Fixies, trucker hats, and PBR, oh my!
source: http://www.howtoavoidthebummerlife.com/weblog/archives/2006/10/fixies_trucker_hats_and_pbr_o...
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1percent
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Try a freewheel, you might like it...
Nothing but Guinness here!
- 3 years ago
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1percent
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meligrosa
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Systematically and mercilessly disassembling, flushing, greasing, and re-packing the cycling culture.
- 3 years ago
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meligrosa
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khsing
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Just please, no matter what you do, don't ride a "fake fixie," or "fakie," as I call them.
- 4 years ago
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khsing:
who gives a shit! people just need to get out and ride what ever bike they have.
- 3 years ago
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khsing
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I'm tired of talking about fixies.
- 4 years ago
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khsing
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Way to encourage people to stop talking about it Kai.
You know I'm just giving you sh*t.
;)
- 4 years ago
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khsing
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People need to get over talking about this. Sure, people like the way fixies look and ride them without actually knowing how, but who cares? People do all kinds of things for reasons more ridiculous than that.
Advantages:
- simplicity: less parts to fix, less likely to be stolen since not everyone can ride one, and there is a certain charm to having an anachronistic design (fixed-gears came before free wheels)
- weather: if you actually know how to stop on a track bike, they're much better in wet weather than hand brakes
- speed: you're much faster on a mostly level surface than a freewheel, hence the term "track bike"
Check out this article from fixie godfather Sheldon Brown for more, if you want to be actually informed about this.
- 4 years ago
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khsing
