What are the bennys?
04-03-15, 05:27 PM
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What are the bennys?
Of riding a fixed gear, especially in direct drive mode?
Not the fun and fashion of it but health, muscle, and skill ?
What would I get that I'm not on a multi gear bike?
Not the fun and fashion of it but health, muscle, and skill ?
What would I get that I'm not on a multi gear bike?
04-03-15, 05:29 PM
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Your cog is slipping.
04-03-15, 05:30 PM
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It can help develop good pedaling technique. Personally, I do it 100% for fun.
04-03-15, 05:36 PM
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First, fixed gear IS direct drive. Basically, you have to turn your legs constantly and cannot coast which gives you a better workout. Also, riding fixed helps you improve your pedaling technique and increase your cadence, which is more efficient. In order to ride fixed properly, you need good foot retention and the best method is clipless.
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This thread has already made me tired.
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04-03-15, 07:40 PM
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First, fixed gear IS direct drive. Basically, you have to turn your legs constantly and cannot coast which gives you a better workout. Also, riding fixed helps you improve your pedaling technique and increase your cadence, which is more efficient. In order to ride fixed properly, you need good foot retention and the best method is clipless.
For the rest of you "turkeys", I'm sorry I'm not "down" with your "jive".
though I may have just dated myself there
04-03-15, 10:45 PM
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I like the challenge of it to be honest. When I am on a geared bike, I find myself cheating the ride a lot, coasting, downshifting to an easier gear, etc. Fixed makes you earn those miles a little more than a geared bike. You don't get to coast the downhill sections unless you take your feet off the pedals, and you work every stroke going up the next hill. And, I cannot leave out the connection with the bike. I feel completely connected to it, partly because of the clipless pedals, but partly because as you take off from a light, you are in complete control of how fast or slow you take off, focusing completely on the bike, the ride, yourself, and not futzing around with shifters.
04-05-15, 10:13 PM
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You can't coast through live
04-06-15, 01:46 AM
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I damaged my knee a couple years back doing Parkour My doctor said i needed surgery if it started to impact my daily life.
So i took to cycling, then Fixies and my knee has never been better.
So i took to cycling, then Fixies and my knee has never been better.
04-06-15, 07:48 AM
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What the **** is a "benny"?
edit: Nevermind. I just read the rest of the posts.
OP: Stop using words that tweens use.
edit: Nevermind. I just read the rest of the posts.
OP: Stop using words that tweens use.
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04-06-15, 08:30 AM
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Your cog is slipping.
04-06-15, 09:41 AM
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A broader power band.
Smooth stroke if you focus on circles.
Easier drivetrain maintenance and cleaning.
and, um, a heightened sense of well being, and the ushering in of the harmonic convergence.
Actually, I'm not sure on that last point...
Smooth stroke if you focus on circles.
Easier drivetrain maintenance and cleaning.
and, um, a heightened sense of well being, and the ushering in of the harmonic convergence.
Actually, I'm not sure on that last point...
04-06-15, 03:17 PM
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I enjoy riding all types of bikes for various reasons, but I don't think shifting gears is all that difficult. C'mon now.
04-06-15, 03:50 PM
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I like the fact (as mentioned above) that I need not worry whether I am in too big a gear, or whether I will have to spin like crazy until I find the correct gear.
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04-06-15, 04:42 PM
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