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Anyone else here ride bikes?
I've been riding fixed gear bicycles for about a year and a half now. I've run into and talked to a handful of other black guys who ride fixed, but never seen (not even pictures) of a black chick riding fixed. What do you ride? Give me the breakdown.
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Permalink Reply by William Brave on -
I ride a 27" Mikado I got at a thrift store. I'm also about to get a cruiser from my dad cuz He's part of this Puerto Rican bicyle cliub. The cruisers got 29" wheels. I'm a big dude. I heard fixed gears really aren't good for big guys cuz my knees will melt but I got a boy who rides fixed
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Permalink Reply by Franklin Campbell on -
Yep, i has scary moments righ now I'm running platfor BMX pedals to allow use of winterboots, I cant afford clipless boots. Cold toes suck. It can be scary on big hills, but otherwise its nothin, ad a whole lotta fun. You learn to ride more conservatively since it takes a bit mre time to stop lol.
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Permalink Reply by DMS on -
This is clearly not fixed.
jahluv said:My old racing bike. Built it and raced it in the mid '80s. It was my "car" from late '91 through '92. Thinking about getting it back on the road to commute to work...
Franklin, do you ride fixed w/no brakes? I can't get my head around that fad - the penalty for error is pretty high. I got sideswiped by a bus back in the day, I'd have been under that bus if was riding fixed...
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Permalink Reply by Franklin Campbell on
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I decided to change it to bikes in general
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Permalink Reply by DMS on
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In that case, yes. I ride, but not fixed. I have one of those shitty BikesDirect Motobecanes. It's the bike up front...
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Permalink Reply by Compound Egret on -
Up until recently I thought peeps were talking about beach cruisers when they said fixed gear bikes. Why do people ride with no brakes? Do you stop flintstone style???
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Permalink Reply by DMS on
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Many fixie riders have a front break. Breakless riders stop by pedal resistance, or just plain skidding. It's definitely stupid to ride without a front brake though, unless you're on the track--in which case, breaks are actually prohibited.
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Permalink Reply by LesYpersound on -
80s steel miyata. i wanted to get a matching lugged frame for a conversion with a free/fixed flip-flop hub, but then i got broke and lost interest. and i know i suck but i'm too prissy at the moment to bike winter regularly esp with salt and slush on the roads.
and doesn't it make the most sense that if you're going to have brakes on a fixed that they'd go on the back and not the front? front breaks for emergencies doesn't make a whole lot of sense even for non-fixed bikes given you'll go over your bars into traffic and/or face first into pavement with your bike landing right on top of you. ha.
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Permalink Reply by DMS on
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Well, the front break is there only for added reassurance in situations when you might not be able to stop fast enough. So the combination of skidding and breaking wouldn't necessarily send you over the bars in a jam, but you're probably right about it making more sense on the back wheel. Only, you'd have to have a break line on the frame of the bike and that "doesn't look cool." Ha.
LesYpersound said:80s steel miyata. i wanted to get a matching lugged frame for a conversion with a free/fixed flip-flop hub, but then i got broke and lost interest. and i know i suck but i'm too prissy at the moment to bike winter regularly esp with salt and slush on the roads.
and doesn't it make the most sense that if you're going to have brakes on a fixed that they'd go on the back and not the front? front breaks for emergencies doesn't make a whole lot of sense even for non-fixed bikes given you'll go over your bars into traffic and/or face first into pavement with your bike landing right on top of you. ha.
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Permalink Reply by DMS on
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Don't worry about it. There was a subject change.
jahluv said:No, but it is a bike built from a frame I salvaged from the trash, put together in my living room with mail order parts (internet?), raced 20 years ago, and rode every day for a year and a half when I had no car. I believe the question was "what do you ride?"
DMS said:This is clearly not fixed.
jahluv said:My old racing bike. Built it and raced it in the mid '80s. It was my "car" from late '91 through '92. Thinking about getting it back on the road to commute to work...
Franklin, do you ride fixed w/no brakes? I can't get my head around that fad - the penalty for error is pretty high. I got sideswiped by a bus back in the day, I'd have been under that bus if was riding fixed...
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Permalink Reply by C-Martin88 on -
i ride, but not much now. i'm usually really hard on my bikes so if i can last 4 months without having to make a repair to it, then i'm good. i really want one of those single-speed convert bikes, but i'd settle with a old road bike. i'm sick and tired of riding mountain bikes but that's all i usually find.
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