Ride a Bicycle?? Post pics if you do!!!

J.M.P · Post by **J.M.P** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:35 am

I ride bikes, here are a couple pics of what I have, let me see yours too!!!

Spork · Post by **Spork** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:38 am

uh oh.... it's a fixie thread.

J.M.P · Post by **J.M.P** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:41 am

not all fixies, the only one I have now is the orbea, the others are being sold right now, my road bike is being built as we speak. but im not a hipster fixie person, I dont do those tricks and or trick out my bikes like they do, I know better than that.

Spork;192994 wrote:uh oh.... it's a fixie thread.

CourtesyFlush · Post by **CourtesyFlush** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:52 am

this is what my bike (and person) usually look like after riding......

J.M.P · Post by **J.M.P** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:56 am

very nice my friend, I just got mine built up, only had it out once so far, did get muddy, but had to wash it before loading it up in the back of the integra,, haha. I need a roof rack or something, but none the less nice bikes!!

99SilverCX · Post by **99SilverCX** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:08 am

Dont have any pics of just the bike, this should do for now though:

BikeMS 2008

kleancut · Post by **kleancut** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:22 pm

please explain wtf the point of the fixed gear is.

to me its jus a trendy thing to do.

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:30 pm

I had a nice Trek 8000 back in the day when I had time to ride, I am thinking of getting something a little less off road geared and riding up at towegrove for my aerobic exercise.

J.M.P · Post by **J.M.P** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:07 pm

Well, fixed gears have been around since the 1800's, so its not like its a new thing to do, yet to most it is a trendy thing, or hip thing.

Here are some words from a bike forumm I belong to. I highlighted in bold the main reasons people ride fixed, and the main reason I rided fixed. But with some of the riders you see these days, (also known as hipsters) who ride thier fixies to do tricks, or trick their fixies out with neon colors or whatever, they are being seen more and more, than your average fixed gear rider

If you're looking for a bit of history about track bikes it all started in the late 1800's. Track racing became huge here in America throughout the early 1900's and began to die off around the middle / third quarter of the century (American track racing still exists today but to a much lesser degree, however most forms of competitive cycling remain extremely popular in Europe and Asia). Around the same time bike messengers in major metropolitan areas began to use track bikes for their daily riding as they were fast, light, easy to maintain, and messengers really have little need for gears or braking mechanisms as most rides are high speed sprints through city streets. Prior to this most bike messengers used much heavier cargo bikes to carry their loads.
In the mid 1990's, emulating the style of the bike messenger, "fixed gear" bikes started to become popular options for young cyclists who spent most of their time riding in urban environments. This trend has continued and grown into the full fledged "industry of cool" we know today. "Fixed Gear Fever" is a revitalization of what it means to be young and city dwelling. With it's ease of entrance and high "chic" value you can expect it to continue to grow until it eventually implodes (all things marketed that heavily eventually do) and becomes the next breakdancing and fades back into relative obscurity.

But with some of the riders you see these days, (also known as hipsters) who ride thier fixies to do tricks, or trick their fixies out with neon colors or whatever, they are being seen more and more, than your average fixed gear rider

But that is pretty much the jist of it!!

kleancut;193045 wrote:please explain wtf the point of the fixed gear is.

to me its jus a trendy thing to do.

J.M.P · Post by **J.M.P** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:09 pm

Sounds like a good idea, you could always get a cyclocross bike, which lets you do both, Im thinking of getting one, sometime down the road, gotta get my roadbike built up first though.

btlfed7;193048 wrote:I had a nice Trek 8000 back in the day when I had time to ride, I am thinking of getting something a little less off road geared and riding up at towegrove for my aerobic exercise.