You know you're addicted to Fixed or SS when...

[wheres_my_beard]

The first time I try to freewheel on the fixed it feels a bit odd too.
A fixed gets quite assertive about *insisting* that you pedal...

Like Mrs Doyle offering tea in Father Ted?

 

[wheres_my_beard]

... when your girlfriend who hates cycling buys you a taster session at the Manchester Velodrome for your birthday, and will travel with you then watch you cycling round and round, to indulge your depraved addiction.

True story.

 

[3narf]

... when your girlfriend who hates cycling buys you a taster session at the Manchester Velodrome for your birthday, and will travel with you then watch you cycling round and round, to indulge your depraved addiction.

True story.

Don't knock it! You could have got socks

 

[3narf]

...When 19mph is too slow and 21mph is too fast!

Or to put it another way:

...When you are faster than 99% of people and slower than the other 99%!

 

[SS Retro]

When you purposely pass geared riders on a climb so they can study your single cog from behind!

 

[jazzkat]

When you plan a ride and have no worries about going up hill but purposely avoid steep downhills.

 

[3narf]

When you never need a lower gear but always wish you had a higher one!

 

[arbocop]

You have a go on your mates 'normal' bike and almost fall off before getting going, and when everyone wants to ride your bike but look a little bit afraid.

 

[edindave]

You've just fitted a different sprocket and it feels like you've got a new bike.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

When the pavlovian response to the sound of your club mates snicking down through the gears at the start of a climb is "Coming through!"

 

[rb58]

When you have to wipe the cobwebs from the geared bikes before you can ride them.

 

[3narf]

When you have to wipe the cobwebs from the geared bikes before you can ride them.

I just realised I no longer have a geared bike...

 

[Born2die]

Im really considering getting or building a fixie. Oh dear what has this forum done to me

 

[HLaB]

[QUOTE 2637193, member: 1314"]I feel sorry for people with gears; or appreciate they need them because they are infirm; very young or very old.[/quote]

I admit I need gears sometimes, I hope you feel sorry for me, I couldn't imagine taking my fix up the Alpe D Huez; some crazy bloke has probanly done it though

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I admit I need gears sometimes, I hope you feel sorry for me, I couldn't imagine taking my fix up the Alpe D Huez; some crazy bloke has probanly done it though

http://g.eoffj.com/2011/05/climbing-and-descending-in-the-italian-alps-on-a-fixed-gear-bike/