Wed, 22 Feb 2006
The fixed gear skip stop
I have been riding a
fixed gear bicycle for transportation around Brooklyn
and Manhattan since the summer of 2005. I have a front break but I was
constantly in awe of the people I saw riding over the bridge on a full-fledged
track bike: thick chain, track hub, lockring and that's it. Then there was the
first time I saw someone do a skip stop coming down the steep part of the
Williamsburg bridge detour. Shit was amazing! I asked him how he does it and he
was nice enough to show me.
That was two weeks ago and last night, I finally did it. It was an amazing
feeling. I felt like I had more control over the bike. A feeling of
weightlessness came over me when I picked up speed after the stop.
Sheldon
Brown describes it in words better than I can.
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New web site launch
I just put some
finishing touches
on a web site for a very cool project that
just had it's six month aniversary party. If you live in Brooklyn, check it out
the next time there's an event. With luck you'll find out about it by
subscribing to the event feed on upcoming.org.
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