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Fixie!
Publicado por M at 16:10 on marzo 29, 2008
I plan to do some track races this season and last night was my first night on a fixie (other than the Little 500 bike I cruised around on during spring training camp, but that had a coaster brake, so it doesn't count). I get the bike all set up, which obviously doesn't take much and take a spin around a parking garage without my cleats on...just to get a feel for it. To my surprise, I had a lot more control that I thought I would, so I slipped on the bike shoes and hit the streets. Now, keep in mind, I am not quite sure how I am going to perform on this bike, so I have to at least make sure that I am sporting the fixie culture look. I'm wearing brown cords with the pant leg rolled up, a Harlot hoodie long sleeve shirt (that says "ride bikes be fabulous"), and my Chrome messenger bag.
We head down to Ritual Cafe to try to catch a group ride that is taking off for Jane's big 30 birthday, but I already missed them, so we head to Gray's Lake and then over to Waterworks Park. While in Waterworks, we pull up to a couple stray riders from the group ride...one of which says "hey look at you...before you know it you're going to have a nose ring...how do like the bike?". That is about as far as that conversation went. So the ride continues briefly before running into the group ride. Everyone seem impressed with my fixie riding skills.
Ride continues on. Next stop...A Dong (amazing Vietnamese restaurant. If you are ever in Des Moines, you have to eat there. I suggest 119, 16C, 17, 3C, 20C, and 13 (no bone). Just don't ever get the sweet beans. Moving on...after dinner we cruise down to this new place called the Bike Kollective for a gathering of friends to further celebrate Jane's birthday. Right now the Bike Kollective is just an empty space, but the intentions are to collect old bikes, fix them up, and give them to people who need bikes (that's the short version, I'm sure I left out a few points). Basically, it's super cool, because the goal is to get more people riding bikes!
Yeah, so it was a great party, we left at 10pm, road home, made a pit stop a the grocery store for eggs, cough drops, and frozen yogurt. I woke up the next morning with very sore quads. Sooo fun...everyone should have a fixie.
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18:18 on marzo 29, 2008 UTC Jenni-O escrito:
I'd bet you'll be a "foot down" machine. You'll have the boys runnin' skerd.
14:09 on marzo 30, 2008 UTC Ana Nelson escrito:
How are those quads?
14:32 on marzo 30, 2008 UTC M escrito:
Ugh...they hurt.