First Fixed Ride
11-30-05 | 09:07 PM
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From: pdx
First Fixed Ride
All i can say is wow....
So amazing.
I just got finished building my first fixed ride up. It's about as ghetto as you can get, an old Peugeot frame that is waay to small, heavy steel 27in. wheels, bumbike suicide hub, front brake, and too high of a gear ratio, but man is that feeling amazing.
I rode out of my driveway, dropped the hammer and.....silence. So fast, so connected, so quiet.
I'm here for good. I realize this post is probably worthless, but I am so amped right now. I think I'm going to order a Pista tommorrow, or maybe just ride this POS for bit to get used to the feeling of fixed. Anyways, now I finally understand what you all have been talking about for so long.
So amazing.
I just got finished building my first fixed ride up. It's about as ghetto as you can get, an old Peugeot frame that is waay to small, heavy steel 27in. wheels, bumbike suicide hub, front brake, and too high of a gear ratio, but man is that feeling amazing.
I rode out of my driveway, dropped the hammer and.....silence. So fast, so connected, so quiet.
I'm here for good. I realize this post is probably worthless, but I am so amped right now. I think I'm going to order a Pista tommorrow, or maybe just ride this POS for bit to get used to the feeling of fixed. Anyways, now I finally understand what you all have been talking about for so long.
11-30-05 | 09:23 PM
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Joined: Sep 2005
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From: San Francisco
Bikes: old raleigh conversion
Originally Posted by Sinfield
All i can say is wow....
So amazing.
I just got finished building my first fixed ride up. It's about as ghetto as you can get, an old Peugeot frame that is waay to small, heavy steel 27in. wheels, bumbike suicide hub, front brake, and too high of a gear ratio, but man is that feeling amazing.
I rode out of my driveway, dropped the hammer and.....silence. So fast, so connected, so quiet.
I'm here for good. I realize this post is probably worthless, but I am so amped right now. I think I'm going to order a Pista tommorrow, or maybe just ride this POS for bit to get used to the feeling of fixed. Anyways, now I finally understand what you all have been talking about for so long.
So amazing.
I just got finished building my first fixed ride up. It's about as ghetto as you can get, an old Peugeot frame that is waay to small, heavy steel 27in. wheels, bumbike suicide hub, front brake, and too high of a gear ratio, but man is that feeling amazing.
I rode out of my driveway, dropped the hammer and.....silence. So fast, so connected, so quiet.
I'm here for good. I realize this post is probably worthless, but I am so amped right now. I think I'm going to order a Pista tommorrow, or maybe just ride this POS for bit to get used to the feeling of fixed. Anyways, now I finally understand what you all have been talking about for so long.
i built up my ghetto ass Raleigh tour bike.
took off every thing and built a new rear wheel....
i dont even have clips lol everything else is the same.
and i'm still riding it around town, to school and stuff
it's great!
glad to hear another kid found out about how wonderful fixies are.
11-30-05 | 10:06 PM
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From: oPt via Spokane, WA
Bikes: Chromoly Allez comp with Ultegra/DA, IRO Rob Roy
haha, if you go back to my first or second post ever on here its pretty much the same thing. Its just plain awesome. Welcome to the amazing world of FG
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11-30-05 | 10:35 PM
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Barbieri Telefonico
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bikes: Crappy but operational secondhand Motobecane Messenger
Welcome.
My 1971 taiwanese schwinn fixed gear puts a smile on my face every time I ride it.
Consider this ride your "boot camp", so to graduate to the real and nicer thing.
Next thing will be a nice Pista, Rush Hour, Iro, Soma, or whatever I will be willing and able to afford.
My 1971 taiwanese schwinn fixed gear puts a smile on my face every time I ride it.
Consider this ride your "boot camp", so to graduate to the real and nicer thing.
Next thing will be a nice Pista, Rush Hour, Iro, Soma, or whatever I will be willing and able to afford.
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