Tag Archives: fixed gear

Century #1: Sort Of

In the first part of September 2022, I developed a strange idea: I should ride a fixed gear a really long way. Background I don’t know what it says about me, psychologically, that I enjoy riding fixed gears as much as I do. The overwhelming majority of my road mileage in the last couple ofContinue reading “Century #1: Sort Of”

Accidentally Road Biking

This past year I found myself doing more miles on the road than I ever have. Well, specifically on a bike, but you get the idea. This is notable because, historically, I’ve had almost no interest in tires narrower than two inches. The only material worth riding on is dirt, as far as I couldContinue reading “Accidentally Road Biking”

Singlespeeds: Further Conversations

After the last I article, I still was dissatisfied with the available answer on “Why would one ride a singlespeed bike?” I have a very useful resource to help answer this question: this site’s co-founder, Luke. Even before he spent time in Tempe, riding South Mountain as often as he could, he was very interestedContinue reading “Singlespeeds: Further Conversations”

Why Singlespeeds, Really?

Sometime in the last two weeks, I set out to write an article with the thinking that I might examine what compels certain kinds of personalities to ride a singlespeed bike. I’m well disposed to answer this question because, for whatever reason, the vast majority of my riding time over the last decade has beenContinue reading “Why Singlespeeds, Really?”

Fewer Bikes, More Miles

The people I know that own few bikes do more miles than anyone else I know. By “few” I mean only up to about three, but that sentence doesn’t flow as well so I had to write this one explaining it. The people I know that own a well-established, diverse collection of bikes with overlappingContinue reading “Fewer Bikes, More Miles”

Fixed Gear Thoughts

It’s 2021 and I’m about to write a brand new fixed gear article because I personally haven’t gotten any good shots in on this dead horse. My only road bike is a fixed gear bike, a Bombtrack Needle of unknown and unimportant model year. It’s the one with the slightly lighter shade of green andContinue reading “Fixed Gear Thoughts”