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Why do fixed gear riders think its more connected? |
why do fixed gear riders think its more at one with the road? its still on a bike just with less benefits and more problems, around turns on bumpy roads its harder on knees your never in the right gear its not very practical original velodrone racers arent stopping and going like in real city riding fads are contagious though after all this **** talking i'll probly get one too Riding a fixed gear can be fun and addictive. I roll both fixed and geared, and both mountain and road. Riding a fixed gear is more of a "pure" experience, in my opinion, which is what I assume you mean by "more at one with the road". Riding with gears sometimes seems like cheating- if a large grade approaches, you can always gear down to a granny gear and crank up the hill on a geared bike. On a fixy- it's all you- you either have the guts and gumption to get up the hill, or the hill wins and you have to walk it up. Additionally, riding a fixed gear is a great workout- you basically always have to crank hard to go, whereas you have the option of "dogging it" in a granny gear on a standard geared bike. Other benefits of riding fixed are a lighter bike (all else equal), and social cache- fixies are cooler than geared (in my highly subjective opinion.) I once saw a guy riding a century on a fixy- now he had guts! idk dude, all i know is that i love shifting gears and the flexibility it gives me...and speed. some people take it as a challenge.. for others it is cheaper to buy a small fixed gear and commute.. and still others consider it a "rocky" style way of training for races (if you do it the hard way, then when you use mroe gears its a piece of cake). It all depends on the person. i dont understand it either. fixies only have one gear and no idler so they have to constantly pedals. i guess thats why they feel more connected- they are always in control of the bike. i dont think they were meant for bumpy back roads anyway. |
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