[SDCBC] Fwd: [CBC] Wired mag article on city bikes

[John Eldon]

Absolutely, positively not! I am the guy who converted an old Avanti track bike (wedding present in 1973 from my wife's brother) from inch-pitch fixed gear to a freewheeling 4-speed by re-engineering a SunTour derailleur claw to work backward on the track dropout.

Fixed-gear / single-speed is merely a silly passing fad. Once those folks get really hooked on serious cycling, they will gradually learn the immense benefits afforded by multispeed transmissions, in traffic, on hills, against headwinds, etc. (I really do have to donate my spare copy of "The Dancing Chain" to our downtown storefront.) Choosing the most efficient gear for the moment's conditions is one of the great joys of cycling, even (particularly?) for those of us who use old school nonindexed downtube levers or barcons.

John E.

----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Baross <JimBaross at cox.net>
To: sdcbc at bikesandiego.org
Cc: caboforum at topica.com
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:38:35 PM
Subject: [SDCBC] Fwd: [CBC] Wired mag article on city bikes

FYI.
Do you ride a fixie or one-speed yet?





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