anyone here own one?

heres mine, i know im a pansy for running a front brake, but its a 54-15 setup.

 

lol cool bike!

 

my bmx bike has 1 gear! does that count?

Nice bike though!

 

fixed gear as in no freewheel? as in use your legs to stop the bike? as in you cant take a break from pedaling? thats crazy

 

Only place ive seen those is at the local velodrome. Its fixed so you cant coast and have to use leg power to slow down correct?

 

we call them knee busters :D

 

ya, i blew out my knees tryin to ride brakeless with the gear setup, in chicago traffic

fast tho

 

**** that!

 

Whats the cost on one of those?

 

^ depends. parts are suprisingly expensive; my rear wheel cost me 275.00, chainring 80.00 etc etc

 

Hey guys, thoughts

im converting this Old school pugeot into a SS daily bike. mostly for coffee and beer.

My mtb is staying with gears. im a poon.

what kind of wheel should i go with, and what kind of gears?

 

get a prebuilt velocity wheel on ebay <100 dollars

or a fixed wheelset for 139



youre gonna need to get spacers; fixed/ss hubs are 120 mm

 

hey I never pass up a chance to post bike pics. Here is my fixie. I use it more to just stroll around the neighborhood. I prefer a road bike for everything else.


Look slike you go a langster as well but with a time trial bike front cassette.

 

I think I posted this a few months back when I finished it.
It's my retro project.
Now the only thing I realized is the seat nose is kinda flesh colored and I keep thinking my weiner is playing peekaboo.
6 speed sorry

 

waiting for some **** to post a lowrider bike

 

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nope not gonna post my lowrider

 

hey guys, thought i would upload a pic of my fuji. i tear through the streets of savannah, and can usually beat my friends in their cars anywhere downtown.

 

Thought id upload my MDM bike let me know what you think ??

 

ttt, uh, no one else on honda-tech rides fixed?

 

forgive my ignorance, but whut's the purpose of having only one gear. In college at drexel lots of people had this type of bike, i always assumed it was one less thing to get stolen or less weight?

-nathan

 

ouch! I don't know bout running brakes bub. master the SKID!

 

nathan,
the advantages to fixed gear riding are pretty simple. 1. not having gears and brakes saves weight, allowing for an incredibly light cycle. my fuji weighs in at around 14.5 pounds. 2. it requires a lot less upkeep. you'd be surprised at how much can go wrong with a geared bicycle.
i would compare riding a fixed gear to stripping and removing all the unnecessary equipment from your honda i.e. removing interior, ac, abs, power-steering etc. the no brakes thing is kinda like having a wire tuck. ha. what you end up with is a very clean no nonsense way of transportation. hope this helped.

 

How exactly do you slow down?

 

swifty,
there are a couple of ways:
A. find a hill
B. press back on the pedals as they move forward, and it will slow down. this takes MUSKULLS.
C.(and by far the coolest) pop your rear wheel and pedal backwards which causes your rear tire to skid. i.e. a SKID stop. this wears out tires like no other.

 

haha dang a whole different world when it comes to bikes

though aren't fixed gear bikes slower than say a 6 speed bike?