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07-24-09 | 02:29 PM

deathhare

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OMG!
Something oughta be done about them damn bikes!

https://www.spiegel.de/international/...636573,00.html

07-24-09 | 02:41 PM

Retem

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Bikes: , Jury Bike, Moto Outcast 29, Spicer standard track frame and spicer custom steel sprint frame.

I don't generally agree with laws that take place of common sense but I am happy that the police where I live are impounding bicycles without brakes but usually after the rider has done something stupid and illegal

07-24-09 | 02:44 PM

dsh

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From: DC

Bikes: '74 Schwinn Sports Tourer (Polo), S-Works E5 Team Festina (Chorus 11), Trek 2200 Bonded Carbon (Fixed), Trek 920 (7 speed IGH), Chesini Olimpiade SL (1x7)

Someone should make a thread about how they banned fixies in Berlin.

07-24-09 | 02:46 PM

davidwarren

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From: Louisville, KY

Bikes: Trek 7.6

good, fixies are horrible to have in cities.

edit-- allow me to clarify-- I mean fixies without brakes, there are just too many uncertainties....

Last edited by davidwarren; 07-24-09 at 05:07 PM.

07-24-09 | 02:49 PM

bluej7

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From: sac, california

Bikes: Nishiki olympic

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retem

i have a front brake on my fixie not because i dont know how to ride a fixie but i dont trust those crazy people in the metal boxes

07-24-09 | 02:50 PM

Retem

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Bikes: , Jury Bike, Moto Outcast 29, Spicer standard track frame and spicer custom steel sprint frame.

I have a brake on my bike because I realized after years of riding brakeless just how many people I knew who were getting knee surgery

that and I am pushing a high gear and ride off road at times

07-24-09 | 03:21 PM

das_pyrate

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From: dirty meda

Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle, 1981 Gios Aerodynamic, Giant Boulder

i despise the word "fixie"

07-24-09 | 06:29 PM

j3ffr3y

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From: Boston, MA

Bikes: 2010 Motobecane Team Track, 1997 GT Edge, 2012 Kilo TT Stripper

mods: why did you delete my slowpoke

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07-24-09 | 07:59 PM

TimArchy

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From: Atlanta

Bikes: Zeus (Razesa) tarck, Giant TCR road, Eddy Merckx road, Fuji Touring Series IV for everything else

Quote:

Originally Posted by das_pyrate

i despise the word "fixie"

As do I, but unfortunately I can't think of a more useful word to refer to all non-track-specific fixed gear bikes.

07-24-09 | 08:17 PM

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Raiden

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From: Central CA

Bikes: A little of everything

A 'fixed-gear bike'. A track bike is a track bike.

I also sometimes abbreviate it to just 'fixed', like 'I'm riding the fixed to the bar tonight'. Never 'fixie'.

07-24-09 | 10:50 PM

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jakerock

helmet brake

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From: Brooklyn

Bikes: Kilo TT

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidwarren

good, fixies are horrible to have in cities.

edit-- allow me to clarify-- I mean fixies without brakes, there are just too many uncertainties....

Jesus Christ, You cant handle riding down Bardstown road without a brake?
Try times square.

Sometimes I ride like I have a brake.
Sometimes I have a brake.
Sometimes I ride like I dont have a brake.
Sometimes I dont have a brake.

I dont care if you have a brake.
I dont care if you dont have a brake.

Last edited by jakerock; 07-24-09 at 10:54 PM.