat without anything to drink.
Image from https://www.bbc.co.uk/radioassets/pho...23/94127_2.jpg
Image from https://www.bbc.co.uk/radioassets/pho...23/94127_2.jpg
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Meaning toe of a desert beast of burden with a hump that can travel long distances in extreme heat without anything to drink.
Image from https://www.bbc.co.uk/radioassets/pho...23/94127_2.jpg
Image from https://www.bbc.co.uk/radioassets/pho...23/94127_2.jpg
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