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brakes on single speed/fixies

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  • October 22, 2013 at 5:35 pm #20105
    Bob's Bikes

    Hi hope somebody out there can answer this question.

    I am buying merlin’s single malt bike with a flip flop hub/rear wheel set up, now the bike comes supplied with brakes but as it’s a fixie I feel that they may not be up to the job, would I be better off buying an sram force set and swapping them over (I use these at the moment on my racer and rate them highly)

    Also I haven’t found a review of this bike on any of the sites I visit, so your views/reviews would be good.

    Thanking you in advance.

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  • October 23, 2013 at 5:40 pm #761133
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    Jaltham

    5) You train fixed to
    5) You train fixed to increase muscle strength and how fast you can “spin.” When you start doing long distances, especially descents, brakes are useful to save your legs! I run 48-16 to train on and I can already tell the benefits after two months!

    October 23, 2013 at 3:04 pm #761131
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    dreamlx10

    You must have a front brake,
    You must have a front brake, you do not need a rear brake as long as you have a lock ring on the fixed cog. If you don’t have a lock ring you must have a brake on the rear as well.

    October 23, 2013 at 12:30 pm #761129
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    dave atkinson

    4) you commute fixed because
    4) you commute fixed because it’s fun and low maintenance. you fit brakes because brakes help you stop your bike, which is often helpful

    October 23, 2013 at 6:10 am #761127
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    sm

    Get a front brake. If you’re
    Get a front brake. If you’re running a low gear then stopping quickly with your legs will be nigh on impossible. Plus you don’t want to be buying new tires every month.

    Riding fixed. There’s three ways to look at it.
    1) You’re on the track, no brakes. You stop with your legs, slowly.
    2) You’re a hipster. You spin a small gear and burn your way through tyres.
    3) You commute fixed because its fun and low maintenance. You stop using your front brake.

    October 23, 2013 at 2:20 am #761125
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    ColT

    Raleigh wrote:You stop with
    [quote=Raleigh]You stop with your legs though…

    That’s sort of the whole point of a fixed gear.

    Plus you can do this kind of stuff:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOjx6qI2sIk%5B/quote%5D

    Hardly the ‘whole point’, but anyway…

    It’s quite common to run with just a front brake as your legs effectively become the rear brake on a fixed gear. I personally run with both, (basic Shimano long reach) just in case there’s a real need to stop quicker than my legs will allow. (I think it may be a legal requirement to have at least the front brake, but I may just have made this up/read it on Wikipedia. 😉 )

    October 22, 2013 at 7:22 pm #761123
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    Raleigh

    You stop with your legs
    You stop with your legs though…

    That’s sort of the whole point of a fixed gear.

    Plus you can do this kind of stuff:

    October 22, 2013 at 7:18 pm #761121
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    Bob's Bikes

    As I stated it has a
    As I stated it has a freewheel / fixed rear wheel so harry brakes are important I find stopping before I hit something so much nicer

    October 22, 2013 at 7:13 pm #761119
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    Raleigh

    LoL
    http://velospace.org/node
    LoL

    http://velospace.org/node/6301

    October 22, 2013 at 6:41 pm #761117
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    Harry.horler

    If you are riding fixed the
    If you are riding fixed the performance of your brakes should not matter as much as when you ride with a free wheel. You may not know this if you have never rode fixed before. You control the bike not the other way around.

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