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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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[–] danisth@hexbear.net 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

without some form of axle controlling mechanism

You mean like putting all your bodyweight into torquing your axle bolts down right?

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

data-laughing

Something like this if the frame doesn't have axle alignment screws built in. Mostly only needed on the drive side since that is where the majority of torque is applied. Bottle opener function is just a nice bonus.