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Title: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: hotdog on August 17, 2009, 09:15 PM: Can't make my mind up with this one. I love Pk Ripper's but I'm sooo over the fixed wheel thing.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DC-PK-Ripper-52-or-54-your-choice-fixie-SE-fixed-ltd-ed_W0QQitemZ280385651588QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4148498384&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: Jt on August 17, 2009, 09:23 PM: yeah why not.

pointless as fook but probably sell a few in that brushed ali finish..

the cash in kings have found more gold in them there hills....( no dig neither..they are doing the best of a bad bunch, thats for sure)
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: se-bmxer on August 17, 2009, 09:25 PM: there nice in the flesh, but not my thing and its not cheap either
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: Jt on August 17, 2009, 09:29 PM: Quote from: SE-Bmxer on August 17, 2009, 09:25 PM
and its not cheap either

tis SE..so not suprised by this bit ;D
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: Dark Diggler on August 18, 2009, 07:05 AM: Get Van Homen on the phone now!!!
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: JT71 on August 18, 2009, 08:27 AM: can any fixie riders answer me this: why?

I'm getting a single speed, an SE, but not a ripper, lol, just a road bike, no gears but a free wheel.

what's the advantages of a fixie over a freewheel?
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: pickle on August 18, 2009, 08:33 AM: Joe, it's so you can look all manly with bleeding legs after you slip the pedals and they carry on round to take chunks out of your legs :daumenhoch:

can't see the point myself and think that ripper one looks like a clowns bike :crazy2:
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: JT71 on August 18, 2009, 08:40 AM: :LolLolLolLol:

but there must be a technical reason? right, off to google it.
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on August 18, 2009, 09:04 AM: i fancy one, but there just to much money, you could buy a decent bike for that amount
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: mattnice on August 18, 2009, 09:24 AM: i ride a fixed as it keeps me fitter because you have to keep pedaling all the time,none of that coasting lark,my legs love it going down hills :(
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: dialledbikes on August 18, 2009, 09:39 AM: I guess bike companies need to make money wherever/however they can in these hard times.

They could have at least given it a different name.

What's next, the Quad fixie?
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: JT71 on August 18, 2009, 09:44 AM: hopefully I'll be taking delivery of one of these today:

(http://www.evanscycles.com/product_image/image/32f/ea1/e34/35429/product_page/se-draft-2009-singlespeed-bike.jpg)

Cov is quite flat, sits in a dip so some uphill/downhill stuff, hoping a single speed with free wheel will be okay.
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: telelogic on August 18, 2009, 09:51 AM: Quote from: mike@dialledbikes on August 18, 2009, 09:39 AM
I guess bike companies need to make money wherever/however they can in these hard times.

They could have at least given it a different name.

What's next, the Quad fixie?

I think that's my problem. I don't give a damn what they build, but why give it this name?
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: hotdog on August 18, 2009, 11:58 AM: I did used to ride a fixed wheel road bike about 15 years ago. I was told they are great for improving your pedaling technique, a circular motion as opposed to 'up & down.' The 'old-timers' I rode with told me they were very popular in the 1950's. And yeah,using the PK Ripper name just doesn't sit right with me either.
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: WARDY on August 18, 2009, 03:51 PM: Quote from: JT71 on August 18, 2009, 09:44 AM
hopefully I'll be taking delivery of one of these today:

(http://www.evanscycles.com/product_image/image/32f/ea1/e34/35429/product_page/se-draft-2009-singlespeed-bike.jpg)

Cov is quite flat, sits in a dip so some uphill/downhill stuff, hoping a single speed with free wheel will be okay.

Looks like something Clive Dunn should be riding in Dads Army that does Joe :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: JT71 on August 18, 2009, 04:21 PM: Quote from: wardy on August 18, 2009, 03:51 PM
Quote from: JT71 on August 18, 2009, 09:44 AM
hopefully I'll be taking delivery of one of these today:

(http://www.evanscycles.com/product_image/image/32f/ea1/e34/35429/product_page/se-draft-2009-singlespeed-bike.jpg)

Cov is quite flat, sits in a dip so some uphill/downhill stuff, hoping a single speed with free wheel will be okay.

yeah, that 's the tv show where the home guard repelled the krauts from our shores...you know, the Germans, the Nazis, with names like "Karl"

Looks like something Clive Dunn should be riding in Dads Army that does Joe :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: WARDY on August 18, 2009, 04:54 PM: Quote from: JT71 on August 18, 2009, 04:21 PM
Quote from: wardy on August 18, 2009, 03:51 PM
Quote from: JT71 on August 18, 2009, 09:44 AM
hopefully I'll be taking delivery of one of these today:

(http://www.evanscycles.com/product_image/image/32f/ea1/e34/35429/product_page/se-draft-2009-singlespeed-bike.jpg)

Cov is quite flat, sits in a dip so some uphill/downhill stuff, hoping a single speed with free wheel will be okay.

yeah, that 's the tv show where the home guard repelled the krauts from our shores...you know, the Germans, the Nazis, with names like "Karl"

Looks like something Clive Dunn should be riding in Dads Army that does Joe :LolLolLolLol:

with a C for the fooking sixth time :LolLolLolLol: :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: priv on August 18, 2009, 04:56 PM: been toying with buying a fixed{yanks call them fixies ;)}wheel bike for a while,these look lovely in this flesh

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/charge/plug-racer-2009-single-speed-road-bike-ec000243
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: gobshite on August 18, 2009, 10:42 PM: £50,000 to spare?

http://www.aurumania.com/#
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: priv on August 19, 2009, 01:16 PM: Quote from: darkersomeday on August 18, 2009, 10:42 PM
£50,000 to spare?

http://www.aurumania.com/#

cor blimey :shocked: :shocked:
Title: Re: PK Ripper fixie.... Yes or No?
Post by: thecrooch on August 19, 2009, 01:40 PM: i had a fixie for a while, scared the shite out of me... also they try to break your ankles every time you try to stop the bloody thing. and thats with brakes as well... as for the ones without brakes thats just madness...
But if its your thing then each to their own... Stodgy will be getting in a couple of the rippers, ask him about the subrosa as well as they are bloody lush....