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 2009-11-03 3:45 PM |
Elite  3091    Spokane, WA |  Subject: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie.http://fixedgeargallery.com/2009/oct/2/WilliamCoryFoulk.htm
One of my buddies is getting ready to do a fixie project, and came across this while he was wandering around on the Internet. I checked the IM website to confirm that he was a finisher this year. ETA: confirmed the number on the bike as well. Edited by zed707 2009-11-03 3:49 PM |
| 2009-11-03 4:08 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
Master 3486 Fort Wayne | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. No way! He's an animal! I haven't even done my first tri yet and I know this would have to be pretty crazy. I wonder what his reasoning was. He certainly was turning some heads when they saw him roll in with that baby! |
| 2009-11-03 4:10 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
Regular 100 State College, PA | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. wow!! thats crazy! must have been a fun run? haha never riden a fixed gear but they look sweet!! heres lance riding around on one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCPEzdZs5s |
| 2009-11-03 4:15 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
Pro 6011 Camp Hill, Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. |
| 2009-11-03 4:21 PM in reply to: #2495995 |
Elite 2645 Phoenix, AZ | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. drp5063 - 2009-11-03 2:10 PM wow!! thats crazy! must have been a fun run? haha never riden a fixed gear but they look sweet!! heres lance riding around on one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCPEzdZs5s All I see is hipsters trying to get killed. |
| 2009-11-03 4:23 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
Master 1610 Kirkland, WA | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. i did a mountain bike race a couple of years ago and the 1st place guy was on a fixie. . this wasn't an 'easy' trail either - 14.5 miles, 2000+ elevation gain, lots of single track. . pretty crazy! |
| 2009-11-03 4:24 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
Expert 1087 Portland | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. I guess it'd be a light bike anyway... I'm really surprised there wasn't more about this... |
 2009-11-03 4:25 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
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| 2009-11-03 4:28 PM in reply to: #2496020 |
| Expert 1139 Austin | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. Slidell4life - 2009-11-03 4:21 PM drp5063 - 2009-11-03 2:10 PM wow!! thats crazy! must have been a fun run? haha never riden a fixed gear but they look sweet!! heres lance riding around on one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCPEzdZs5s All I see is hipsters trying to get killed. And I see the reason that motorists hate cyclists. |
| 2009-11-03 4:33 PM in reply to: #2496029 |
| Expert 1207 Liberty Lake, WA | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. PennState - 2009-11-03 1:25 PM I guess it's a way to be 'different' than everybody else. If putting a 1080 Zipp on the front of a Schwinn isn't different enough. |
| 2009-11-03 4:44 PM in reply to: #2496038 |
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| 2009-11-03 4:47 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
| Expert 829 | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. just did a little reading about this guy. He's done over 40 Ironmans! And he apparently uses Kona as a 'training run' for the Ultraman World Championships in November. |
| 2009-11-03 5:30 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
| Expert 684 Portland, Oregon | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. Wonder what gear ratio he's running. That's hard core and kinda nutso, but rad that he raced kona on a $500 frame. As if the uphill were bad enough, that downhill would be a killer spin. Keyyyyyrazzzy. |
| 2009-11-03 5:32 PM in reply to: #2495995 |
| Extreme Veteran 518 Sault Ste. Marie | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. Are their any steep hillz in Kona..... i know there some intense tailwind descent and the cadence there would be intense. But yeah that vid. is awesome!! ... makes me want to find a crew and bike aroud with them. |
| 2009-11-03 5:40 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
| Extreme Veteran 576 Wayne, NJ | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. I volunteered last month for the bike course during the Westchester Tri in NY (Oly distance) and saw 2 guys flying on fixies and they were up front in the pack. I got to hand it to them, Westchester Oly is hilly. I couldn’t imagine doing it in Kona. I almost did NJ State oly on my fixie, but I got my bike back from the shop just in time, Maybe next season. |
| 2009-11-03 7:46 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
| Member 85 | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. Am I the only one that doesn't understand the point of a fixie in any situation? |
| 2009-11-03 7:49 PM in reply to: #2495948 |
| Regular 100 State College, PA | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. yeah no wonder so many people hate cyclists, cause of guys like that. haha i dont really understand fixed gears either, i guess just another style of biking? i feel like i'd forget and try to coast or stop or something and my legs would start spinning haha |
| 2009-11-03 8:15 PM in reply to: #2496031 |
| Member 19 | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. F1longhorn - 2009-11-03 5:28 PM Slidell4life - 2009-11-03 4:21 PM drp5063 - 2009-11-03 2:10 PM wow!! thats crazy! must have been a fun run? haha never riden a fixed gear but they look sweet!! heres lance riding around on one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCPEzdZs5s All I see is hipsters trying to get killed. And I see the reason that motorists hate cyclists. x2 |
| 2009-11-03 8:29 PM in reply to: #2496038 |
| Pro 4292 Evanston, | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. T in Liberty Lake - 2009-11-03 5:33 PM The Zipp is definitely what caught my eye as well! Like a spoiler on a golf car.PennState - 2009-11-03 1:25 PM I guess it's a way to be 'different' than everybody else. If putting a 1080 Zipp on the front of a Schwinn isn't different enough. |
| 2009-11-04 6:10 AM in reply to: #2496297 |
| Master 2701 Salisbury, North Carolina | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. Durvish - 2009-11-03 9:15 PM F1longhorn - 2009-11-03 5:28 PM Slidell4life - 2009-11-03 4:21 PM drp5063 - 2009-11-03 2:10 PM wow!! thats crazy! must have been a fun run? haha never riden a fixed gear but they look sweet!! heres lance riding around on one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCPEzdZs5s All I see is hipsters trying to get killed. And I see the reason that motorists hate cyclists. x2 X 3. |
| 2009-11-04 7:21 AM in reply to: #2495948 |
| Expert 1092 St. Paul, MN | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. I just started a new thread about this - I contacted this guy, and he did Kona in 1996 on a 61 pound crusier!! He's nuts! http://tinyurl.com/konafixie |
| 2009-11-04 7:24 AM in reply to: #2496564 |
| Member 354 | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. Every four years there's a race/ride in France called Paris-Brest-Paris where you have 90 hrs. total time to go 763 miles with 32,000 feet of climbing. There's always dozens (if not hundreds) of fixie riders that cover the course in that timeframe (some do it in 60-70 hrs.). I did the course in 88 hrs. in 2007 but not on a fixie. I have done several centuries on fixies, though. Not to state that Kona on a fixie is no small accomplishment, by any means. It's pretty hardcore, but doing PBP on one is pretty insane. |
| 2009-11-04 12:43 PM in reply to: #2496264 |
| Pro 4578 Vancouver, BC | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. aquabug - 2009-11-03 5:46 PM Am I the only one that doesn't understand the point of a fixie in any situation? Maybe. I'm thinking of riding a fixing in a few (flat) TTs this year. I know plenty who have done it. |
Fixies are a must at the velodrome.| 2009-11-04 12:45 PM in reply to: #2496038 |
| Pro 4578 Vancouver, BC | Subject: RE: Dude finishes Kona. On a Fixie. T in Liberty Lake - 2009-11-03 2:33 PM PennState - 2009-11-03 1:25 PM I guess it's a way to be 'different' than everybody else. If putting a 1080 Zipp on the front of a Schwinn isn't different enough. I love it. Post of the day! |
| 2009-11-04 12:50 PM in reply to: #2496264 |
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