Bikes didnt' even have gears. They were a perch with two wheels you propelled by pushing along like you would on a skateboard. This was long before skateboards. Before Nascar, racing fixed gears on velodromes was the hot sport to see, wager on, and otherwise be a part of. Velodromes could be found in every major city around the world. Kids grew up dreaming of flying along the wooden track at speeds faster than the motorized vehicles of the time. This was before football, TV, remote controls and all the evils that came with that stuff. Velodrome racing, freestyle riding, urban messengers, commuters; the fixed gear bicycle is a machine that has found a home under many cyclists.
This is the place where I will disperse with information regarding fixed gear only group bicycle rides through the countryside around the Southern NH/Maine landscape. My aim is to bring together a community of people who love riding the fixies on longer distance rides. These rides will be at least 30 miles, with the goal of working up to a fixed gear century. Sound easy? We'll see. These rides won't be races, more like "easy" miles with lunch/espresso stops along the way. Or at least as easy as pushing a 49/18 gear up and spinning down the other side of this glacier torn terrain can be!
The first ride will be scheduled sometime in October before Halloween. My goal is to organize two rides a month, one shorter, one a bit longer. Like a 30 than a 50 miler or some such thing.
So check in regularly, keep in touch, and get some tension on that chain. Soon we'll be rollin'.
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