[CR] Fixed Gear-When and Why

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Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 06:53:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Mike Larsen" <mnbikeresto@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR] Fixed Gear-When and Why


Listmembers; Was the fixed gear originally designed for racing on the wooden velodromes and when was it designed. I am pretty sure it was not designed for college kids to be riding around the inner city with no brakes. But at my early aging mind I have been wrong many times, just ask my wife.

Mike Larsen
St. Paul, MN
USA