When he's going backwards, he mostly back pedals. Is he doing that to look cool, or is there some kind of fancy freewheel/fixed mechanism going on?
Quote from: bobb on 21 April, 2009, 02:56:02 pmWhen he's going backwards, he mostly back pedals. Is he doing that to look cool, or is there some kind of fancy freewheel/fixed mechanism going on?Um, go and get your bike and push it backwards. Notice what the pedals do.
Quote from: Ian H on 21 April, 2009, 03:16:21 pmQuote from: bobb on 21 April, 2009, 02:56:02 pmWhen he's going backwards, he mostly back pedals. Is he doing that to look cool, or is there some kind of fancy freewheel/fixed mechanism going on?Um, go and get your bike and push it backwards. Notice what the pedals do.Well, on my fixed the pedals obviously go backwards. On my geared bikes the cranks stay put. Only shitty, badly set up geared bikes will turn the pedals when pushed backwards. And to think that even the crappiest bike with a freewheel ever would force your legs backwards is pretty dumb.......
I do it every time I wheel a bike out of the garage!!Are you seriously trying to tell me that going backwards on a bike fitted with a freewheel would force your legs to go backwards too?
I'm with, well, everyone else - if you push the bike back, the pedals turn!