So you’re basically riding a little kid’s tricycle — single speed, no coasting, no brakes. When did that become “cool”?
Or is this an ironic use of the word?
I guess he’d have to work somewhere that had people that not only know bikes, but care. I would rather neither be true since I don’t want internal politics over bike styles at work affecting my pay for not conforming to whatever the rest of the herd was buying that year.
So you’re basically riding a little kid’s tricycle — single speed, no coasting, no brakes. When did that become “cool”?
Or is this an ironic use of the word?
-“BB”-
You have no idea, dude. A track bike is pure, simple, uncut speed. Closest you’ll get to a man/machine meld.
…until you want to coast, but you can’t, because the pedals won’t stop rotating.
@BB: it’s the uncool version of cool that Hipsters try to achieve. The irony is somehow lost on them.
I like my fixed gear for some trips. But mine is stealth, it has brakes, fenders and a rack. Definitely NOT hipster, have a city bike too.
This is so 2006…
For street cred amongst those that do “cool” what you need is a recumbent.
A tandem comes a close second.
Bonus points if you ride stoker on your tandem, and do all your steering by leaning the bike carefully.
This guy needs a recumbent
I commuted to work on a brakeless fixed gear for a few years. It was hell on the knees, but it did make intersections interesting.
I guess he’d have to work somewhere that had people that not only know bikes, but care. I would rather neither be true since I don’t want internal politics over bike styles at work affecting my pay for not conforming to whatever the rest of the herd was buying that year.
Looks like Mike Finnegan rides a fixie!