fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Rode part way home with a chap on a fixed tonight. He was from Wills Wheels club (me on a Wills Wheels fixed) but he was on a Felt fixed.
Been riding fixed exclusively for 8/9 years now,I cover around 8000 moles a year,commuting and 9 or 10 century rides a year,ride 78" in flattish areas and 72" in the hills,been riding a Tifosi frame for the past year
And that is it, when you "get" it you really do and just about impossible to explain to those on gears what you are going on about. My first ever try on fixed was actually on an outdoor velodrome, a few warm up laps during which the bike I was riding tried to throw me off several times and then I was racing, talk about being thrown in at the deep end! However the sheer simplicity of the riding experience struck a chord with me and I have been hooked for the last 8 years.I ride fixed about 60% of the time, since 2010 when I tried it out and "got it"...