Involuntary Fixie Rider

manwithaplan

I got a puncture on my way into work this morning, probably due to the post-flood detritus. I fixed it under a tree in Fairview Park.

It was the first time I had punctured on my singlespeed and (while congratulating myself on remembering to bring a wrench for the track nuts) I paid a lot of first-timer attention to getting the chain tension right when putting the wheel back on.

I went on my way until I reached the gates at the other end of Fairview Park. As I slowed down, my pedals attacked me. It took me a few seconds to realise what I had done.

I couldn't be arsed switching it back so I rode the rest of the way fixed. The oddness of it means that I'll probably leave it that way for a while just to get the hang of it. I tried the pedal resistance braking thing and found it utterly useless. I plan to put my trackstand-fu to the test. I haven't a clue.

Now, how do I accidentally get some hipsters and a douche?

Piercemeear

Could you borrow a fedora off someone in work? I don't see how you could cycle home without one.

manwithaplan

Emergency Fedora

That shall be the name of my new band. A whole new lifestyle is coming together.

RobFowl

Good luck with that Tat's and body piercing over lunch

petethedrummer

manwithaplan wrote: »

That shall be the name of my new band.

Do you play synth?

daragh_

I couldn't be arsed switching it back so I rode the rest of the way fixed.

I thought I felt a disturbance in the Force.

manwithaplan

petethedrummer wrote: »

Do you play synth?

I do now.

RobFowl wrote:

Good luck with that Tat's and body piercing over lunch

What is this 'lunch' of which you speak? I have removed myself from the tyranny of the timepiece by jacking in my job.

Like my hub, there's no going back.

hardCopy

manwithaplan wrote: »

I do now.



What is this 'lunch' of which you speak? I have removed myself from the tyranny of the timepiece by jacking in my job.

Like my hub, there's no going back.

People who eat lunch don't get to wear skinny jeans!

kumate_champ07

hardCopy wrote: »

People who eat lunch don't get to wear skinny jeans!

pull&bear sell skinny jeans with elastic interwoven with the cotton/denim. Ive gone thru 3 pairs in a year because they wore out at the crotch from high rpm! got them on sale, they are great jeans for cycling, tho they dont last very long

RobFowl

Saw this and thought of you !

manwithaplan

RobFowl wrote: »

Saw http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2056430479 and thought of you !

I won't ask how you ended up over there.

After an iffy ride home, I have flipped it. It was one-day thing. Like Ulysses but harder to understand.

RobFowl

Had one for about a year and just got very bored with it (especially when coming home knackered up a hill)



Fixie not a fedora btw....

flickerx

Fixies are so last year.

petethedrummer

What is it this year? Down tube shifters? If it is, I'm in fashion. Though I want rid of them.

Holyboy

petethedrummer wrote: »

What is it this year? Down tube shifters? If it is, I'm in fashion. Though I want rid of them.

Coaster brake hubs will be the next big thing, I want everyone to remember I fore told this! Oh and theyre going to call them coasties, god I feel ill just thinking about it:(

manwithaplan

flickerx wrote: »

Fixies are so last year.

I thought flickerz were so last year

Miklos

When I used to post here a while back, piles of people had fixed gears.. are they all gone?!