Random SS/fixie sightings
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SS and fixed are getting more popular by the day here in DC. Lots of couriers use them and commuters too. There is a LBS that sells a lot of fixed gears and SS and I have run into a few people that have bought them there. Case in point, I was commuting on my geared bike yesterday and I come upon a guy riding a nice new Trek frame ('think' it was Trek) that turned out to be a SS. I ask the guy what gears he is running and he tells me it is fixed (it wasn't since he was freewheeling at the time). So I ask what gear ratios he is running and he can't tell me. Then I ask him if he bought it at the LBS. Bingo!
All in all a good thing. But there is something weird about seeing a nice, shiny bike with one gear in back. Like seeing the Chrome Pista. I am not used to it yet.
All in all a good thing. But there is something weird about seeing a nice, shiny bike with one gear in back. Like seeing the Chrome Pista. I am not used to it yet.
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Just remembered another one. When I was in Seattle a few years ago, I was doing a bit of shopping downtown (think it was at Pike or Pine and 3rd or 4th), and this guy on an orange SS did a nice big skid right in front of me. At the time I thought it was a coaster brake, but it may well have been a fixer. Probably my first experience of the wonderful world of fixed wheels
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saw an On One Pompino in camden yesterday afternoon.
damn those look sweet in the flesh...
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damn those look sweet in the flesh...
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I have only seen 3 other fix's in Sacramento. Lots of SS's though. I would love to ride with other fixers. Anyone else in the Sacramento region? Drop me a line.
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Just to throw this into the mix, there were about 95 of them this past weekend in Columbus Ohio for the Alleycat there. There were 100 entrants and I can only think of a handfull of geared bikes that were there.
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Originally Posted by Cynikal
I have only seen 3 other fix's in Sacramento. Lots of SS's though. I would love to ride with other fixers. Anyone else in the Sacramento region? Drop me a line.
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In t.o. the only people who ride fixed are those who now fire blanks.
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Thanks Lucklust. Unfortunately I have finals coming up. Drop me a line if anything else comes up.
I had another fixie sighting today. I was riding to work in downtown Sacramento and saw this very attractive brunette messenger on an equally attractive Fuji track. I have to say, there is nothing prettier than a pretty girl on a pretty bike.
I had another fixie sighting today. I was riding to work in downtown Sacramento and saw this very attractive brunette messenger on an equally attractive Fuji track. I have to say, there is nothing prettier than a pretty girl on a pretty bike.
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Originally Posted by hammye
do you happen to know if the Purple lady is still out there?
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boston is chock full of fixed gears and singles.. sometimes i think i see more of those than road bikes and mountain bikes.. but that's probably because i pay more attention to them. you also see plenty of recumbents and other funkie bikes.. i once saw a double bike.. it's hard to describe. i believe it was one frame welded on top of another, so the guy had to climb up someone else to get in the saddle. it was a sight. there's also a sideways bike i see around, where the guy sits perpendicular to the direction of movement.
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the double bike probably belongs to one of the folks in S.C.U.L. They make those crazy things all the time and ride around most of thime on saturdays.
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Originally Posted by schwinnbikelove
I don't want to make any assumptions, but I have not seen the Purple Lady in years.
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Originally Posted by brunning
i spotted maybe 300-400 fixes at nyc critical mass last week.
we're the track-on-the-street capital of the usa!
we're the track-on-the-street capital of the usa!
I saw a dude on a ss road bike at the NYC bike tour yesterday, and I myself was riding my big a#$ ss beach cruiser. It was cool to hear such comments as "what, you only have one gear on that thing?" and "wow...you made it up that hill!"...I finished with a smile
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Saw 5 chained up outside a bar downtown Chi Town tonight. All very well-loved.
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Originally Posted by kidcolin
boston is chock full of fixed gears and singles.. sometimes i think i see more of those than road bikes and mountain bikes.. but that's probably because i pay more attention to them. you also see plenty of recumbents and other funkie bikes.. i once saw a double bike.. it's hard to describe. i believe it was one frame welded on top of another, so the guy had to climb up someone else to get in the saddle. it was a sight. there's also a sideways bike i see around, where the guy sits perpendicular to the direction of movement.
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Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
Saw 5 chained up outside a bar downtown Chi Town tonight. All very well-loved.
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I wish I knew. I think it was on Chicago.
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Originally Posted by commander_taco
Yup I saw the sideways bike too, on the harvard bridge. I think he has a website (sidewaysbike.com). Pretty neat. As far a fixies there are just a lot of them, mostly used by messengers and other dudes with messenger bags (who appear not be messengers).
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Originally Posted by hammye
however I was one for 3 years, so I kind of think that I am allowed to ride my little fixie with my little Bailey bag. Hows that IRO?
Is there some sort of rule? Who's ass do I have to kick to get that rule changed?
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no rule that I know of, but I remember being slightly elitist like when I would see someone riding around with the whole "messenger" set up. I have since learned the error in my ways. Kind of like telling stories of me calling people certain names while not knowing all the meanings of said term.
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Originally Posted by hammye
no rule that I know of, but I remember being slightly elitist like when I would see someone riding around with the whole "messenger" set up. I have since learned the error in my ways. Kind of like telling stories of me calling people certain names while not knowing all the meanings of said term.
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Function before fashion. I just regret that I actualy started to think that the civilians shouldn't be dressing that way. It went against everything I always believed prior to that.
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Originally Posted by hammye
Function before fashion. I just regret that I actualy started to think that the civilians shouldn't be dressing that way. It went against everything I always believed prior to that.
Had the same problem with another hobby, people would slap something together and garner the image that they were "hardcore" when if you looked closely, they weren't.
Not that I'm a rap fan, but I learned to
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