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Originally Posted by SmokeSomeDoja
word -- ill see how it goes, more than likely im going to add a coaster and handle brakes - its cool because once you have the freewheel mechanism, you can just flip the tire and make it fixed gear or not, so im not really stuck with one or the other. -- alot of my friends ride fixed around the city with no brakes or helmets. -- nice man, i bet there are some beautiful spots to ride thurr. |
nice bike. your friends are pretty insane. i would probably kill myself trying to coast and end up falling in front of some giant truck. at least get a front brake! weight is transferred forward during breaking so if you are only resisting the motion of the pedals or even worse skidbreaking then your weigh shifts to the front tire and you lose lots of braking power. might be problematic if you got any sort of an incline around you or a decent amount of speed.
ive always wanted to try riding one because you can ride backwards if you fancy it
i live basically in mountainbikeheaven. i live on the absolute edge of oslo basically out in the forest. the biking/hiking/skiing/whatever trails are so numerous i may not be able to fully explore them all before i leave in july. they are lit up at night until 11pm by massive lights. norwegians like to use lots of electricity.