LEVEL 4 / POST 7 (WEEK 9): THEMED / FREE POST
Dear students,
Nineth week, and this time it’s our seventh blog session, in which you will write a free post/topic on your blog.
IMPORTANT:
Remember! After your writing activity you must read and leave comments on my blog and on 3 of your classmates' posts.
This is a 230 words post (as a minimum).
Riding a bicycle without brakes sounds like a rash move, but a new wave of cyclists is eschewing traditional bikes for a stripped-down machine known as a fixed-gear. It is one of the most basic machines you can build with two wheels. A fixed-gear bike – or fixie – has no derailleur as it has only one gear, so as long as the wheels turn, so do the pedals. Its rider can’t freewheel and the only way to brake is to stand on the pedals.
The fixed-gear’s renaissance supposedly stems from West Indian immigrants in New York working as cycle couriers in the Eighties. They had used them at home because they were cheap and easy to maintain, and continued using them in the US. Their popularity spread throughout the courier community, crossing to the UK and other countries.
Remember! After your writing activity you must read and leave comments on my blog and on 3 of your classmates' posts.
This is a 230 words post (as a minimum).
Riding a bicycle without brakes sounds like a rash move, but a new wave of cyclists is eschewing traditional bikes for a stripped-down machine known as a fixed-gear. It is one of the most basic machines you can build with two wheels. A fixed-gear bike – or fixie – has no derailleur as it has only one gear, so as long as the wheels turn, so do the pedals. Its rider can’t freewheel and the only way to brake is to stand on the pedals.
The fixed-gear’s renaissance supposedly stems from West Indian immigrants in New York working as cycle couriers in the Eighties. They had used them at home because they were cheap and easy to maintain, and continued using them in the US. Their popularity spread throughout the courier community, crossing to the UK and other countries.
As the fixie craze has taken off so has the number of new riders who enter ‘alleycats’ – unofficial road races consisting of a series of checkpoints on a set route. Alleycats originated in America and were organised for and by cycle couriers but now inexperienced riders participate.
These races now take place in British cities and threaten to colour public opinion of the growing urban cyclist subculture.
Sometimes, I ride a bike as a way to destress me so I would like someday see those races. I think that they will be funny.
ReplyDeleteEverything sounds very interesting, from races to types of bicycles, the truth is I don't know much about this, I don't ride to much, but when I do it, I like it, although I must say that I would like to ride more
ReplyDeletesounds scary to ride a bike without brakes 😥
ReplyDeleteI like to ride a bike, but I wouldn't ride without brakes, sometimes where I ride, there is too much slope, so I would be very afraid to fall (besides there is no bike path)
ReplyDeleteHi! Wow, I didn´t know these races. I think that are so cool, a little dangerous, but interesting. Now, I would like go to see one.
ReplyDeleteI liked to ride a bike I stopped riding it a long time ago I would like to go back and try it without brakes
ReplyDeleteI never learned how to ride a bike, and doing it without brakes sounds really scary tbh.
ReplyDeleteI don't know nothing about bikes, literally never learned how to ride one, and this only made me more afraid of them:(
ReplyDeleteI have a bike similar to yours but decided to buy with brakes haha i'm just starting a ride newly
ReplyDeletethat sounds great, i thing that is a little more difficult don't use brakes
ReplyDeleteHow exciting it is to ride a bike! I would like try mountain bike
ReplyDeleteHi! You made me remember that in my college there was a bicycle workshop to repair and assemble this vehicle. I think it's gone now, but it was nice to see the students working on their bikes.
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