Sharp looking bike.
On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 10:40:26 AM UTC-6,
LyleBogart{AT}gmail.com wrote:
>
> Mark, yes, there's something especially delightful about riding fixed
> off-road! I've a Rawland Drakkar prototype fixed cyclocross that has
> carried me through Maine woods trails a forest service roads, high desert
> wilds of the Navajo reservation in Arizona, the old-growth of the Pacific
> Northwest, and the hills of the west coast of Ireland... and many other
> places besides. The simplicity and connectedness is one of the best things
> about riding fixed anywhere, but especially on single track.
>
> Cheers!
>
> lyle
>
> here're a couple pics of the ol' Rawland... :-)
>
> On Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 8:32:38 AM UTC-8, esoterica etc wrote:
>>
>> Just recently I built up an old 80’s RockHopper frame that had been
>> relegated to the darkest corner of the garage into a fixed MTB. It had been
>> a trusty geared commuter for a long time until some neer-do-well’ers
>> decided to make it the object of their misplaced teenage angst. Both wheels
>> were demolished and the rear derailleur and hanger was bent beyond repair
>> (I tried). Pulled what salvageable parts there were, but just couldn’t get
>> rid of the frame because of the memories, so away it went into the abyss.
>>
>> Then as I started doing some recent fall cleaning, she whispered from the
>> dank grotto where she had been languishing, “fix me up, kind sir, if you
>> catch my drift.”
>>
>> I then realized that I actually had all the spare parts to do her
>> bidding, albeit parts that I never thought I’d have any use for, and parts
>> that would eventually have been donated to the local bike co-op. I figured
>> out what would be a good gear ratio for the trails around here, cobbled
>> together a rideable mare and took to the nearest trail.
>>
>> I have to say, after several weeks now, riding fixed on singletrack has
>> been a revelation. It’s certainly a learning process in the beginning, but
>> I actually feel much more a part of the trail and the forest than when I’m
>> on my geared mountain bike (a 1985 MB-2 with a Jones loop bar - a really
>> great bike). And once I get into the flow, I feel I am the trail and the
>> forest. And I’m smiling a lot more too, because there’s something about
>> riding fixed, especially through the wilds, that’s just fun and whimsical
>> and makes me feel like a kid again. Now I know why Deacon Patrick is always
>> wearing a grin in the pictures on his Hunqabeam.
>>
>> So here’s my pitch to all of you who haven’t been bitten by the fixie bug
>> yet, or who have been toying around with the idea- just go for it! I think
>> a fixed bike is something every one of us should have in our stables. When
>> I first got a fixed bike long, long ago, I used it to commute on, and I
>> feel that it really helped me become a better rider. And nothing is better
>> than a fixed bike when you have to ride in snow or ice. But this is the
>> first time I’ve ever mountain biked fixed, and I feel like it’s improved my
>> overall riding skills even more.
>>
>> Anyways, thanks for lending an ear, and I’d be interested to hear from
>> anyone else regarding their experiences with fixed riding, especially the
>> MTB variety. All the best,
>>
>> ~Mark
>
>
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