Now this is one piece of work right here…a very sleek, very beautiful bike…the PK Ripper in a Midnight Black colorway. Just look at this thing…it is one of the raddest things I’ve seen. This …
Well today I was looking around for interesting articles on fixed gear riding, and came across a pretty good one that seems to explain and capture fixed gears pretty well...I found it on wired.com. Here is a little excerpt from the article in regards to riding with no brakes, as most fixed gear riders tend to do:
"You take the brake off and you can't get any crazier for field testing your skill level than playing in traffic on a track bike," Wirtanen said. "If you are an intelligent cyclist, it makes you far more aware. Instead of looking a car or two ahead of you, you have to look three to four blocks down the road and have to scan left to right constantly to look for escape routes."
You can check out the rest of the article right here. If that convinced you to convert your bike or want a fixed gear yourself...check out some of these fixed gear auctions on eBay, they always have some good stuff on there.
Check out this tight video of the Wings & Things fixed gear trick competition put on by Busteads Bicycles that took place July 24, 2010 in Ontario, California…there’s even a little bit of skating in …
Oh hell yea, I love talking about John Cardiel…at one time, he was the gnarliest and most epic skater in the world…he would go so big and also slam so hard. His skateboard career was …
