Why a Fixed Gear Bike?
12-31-08, 12:44 AM
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You won't blow up your knees if you have a good fit, a reasonable gear, and use your brakes. Unfortunately many FG riders, particularly the fashionistas are riding around on frames that don't fit, with monster velodrome gearing, and skid to stop. So that's where that urban myth comes from, I'd guess.
I have every type of bicycle in my garage (with the exception of a tri bike), and I ride all of them. The most damaging is my 20" flatland BMX bike, which I enjoy a ton, but crashes are a dime a dozen, and rolling/balancing on the front wheel while standing on a foot peg hurts my knees.
My fixed gear is properly fitted with brakes, and doesn't hurt any more or any less than my $$$$ carbon road bike when it comes to the joints. In fact, my fixed gear feels pretty nice.
There's so much elitism in the cycling community sometimes, it's sickening. Personally, I give props to anybody riding any $$$$ road bike to the guy on the $50 grocery getter to the BMX'er folks, fixed gear riders, cyclecide people, downhill mountain bikers - and every other person cranking away on any expensive carbon/titanium/alien engineered super-bike or P.O.S. rust bucket on two wheels... young and old alike. I believe people should just stop worrying about other peoples preferences of the type of bikes they choose to ride - they're riding, and that's all that matters.
12-31-08, 01:07 PM
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12-31-08, 01:13 PM
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There's so much elitism in the cycling community sometimes, it's sickening. Personally, I give props to anybody riding any $$$$ road bike to the guy on the $50 grocery getter to the BMX'er folks, fixed gear riders, cyclecide people, downhill mountain bikers - and every other person cranking away on any expensive carbon/titanium/alien engineered super-bike or P.O.S. rust bucket on two wheels... young and old alike. I believe people should just stop worrying about other peoples preferences of the type of bikes they choose to ride - they're riding, and that's all that matters.
+1. exactly.
