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Singlespeed & Fixed Gear "I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!"-- Henri Desgrange (31 January 1865 - 16 August 1940)

1st week of riding fixed!!

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Old 08-24-06 | 04:43 AM
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1st week of riding fixed!!

hey....

picked it up a week ago today....
took a little getting used too.... but i love it!!
no shifting.... legs feel like they've been worked hard..... liking the spin!!

the hardest thing about riding fixed is explaining it to other people.... they think i'm nuts.... another hard thing is riding a freewheel now... oddest sensation.....

anyways, i've been dreaming of a fixed gear for almost 2 years and i finally got all the pieces together and had a wheel built up and its a blast.....

J
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Old 08-24-06 | 05:22 AM
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you got pics?
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Old 08-24-06 | 07:07 AM
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of his EXPERIENCE ?!

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Old 08-24-06 | 09:05 AM
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yeh man i have pics of me bidding on my bike on ebay then it coming in the mail, and me talking to tony from IRO on the phone, and then shants installing a new botttom bracket for me...then me stretching the **** out of my legs everyday for weeks on end....

anyways glad to see you dig it all
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