fixed, fixie, fixer, fix...
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Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
- Location
- Nottingham
bonj said:MOST of the time eh, except when you wear fakenger clothes.
Shorts and t shirt? Or jeans and t shirt?
What i wear as part of my normal clothes, when im not in lycra
Tharg2007
Veteran
- Location
- Manchester
??????????bonj said:
Does this mean you think I'm a hipster? I find that difficult to take. I own not a single pair of jeans, and am further away from Shoreditch than most of y'all. I only ever ride in one of two outfits. Lycra, or shorts and a wifebeater vest.
I am a roadie who happens to have no gears....
I went out with the Singapore fixie crowd, who can be called hipsters, and they were all a little perplexed by my LOOK pedals and clear lens M-Frames....
dudi
Senior Member
- Location
- Ipswich, Suffolk
Radius said:Don't you 'ride fixed', 'ride a fixie', use a 'fixed gear', and have a 'fixed wheel'?
Not quite.
Technically speaking, although it seems to have been bred out of the language due to it being practically obselete, Fixed wheel is something quite different. We don't have a fixed wheel - a fixed wheel takes direct drive from the pedal stroke. see below:
As the wheel uses a direct (1:1) input from the pedal stroke, the egineering of the bike became that the front, drive wheel was growing larger and larger as people wanted faster and faster bikes. the advent of gearing made these bikes, and indeed the Fixed Wheel as it was originally known, obselete
We use a fixed, geared wheel - where we use gears and chains to increase the pedal/wheel rotation ratio from 1:1 to 3:1 (in my case).
This means we don't need 6-foot wheels any more.
But as I said, this term 'Fixed Wheel' has been bastardised over the years to mean a fixed geared wheel - which is quite wrong, quite understandable, and a pet peeve.
dudi
Senior Member
- Location
- Ipswich, Suffolk
zimzum42 said:
heh.
Radius said:Don't you 'ride fixed', 'ride a fixie', use a 'fixed gear', and have a 'fixed wheel'?
Yeah but what about "whilst out riding my [blank]" then what?
I'm with bonj 'fixie' fits better than anything else, otherwise it would be "whilst out riding my fixed wheel bicycle" which would take far too much of my typing time.
piedwagtail91
Guest
it's been fixed for me for 40 years and i'm too old now to change for the sake of fashion
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Fixed Gear Road Bike for me...... mine isn't trendy, it has guards and two brakes, and SPD's.
Fixie's are the trendy fashion bikes, one or no brakes, deep aero V's or trispokes, cowhorn or flat bars.
Fixie's are the trendy fashion bikes, one or no brakes, deep aero V's or trispokes, cowhorn or flat bars.
piedwagtail91
Guest
fossyant said:
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I have what I would describe as a fixed gear road/TT bike. I have aero bars and deep rims for speed. I don't have a back brake because it's a track frame and there is not a hole to fit one. I have a front brake cos I'm not an idiot who thinks he can slow from 25mph to stop for a numpty.fossyant said:
So, am I still a hipster or whatever, in my lycra and LOOK pedals?
Will1985
Über Member
- Location
- South Norfolk
Not really - gruppo is the Italian for groupset, not a shortened form to sound cool.Radius said:As "gruppo" is to groupset, Will!
