A Note for Fixie Riders

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?)

Comments

[Payspeanuts]

Never been interested in Fixies but love single speed bikes, what bars and stem are you using?

Thanks