Fixed Gear (Fixie) vs Single Speed Gearing
Win Allred <winallred-/[email protected]>
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At age 74, I grew up in the era where very few people rode "racing bikes", defined as mostly 3 speed Sturmey Archer hubs and hand brakes or very rarely a derailleur geared bike all of which were able to coast and had brakes of some sort. A Fixed Gear by defination does not provide for coasting and many do not have brakes installed, you slow them by exerting counter pedaling effort. I damn near killed myself trying to ride a Fixie a few years ago with some of my racing buds. I will say I was fairly warned but my ego got in the way of my common sense! Win Allred Live for Today, Yesterday is Gone, Tomorrow may not Arrive!