I felt in love with her – 2010 Specialized Globe Roll 1

[acc]

I cannot speak to technical specs but she has elegant clean lines, a classic beauty. Gorgeous bold color, reminds me of the late Princess Grace of Monaco. A fixie? If so, she’s spirited also. You are a lucky man. An amazing price.

[CCrew]

The handlebars or lack of brakes wouldn’t work for me but to each his/her own. You can live without brakes if you just ride fixed, but for me that gets old. Which generally means the fact that it’s a flip-flop hub is about meaningless unless you intend to flintstone all your stops. Attractive bike though I’ll give it that.

Not to mention I look like crap in hipster clothes

[OneEighth]

A 42-tooth chainring paired to a 17-tooth cog will definitely make going uphill fairly easy. Downhill while using the fixed cog in that ratio will give you a nice workout if you are trying to control your descent (advisable). You won’t go very fast on the flats with that ratio, but you will definitely have a lovely spin workout. (My steel-frame, bad weather fixie is geared 46/17 which is totally fine on most of the hills around here but requires a cadence around 93 to hit 20 mph.)
This bike does come with front and rear brakes. I would advise you to keep the front brake. Don’t need the rear if you ride it fixed—just make sure you check your chain regularly to make sure it’s properly tensioned and clean.
If it makes you happy, go for it.

[RESTONTODC]

All

Thank you for the technical feedback. It’s very helpful.

Yes, it comes with brakes.

[Mark Blacknell]

Nice and clean, on the whole. Bars are just silly, though. Completely unnecessary awkwardness.

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