Back in 2004 when I had just completed my first fixed gear conversion my father asked if that was the one that I had assembled. Assembled I thought, how dare he. This was a project that I had overseen. I had built this bike. I had created it. It wasn’t simply a collection of parts from IKEA that I had bodged together with a free allen key.
Another thousand miles goes by
That’s right folks another thousand miles. And you know what that means; taking myself out for a meal to celebrate. Did my first ride down into Kent this year and when I came home the clock said 11,001. I was dead chuffed I was.
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If you follow these basic and simple steps you too can keep your bike in tip top shape without having to resort to taking it to the bike shop and paying lots of money. But without any tools and technical skills how is that possible? How little can you really get away with? Well, I’ll tell you.
A is for Air
The tyres are the part of the bicycle that make contact with the road. But the pressure of air in that tyre determines the type of contact. Most people I see have their tyre pressure too low. Why is that a problem? Basically, you have to work harder. You have to push the pedals to make the wheels roll on the road. And if the tyre is below the recommended tyre pressure then you expend a lot of your effort in overcoming rolling resistance.
Some people just seem to have found my site on the internet and others came via ebay because I put an ad about fixed gear conversions in there. Then there is the new londonfgss.com and I’ve been getting many enquiries from there too. But all this seems to point to the fact that fixed gear is really taking off. Which is great I think. More people are discovering the joys of riding fixed gear and single speed.
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