Fixed gear was all we rode in the 1940s 1950s Gears just getting popular Simplex Cyclo nad expensive Campagnolo This is me on a fixed gear racing in 1950 winning a 10 mile time trial near Brum You stopped a bike like this by appying pressure back on pedals and using the only front brake Real easy once you get used to it
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South of France Handle Bars? What make of bike was it? Good action photo, you are obviously pushing it there and as Smudger says..why the pump? Mind you ever since I saw the picture, I can feel the pain in my calves and thighs. Since my hip went, have had to give the bike up, but at least I am on the list now, only 12 months long! Presumably, all jesting aside, you do not do your daily mileage in the snow, because remember what happened at the Donner Pass.
Bob