All you lot that ride around cities on thin tyred bicycles, I've found the answer to all your woes.
I was lucky enough to receive a fixie a while ago to race the Red Bull Minidrome, I found it fun but having since tried riding the thing around the streets I have encountered numerous problems. I even had to deny a girl a backie as I was scared I wouldn't be able to stop.
I have now tinkered with the bike; my additions are wider bars, a shorter stem, flat pedals, a back brake and for all you die hards to hate me, a freewheel. I imagine that may be a dirty word in the fixed scene.
Wow, what a bike it is now though! I can now ride down hills fast, stop without blowing out my knees, give girls backies, stand up to get my phone out my pocket and I can do wheelies that don't require me to keep pedalling, they're loads better and called manuals!! I won't be doing any other tricks on it though.
I suggest everyone with one of these bikes follows suit. I don't know what the scene would be called if wheels weren't fixed but by golly it's nice to be freewheeling again. All I need know is a basket and it would be the perfect town bike.
Here it is on a bridge over a railway near my house. Those guys in the background are train spotters, I thought that was apt (I hope you can see the funny side?)
Never been interested in Fixies but love single speed bikes, what bars and stem are you using?
Thanks
Posted by: Payspeanuts | 28/04/2011 at 08:55 PM