MEA wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2020 7:54 am
If it's a fixie bike does it have a flip-flop hub? If you switch that thing around, you will be able to brake with your legs, too.
Yea, it has a flip-flop hub and I switched it around as the first thing when I got it - That was actually how I visioned that I could do without the rear brake. However the braking length using your legs in that scenario is nearly nothing. On straight roads it can give support to the front brake, and down hill it can only reduce the accelaration but not stop the bike from going quicker and definetely not reduce speed - There were actually a rear brake on the bike when I bought it, so I would have been able to just put it back on but I took it all apart searching for a specific bolt I needed elsewhere, and I had an idea the brake might consist of such a bolt somewhere. It didn't
My bike is a Fuji Feather:
https://www.fujibikes.com/usa/bikes/pav ... er/feather
I switched out the saddle with a Brooks saddle (My ass thanks me!) and then I replaced the handlebar with a bull horn type (great for climbing hills) I also added the biggest fenders I could find that didn't require the frame to be made for fenders. I am fairly glad with how the bike has turned out, but as Bigato points out, I would like some wider tires for winter riding. I would also like disc brakes for better braking capabilities in rainy weather.
Here's a list of requirements for a new bike:
* Steel frame made ready for full fenders and pannier
* Fixed gear
* Disc brakes
* Gates Carbon Drive belt instead of chain
These requirements are pretty hard to fulfill. If you stumple upon one I would like to know. Either it has it all and is not fixed gear. Or it is fixed gear and doesnt have disc brakes and only have frame for fenders and panniers if you are lucky.
just wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 3:57 am
Hi saltefanden, I'm also part of the "Danish software developer, found FIRE"-group
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I very much relate to your epiphany when finding ERE for the first time.
I'm very happy with my own fixie for biking around Copenhagen, but I do have both front and rear break. I really appreciate the easy maintenance. I have 10 km to work and bike 95% of the time - ice hasn't been an issue this winter, but it sure has rained a lot!
Do you work from home or at the office in these times and how do you find it? I've done both during this period and hope that could stay after Corona; working maybe two days a week from home would be ideal for me.
Hey, I knew I was not the only one - I have often wondered why ERE attracts so many developers per se. Our proffesion seems to be over represented compared to others. At least that is my impression. Maybe its the inclination to implement efficient solutions. Maybe its the in-build lazyness that makes us only want to do things once. So we could just earn the money once and for all, that would solve retirement problem once and for all
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Its nice to know the fixie works out for you! I am from Aarhus where it's a bit more 'hilly' lets say than Copenhagen. I was afraid it was gonna be too tough going up-hill on a fixie. So I bought my bike and promised I would try it out for a year and see if it would work. I have been very happy with it. And actually I found out the problem is not going up-hill but down-hill! The pedals can sure spin fast, and the legs has trouble just keeping up.
I like best to work at the office. My equipment is lacking at home. No monitors and the table cannot be adjusted in height. Also I tend to be more focused at work with no tv or playstation in the same room trying to grab my attention
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For these reasons I got special permission to come to the office as the only one during these corona times. But overall it seems the team are having the same efficiency than usually so I would presume if most companies have that experience as well that they would let their employees work more from home. Have you thought about asking for permission to work more from home? - I am sure they would consider it okay if your company have had good experience during Corona