Not too many years ago I used to see a lot tweenie kids riding around on 20" bikes that resembled BMX with the saddle mounted all the way down to the top tube so they had to stand up most of the time while peddling, if they didn't want their knees banging into their chins. I stopped one of 'em on the trail once and asked him what that business was all about. He said they have their saddles like that so they can do "tricks." I looked closely at his bike and indeed saw that it had more heavily spoked wheels, a circular gizmo that slid up and down the head tube with the front brake cables attached to either side so the wheel could be turned 360 degrees, and axle mounted pegs on the front and rear wheels where one could stand while doing "stunts." Funny thing is that I never once saw any one of them doing stunt riding - it was apparent just a status symbol for that age group.
That same demographic, now in high school, seems to have lashed onto "pimped out" fixies decked out in all sorts of pastel frame, wheel, saddle, and drive train colors. Apparently just another status symbol because I never see any of 'em actually doing any head's down riding on them; just hanging with the crowd at their favorite gathering places. Not sure how many bike companies are trying to jump onto that bandwagon before that fad passes, as well. On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 3:18:24 PM UTC-5, John wrote: > > A friend told me they heard Riv has a fixed and/or single speed in the > works for 2017. > > For some reason, he refused to elaborate. Perhaps he is just full of > processed cow fodder. > > Has anyone here heard anything about this? > > John > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
