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02-03-2007, 09:48 PM

....a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My new 27er:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg

I rode it for an hour or so at sunset tonight. Definitely need that
longer 26.2 seatpost I have on the way, I think I might put some wider
bars on especially since it looks like the bottom of the left drop was
pushed in sometime in the past (the only problem I can see with this 25
year old bike), and I think I may drop the toe clips riding flats for
awhile and then maybe put some clipless on.

This is the first time I've ridden a singlespeed, fixed or not, so there
were a couple of times where I tried to shift down. I can definitely
see the appeal of riding single and/or fixed, it's simple, quiet, and
you don't have to think, you just ride.

I really don't know how guys ride fixed gears off-road. I rode in very
little traffic, a pretty much empty LA River bike path and a little
off-road at Griffith Park, didn't have any troubles but when I
encountered swerving obstacles such as the bike path entry my instinct
is to coast through it. I can't imagine being forced to pedal through a
rock garden.

Observations: the brakes sucked back then, the very straight cranks
don't give any ankle room, but that seat is damn comfortable.

Apologies to Wire fans everywhere.

Greg
--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

02-03-2007, 09:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
G.T. Guest Posts: n/a	'ere it is... ....a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My new 27er: http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg I rode it for an hour or so at sunset tonight. Definitely need that longer 26.2 seatpost I have on the way, I think I might put some wider bars on especially since it looks like the bottom of the left drop was pushed in sometime in the past (the only problem I can see with this 25 year old bike), and I think I may drop the toe clips riding flats for awhile and then maybe put some clipless on. This is the first time I've ridden a singlespeed, fixed or not, so there were a couple of times where I tried to shift down. I can definitely see the appeal of riding single and/or fixed, it's simple, quiet, and you don't have to think, you just ride. I really don't know how guys ride fixed gears off-road. I rode in very little traffic, a pretty much empty LA River bike path and a little off-road at Griffith Park, didn't have any troubles but when I encountered swerving obstacles such as the bike path entry my instinct is to coast through it. I can't imagine being forced to pedal through a rock garden. Observations: the brakes sucked back then, the very straight cranks don't give any ankle room, but that seat is damn comfortable. Apologies to Wire fans everywhere. Greg -- "All my time I spent in heaven Revelries of dance and wine Waking to the sound of laughter Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons