Comments on: “Can’t stop; don’t want to.”

By: hitechobo

hitechobo — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:42:28 +0000

Although I’ve not bought or built a fixie to add to my stable of bikes, I like this video of the Mash SF guys visiting Lance in Austin. I did feel a certain affinity with Messengers when I loaded my City Bike into my Grumman Yankee and flew to San Francisco and explored the city by bike and mingled with them on Market St. I’d load my bike on the CalTran train in Bel-Mateo and commute into the city. Explored Lombard St., Coit Towers, the embarcaderos, persideo and across the Golden Gate to Sausalito, in my two trips there, to visit friends. SF is a fantastic cycling freindly city but only supermen can ride beyond the business center on a fixie.

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 02:36:54 +0000

Great first post… Jennifer, the movie you are thinking of is the Kevin Bacon epic Quicksilver. I was wondering if there is a plan to organize and list social rides in Denton. I’m an overgrown fixie kid who gets bored of the road rides with older folks that I do on the weekends.

By: Jennifer Lane

Jennifer Lane — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:10:45 +0000

Loved this movie. Seemed kind of a remake of that 80’s one about the Wall Street guy who drops out and becomes a bike messenger. Can’t remember the name…..

By: Karl Gossot

Karl Gossot — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:35:54 +0000

The fixed gear trend has been great as a way to popularize biking in the last few years, especially in urban areas, but the style of riding often associated with it is not my personal cup o’ tea, nor do I think it’s a very good model for cyclists in general, but it is out there. With that said, we cyclists come in all shapes and forms, and so do our bikes, so the fixie folks are part of the family. Fixed gear is fun, but I think the only riders who should ride brakeless should be the racers at a velodrome!