You have to see them flying between buses, cabs and people traffic. These guys and gals have no fear in them. Most of them are messengers but there are some young crowd who use them for commute. Some of them stop their bikes by putting their foot on the rear tire to stop the bike.
Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Click the "Create Account" button now to join.
Results 1 to 4 of 4
Thread: NYTIMES article - fixies
Hybrid View
-
04-30-2007, 09:37 AM #1
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2005
- Location
- Bayside, New York
- Posts
- 499
-
04-30-2007, 11:43 AM #2
Ride your ride.
- Join Date
- May 2006
- Location
- Md suburbs of Wash. DC
- Posts
- 2,131
If I had the leg muscles for a fixie, I'd get one in a heartbeat
"How about if we all just try to follow these very simple rules of the road? Drive like the person ahead on the bike is your son/daughter. Ride like the cars are ambulances carrying your loved ones to the emergency room. This should cover everything, unless you are a complete sociopath."
David Desautels, in a letter to velonews.com
Random babblings and some stuff to look at.
Reply With Quote
