On Oct 22, 2011, at 7:53, frank theriault wrote: > > My working bike (as most of you know I'm a bike messenger) is a > Fondriest track bike - single speed, fixed gear, no brakes.
Serious question, not meant to sound judgmental or confrontational: Why no gears, why no brakes? I have considered that maybe this was originally intended to make the bikes less attractive to thieves - stop for a delivery, run in, drop off, come back out, bike still there. But now that this style of bike has become trendy amongst a certain set of riders, that doesn't seem to be a good theory.... -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
