Tag Archives | fixed gear

Riding fixed for the first time

By on 13/07/2011 in Cycling in London

I recently bought myself a second hand fixed gear bike, from the LFGSS forums. My aim was to try out fixed gear riding around London. The steep learning curve Fixed gear bikes are different from the freewheel bikes most of us are used to. Put quite simply, if you stop pedalling on a normal freewheel [...]

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Have you ever wanted to build your own bike?

By on 25/11/2010 in Bicycle maintenance

On a rainy day a few weeks ago I met with Alex behind the iPhone cycle hire app in The Southwark Tavern (great pub!). He was excited to show me his newest creation. He’d picked up a bike frame on Freecycle, put together various components from bike shops, other bikes, second hand and so forth [...]

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101+ fixed gear and ss bike links

By on 09/11/2009 in Features

A big collection of fixed gear and single speed resources including fixie blogs, how to build a fixed gear bike, fixed gear forums, books and video

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