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Singlespeed & Fixed Gear "I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!"-- Henri Desgrange (31 January 1865 - 16 August 1940)
View Poll Results: Tarck=Tarck, BMX=barspinz, endos, stair hops..., Hybrid=both
Tarck Fixed
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BMX Fixed
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Tarck or BMX?

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Old 12-29-09 | 04:45 PM
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Tarck or BMX?

Which are you?
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Old 12-29-09 | 05:34 PM
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Old 12-29-09 | 05:35 PM
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You beat me to it, Brian.
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Old 12-29-09 | 06:00 PM
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Aw you mother****ers
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Old 12-29-09 | 06:14 PM
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Old 12-29-09 | 07:15 PM
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I have to find photos of my dog surfing.
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Old 12-29-09 | 11:35 PM
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What if I use my track bike as a track bike on a velodrome? {gasp!}
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Old 12-29-09 | 11:42 PM
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I commute, ride for fun, ride to do errands, ride to meet to meet people, ride to clear my head. you should have included "all-around utility fixed" to your poll.
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Old 12-29-09 | 11:44 PM
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Amen!
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Old 12-29-09 | 11:59 PM
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Old 12-30-09 | 12:30 AM
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i use my fixed for commuting. i have an actual bmx bike for tricks. the way it was meant to be.
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Old 12-30-09 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Brian
I just ride.

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Old 12-30-09 | 05:31 AM
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Neither. I've never owned a BMX bike and my 'fixed gear' is currently set up as a cruiser-bar'd 48x19 SS with 2 brakes and a 6-pack front rack- you can't get any less tarck than that.

Oddly enough, some people enjoy riding bicycles without the need to pigeonhole themselves into one specific sub-genre.
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Old 12-30-09 | 06:21 AM
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Oddly enough, some people enjoy riding bicycles without the need to pigeonhole themselves into one specific sub-genre.

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Old 12-30-09 | 06:37 AM
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What if I use my track bike as a track bike on a velodrome? {gasp!}
Oh please! That would be like me admitting that I raced my BMX bike. (I did, when I was 35)
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Old 12-30-09 | 06:57 AM
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Oh please! That would be like me admitting that I raced my BMX bike. (I did, when I was 35)
Oh yea, well I regularly ride my Raleigh Detour Deluxe at a reasonably slow speed on multi-use paths (but only on days when the weather is nice).
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Old 12-30-09 | 07:23 AM
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Neither. I've never owned a BMX bike and my 'fixed gear' is currently set up as a cruiser-bar'd 48x19 SS with 2 brakes and a 6-pack front rack- you can't get any less tarck than that.

Oddly enough, some people enjoy riding bicycles without the need to pigeonhole themselves into one specific sub-genre.
Looks like I need to add the "Hipster Individualist" category for HandsomeRyan.
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Old 12-30-09 | 05:59 PM
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My dog has surfed in Newcastle, Australia, and Ventura, California. He's way cooler than any cat.
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I'm a roadie. It's just that one of my road bikes has a single fixed gear.
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Old 12-30-09 | 06:35 PM
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My dog has surfed in Newcastle, Australia, and Ventura, California. He's way cooler than any cat.
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I'm a roadie. It's just that one of my road bikes has a single fixed gear.
Two birds with one stone. Aww yeaaahh
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