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Thread: I just bid on a fixie...
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07-20-2007, 05:15 PM #1
I just bid on a fixie...
They just look so sexy outside the bars downtown.
Am I ghey?
Why do I want one of these?
I'd use it for around town, drunk riding, etc. It's got brakes but running brakes on a fixie is so 'not core'. Can you stop without 'em? On flat pedals? (I don't think so.)
I don't want to wear my riding shoes to the bars, are toe clips the way to go for casual shoes?
I am an idiot.
Fixie riders please wiegh in here.Last edited by beaterdit; 07-20-2007 at 05:19 PM.
There's nothing better than sliding down snow, and flying through the air
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07-20-2007, 05:22 PM #2
you will need:
1 calf star tattoo
Messenger bag
stud belt
wallet chain
Campy racing cap
Man-pris
a tube of heat activated KY
'vintage' t-shirt
rolled up emo pants (when not wearing man-pris)
a noticeable STD
Metro glasses
Welcome to hipster-ville, maybe you will be invited backstage to a fallout boy show!Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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07-20-2007, 06:08 PM #3
don't forget those little card dealios stuck in the spokes!
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07-20-2007, 06:09 PM #4Registered User
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turn in your penis, you won't be needing it as a bottom in the hipster community
Last edited by ptavv; 07-20-2007 at 07:10 PM.
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07-20-2007, 06:59 PM #5
soy.
98765
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07-20-2007, 07:24 PM #6
I rode one for a block. My right knee hurt for two days. All I did was try to stop. (If you want a cheap fixie, try SLC Bike Collective.)
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07-20-2007, 07:40 PM #7
or use a mnt bike disc hub, reverse it, drill 6 holes into a single cassette ring, bolt that onto the disc hub, run the wheel backwards and you have a fixie.
(and yes I have one set up that way)
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07-20-2007, 08:56 PM #8Registered User
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Some of the most badass XC guys I've known in Salt Lake rode fixies around town, and all had a brake. They said it was cause if they could stop faster, then they could go faster.
Then again, I know how much you care about safety precautions.
I rock the old skool cages / straps on my bar bike. I don't want to mess with bike shoes, but pedaling cheapo flats always pisses me off.
Also, slippy, it's okay - beaterd has great knees.
Also also - I went for a road ride today, so I have no comment on your first question.Last edited by maniloff; 07-20-2007 at 09:00 PM.
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07-21-2007, 12:13 AM #9
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07-21-2007, 01:41 AM #10Registered User
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Your knees wont be thanking you when ski season rolls around...
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07-21-2007, 10:12 AM #11
Yeah!
Um, I mean I've got another MRI sheduled next week. How's the southeast treating ya? Oh yeah, road ride...
Yeah.
Yes.
See above.
I really just want to mess around on the thing. I guess we'll see what happens, maybe it'll be in gear swap next week.There's nothing better than sliding down snow, and flying through the air
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07-21-2007, 12:53 PM #12
If you're doing it to be hip,
WEAK.
If you're doing it because it is a different way to ride bicycles and a good way to learn how to become 1 with your bike,
STRONG.
Note that you have to actually follow the reasoning behind STRONG, because the WEAK part comes from the hipster who pretends that he's doing it for the reasons behind STRONG.
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07-21-2007, 07:49 PM #13
I started out on a Langster with a flip flop almost always used the free wheel side, mainly because I needed something to commute on and they are dirt cheap. I used the fixie side one day to see what all the hype was about and I had so much fun on it that I never went back. I don't really care for labels or being "hip". I just like riding my bike.
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07-21-2007, 09:32 PM #14
Dickey, just so's ya' knows', I was riding fixies twenty years ago...around Syracuse, which is HILLY!
I got into it thinking that I would be the toast of Trexlertown, (track racing) but those guys were SO far advanced it was rediculous.
I used one in Boulder, messengering in S.F., NYC, L.A., Denver....and then I moved to a place where they didn;t make any sense at all.
I was just being sarcastic, they are a GREAT learning tool, I improved hugely as a rider on one.
And I don't think that I have ever even heard a fallout boy song, I just threw that in there for shits-n'-giggles...
Have fun!Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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07-21-2007, 10:45 PM #15
use a brake. toe clips if'n you don't want to pedal around in bike shoes. flat pedals are pretty sucky to ride fixed with, IMO. i much, much prefer both mine with spd setups; feels much more connected with the bike and what i'm doing with the pedals.
of rideit's list, thankfully i only have two. no, no, the visible std is not one of them.
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07-22-2007, 12:29 AM #16
Yo, Scrubby...I KNOW you have man-pris (I have seen the photos)....so what is your other vice?
Wallet chain?
Campy hat?
How ya' diggin' CT?
great trails there, if you know where to poke!
Enjoy the EC!Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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07-22-2007, 03:21 AM #17
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07-22-2007, 07:36 AM #18
Bad knees, go with flats, good knees go with spd, they allow you to learn to skidstop easier. I thought my knees were good then I learned the skidstop and after a few rides I was experiencing a little discomfort, it also came from the downhill resistance to slow the bike. So I stuck to the rail trail and small hills until I was pain free and now I am able to use the pedal resistance to fully control the speed on descents. Get a pedal wrench and switch em up every now and then. I put on the flats and practice trackstands and backwards circles in my garage when it's cold and rainy.
I may be off base a little but when I first got on a fixie my first thought was this is the only thing besides skiing that burns my quads like skiing. You hafta try it on a long downhill.
That being said I like riding fixie in town and on the rail trail, I don't have manpris or std's but I do have a pair of camo fatigue cut-offs.Last edited by SuperChief; 07-22-2007 at 07:43 AM.
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07-22-2007, 08:26 AM #19Mackerel
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Fixies are like golf.
The act itself is really fun, but you just don't want to hang around a bunch of people who do it.
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07-22-2007, 12:49 PM #20
Trigger pulled, hopefully I'll have the bike soon. Nothing special, but it's a brand new no-name bike with seemingly reasonable components for $240 plus shipping.
Kind of exited to try it out.
Oh and, I definately don't have to worry about being 'hip'.There's nothing better than sliding down snow, and flying through the air
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07-22-2007, 01:38 PM #21
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07-22-2007, 10:09 PM #22
riding bikes is fun. everyone should do more of it.
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07-22-2007, 10:23 PM #23
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07-22-2007, 11:38 PM #24
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