Fixed Wheel - General Tips & Comments

Does anybody agree that horse racing is a mugs game and that it is poor [people who suffer i saw lots of people at ascot today all looking as though they have money to burn and probably winning where as those who have little helplessly throw money on these hopeful four legged wonders and lose there hopes of winning loads and having a better life are dashed in seconds the only winners as we all know are the bookies and fat cats who own horses posh head gear and frocks are the order of the day for the rich for the poor who lose fish and chips if there lucky any who read this i know ive lost my life to the gee gees and wont ever go near them again please heed this warning ...  Read the complete review

If you only had to choose one bike, then you wouldn't go for a fixed gear one. They are fun to ride a lot of the time, but sometimes they just aren't practical. They are bad if you need to ride up or down steep hills when you either have to get off and walk, or brake to save your legs from whizzing around at 200rpm. They are also bad if you have to ride at the same pace as other cyclists, as you tend to ride up hills faster, and down them more slowly than with a bike with gears. The attraction of them is that they have less to go wrong. If you make a fixed rear wheel, it is likely to be stronger than with wheel with a modern cassette hub as it won't ...  Read the complete review

For those who may not know, a fixed-wheel racing bicycle is a bicycle which has no freewheel which means that whilst the back wheel is going round, the pedals have to go round as well. This also means that the bike cannot have any gears as it would be very difficult to change gear smoothly. "What is the use of that?" you might be thinking, "Surely it is nothing but a potential deathtrap!". Well, to a certain extent that might be the case but once the initial unfamiliarity is out of the way, the benefits are immediately apparent. For starters, the bike is very simple. There are no front or rear mechs, gear levers, gear cables or a ...  Read the complete review