>>1202859I don't understand the point of fixies.
> people dont think they just saw the fashion wave and the cheap price of ownership > Like, why not just have 3 speeds at least? a 3 speed internally geared hubs is patrician tier commuting. Expensive and rare unfortunately. I had a 2 speed (front) once and it was just dumb
> How do these people deal with hills?They dont. They adapt. I built a single speed from a dumped miata. I used its 52t front cause: gotta go fayst. I also lived at the top of a hill. It was a nighmare. It changes how you ride. i did manage to make it up the top with cleats a few times. Anyways big mistake.
>>1202904>good pedal cadencewhen you are in that narrow speed range yes, other than that: no i finally got "it" with a decent road bike
Brakeless Fixies should be banned. Brakeless Fixies are already illegal in more orwellian parts of the world just not enforced: Charlie Alliston is in jail
However single speeds rock and are just utilitarian cool. Perfect beaters, thankless sacrificial lambs that protect your fred sleds from getting parted-out at your local train station.
My 100 dollar build after 7 years of being left at increasingly more sketchy locations.
