So where did this come from ?
 

"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 !"

Extracted from the Title Mast of this forum...

I use a SS for alot of my training miles (have done so for years)... I also race a geared TT rig... oh yea, I'm also older than 45.:p

Im contemplating building a fixed tt bike.

google says

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Desgrange

from here:
EDIT: darn! too late! :P

You folks are quick !
I'll try to keep up...
Thanks !

I wish I saw more older people riding fixed/SS. The culture seems still kinda small here, except hipsters riding their damn tarck bikes with their aerospokes/Hed3's to coffee shops. However, I did see a guy over 40 the other day riding a fixie, and it made me happy

Colorado Springs doesnt even have a scene. Iv seen something like 5 fixies here.

well, im 28 and me and my like-aged friends will for sure be riding fixed well into our 40s!!

Really? I would think that with Colorado College there would be a lot of fixies

I have only lived here through out the summer. Maybe when school starts again ill see more but for the last almost 4 months, nothing really.

I'm always excited to see another fixie rider.. I have an unhealthy obsession with checking out other bikes.

I suspect many of us have this obsession...

Same here. I'm 27 now and I'm sure my few fixed gear riding friends will keep riding them!
Also, just an hour ago or so I saw a guy in his late 50s or early 60s go flying by while I was walking to the store. Not sure if he was SS or fixed, but either way, one gear and moving!

Already have.

Looks fast just needs a TT base bar.

Riding fixed gear bikes since 1965, when I was twelve and talked my parents into getting me a Helyett track bike. I've used TT base bars and aero bars on my track bikes for almost 20 years, after an operation to free the ulnar nerve in my left wrist and elbow. Without aero bars, my left hand still goes numb after riding about 15 minutes. Moral: don't ignore numbness in your hand caused by long rides with drop bars.

Your bike is alot of my inspiration to build one. I was even looking at the same frame just cause its so cheap.

But I would do what CrockerCock is saying, id run a TT base bar with clip on's.

Aesthetics and aerodynamics aside, what is the advantage to be gained from this? I have the same riding positions I would have with a traditional TT setup plus an added position on the drops. The neat thing about this bike is that I built it for less than $200, since the only parts I had to purchase other than the frameset were the seatpost, seat clamp, some stem spacers and bar tape. I did splurge on some Paul Comp rear dropout adjuster screws, but everything else I had lying around, including the bars and clamp-on TT extensions.

Damn, Tejano, how many bikes do you have? (And how many of those are SS/FG?) :D

Well I guess none, except for maybe leverage on hills. I prefer bullhorns and TT bars for climbing over hoods but to each his own.

Where did you get the frame?

On eBay from this guy in China >>> http://cgi.ebay.com/fixie-track-fixe...item3eff7de85b

When I bought mine it was an auction with a $1 start price, and I lucked out and got it for only $51 + $70 shipping. Since then, he's stopped listing them as auctions, so now they are only fixed price and cost a bit more. They are pretty heavy, since quite obviously they use thick straight gauge tubing, but actually quite well made and solid. My setup minus the spare tire and tools weighs about 20 lbs.

16 bikes, of which 5 are FG and 1 is SS.

I'd like to see your stable, TT.

Can we, pleaseeeeeeeeee?

Well, since you said please, here's a few:

I'm over 40 and ride my track bike on the road during the summer for about 300kms a week. I have the option of riding a river delta in TT mode with some bridge deck climbs or riding nearby mountains that have savage elevation to them. With the fixed gear I choose the flats of course.

I'll go back to a dérailleur soon but I will always be a "no gears" guy.

Exploring on my bicycle has always been my passion and with a new road bike purchase coming up I can do some things my fixed can't do easily. Strictly climbing.