Can you remember yours?

[Snapper88]

Being on holiday this week has given me a chance to ride my single speed mtb for a decent mileage.
http://www.strava.com/activities/191608905 this was my first & inspired me to ride this one
http://www.strava.com/activities/192676185
Can you remember you first distance ride?

 

[fossyant]

Probably with the cycle chat clan as I use my fixed mainly for commuting. 65 miles with the boys and girls from here a few times

 

[4F]

Being on holiday this week has given me a chance to ride my single speed bike for a decent mileage.
http://www.strava.com/activities/191608905 this was my first & inspired me to ride this one
http://www.strava.com/activities/192676185
Can you remember you first distance ride?

Yep, went out with @dudi and did a 100 miler to Southwold and back about 10 years ago now both fixed.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

My rides with @Pennine-Paul were my longest fixed rides +100 miles on more than a few occasions which we always included bridle ways and / or canal towpaths...sometimes we wished we hadn't bothered..lol...6" deep rutted muddy NCN 6 is erm interesting fixed on 23mm tyres.

Recently I've been thinking of returning to fixed...my commute to work and back includes the long downhill of Manchester rd from Dunnockshaw, not good for 16" rims. The risk of a blowout is quite realistic.

This bad boy will probably end up in my garage by year end!!....

http://www.on-one.co.uk/c/q/bikes/urban-bikes

 

[4F]

That on one pompino does look nice I think Mrs4F would have a fit if I got another bike

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That on one pompino does look nice I think Mrs4F would have a fit if I got another bike

I've been thinking about building replacement for my Pearson, I recon that Pomoinno would fit the bill nicely, add mudguards and a carrier and thats the commuter sorted.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Details of my first fixed ride are lost in the mists of time, would have been sometime in the late 1980's, I remember my first ride on my Pearson, seven years ago it was a Sunday morning ride to the Railway Carriage Cafe on the Stratford Greenway, the bike was delivered on Friday afternoon and we had a house full of family, with that and a busy Saturday the first chance to ride it was Sunday morning, I left the house and by the time I got to the end of the road there was a big grin on my face and it was still there when I got home, I did fifty miles, I hadn't been on fixed for several years and it took a while to get used to one again, I scared myself silly spinning up on the first decent descent.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

I still don't quite understand why I liked fixed gear. I've fallen off more than once due to forgetting that I can't freewheel (that's why I started stopping to answer my phone).

Ironically my average mph is always higher on fixed even at 66" due to the hills.

 

[Arthur]

Mine was a FNRttC to Brighton on 16th May 2008 (I had to look at my photo album for the date...memory isn't that good!). Until then I'd used the fixie exclusively for my short and relatively flat commute to work. Now it's my bike of choice for all but the hilliest of rides.

 

[Old Plodder]

54 years ago is too long ago to remember!

 

[Sharky]

54 years ago is too long ago to remember!

Ahhh, 54 and a half years ago, my 10th birthday and guess what, my first proper bike. A fixed wheel Hill Special. Can't remember my first ride on it, but I remember my last ride on it a couple of years later. A 2 mile ride to my local Woolworths, where I innocently left it outside unlocked.

Came out and it was gone!