Let's talk fixed gear!

[Iceblink]

I fell in love with a bike this weekend. I don't think I'm going to get it, as it was $1,149... but there was something beautiful about it.

Hand-made wheels. Fixed gear... Believe it was a hand-made frame... Brooks saddle.

Minimalistic beauty.

Anyway, that said... I have no experience with fixed gear bikes. I think they sound scary. This one does have a front brake... but some don't!

Anyone ride a fixed gear bike? No coasting sounds like lots of exercise though!

[Dead Fingers]

Iceblink, IIRC, Twenty26six does.

[Twenty26Six]

It's fun.
You never stop pedaling.
You slow it down by resisting with your quadriceps muscles.
Tight turns can be tricky at first.
I've never really ridden it in traffic or up/down big hills.

[Dead Fingers]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en8ESzTmSAM

For you fixed gear folks.