i stoked that my 180 lb monster mashing buffonery has never stripped a hub. then again i try to use my legs more when i skid.
as for brakes by the time my brain tells me to grab the lever i could already by slowing down using my body.
or most important on a fixed gear in a hectic environment, avoiding.
well put. I negate the function of a brake because %99 of the time (there will always be barely or fully unavoidable accidents) I have already slowed to a near crawl
for me the brake is just for when im tired. sure i could ride round the city without it if i wanted too, but if im out on a long road ride and my legs are well and truly f*cked, its nice to be able to pull a lever to slow down.
the brake helps me in the rain. I almost took off a car door when some idiot stopped in the bike lane to let his buddy out right in front of me. I still hit the car door, but I didn't bust it off... My skid was entirely ineffective in the rain.
the brake helps me in the rain. I almost took off a car door when some idiot stopped in the bike lane to let his buddy out right in front of me. I still hit the car door, but I didn't bust it off... My skid was entirely ineffective in the rain.
happened to me as well, in the dry luckily, the sound of my skid scared the shit out of them, serves them right
I love skidding in the rain, i love riding in the rain to, i just try keep an eye out for an 'escape route' when i'm in a sketchy situation, came in pretty helpful a few times already, even had to hop up curbs so i don't ride in to the back of a car/dumb ass driver, which is not easy on the Dolan!
riding in the wet on a brakeless fixed gear reminds me of skateboarding for some reason, no sharp turns, no way of stopping quickly, just use what you got and make it work
It is weird how the road becomes crazy greasy with a light sprinkle. I find it worse than if it full on rains.
cause the water beads on the oily road surface.
during the rain i have to us an entirely different technique, mostly its my legs stopping the bike and the skids are like a quarter second long between 180 degrees of crank rotation.
i hope i never have to stop for a door, ive always gotten away with changing lanes ( i ride the line anyway) and yelling embarrasing things at the ignorant perpetrating mofo driver
and people wonder why i spent 90$ on a halo fix/fix track hub...
OOPS forgot to count my halo fix/fix wheel... I don't know when you got yours but I cracked mine right on the weld drifting a corner... I dropped my back wheel in a pot-hole and that was the end of it... Personally I will never buy a factory built wheel again cause I've done the same thing with my velocity/formula hand built wheels and never had a problem... people over Machine built any day!!!!
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