View Poll Results: Which mode of SS do you spend more time in?
Fixed
70
66.04%
Free
19
17.92%
50/50
5
4.72%
I ride a geared bike
12
11.32%
Voters: 106. You may not vote on this poll
Which do you spend more time in?
08-16-08 | 04:39 PM
#4
partly metal, partly real
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,597
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From: Philadelphia.
Bikes: Hummer H2
i made a thread about something similar awhile ago. my findings:
- most people who ride fixed only ride fixed*
- most people who say they ride both only ride free, but insinuate that they ride both-- which is odd, as they usually have a cog on their fixed side.
* on their single speed bike; obviously, many of us have geared bikes as well.
- most people who ride fixed only ride fixed*
- most people who say they ride both only ride free, but insinuate that they ride both-- which is odd, as they usually have a cog on their fixed side.
* on their single speed bike; obviously, many of us have geared bikes as well.
08-16-08 | 05:36 PM
#5
Thread Starter
it's easy if you let it.
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 4,124
Likes: 2
From: indoors and out.
i made a thread about something similar awhile ago. my findings:
- most people who ride fixed only ride fixed*
- most people who say they ride both only ride free, but insinuate that they ride both-- which is odd, as they usually have a cog on their fixed side.
* on their single speed bike; obviously, many of us have geared bikes as well.
- most people who ride fixed only ride fixed*
- most people who say they ride both only ride free, but insinuate that they ride both-- which is odd, as they usually have a cog on their fixed side.
* on their single speed bike; obviously, many of us have geared bikes as well.
08-16-08 | 07:35 PM
#9
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 697
Likes: 10
From: Eugene, OR
I've been mostly riding a coaster brake for the past 6 months. Before I got that wheel, I preferred singlespeed but I rode fixed for a 1000 miles or so to see if it was for me. I never noticed any extra sort of "zen" outside of the normal feelings from riding any bike. I think I'll be trying fixed gear for another couple months though coming up.
08-16-08 | 11:04 PM
#19
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 6,357
Likes: 167
From: Sacramento CA
Bikes: Too Many
I agree and to answer the OP's question...what I ride changes with the season. Just built up a cross bike so I've been on that a lot but I'm commuting mostly fixed.
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I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
08-17-08 | 04:08 PM
#23
epilepsy advocate
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 81
Likes: 0
From: wichita kansas
Bikes: Specialized Rockhopper, Cannondale touring bike, Cannondale Black Lightning and a Cannondale Capo.
When I first picked up my Capo the lady at the bike shop had forgot to order my fixed gear. I rode it the first week on SS. I found myself trying to reach down and shift a gear that week. I switched to the fixed when it came in and have never went back. I removed the freewheel from the bike. It was just dead weight.
If I want a freewheel I ride one of my multi geared bikes
If I want a freewheel I ride one of my multi geared bikes
