How to brake in single speed?
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Single speed or fixed?
derrick
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Why do you want to do skid stops, all you are doing is damaging the tyre.
derrick
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If you feel the need to show of, this is a lot more impressive.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLGsTjjEAAE
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLGsTjjEAAE
Citius
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Can you clarify what you mean? That doesn't make sense. Also, as Dave R says - are you on SS or fixed wheel?
derrick
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If it is bouncing him up and down, i would have thought it was fixed, but i could be wrong.
Citius
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If it is bouncing him up and down, i would have thought it was fixed, but i could be wrong.
If he's using the brakes properly, he wouldn't be bouncing. You only bounce if you back-pedal..
derrick
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There you go it must be fixed.
totallyfixed
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New one on me, in all the years I have been riding fixed I have never experienced any "bouncing". Is this a euphemism for something else?
Citius
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The only 'bouncing' I ever see is track riders getting out of the saddle to push back on the upstroke - so not really bouncing as such anyway. Something you shouldn't need to do if you have brakes anyway....
Racing roadkill
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Fixed, when not on a track is very very bad
Profpointy
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Assuming fixie, basically you need to keep pedalling gently / let your legs spin freely - and use brakes normally and all will be well.
Although using legs to brake can be done I don't recommend it as there's a high chance of being bucked off the bike.
As an aside, a fellow fixed rider left his bike unlocked one night and it was missing in the morning - he found it in the hedge at the first corner and presumed the thief had tried to freewheel but got high-sided off into the hedge
Although using legs to brake can be done I don't recommend it as there's a high chance of being bucked off the bike.
As an aside, a fellow fixed rider left his bike unlocked one night and it was missing in the morning - he found it in the hedge at the first corner and presumed the thief had tried to freewheel but got high-sided off into the hedge
Profpointy
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It's considered cool though illegal to not have any brakes. It's legal and still pretty cool to only have a front brake since your back up is your legs .
I have front and back brakes on mine and don't really care if I'm cool or not.
Profpointy
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I'm really glad that fixies being cool didn't stop me getting one
