Forgot to shift

I've been thinking of getting a bike for some time now. I've researched
mountain bikes and road bikes & touring bikes & hybrid bikes. Every
single time I come back to the 36" Penny Farthing as the best choice...

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mikepenton said:

I've been thinking of getting a bike for some time now. I've researched
mountain bikes and road bikes & touring bikes & hybrid bikes. Every
single time I come back to the 36" Penny Farthing as the best choice...

Except for that annoying and complicated vestigial back wheel.

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LOL. I usually forget that I can -coast-.

(People tell me I ride a bike funny anyway. I don't start moving until
I have both feet on the pedals.)

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My favorite type of bike to ride and the most logicial for uni-riders is
a fixed wheel bike-no gears no coasting brakes optionial.If you choose
a low enough gear you could sit on the head tube and ride it like a
giraffe -a'la artistic cycling--also allows for riding backwards which
gives you something to do when waiting for the traffic lights to
change. I ride a 69" gear with 165 cranks but I have ridden with close
to a 26" gear on my track bike and it let me do tricks alot easier.
Fixies are very popular right now and many of the major bicycle
brands(all they do is spec and market)have a fixed gear or track bike
in the product line below the 500 dollar price , try one out before you
by a bike with a freewheel...
If you really want gears on your bicycle you can search for one of the
sturmey archer two or three speed fixed gear hubs (TF,ASC)-they change
the drive ratio between 10 and 25 % range-
Many serious cyclists use the fixed gear as part of a training regeime
to build leg speed and smoothness of spin with the stability of a
"training wheel"(steering wheel?) the fixie lets the legs spin at
speeds of upto 220 rpms going when down the right hill--- hitting 180
and 190 is not uncommon on a hilly ride with a lowish gear(mid 50s)of
course if you arent smooth the bike starts to bounce around and you
have to slow down..
they also work better in the snow becuase there are no freewheels to
freeze up and you can slowdown with you legs ,which is intuitive for
uni riders--my problem comes when I ride a bike with a freewheel and I
use my legs to try to stop..it always takes a few seconds to find the
brake levers after that shock of coasting....

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lol ... shouldn't you have posted this in JC ...?

My POS Super Sport (yes, another antique) .. has 10 gears ...

But,

I only use one ... I rarely shift.
Makes a better workout.

I have to give myself a couple foot pushes from dead stop.

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zo said:

My favorite type of bike to ride and the most logicial for uni-riders is
a fixed wheel bike-no gears no coasting brakes optionial.If you choose
a low enough gear you could sit on the head tube and ride it like a
giraffe -a'la artistic cycling--also allows for riding backwards which
gives you something to do when waiting for the traffic lights to
change. I ride a 69" gear with 165 cranks but I have ridden with close
to a 26" gear on my track bike and it let me do tricks alot easier.
Fixies are very popular right now and many of the major bicycle
brands(all they do is spec and market)have a fixed gear or track bike
in the product line below the 500 dollar price , try one out before you
by a bike with a freewheel...
If you really want gears on your bicycle you can search for one of the
sturmey archer two or three speed fixed gear hubs (TF,ASC)-they change
the drive ratio between 10 and 25 % range-
Many serious cyclists use the fixed gear as part of a training regeime
to build leg speed and smoothness of spin with the stability of a
"training wheel"(steering wheel?) the fixie lets the legs spin at
speeds of upto 220 rpms going when down the right hill--- hitting 180
and 190 is not uncommon on a hilly ride with a lowish gear(mid 50s)of
course if you arent smooth the bike starts to bounce around and you
have to slow down..
they also work better in the snow becuase there are no freewheels to
freeze up and you can slowdown with you legs ,which is intuitive for
uni riders--my problem comes when I ride a bike with a freewheel and I
use my legs to try to stop..it always takes a few seconds to find the
brake levers after that shock of coasting....

yeah man, fixed is awesome... i got mine a few weeks ago and I have
ridden everyday 😄

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Since I've been unicycling (only for a few months), every time I get
back on my road bike it feels really weird.

If I try to take my hands off of the bars, I feel like I'm going to
fall off! It's way more scary than riding the uni 😕

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I just got me a new bike for riding to work in the winter, I was using
the Coker but it's too cold/dark now.

To keep me from getting too used to bikes/gears again I got a single
speed Kona. It's called a "Humu Humu Nuku Nuku Apua'A Deluxe" and it's
like a 26" BMX. I've been practising pedalling really quickly without
hanging onto the bars and swinging the bike around, just sitting on the
seat and spinning with no weight on the bars. It's good fun and good
practise for my uni's. Being able to roll down hills (i'e not having
to pedal constantly) at 6:30am is fantastic!

I try to do some trials stuff on it but it's really hard, I know it
aint a trials bike but it's still really hard. Even riding a skinny on
a bike is super hard compared to doing it on a uni.

T.

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DarkTom said:

"Humu Humu Nuku Nuku Apua'A Deluxe"

Bet you pasted that one 😉

I bought myself a Kona Cindercone some weeks ago. Long live mixed
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goldenchicken II said:

Bet you pasted that one 😉
QUOTE]

Nope! 😎

So many people have asked me what it is cos it's kinda weird looking
and the name is stuck in my head now!

T.

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