I am missing exercise, but too busy at the mo, 1 1/2 weeks to go, then back into it
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I've got close to 5K miles on my single speed 48x18. To make it a fixie you just flip the rear tire around and remove the cover which hide the threads for the rear gear....spin it on (the gear of choice), put on a lock nut of some sort and get some skinny jeans and reek irony.....
Prepare for zero respect on the road if that means anything to you, it did to me at first because I rode the crap out of a road bike in the 80's and got a single speed when I turned 60 (gift). All cyclists waved to each other back then. The roadies of today who mainly ride in coveys, and look genetically engineered to look like praying mantis' ignore you, the fixie cult will ignore you (if you are on a single speed)....the casual biker will ignore you....so prepare for serenity in the saddle....that's how it is in this part of the world, Metro DC. But fun.....you can only go so fast with one gear and I play let's see if we can break the 33.1 mile an hour record today.....sure you can find a steeper hill but you have to get back up that hill!
Have Fun
Went out this afternoon for a quick run up to the tattoo shop, a visit-and-shmooze with the guys, then back home. Hot 'n humid. Here's the proof that it happened (cellphone photography by JimmyHAD).
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...ooShop-med.jpg