Kona Paddy Wagon Fixed Gear

This bike had a flip-flop rear wheel but I never rode it with the freewheel. I wanted the full experience except skid stops and track stands which I never mastered.

I did spin it as fast as I dared on the Barber to Nato downhill ramp. I was clipped in and struggling to keep some pedal pressure. I was counting seconds: one thousand one, one thousand two, and was pretty sure I turned three crank revolutions in a second.

This is the bike I bought on the day that I bought it. I’m test riding it up on Council Crest. I practiced riding, stopping, riding, stopping. I wasn’t sure I was hip enough to ride it, but I wasn’t going to crash. pdf talk

I especially enjoyed riding fixed in pedestrian traffic. Slowing down seemed natural where as hitting the breaks on a road bike seemed a waste of work.