Marty-mart
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Some of my local roads can cause a wee bit of discomfort due to their rather patched and broken nature and it being less easy to allow the bike to move under you due to it being a fixed wheel.
Number 1 ,it's not a fixie.its a fixed wheel, fixed gear , or just a fixed . Fixie is only appropriate if you have a huge beard armfull of tattoos and wear tight black jeans, and cycle around trying to look like a cycle courier. As to the question are they comfortable.yes if you choose the appropriate bike ,l used to commute on a bike based on a steel track frame( with front brake) brilliant for 17 mile round trip in traffic. Not my first choice for 100 miles out in the countryside.
Ah but surely you're a bit of a 'hipster' I'm positive I've seen 'Latte' in one of your posts.Mine's a fixie but I don't have a beard, tattoos, nor am a cycle courier, nor is it a track frame. I have front and back brakes, pannier rack drop bars and mudguards
Ah but surely you're a bit of a 'hipster' I'm positive I've seen 'Latte' in one of your posts.
Ye I would hazard that most riders of 'fixies' don't know what a fixed wheel is
I'm guessing @Teamfixed is referring to those awfully nice SS chaps (like me) that value their knees but still like the quiet simplicity of having none of those unnecessary bits and bobs.. I am always getting asked if I'm on a 'Fixie' though.What else could it be?
Used to love my Lugless Butler fixed wheel bike when I was young and could go anywhere on it. I had legs and lungs then, though. I envy anyone who has the fitness to ride one, I’ve now resorted to ‘granny gears’I see quite a lot of them when cycling about, therefore I wondered how comfortable they are to ride as I can't imagine going up hill without changing gears.
Loved mine commuted for 8yrs on it, got rid of it last year due to my knees . I did like a stupidly big gear but years of abuse playing football took its toll. Its the best thing for teaching your legs to spin ! Great for technique IMO.
No,your knees will be fine just don't push a big gear .I was a relatively late starter to riding fixed ,I was in my mid thirties. The advice I was given is to ride a mid sixties gear. So now my age and my gear size coincide .My knees are in great shape it's just the rest of me that is falling to pieces.Does a fixie bugger up your knees easily (sorry just reading through the posts because I've just got a fixie)?