Hats off to brakeman!

[swee'pea99]

Thought he was a goner...

Playing tag with a Condor fixie last evening, and the guy overtakes a line of stationary traffic at full (and I'm talking considerable) pelt. I'd slowed down a bit, in case of exactly what happened, and I clenched my teeth as a black cab suddenly pulled a U-ey right in front of him. How he stopped in time I'll never know - but he did...and on a wet road too. Respect!

Careful on those overtakes kiddies...remember, They're Out To Get You.

 

[Arch]

[quote name='swee'pea99']Thought he was a goner...

Playing tag with a Condor fixie last evening, and the guy overtakes a line of stationary traffic at full (and I'm talking considerable) pelt. I'd slowed down a bit, in case of exactly what happened, and I clenched my teeth as a black cab suddenly pulled a U-ey right in front of him. How he stopped in time I'll never know - but he did...and on a wet road too. Respect!

Careful on those overtakes kiddies...remember, They're Out To Get You.[/QUOTE]

'They' may be out to get you, but you can minimise the risk by not overtaking stationary traffic on a fixie on a wet road while playing tag....

Respect? Not sure. Due for a Darwin? Probably....

 

[BentMikey]

What's the fixie got to do with anything here?

 

[Blackandblue]

What's the fixie got to do with anything here?

Easier to stop in the wet...

 

[Bman]

Arch: +1

Easier to stop in the wet...

...than on a MTB!?

 

[Tynan]

faster reaction and better control I'm guessing

if he managed to stop then he wasn;t going too fast I suppose

 

[Cubist]

I blame the cab manufacturers. I was surprised to see one the other day that actually had a reverse gear fitted. I thought the only way to turn them round was a U turn.

 

[Arch]

if he managed to stop then he wasn;t going too fast I suppose

Technically, yes, maybe. But to be riding in such a way that you have to execute an emergency stop, when someone else had eased off because they anticipated it, suggests a lack of forethought...

 

[BentMikey]

No answer on what the fixie has to do with the problem then?

 

[swee'pea99]

No answer on what the fixie has to do with the problem then?

Not really...it was just a detail that kind of registered...'a bit of colour to the story'. The fact that it was a Condor was also neither here nor there.

I suppose there was a tenuous relevance, in that in the instant it happened I thought he might be one of those 'serious' fixy types, relying on back-pedalling only (he did look pretty damn serious), which added to my fears for his underwear at the least. But further up at the lights, when I complimented him on his stopping abilities I did note that he had brakes front & back - indeed, I'm not certain whether it *was* a fixie....might have been a single-speed.

Does that answer your question?

 

[hackbike 666]

I've seen fixie riders in Londonium recently with no brakes.Seems like total madness to me.

 

[BentMikey]

That's all fine.

I was more commenting on Arch's tut tut to "overtaking on a fixie". It'd be IMO entirely justified if there were no brakes, but as you saw both front and rear, I just don't think fixed has any relevance to the level of risk.

 

[Arch]

That's all fine.

I was more commenting on Arch's tut tut to "overtaking on a fixie". It'd be IMO entirely justified if there were no brakes, but as you saw both front and rear, I just don't think fixed has any relevance to the level of risk.

Well, I had no idea if it had brakes or not when I posted. I think as a non-fixie rider, I would personally think it was more difficult to stop suddenly, because I know I'd probably be thrown off. I appreciate that a rider used to one would be better....

 

[BentMikey]

Yes, I thought I spotted some sort of bias there. No, it's just a bicycle. Really.