First ride on a fixed gear
10-26-06 | 06:59 AM
#27
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 389
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From: Oklahoma
Bikes: Pake fixie. Klein Reve (for sale, https://www.theveer.net/gordons_klein)
Nice ride. Enjoy the Kool-Aid!
Remember to keep the laces tucked on the Shell-toe's. Likewise your pant cuffs.
Allow me to recommend Soma toe clips.
I'm 46, and prone to babbling.
Remember to keep the laces tucked on the Shell-toe's. Likewise your pant cuffs.
Allow me to recommend Soma toe clips.
I'm 46, and prone to babbling.
10-26-06 | 09:12 AM
#28
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: New York City
Nice bike. Congrats. I went fixed last spring after many years of pretty serious road riding and mountain biking at the ripe age of 43 and wish I started earlier. I love it. If you held a gun to my head and made me choose only one bike, the fixie wins, though I still ride the others.
To the question about the non-machined rims, yes, sorry, the black paint will quickly wear down and start to look as if they are machined rims. Not ideal, but it still works.
To the question about the non-machined rims, yes, sorry, the black paint will quickly wear down and start to look as if they are machined rims. Not ideal, but it still works.
10-26-06 | 03:11 PM
#31
I'm fine.
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 2,263
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From: Milwaukee
Bikes: Specialized Allez Sport, IRO Rob Roy
Originally Posted by chillywater
my baby
You'll get used to the whole not coasting thing. Soon, you won't even miss it.
And 40? Not old. At least it won't be when I get there in five years.
