On Oct 22, 2011, at 5:53 AM, frank theriault wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> I suspect that photography is an art from that attracts people who like >> things mechanical. Maybe it's just the high percentage of Y chromosomes, or >> maybe something about photography attracts gear heads. Walt's recent post >> has prompted several people to talk about their bikes, but I bet almost >> every one on this list has a camera, and most of you know how to use it. >> So, how about posting photos of your bikes? >> >> I suspect that there are some interesting ones owned by the members of the >> PDML. > > My working bike (as most of you know I'm a bike messenger) is a > Fondriest track bike - single speed, fixed gear, no brakes. Aluminium > frame, carbon fork, handmade in Italy, at about 18 pounds it's not > light but it suits me well. I could shed several pounds if I went for > super lightweight components, but that would cost lots and might > affect durability. Here it is after a working day in the winter, with > fenders (they come off the other three seasons) and lights: > > http://mondociclismo.blogspot.com/2010/01/welcome-to-canada.html
It's a pretty bike, and I've got a lot of respect for anyone who can ride in those sorts of conditions. What I don't understand is the functional advantage of riding a fixie. Do you often have to pedal backwards? And why not have brakes, other than to show that you're too cool to need them? Even if you can pedal backwards hard enough to lock up the rear wheel in an emergency, that only gives you half the traction for stopping (less actually) than if you also had a front brake. In the bay area the fixie fad has served to reduce our hipster population as several times a year, someone on one fails to stop for a red light. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
