Brakes Or No Brakes? Toe Clips, Flats Or Clipless??
10-15-06, 11:20 PM
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Brakes Or No Brakes? Toe Clips, Flats Or Clipless??
this thread will start an almost innumerable amount of arguments.but its fun. and they are constructive. and obviously, you cant say, "brakes or no brakes mate?" on a roadie or mtb thread. i mean, you could, but they would stare. hard.
for me-
brakes: nothing
pedals: clips with double straps
and would you guys ever RACE fixie cross? ive seen people do it, and theyre insanely fast. people have blown by me like im an old guy with white hair.
for me-
brakes: nothing
pedals: clips with double straps
and would you guys ever RACE fixie cross? ive seen people do it, and theyre insanely fast. people have blown by me like im an old guy with white hair.
10-15-06, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by trackstar10
and would you guys ever RACE fixie cross? ive seen people do it, and theyre insanely fast. people have blown by me like im an old guy with white hair.
10-15-06, 11:41 PM
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Front brake cos o my knees and my wife and kid (okay, and my nerves...you got me, hardcore). Cheap pedals with nylon straps cos I hate sounding like a tap dancer in SPD shoes. No racing anywhere a license is required.
Oh, and I love reading arguments on this board. So thanks.
Oh, and I love reading arguments on this board. So thanks.
10-16-06, 12:03 AM
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Allow me to summarize the usual conversations in these areas and just get it over with:
brakes:
bro 1: brakes are for *******!
bro 2: ever kicked a chain on a gnarley hill? that'll change your mind
bro 1: there are no brakes in the velodrome!
bro 3: I got kids man, a brake is the responsible thing to do
bro 4: oh my god, i so feel the brakeless zen!
bro 2: I can ride faster with a brake than I can without
bro 1: i don't need to brake, i avoid!
bro 3: its easy to avoid stuff when you're walking your new pista through the hip part of town, poser!
bro 1: i've been riding fixed for ten years, punk. brakes add weight, cloud the simplicity of my ride, and I don't need them to stop my bike.
roadie: my bike has two brakes, three chainrings, two derailleurs, and a whole cassette out back and it still weighs less than your pos conversion!
clips/clipless:
bro 1: if you were a serious cyclist you'd ride clipless. clips are inefficient.
bro 2: and by serious you mean i only ride when i slap my $3000 bike on the old station wagon and drive it to the park on sunday to do a couple hot laps? I ride everywhere man, I can't always be wearing cycling shoes. you think i want to show up to the bar in my sidis?
bro 1: there are plenty of cycling shoes out there that look like street shoes.
bro 3: click clack, click clack!!!!
bro 1: you're wasting so much effort and efficiency, you can barely even pull the pedal through the back of your stroke!
bro 4: blah blah blah unclip at inopportune time blah blah
bro 3: yeah! blah blah blah fell over at stoplight blah blah
bro 5: GR9's work great with my chucks!!!!
bro 6: sylvans put holes in my vans!!!!
bro 7: I'll use whatever those keirin guys are usin'!!!
brakes:
bro 1: brakes are for *******!
bro 2: ever kicked a chain on a gnarley hill? that'll change your mind
bro 1: there are no brakes in the velodrome!
bro 3: I got kids man, a brake is the responsible thing to do
bro 4: oh my god, i so feel the brakeless zen!
bro 2: I can ride faster with a brake than I can without
bro 1: i don't need to brake, i avoid!
bro 3: its easy to avoid stuff when you're walking your new pista through the hip part of town, poser!
bro 1: i've been riding fixed for ten years, punk. brakes add weight, cloud the simplicity of my ride, and I don't need them to stop my bike.
roadie: my bike has two brakes, three chainrings, two derailleurs, and a whole cassette out back and it still weighs less than your pos conversion!
clips/clipless:
bro 1: if you were a serious cyclist you'd ride clipless. clips are inefficient.
bro 2: and by serious you mean i only ride when i slap my $3000 bike on the old station wagon and drive it to the park on sunday to do a couple hot laps? I ride everywhere man, I can't always be wearing cycling shoes. you think i want to show up to the bar in my sidis?
bro 1: there are plenty of cycling shoes out there that look like street shoes.
bro 3: click clack, click clack!!!!
bro 1: you're wasting so much effort and efficiency, you can barely even pull the pedal through the back of your stroke!
bro 4: blah blah blah unclip at inopportune time blah blah
bro 3: yeah! blah blah blah fell over at stoplight blah blah
bro 5: GR9's work great with my chucks!!!!
bro 6: sylvans put holes in my vans!!!!
bro 7: I'll use whatever those keirin guys are usin'!!!
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10-16-06, 12:14 AM
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Wait, I forgot:
bro 5: As Bacon goes, so shall I...Brakeless!!!
bro 6: If I run a brake I'll have to get that ugly silver ring machined on my pink deep v's!
bro 7: I USED to ride brakeless, until my knees EXPLODED!!!!
bro 5: As Bacon goes, so shall I...Brakeless!!!
bro 6: If I run a brake I'll have to get that ugly silver ring machined on my pink deep v's!
bro 7: I USED to ride brakeless, until my knees EXPLODED!!!!
10-16-06, 12:57 AM
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Back to the fixed cross thing. Yeah, I also have never raced cross. I ride fixed on the road, ride SS mountain. I have toyed with the idea of fixed off road, but it does actually seem like overkill (stated otherwise, I am afraid). Those riders were blowin by you though, huh? I am about to build up an SS cross bike, and folks I work with race. I am not sure I see the advantage of fixed gear for cross...anyone?
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i think that any cycling discipline where gravity is a significant factor is probably unsuited for fixed gear
10-16-06, 07:33 AM
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Train on fixed gear to be as strong as those guys. Race on a real cross bike to beat them.
An organized cross race would allow no brakes and fixed gear in the race? Not likely.
An organized cross race would allow no brakes and fixed gear in the race? Not likely.
10-16-06, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by 2manybikes
An organized cross race would allow no brakes and fixed gear in the race? Not likely.
Thats why someone needs to hold their own with lots of video cameras. I would watch a brakeless cross race. It would be hilarious.
Be prepared to get a few pedals to the shins as your work on you fg remounts too.
10-16-06, 07:57 AM
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Brakes: front and rear baby
Handlebar tape: check
Pedals: Crank Bros Candy SL and Lake MX101 shoes and I wear em to work
Bike weight: about 20lb exactly with rear rack fitted
Brakes: front and rear baby
Handlebar tape: check
Pedals: Crank Bros Candy SL and Lake MX101 shoes and I wear em to work
Bike weight: about 20lb exactly with rear rack fitted
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Front brake, clipless for me.
Don't think either will change, ever.
(You should have made this a poll. Sorta interesting, but this thread was sure to get too silly to be informative.)
Don't think either will change, ever.
(You should have made this a poll. Sorta interesting, but this thread was sure to get too silly to be informative.)
10-16-06, 09:40 AM
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nothing says "I'm a bike dork" like the road shoe tap dance.
You think carrying a u-lock in your rear pocket gets you street cred? Pfff, stupid newbies, the bike ladies line up everywhere when I walk in sounding like a cowboy at the 7-11 in my Shimanos.
You think carrying a u-lock in your rear pocket gets you street cred? Pfff, stupid newbies, the bike ladies line up everywhere when I walk in sounding like a cowboy at the 7-11 in my Shimanos.
10-16-06, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by octopus magic
You think carrying a u-lock in your rear pocket gets you street cred? Pfff, stupid newbies, the bike ladies line up everywhere when I walk in sounding like a cowboy at the 7-11 in my Shimanos.
10-16-06, 10:17 AM
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Mavfac Racer front brake...MKS pedals with no clips or straps..yet!
I'm shopping around and I only ride to class and around town a little bit so I don't miss being clipped in/tied down.
I'm shopping around and I only ride to class and around town a little bit so I don't miss being clipped in/tied down.
10-16-06, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Aeroplane
Are those NJS spurs?
10-16-06, 04:51 PM
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Haha, right on. I saw some article about the current Japanese fixed scene recently. It looked remarkably like the Sport Compact and Super Street articles that were coming out in 01' about this "new" thing called drifting.
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Originally Posted by octopus magic
You think carrying a u-lock in your rear pocket gets you street cred? Pfff, stupid newbies, the bike ladies line up everywhere when I walk in sounding like a cowboy at the 7-11 in my Shimanos.
hahahahha
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I don't care what other people ride or don't ride and I'm sure they feel the same about me. Just don't ride like an ***hole or get yourself killed because you can't control your bike.
10-16-06, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by octopus magic
nothing says "I'm a bike dork" like the road shoe tap dance.
You think carrying a u-lock in your rear pocket gets you street cred? Pfff, stupid newbies...
You think carrying a u-lock in your rear pocket gets you street cred? Pfff, stupid newbies...