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Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 00:50:43 No.1251030 View View Reply Original Report

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Does anyone ride fixed gear? I rode one recently and ate it multiple times now I really want to learn how to ride one out of spite. Are they one useful in flat environments? How do people with Fixies deal with going downhill? I asked a local guy and he just said he never stops.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 01:13:30 No.1251045 Report

Quoted By: >>1251090

>>1251030
Yeah, I ride fixed. It's fun. Not actually practically useful. It's kind of nice to have the speed modulation in corners, and having the bike enforcing a smooth cadence. In downhills I relax and let the pedals push my legs around, or I put some resistance on the pedals so I won't reach a cadence my legs can't handle. I always get passed in dowhills.

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Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 02:27:16 No.1251077 Report

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It's a nice feeling. If I had a velodrome closer to me I would get licensed for amateur racing.

Mostly got into because of japanese kierin racing. If you do go fixed just make sure your gearing is appropriate for your area.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 02:36:02 No.1251078 Report

Quoted By: >>1251079 >>1251122 >>1251130 >>1251136 >>1251187 >>1251633 >>1251638

>not having footrests on your fork to rest your legs for downhill sections while mountain touring on your fixed-gear

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 02:39:02 No.1251079 Report

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>>1251078
Badass, if modern fixed gear riders were as manly as these guys maybe fixies wouldn't be viewed as the #1 fuckboy bike.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 03:20:29 No.1251090 Report

Quoted By: >>1251130 >>1251655

>>1251045
>Not actually practically useful.
Truth, it's only with it if you learn sick moves like wheelie stands, keo spins, and fish n chips. Otherwise for most situations it's geared too high to climb while too low for top speed.
>It's kind of nice to have the speed modulation in corners
This is a really nice feeling but comes with a serious and dangerous drawback of pedal striking while cornering. I ate shit countless times from pedal strikes but I still ride fixed the majority of my rides because I find the direct feeling of traction and balance of a fixed bike very different in a great way

53-year-old Boomer !!QSvwrQMMkoH

53-year-old Boomer !!QSvwrQMMkoH Mon 29 Oct 2018 03:22:09 No.1251091 Report

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>>1251030
Fixed-gear bikes aren't even really meant for riding on hilly terrain, not anymore, they're meant to be track bikes. 'Fixies' are a bastardization of track bikes. When riding on a velodrome, you don't need brakes, and you really aren't supposed to backpedal to slow down, you're supposed to go *up the track* to shed excess speed, since a velodrome is sloped.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 06:51:52 No.1251122 Report

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>>1251078
What gearing do you think they're using?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 07:41:51 No.1251130 Report

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>>1251030
>ate it multiple times
>>1251090
>I ate shit countless times from pedal strikes
Are you guys running like brakeless idiots or something? I cant remeber ever dropping my fixie. You know fixed gear doesn't automatically imply no brakes, right?
Pedal strike can be a bit of an issue if you're not carefull though.

>>1251078
Is that what those things are for? I never realised.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 08:52:05 No.1251136 Report

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>>1251078
world's sikkest cunts right there, look like old tyme bank robbers and experienced practitioners of fisticuffs and fucking women

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 09:18:07 No.1251140 Report

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>>1251130
I run both brakes on my fixie but pedal strikes account for like 90% of my fixie falls with the other 10% traction related. It's something that catches me off guard because it's fun to turn as steep as I could. Not all pedal strikes result in falls though, still unsettling when it happens. I also run 170 cranks and been meaning to go to a 165 crank

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 09:39:15 No.1251143 Report

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>>1251136
>>1251136
A modern photo taken with hipsters, their bikes, and a monochromatic filter would be indistinguishable from that 1898 example

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 09:53:50 No.1251148 Report

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>>1251143
You could distinguish them from the background. Modern hipsters wouldn't get those fixed gear bikes up a mountain.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 10:40:25 No.1251156 Report

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>>1251140
How can it catch you off guard when you're willingly causing it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 10:42:45 No.1251158 Report

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>>1251143
finding a functional bike like those is almost impossible. And aside from the frame designs, good luck finding solid rubber tires that can stand up to spoon brakes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 12:26:10 No.1251187 Report

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>>1251078
w2c handlebars?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Oct 2018 12:29:55 No.1251188 Report

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>>1251143
get fucked cunt

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Oct 2018 09:45:32 No.1251633 Report

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>>1251078
The two guys on the left are holding hands.

Velo Uber Alles

Velo Uber Alles Tue 30 Oct 2018 10:18:09 No.1251638 Report

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>>1251030
Slow your roll. Why did you eat it multiple times? Pedal strikes?

>>1251078
>>1251130

Pic related. They're also for bicycle ballet.

>>1251187
Nitto makes some similar ones. although not as wide, and of course with a different brake setup. See the all rounder and north road as a starting point. And use complete words.

Velo Uber Alles

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Velo Uber Alles Tue 30 Oct 2018 10:21:33 No.1251639 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Oct 2018 12:37:14 No.1251655 Report

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>>1251090
Why do you ride a frame/crank combination prone to pedal-striking with fixed gear?

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Anonymous Tue 30 Oct 2018 12:41:35 No.1251657 Report

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Anonymous Tue 30 Oct 2018 12:43:11 No.1251658 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 07:21:33 No.1251925 Report

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>>1251633
it's how they're staying upright ya dingus

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 07:22:35 No.1251926 Report

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>>1251657
>>1251658
kate...

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 07:26:03 No.1251927 Report

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>>1251188
mad fixiefag

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 08:00:39 No.1251931 Report

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>>1251156
cause I'm a reckless dingus that DGAF
>>1251655
Haven't serviced my BB and haven't gotten shorter cranks yet but will eventually correct the issue after a few more pedal strikes

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 08:01:40 No.1251932 Report

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>>1251925
it's not gay if the handlebars don't touch

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 11:41:48 No.1251962 Report

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>>1251030
on flat surfaces they are the best, you don't even need brakes because you can brake if you stop pedaling. But if you are going through downhills buy some fucking brakes because you won't be able to stop the bike downhill, I alsmot died. If you ride innacity buy brakes too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 12:02:56 No.1251968 Report

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>>1251638
>although not as wide
That's the interesting part about those bars though. Otherwise they don't look too dissimilar to what you'd find on any city bike.

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Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 12:16:23 No.1251972 Report

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what exactly did they mean by this...

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 14:53:10 No.1251994 Report

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>>1251136
>and fucking women
Hey I fucked a woman before... well ,made love I guess

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 17:57:52 No.1252028 Report

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>>1251972
By what? I don't see a problem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 18:04:46 No.1252032 Report

Quoted By: >>1252037

>>1251972
It's called a rod brake

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Oct 2018 18:26:21 No.1252037 Report

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>>1252032
They're spoon brakes, which worked by applying braking pressure directly to the top of the tire with, well, a spoon. When the pneumatic tire came along, they had to move the braking surface to the rim, and rod brakes were born.

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