I guess that’s part of the fixed gear bike culture: unusual colouring. Not only in Paris. I am still thinking about buying a fixie … no idea where and when to ride it, though.
Thank you.
My son has one and it is odd to ride. Starting and stopping takes some thought and coordination. Down hills can lead to high peddle rates while steep uphills can be challenging, otherwise it is like any other bike, but no coasting.
Best not to lock your feet into the peddles. I do like my positive locking peddles but won’t use them on a fixed gear bike. Only ridden a fixed gear a couple times. Don’t think it’s for me. I’d rather just spin my gears.
Would be an additional bike to the mtb – but really? I don’t know. Let’s see what spring and summer will bring.
btw – did you realize that the one in the photo is a self-made single gear (not sure about that, but not a fixie I suppose)? Some old boring bike made into some urban hip thing.
I thought about doing that, too – just for fun. I’ve seen some how-to’s in the Internet. Ah, yes …. let’s see … summer …
If you get the chain wheel and rear cog gear in the right range, a single speed bike can be great fun. Since it is mostly flat around here, I don’t shift gears much on my road bike. So I could have fun with a single speed, but not a fixie.
Thank you very much for your visit and both your very interesting comments. It was a very overcast day, that helped with the subdued color. I think for the old postcard feeling the few colors should have been more saturated, though?!
Just the right amount of color, nice shot.
Thank you. I thought so, too. No chance for b/w in this case.
Looks like this bike has lost its grip. Interesting and unusual colors on that bike that makes for a captivating photo.
I guess that’s part of the fixed gear bike culture: unusual colouring. Not only in Paris. I am still thinking about buying a fixie … no idea where and when to ride it, though.
Thank you.
My son has one and it is odd to ride. Starting and stopping takes some thought and coordination. Down hills can lead to high peddle rates while steep uphills can be challenging, otherwise it is like any other bike, but no coasting.
“Challenging” is the key word – I like that …. ;-)
Best not to lock your feet into the peddles. I do like my positive locking peddles but won’t use them on a fixed gear bike. Only ridden a fixed gear a couple times. Don’t think it’s for me. I’d rather just spin my gears.
Would be an additional bike to the mtb – but really? I don’t know. Let’s see what spring and summer will bring.
btw – did you realize that the one in the photo is a self-made single gear (not sure about that, but not a fixie I suppose)? Some old boring bike made into some urban hip thing.
I thought about doing that, too – just for fun. I’ve seen some how-to’s in the Internet. Ah, yes …. let’s see … summer …
If you get the chain wheel and rear cog gear in the right range, a single speed bike can be great fun. Since it is mostly flat around here, I don’t shift gears much on my road bike. So I could have fun with a single speed, but not a fixie.
Very very cool photo. It almost has a monochromatic feel to it….it almost seems like the hand-painted colors on very old postcards. Really nice.
Thank you very much for your visit and both your very interesting comments. It was a very overcast day, that helped with the subdued color. I think for the old postcard feeling the few colors should have been more saturated, though?!