| I love the quote from Henri Desgrange in 1902, "I still | | | | stop is not a fast way to stop. There were a number |
| feel that variable gears are only for people over | | | | of times when I slid into the back of cars because I |
| forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of | | | | couldn't stop fast enough. |
| your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur? We | | | | I enjoy riding my fixie because it's very quiet, the bike is |
| are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!" | | | | solid feeling because the chain isn't bouncing around on |
| A fixed gear bike is based on a track bike, it has no | | | | the derailleur, and you have a nicer feel for the road. |
| gears so it's a single speed, the bike doesn't coast, so | | | | It's just a simpler way to ride. |
| if the back wheel spins the pedals spin and many don't | | | | The fixed gear is great for exercise since you can't |
| have hand brakes. | | | | coast and when you go up hills you really have to |
| Many people think riding a fixie without brakes is crazy, | | | | work. Riding a fixed gear bike is a nice way to work |
| but you can stop it by locking up the rear tire, although | | | | on your pedaling technique. When you go downhill you |
| it isn't the greatest way to stop, it does work. I should | | | | will be spinning very fast and if you don't have a good |
| know, when I used to bike messenger I had a single | | | | technique you'll be bouncing all over the place. |
| speed coaster brake with no front brake. Skidding to a | | | | |