"You can change from fixed to singlespeed when you get to a hill, at traffic lights or wherever."

By getting off the bike and fiddling with the hub... at traffic lights or the start of a hill...

This guy doesn't ride does he.

fixed gears prove people are getting more stupid by the day....

I say... lock'em all up in a velodrome and throw away the keys so they don't hurt anyone else beside themselves the stupid fixie bitches. Almost had a frontal with a stupid fixed idiot coming down the hill at me riding my MTB and listenin to the birds sing.

That day destroyed completely...

You guys are hitting the wrong nail. It's not because they ride fixed, it's because they're idiots...

Andrewjoseph I don;t think you seem to get the benefit of this hub. If the description is right then the state of the hub can easily be changed in seconds, and easily done at some lights.

The stems look real nice.

Tall Rubber Duck.

I think I understand the benefit of the hub (I don't ride fixed/singlespeed), and I'm not knocking fixie/SS riders. I'm saying the comment made by the company spokesman seems to show he doesn't understand the fixie/ss mentality.

My understanding of people who ride fixed/ss is they value reduction of complexity. This device is easier and quicker than a flipflop hub, but I don't think the people who use these flipflop hubs change them part way through a ride, depending on the terrain.

I really don't think a fixie/ss rider would want to stop at lights, or the bottom/top of a hill. get off the bike, twiddle with the gizmo and get on again.

yes it may only take a few seconds, but it seems to be anathema to fixie riders.

if I were riding fixed, i certainly wouldn't want to try changing this at the side of the road at lights.

My understanding is that flipflop hub users decide before the ride what they want to use, not during a ride. I really can't imagine them wanting to do so at lights.

I feel that the ability to change states whilst out on a ride is a good thing. It wasn't so long ago that suspension systems did not have bar mounted adjusters and required the user to dismount and 'fiddle' with it to adjust for the terrain. We forget so easily how far cycling technology has come.

Personally I don't think the hub is targeted at the super hardcore fixie rider with full tweed and deerstalker in tow, it seems a product like this (which I haven't seen before) has a broader range to single speed riders who might want to try fixed, or to the casual fixed rider who is doing it for the trend but secretly wishes he wasn't.

Simply having the option to change states whilst out on a ride without having to remove the wheel is a huge bonus, and the technology the hub brings to cycling has to be a good thing.

I don't ride fixed, but something like this would be cool and would let me try at my own pace. Also, it looks far cooler than any flip-flop hub on the market today.

Tall Rubber Duck,

I agree with most of you last post, but I still don't think changing your hub state at traffic lights is a good idea. other times out on a ride, certainly, but at traffic lights, you're asking for trouble. It seems odd that anyone would recommend doing anything at traffic lights, other than watching the lights and the traffic and being ready to move off quickly.

I commute on a Specialised Tricross Singlespeed. On the way in, it is all on road. On the way home I have the option of using the riverside track. Prefer using Fixed on tarmac and single is better for offroad, giving you the option of standing on rougher ground etc etc. This idea would be good for that, along with I have pretty much a east/west route. It is nice on a fixed, with a tailwind - with an headwind, it can be purgatory! As for the earlier comments, each to their own. They are bombproof in the winter. Fixed gear when you are used to it really is enjoyable. It also improves your roadsense, IMHO - reading the road, using the right line etc.

The convertible hub would be good for riding in very hilly or mountainous terrain, because it would allow you to freewheel down, climbing on a fixed is sweet...

fixes will fuck up ur knees and so will single speeds, all that force will ruin ur knees...mupets!

"My understanding is that flipflop hub users decide before the ride what they want to use, not during a ride. I really can't imagine them wanting to do so at lights".

You all seem to have picked up on the comment about switching the hubs state at lights and that the hub goes against the "concept" of a fixie rider. True, flip flop hub users do decide before they ride and fit the wheel accordingly....but this hub takes away the need to do this, so will remove the problem of "i wont take that route because of the steep descent".........you choose what you want to wear to work, and what you wear riding, and you dress accordingly......do you think you'd still do this if you could flick a switch and change in seconds? Bad example i know, but you get my point!

This hub, in my opinion, could evolve the way fixies ride. gone are the days of removing your wheel and re-fitting the other way, simply twist the mechanism and you're away!

As for the comments about the lights....hopefully the companies spokesman wasnt talking literally - more like trying to prove how quick and simply it can be adjusted from one state to the next.

I am by no means a fixie, but, each to their own - i'm not going to come on here calling them names - same as i wouldnt to all you skinny, lycra wearing roadies!! ;) But, i've seen this hub and was quite impressed with its logic!

Rant over.

Jenine - you gear to your capabilities. If you don't mind, I will take your qualified opinion with a pinch of salt. It is on a par with your interpretation, of the English language...Muppet.