Comments on: 05/11/2012 – A Better Fate http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/ Thu, 23 May 2013 14:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/#comment-51556 Anonymous Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:59:06 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05112012/#comment-51556 I'm guessing a story, next chapter is : http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2012-06-12 I’m guessing a story, next chapter is : http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2012-06-12

]]> By: Stefan http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/#comment-51568 Stefan Wed, 16 May 2012 16:49:34 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05112012/#comment-51568 Simple: I used to ride a sram dual drive, what makes 3 x 7 gears. To aviod the chain falling down the chainring, I mounted a front derailleur. Because I was to lazy to by a new one, my replacement chainring was an MTB 3x model. So after discovering ther is just one steep bridge on my way to work, I set the derailleur in funktion by mounting a ad. thumbshifter. The Big chainring, covered with tape works as chainguard. Okay, 3x7x3 would also be possible and easy, but I have no use for additional fast gears ;-) Simple: I used to ride a sram dual drive, what makes 3 x 7 gears. To aviod the chain falling down the chainring, I mounted a front derailleur. Because I was to lazy to by a new one, my replacement chainring was an MTB 3x model. So after discovering ther is just one steep bridge on my way to work, I set the derailleur in funktion by mounting a ad. thumbshifter. The Big chainring, covered with tape works as chainguard. Okay, 3x7x3 would also be possible and easy, but I have no use for additional fast gears ;-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/#comment-51558 Anonymous Mon, 14 May 2012 17:49:07 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05112012/#comment-51558 Amen brother.   Folks should just enjoy their wheels and be glad we all aren't forced to ride the same bicycles because they happen to be the ultimate in bicycle evolution and it is 'illogical' to ride anything else.  Heck, the folks in the cars look collectively at cyclists the same way.  "Why are those backward folks using something that goes as slow as a bicycle instead of a car?" Amen brother.   Folks should just enjoy their wheels and be glad we all aren’t forced to ride the same bicycles because they happen to be the ultimate in bicycle evolution and it is ‘illogical’ to ride anything else.  Heck, the folks in the cars look collectively at cyclists the same way.  “Why are those backward folks using something that goes as slow as a bicycle instead of a car?”

]]> By: cannondalekid http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/#comment-51557 cannondalekid Mon, 14 May 2012 16:45:45 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05112012/#comment-51557 Hey, I don't know where you are getting your Kickstand fix, but I am getting mine at the Fixed Gear Gallery.  An entire website dedicated to all things fixed.  We are all riding bikes-isn't that the point?  I have a roadbike conversion to fixed gear.  I left the downtube shifter bosses on as an homage to its life as a touring bike.  Other than no gears and a set of custom wheels I had made, its pretty much untouched in the conversion. (Yes, I left the brakes on it).  I can understand the uproar off taking a classic Bianchi or other frame with a pedegree name, then removing the bosses to convert it.  some things should be respected.  But dissing on fixed gear riders as a group is overlooking the fact that we all are riding.  I have my opinions about the trendie, urban hipsters, but hey-they are riding!  And for the most part with them, its one less car on the road.  Cheers to all.  Ride what you love. Hey, I don’t know where you are getting your Kickstand fix, but I am getting mine at the Fixed Gear Gallery.  An entire website dedicated to all things fixed.  We are all riding bikes-isn’t that the point?  I have a roadbike conversion to fixed gear.  I left the downtube shifter bosses on as an homage to its life as a touring bike.  Other than no gears and a set of custom wheels I had made, its pretty much untouched in the conversion. (Yes, I left the brakes on it).  I can understand the uproar off taking a classic Bianchi or other frame with a pedegree name, then removing the bosses to convert it.  some things should be respected.  But dissing on fixed gear riders as a group is overlooking the fact that we all are riding.  I have my opinions about the trendie, urban hipsters, but hey-they are riding!  And for the most part with them, its one less car on the road.  Cheers to all.  Ride what you love.

]]> By: PlatyPius http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/#comment-51559 PlatyPius Mon, 14 May 2012 13:45:12 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05112012/#comment-51559 Thankfully, the fixie-fad is dying here.  I like track bikes.  I hate fixies.  Or rather, the people who tend to ride them.  ie: hipsters or other perpetually smug people who think that riding fixed-gear makes them better/cooler than people who "need" gears. On the plus side, I definitely sell a lot more tires to fixie dorks than normal cyclists.  And I hear the sports medicine place gets a lot of knee injury cases from fixies, too. Thankfully, the fixie-fad is dying here.  I like track bikes.  I hate fixies.  Or rather, the people who tend to ride them.  ie: hipsters or other perpetually smug people who think that riding fixed-gear makes them better/cooler than people who “need” gears.

On the plus side, I definitely sell a lot more tires to fixie dorks than normal cyclists.  And I hear the sports medicine place gets a lot of knee injury cases from fixies, too.

]]> By: Anon http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/#comment-51567 Anon Mon, 14 May 2012 11:41:34 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05112012/#comment-51567 42 gear? Explain. 42 gear? Explain.

]]> By: Stefan http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/#comment-51566 Stefan Sun, 13 May 2012 13:58:00 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05112012/#comment-51566 An eternal gear Hub ads weigth an bowden cable and a shifter to the bike. Some, maybe most people use a single speed to avoid this. I must admit, I like my 42gear bike (for longer runs, commute and in winter) the same as my single speed (for short distances, less than 2 miles) and yes, my town is mostly flat like a pancake ;-) An eternal gear Hub ads weigth an bowden cable and a shifter to the bike. Some, maybe most people use a single speed to avoid this.
I must admit, I like my 42gear bike (for longer runs, commute and in winter) the same as my single speed (for short distances, less than 2 miles) and yes, my town is mostly flat like a pancake ;-)

]]> By: Tencon http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/#comment-51562 Tencon Sun, 13 May 2012 10:51:30 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05112012/#comment-51562 As opus says below. Also - IMHO a 'fixie' has a fixed-wheel . . . A rear sprocket without a ratchet/freewheel mechanism. Hence the name: 'Fixed Wheel' Often the hub is a 'flip' type that has a Fixed wheel sprocket one side and a freewheel sprocket on the other. So a fixie rider can stop and flip the wheel if there is a lot of steep downhill distance to be covered. Fixies are great in town with few/no hilly bits. Freewheels reduce the risk of popping your knees elsewhere :-) As opus says below.
Also – IMHO a ‘fixie’ has a fixed-wheel . . . A rear sprocket without a ratchet/freewheel mechanism.
Hence the name: ‘Fixed Wheel’
Often the hub is a ‘flip’ type that has a Fixed wheel sprocket one side and a freewheel sprocket on the other.
So a fixie rider can stop and flip the wheel if there is a lot of steep downhill distance to be covered.
Fixies are great in town with few/no hilly bits. Freewheels reduce the risk of popping your knees elsewhere :-)

]]> By: Opus the Poet http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/#comment-51560 Opus the Poet Sat, 12 May 2012 20:08:46 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05112012/#comment-51560 Fixies are track bikes used in the street, or old geared bikes converted to similar hubs. Fixies are track bikes used in the street, or old geared bikes converted to similar hubs.

]]> By: Bicycle Bill http://yehudamoon.com/20120511/#comment-51561 Bicycle Bill Sat, 12 May 2012 18:19:35 +0000 http://kickstandcomics/05112012/#comment-51561 High wheel single-speed bikes gave way to single-speed safety bicycles, which led to single-speed bicycles with coaster brakes which in turn led to two-speed internal hubs, then three- and five-speed internal hubs, to eventually the derailleur system.   Now we're working our way backwards. And would someone please explain definitively — does "fixie" refer to direct-drive single-speed (similar to track bikes, where as long as the wheels are turning so are the pedals), or is a single-speed with a coaster brake also lumped into the category? High wheel single-speed bikes gave way to single-speed safety bicycles, which led to single-speed bicycles with coaster brakes which in turn led to two-speed internal hubs, then three- and five-speed internal hubs, to eventually the derailleur system.   Now we’re working our way backwards.

And would someone please explain definitively — does “fixie” refer to direct-drive single-speed (similar to track bikes, where as long as the wheels are turning so are the pedals), or is a single-speed with a coaster brake also lumped into the category?

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