Well, I have to add another danger to the list of fixed gear drawbacks that was posted on r.b.t. That is, they're so damn fun that some are attempted to try tricks they can't easily do on a freewheel equipped bike. In fact, my new slogan is Fixed Gears Add Fun to the Flats, or FAFF for short.
Anyway, the one and only trick I would like to accomplish so far is riding backwards. Today after I was mostly done with a ride that I didn't want to end, because fixed gears add so much fun to the flats, and since I had some light left I figured I would try to ride backwards in the parking lot of a local B of A. Well, on my first attempt I rode backwards for 30 feet or so, then I struggled for the next 15 minutes. Then I relaxed again and went with the flow. Cool, I'm riding backwards. Until I turn the bars left and lean right for some stupid ass awkward reason. I instantly slammed backwards down on my ass with some part of my frame hammering my shin bone. I now have a 2 inch hematoma sticking out of my shin.
But I did get right back up and try it again with modest success before heading the rest of the way home.
Well, I have to add another danger to the list of fixed gear drawbacks that was posted on r.b.t. That is, they're so damn fun that some are attempted to try tricks they can't easily do on a freewheel equipped bike. In fact, my new slogan is Fixed Gears Add Fun to the Flats, or FAFF for short.
Anyway, the one and only trick I would like to accomplish so far is riding backwards. Today after I was mostly done with a ride that I didn't want to end, because fixed gears add so much fun to the flats, and since I had some light left I figured I would try to ride backwards in the parking lot of a local B of A. Well, on my first attempt I rode backwards for 30 feet or so, then I struggled for the next 15 minutes. Then I relaxed again and went with the flow. Cool, I'm riding backwards. Until I turn the bars left and lean right for some stupid ass awkward reason. I instantly slammed backwards down on my ass with some part of my frame hammering my shin bone. I now have a 2 inch hematoma sticking out of my shin.
But I did get right back up and try it again with modest success before heading the rest of the way home.
You established in another thread in that group that you don't quite "grasp" how to turn a handlebar (note singular, BTW).
Well, I have to add another danger to the list of fixed gear drawbacks that was posted on r.b.t. That is, they're so damn fun that some are attempted to try tricks they can't easily do on a freewheel equipped bike. In fact, my new slogan is Fixed Gears Add Fun to the Flats, or FAFF for short.
Anyway, the one and only trick I would like to accomplish so far is riding backwards. Today after I was mostly done with a ride that I didn't want to end, because fixed gears add so much fun to the flats, and since I had some light left I figured I would try to ride backwards in the parking lot of a local B of A. Well, on my first attempt I rode backwards for 30 feet or so, then I struggled for the next 15 minutes. Then I relaxed again and went with the flow. Cool, I'm riding backwards. Until I turn the bars left and lean right for some stupid ass awkward reason. I instantly slammed backwards down on my ass with some part of my frame hammering my shin bone. I now have a 2 inch hematoma sticking out of my shin.
But I did get right back up and try it again with modest success before heading the rest of the way home.
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Well, I have to add another danger to the list of fixed gear drawbacks that was posted on r.b.t. That is, they're so damn fun that some are attempted to try tricks they can't easily do on a freewheel equipped bike. In fact, my new slogan is Fixed Gears Add Fun to the Flats, or FAFF for short.
Anyway, the one and only trick I would like to accomplish so far is riding backwards. Today after I was mostly done with a ride that I didn't want to end, because fixed gears add so much fun to the flats, and since I had some light left I figured I would try to ride backwards in the parking lot of a local B of A. Well, on my first attempt I rode backwards for 30 feet or so, then I struggled for the next 15 minutes. Then I relaxed again and went with the flow. Cool, I'm riding backwards. Until I turn the bars left and lean right for some stupid ass awkward reason. I instantly slammed backwards down on my ass with some part of my frame hammering my shin bone. I now have a 2 inch hematoma sticking out of my shin.
But I did get right back up and try it again with modest success before heading the rest of the way home.
Of course it's a lot easier to go backwards in circles, and for some reason easier with off road tyres, and easier again with a smaller gear. I don't practice them much but I once showed up late to a bike messenger party and won the backwards circle comp thanks to not being as drunk as everyone else. That was with only 3 or so circles. It was messy...
Well, I have to add another danger to the list of fixed gear drawbacks that was posted on r.b.t. That is, they're so damn fun that some are attempted to try tricks they can't easily do on a freewheel equipped bike. In fact, my new slogan is Fixed Gears Add Fun to the Flats, or FAFF for short.
Anyway, the one and only trick I would like to accomplish so far is riding backwards. Today after I was mostly done with a ride that I didn't want to end, because fixed gears add so much fun to the flats, and since I had some light left I figured I would try to ride backwards in the parking lot of a local B of A. Well, on my first attempt I rode backwards for 30 feet or so, then I struggled for the next 15 minutes. Then I relaxed again and went with the flow. Cool, I'm riding backwards. Until I turn the bars left and lean right for some stupid ass awkward reason. I instantly slammed backwards down on my ass with some part of my frame hammering my shin bone. I now have a 2 inch hematoma sticking out of my shin.
But I did get right back up and try it again with modest success before heading the rest of the way home.
Greg
Ouch. I got a nice shin lump Saturday. I was bombing down a jeep road and flipped a softball sized rock up into my right shin bone, just above the ankle. Oh man that hurt. I actually had to stop my descent and whimper to myself about it for a little while. Now it's turning a nice shade of purple. The sound it made was sickening.
And on the fixie front, I rescued an old 10 speed over the weekend from a scrap metal recycling drive. It's got potential. I'll report back when I start getting it figured out. I also got some cool old antique wagon, tractor, and I think maybe a only Ford (model A or T) wheel for "yard art". Sweet!
