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Sad as it may be to report, after a prolonged period of not being at it, efforts within the fixie community to be at it, again, have succeded (hexbear.net)
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[โ€“] NeelixBiederman@hexbear.net 17 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Perfect for the kinda guy who trues his wheels every day

[โ€“] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 13 points 8 hours ago

Even then it sucks. Tyres are pneumatic, they shift shapes a lot depending on bumps and centrifugal forces and such. This is usually a problem you can ignore entirely, except of course when you go for that 1 picometer tolerance.

This sits at exactly the point where it feels like it runs fine-ish most of the time but also just grinds away your seatstays