swee'pea99
Squire
Coming quite fast down the hill, overtaking a bus and concentrating on side turnings ahead, I forgot about the speedbump. Always a bit of a shocker on a fixie. 
That speedbump moment
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Profpointy
Legendary Member
Coming quite fast down the hill, overtaking a bus and concentrating on side turnings ahead, I forgot about the speedbump. Always a bit of a shocker on a fixie.
I love my fixie even if it was a crazy buy as a middle aged unfit guy in a hilly city. Nearly came off the day I bought it when I "eased off" for a right turn into the Strand in central London. Fine the rest of the way back to Ealing where I'd parked my car till a hubris and nemesis moment where I rashly attempted a track stand. Passers and motorists were genuinely concerned rather than pissing themselves laughing as I deserved. Anyhow no issue since in the 15000 miles commuting
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Speedbumps on a trike is a pain in the arse 
short turns on a fixie is a pedal hit ground risk too.
some years ago a car cut me off in city, forced me too close to a high 20 cm sidewalk. The pedal lifted bike and me onto it.
especially where the road is not level, which is somethings hard to recognize.
fixie riding requires to keep in mind a few things, all the time. Easy to forget when you follow a while a freewheeled bike that also goes your path.
some years ago a car cut me off in city, forced me too close to a high 20 cm sidewalk. The pedal lifted bike and me onto it.
especially where the road is not level, which is somethings hard to recognize.
fixie riding requires to keep in mind a few things, all the time. Easy to forget when you follow a while a freewheeled bike that also goes your path.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
can't you just bunny hop over them?Speedbumps on a trike is a pain in the arse
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
This is what I was saying in another thread a couple of days ago. I would love to try fixed on perfectly surfaced, flattish roads with light traffic. Potholes, speedbumps, lunatic drivers, steep hills... nah!
Pennine-Paul
Goth on a bike............
What sort of nutter would do that!
I have been mostly riding offroad on my coaster hub wheel now I'm in the (mostly) flattish land of Cheshire
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
This sort...What sort of nutter would do that!
I have been mostly riding offroad on my coaster hub wheel now I'm in the (mostly) flattish land of Cheshire
I did a few forum rides with @Pennine-Paul. On all but one he rode fixed (he hated the time he rode a geared bike and swore that he wouldn't do it again...). He got up even quite steep Yorkshire/Lancashire hills on fixed without complaining but I remember him suddenly groaning when he spotted a sign on one ride. I said not to worry - it was 13% downhill; he pointed out that I had never descended a steep hill on fixed...!
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
On a short wheelbase track bike, speed bumps can cause the rear wheel to skip like a bush kangaroo.
skudupnorth
Cycling Skoda lover
- Location
- Astley,Manchester
Coming quite fast down the hill, overtaking a bus and concentrating on side turnings ahead, I forgot about the speedbump. Always a bit of a shocker on a fixie.
Speed bumps caught me out a few times on my fixie until I got used to it
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Speed bumps on downhills are for leaping over cars