Be Honest
 

What do you think when you see someone with

1. A FG conversion?
2. A front brake?

i saw my first hipster yesterday. i was disgusted

Thank you for your honesty.

i dont want to answer your answer because i have brake on my fixed gear bike, and i also have a fixed gear conversion :P

"Theres someone who probably has fun riding a bike, cool."

^^

I have 2 brakes on my fixed gear conversion

OK

1. Depends entirely on the bike that was converted. If it was some super-rare vintage road bike with the braze-ons dremelled off I might shake my head a few times, but if it's a Peugot or something I don't really care, I see plenty every day, and unless I like them, which I often do, I don't really think twice about them.

2. I have a front brake. I like seeing front brakes. Unless it's on my bike and I'm not riding it. =/

What's with BF members & reading?

Let's try this again...

completely agree lol

I can respect this ^ but you lost me here:

So you'd rather your bike didn't have a brake?

1. good for them
2. prepared

Nice.

How are you prepared? :)

1. bike
2. stop

i think i see someone with a clue.

Is this like word association? That's a fun game.

1. Indifference.
2. Indifference.

I really, really hate all the ****ty bike co-op cobbled together piece of **** conversions I see kids riding.

I was trying to make a joke about my bike being stolen but failed. ;_;

1. Get your money up
2. Get your skills up

in all honesty...

1. as long as it's done nice i think "that's a sweet fixed gear" and usually don't even notice it's a conversion until i see the drop-outs

2. i never think twice when i see someone with a brake. it's when i see someone without a brake that i think to myself "oh man... i know what happens then"

1. Not enough data to compute.
2. I bet they can stop their bike reasonably.

"Theres someone who probably has fun riding a bike, cool." Nailed it.

Honestly, put on a pair of blinders on if what other people ride bothers you that much. Converting bikes is an enjoyable process that keeps a lot of vintage bikes out of the landfill.

I really dont understand the hatred for someone not riding the same kind of bike we do. If you drive do you hate anyone not driving the same kind of car as you? When I am riding I am always happy to see someone else riding. Dont matter if they are a hipster. Dont matter if they are on a 20 speed Colnago. Dont matter to me if they are on a cobbled up conversion. At least they are riding a bike instead of riding in a cage and waisting fuel.

I have three young children to raise. My fixie has a front brake on it.

I sold my Miyata to someone who asked, "you selling that?" on the spot 12 years ago (with bag still strapped on my back full of packages) because I had enough of the no-insurance-dangerous-job-inhaling-box truck fumes all day-career. I walked off the rest of my runs & took a desk job.

I have a family too so now I ride for the enjoyment. Fortunately for me, those in-traffic instincts are still with me all these years later. But I find myself on bike paths & out of traffic all too often.

I don't hate, per se, someone riding with a brake. It's just it seems like they're either too scared to be riding fixed gear, or too lazy.

The other day I saw this guy on a fix going down one of Manhattan's steepest hills sans brake. Man, he was really cranking to slow the bike in traffic. I yelled to him, "yeah! No brake!" His head whipped around quickly & I saw him smile as if all of his effort was not going unnoticed. That's what I'm talking about. There's a dude I can kick it with.

1) "Get your money up" thanks IllSpecialist

2) Handbrakes don't belong on track bikes...even if the track bike is being ridden on the street.

worse than a track bike with a handbrake? A track bike with a freewheel and a handbrake.

^^^ agree, id rather see kids riding bikes... than doing god knows what... My conversion has a front brake on it, i feel that i need it right now since i just build my first FG bike and just started riding not even a month ago. Today i was riding with no problem with out using the brake, if i ever feel that i dont need it anymore ill ditch it. For now i wanna learn, not kill myself...
Plus 160 dollar fine isnt exactly what i need right now(thats for not havng brakes)

You must be the dude in my story above :)

this thread is ********.