Rural Fixed gear

Dizraeligears

Longtime lurker here and elsewhere
Any culchies out there?
I commute ten miles of largely deserted contry roads on my single speed/fixed.
I also ride road with a club and also a bit offroad.So ive got a bit of everything.
The whole fixed thing seems to be very city/urban/style based.Doesnt it.
Anyone out there enjoyin the country roads,away from all ye mad f**ckers in the city?http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8GzNd4Yn3c

SubLuminal

Dizraeligears wrote: »

Longtime lurker here and elsewhere
Any culchies out there?
I commute ten miles of largely deserted contry roads on my single speed/fixed.
I also ride road with a club and also a bit offroad.So ive got a bit of everything.
The whole fixed thing seems to be very city/urban/style based.Doesnt it.
Anyone out there enjoyin the country roads,away from all ye mad f**ckers in the city?http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8GzNd4Yn3c

Nope. But thats a big tune - fixed the link for you - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8GzNd4Yn3c

tulachmhor

Dizraeligears wrote: »

Longtime lurker here and elsewhere
Any culchies out there?
I commute ten miles of largely deserted contry roads on my single speed/fixed.
I also ride road with a club and also a bit offroad.So ive got a bit of everything.
The whole fixed thing seems to be very city/urban/style based.Doesnt it.
Anyone out there enjoyin the country roads,away from all ye mad f**ckers in the city?http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8GzNd4Yn3c

Tis surely an urban-style thing.
Very rare to see another fixie in obscure provincial towns.
In fact I usually have a good aul gawk at manys a bike just to double-check if it is indeed a single-speed/fixed.However,I'm always disappointed to see the sight of multiple sprockets and deraileurs.
Even though I do own a 'proper' rothar meself.

Greyspoke

Almost all my cycling these days is on quiet country lanes in Kildare, mostly on my mudguarded, mud-caked Tricross single in fixed mode. It's pretty flat so fixed is fine, just have to watch out for the poor state of the roads.

Lumen

Are you the only hipster in the village?

Nietzschean

Greyspoke wrote: »

Almost all my cycling these days is on quiet country lanes in Kildare, mostly on my mudguarded, mud-caked Tricross single in fixed mode. It's pretty flat so fixed is fine, just have to watch out for the poor state of the roads.

You use a bike in any other setting other than fixed?

Captain Havoc

Well boss, how's she cuttin'? How in the name of jaysus do you think I'm gonna ride a fixie up through the farm?

Nietzschean

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Well boss, how's she cuttin'? How in the name of jaysus do you think I'm gonna ride a fixie up through the farm?

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blorg

Nietzschean wrote: »

You use a bike in any other setting other than fixed?

I'm pretty sure he has a mountain bike with gears on it.

Dizraeligears

Lumen wrote: »

Are you the only hipster in the village?

Village?Village?Villages are a luxury where I am!
Could be the only one in the Townland though...

silver campaign

I live in a small provincial town about 1.5hrs from dublin and have one. I built it out of old bike parts and bits off e-bay mainly just for something to do to keep me occupied.
I just use it for tipping down to the shop and walking the dog, he hasn't caused any accidents yet touch wood...

Itsfixed

Lumen wrote: »

Are you the only hipster in the village?

Not in Greyspoke's village, anyway. Oh hold on, I recently swapped round my fixed cog to the SS freewheel cog. Maybe he is, then.

Greyspoke

Nietzschean wrote: »

You use a bike in any other setting other than fixed?

The Tricross has been fixed since the day I got it just over a year ago, also have a Langster that has been in fixed mode for the past 18 months. I've only ridden a geared road bike on a few occasions in recent times - funny though, I always seem to be able to go quite a bit quicker!
The mountain bikes are definitely not fixed!