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Rick Onanian said:

Yet Another Possible Fixed Gear Bike Sighting

In the video for Clint Black's "Spend My Time", I momentarily saw a person on a MTB doing what
appeared to be a trackstand, apparently on level land, and it seemed that he pedaled backwards to
move the bike backwards.

On the other hand, I'm currently halfway through "Tracks of Glory," a (so far) mediocre flick about
Major Taylor, the great African-American track racing world champ of the early 1900s.

I was disappointed in one scene. The trackies are walking their bikes off the track, and the cranks
are not turning. What's with that??

--
Frank Krygowski [To reply, omit what's between "at" and "cc"]

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:26:54 -0500, "frkrygow"

frkrygow'@omitcc.ysu.edu said:

I was disappointed in one scene. The trackies are walking their bikes off the track, and the cranks
are not turning. What's with that??

Sheesh...that's a minor annoyance I never even thought of with fixies. I whack my leg on the pedal
when walking a normal bike; I bet I'd trip and fall constantly, and my leg would be all bruised up.
--
Rick Onanian

frkrygow said:

Rick Onanian said:

Yet Another Possible Fixed Gear Bike Sighting

In the video for Clint Black's "Spend My Time", I momentarily saw a person on a MTB doing what
appeared to be a trackstand, apparently on level land, and it seemed that he pedaled backwards to
move the bike backwards.

On the other hand, I'm currently halfway through "Tracks of Glory," a (so far) mediocre flick
about Major Taylor, the great African-American track racing world champ of the early 1900s.

I was disappointed in one scene. The trackies are walking their bikes off the track, and the
cranks are not turning. What's with that??

BTW, the second half of the movie was much better, I thought.

--
Frank Krygowski [To reply, omit what's between "at" and "cc"]

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 22:02:41 -0500, "frkrygow"

frkrygow'@omitcc.ysu.edu said:

frkrygow said:

Rick Onanian said:

In the video for Clint Black's "Spend My Time", I momentarily saw a person on a MTB doing what
appeared to be a trackstand, apparently

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

On the other hand, I'm currently halfway through "Tracks of Glory," a off the track, and the
cranks are not turning. What's with that??

BTW, the second half of the movie was much better, I thought.

While we're on BTWs here, I saw the video again, and the guy was riding a normal MTB; he had his
front wheel turned sideways and one foot on each side of it to roll back and forth a few inches for
his trackstand.

Which leads me to this troll: For those riding fixed for the "better connection with the road", why
not push the tire with your feet, or just push the ground with your feet? Your 2,000 word report is
due by tomorrow's class...
--
Rick Onanian