Fixie Bikes

[Millietant]

I've watched a few friends fall off fixed wheel bikes at the track - when they forget that it doesn't freewheeland they lock up the back wheel and then fall off. Lots of scraped thighs, knees and bruises - and that's on a smooth indoor track with one way traffic, no cars/buses and no pedestrians or animals.


To ride a fixed wheel bike on the street is daft, to ride one without having your feet clipped into the pedals is asking for broken feet and shins......in my opinion.


I love riding a specialist fixed wheel bike at the track, but would never ride a bike with no freewheel capability or decent brakes on the road in commuter traffic.