Advice on a premium level fixie

[gururug]

Spesh langster pro frameset vrooooom!

[Alien27]

Spesh langster pro frameset vrooooom!

Just googled them. They are very sexy! I cant see if the forks are drilled for brakes though?

[Pravda]

Dosnoventa.
Might push your budget but their bikes are tres sexy.

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[frogleg]

Dosnoventa

Dammm they are the tits

[Pravda]

Dosnoventa

Dammm they are the tits

Word.

Here's a link so we can all drool over them.

[ldrcycles]

Dosnoventa.

+2, i'm always drooling over those on Prolly is not probably.

[alwlim]

I like coasting a lot!

That's me!

Agree with the lot that the fixie really gets you working on the pedals, but coasting is just so important for commuting.

[barefoot]

I could live without coasting (on my relatively flat commute), but I hate, with a passion, having to carefully plan every stop so that my cranks are in a position that will allow me to start again.

Argh. Just let me whip my pedal around already!

Yeah, I can track-stand pretty well (although I find it easier on a freewheel for some reason), but I honestly CBF.

Ratchets are pretty well established technology. I see no reason to deprive myself of that benefit on my bicycle.

tim

[singlespeedscott]

I could live without coasting (on my relatively flat commute), but I hate, with a passion, having to carefully plan every stop so that my cranks are in a position that will allow me to start again.

Argh. Just let me whip my pedal around already!

Yeah, I can track-stand pretty well (although I find it easier on a freewheel for some reason), but I honestly CBF.

Ratchets are pretty well established technology. I see no reason to deprive myself of that benefit on my bicycle.

tim

Then you may as well add some derailleurs.

[takai]

For me a freewheel is pretty much required because of my knee and hip injury. Usually I ride fixed, but on the days that my hip and knee are playing up I don't dare to, because the results of having my left leg lock up suddenly is nasty when fixed.

[slidetaker]

I could live without coasting (on my relatively flat commute), but I hate, with a passion, having to carefully plan every stop so that my cranks are in a position that will allow me to start again...

While standing in the "wrong cranks position", just use your hand to pull up the rear part of the top tube and lift the rear wheel for a sec. This allows you to get your pedal in the "right cranks position" to start.

don't pull the saddle, it won't last...

[barefoot]

I could live without coasting (on my relatively flat commute), but I hate, with a passion, having to carefully plan every stop so that my cranks are in a position that will allow me to start again...

While standing in the "wrong cranks position", just use your hand to pull up the rear part of the top tube and lift the rear wheel for a sec. This allows you to get your pedal in the "right cranks position" to start.

don't pull the saddle, it won't last...

Oh, I know how to do it.

I just don't want to do it.

With a freewheel, I don't have to turn the flywheel mass of the wheel just to get my cranks in the right position, and I don't have to lift the back end of my bike at all. Which is especially convenient considering the back of my commuter bike almost always has a pannier attached to it.

When I've gone fixed for a couple of weeks at a time, to see if I can get a feel for this zen connection with the bike all the h*pst*rs carry on about , I tend to favour the option of grabbing a handful of front brake and pushing my bars forward to lift the rear wheel. But I guess that goes against the zen of not having a front brake in the first place.

tim

[alwlim]

For me a freewheel is pretty much required because of my knee and hip injury. Usually I ride fixed, but on the days that my hip and knee are playing up I don't dare to, because the results of having my left leg lock up suddenly is nasty when fixed.

Think you should just stick to the freewheel mate! No fun taking the risk on injuries. I started out with a partial tear of my patellar tendon, now it's a gone case (which is why I switched from running to cycling). Plus, you don't wanna get caught out on the roads with a sudden lock up... that'd be a crappy double whammy.

[Mulger bill]

When I've gone fixed for a couple of weeks at a time, to see if I can get a feel for this zen connection with the bike all the h*pst*rs carry on about , I tend to favour the option of grabbing a handful of front brake and pushing my bars forward to lift the rear wheel. But I guess that goes against the zen of not having a front brake in the first place.

tim

Exactly what I do, quite often it's the only time I use the brakes but it gives me a warm and fuzzy to know I can stop quickly if/when the No2s get close to the rotating blades.

It's not just the lords of irony that feel the whole cyborg thing. I was a long term sceptic once, ONCE!