Who rides a fixie?

[mugendork]

Was bored and was looking through ziptied and stumbled on a fixie bashing/praising thread and though I would start one here. Once upon a time I was a Cat2 road racer and track racer on the San Diego Velodrome. I wont lie, back in high school I used to ride to school on the track bike weaving through traffic like a moron...but that was when I was dumb and fearless. Anyways, fast forward 5 years I am out of the army and trying to quit smoking. I put together my old backup bike for the track and have been commuting to work... Who here rides a fixie? Who rode one before they were the "cool thing" to do?

[k's_silvia2.0]

Post pics of one!!!

[mugendork]

sorry crappy cell phone pic, the digi is dead, and I cannot find 4 double A batteries in my house to save my life....

Early 80s Vitus Track Frame/Fork, all bonded aluminum...really scary to ride, lol.

Old Shimano 105 cranks

Campy Record headset

Old Cinelli 38mm bars and stem (cant remember the length)

Beat up old mavic rear clincher rim on a Suzue track hub

Some beat up old front spare wheel

[k's_silvia2.0]

Oh a big boys bike

[sonomadrifter]

i havent been riding too long, rode my first fixie lil over a year ago. i hope im not one of these guys who started riding when it was only cool. anyways i really enjoy it and commute everyday to school here in richmond but i dont think i fit in with the crowd that rides fixies here. i ride an olive giant bowrey, orange deep-V's, race face bars with oury's and thats about it. a lot of people hate the bowrey but ive rode many and really like it. it is a rush in traffic everyday, but i think thats what separates fixies from the rest.

some old pic's will post some up with a real camera soon.

[womenbeshoppin]

make it drifter and put some streamers and hello kitty stickers on it.

[onabulletride]

heres mine right after i finished building it, i've been riding fixies for a couple years now and i absolutely love it. if anyone cares it's a bareknuckle frame, obvious hipster deep v's,formula hubs.

[Brian]

lol, I saw the thread title and thought....

"this looks like ziptied"

[240trainee]

Figured I'd see someone from Richmond post up, lol.

Need to finish getting the shit for mine, got an old ass 10 speed my roomie wrecked and bent shit, figured I'd get the shit to make it a fixie and try it out.

None of those flat bars though, shits are ugly. Was gonna get deep V's, but don't think I will, everyone is rocking those these days.

[BustedS13]

fixed gear bikes are a pretty lame trend. i understand couriers in flat areas (NYC) riding them, but anywhere else makes zero sense.

.....that said i do have a singlespeed (still freewheel) made out of my old Specialized mountain bike. there's a perfectly flat trail a few miles from me that's great for it.

[rainier]

i haven't rode my road bike in a while. its an old school celeste bianchi. i sorta want a convert it to a fixie since around my area its all flat. completely flat. prolly when i get the time, ill do it since i know a couple heads that ride one around san diego. i'd just need to get a roof rack or take it apart each time i bring it down.

[sonomadrifter]

as of now.

the bike its self was a graduation gift and the rear deep v i got for my b-day so its like the hipsterness is being thrown on me lol. but the deep v's are nice, very tough and thats what im looking for. my older brother who also goes to VCU here has been riding for years.

240trainee- i dont go your way often but when i do i make sure i see your car, ive never seen it on the road tho. there are a couple s13's in the area commonly, who has the white vert near you?

onabulletride-i like the knuckles, thinking about one for my next build. how much toe overlap do you have? someone i know is having a problem with that on a bareK. very clean

DRiFTED DAILY! haha

[98s14inaz]

Wow, that takes me back to childhood. I had one of those, truly scary to ride by today's standards.

[onabulletride]

Originally Posted by sonomadrifter

as of now.

the bike its self was a graduation gift and the rear deep v i got for my b-day so its like the hipsterness is being thrown on me lol. but the deep v's are nice, very tough and thats what im looking for. my older brother who also goes to VCU here has been riding for years.

240trainee- i dont go your way often but when i do i make sure i see your car, ive never seen it on the road tho. there are a couple s13's in the area commonly, who has the white vert near you?

onabulletride-i like the knuckles, thinking about one for my next build. how much toe overlap do you have? someone i know is having a problem with that on a bareK. very clean

DRiFTED DAILY! haha

The toe overlap can be a problem, especially with the shitty pedals that are currently on it. definitely worse than my old steamroller, but you get used to it, as long as im careful in slow turns i usually don't hit, and it's never made me go down. soccer moms in suvs otoh...

also to busted, it is definitely a fad, but riding a fixed gear is a very unique experience, and its a hell of a lot of fun, which is why i think so many people are addicted to riding them nowadays.

[smellslikecurry]

you should see the guys in nyc racing through traffic...the courriers are SICK...when i used to work in manhattan i ran into one we tlaked for a bit about how they hold tournaments in teh city...they have to reach certain checkpoints throughout the city like midnight club haha except on bikes...during rushhour...shits nuts

[luisgonz]

I just got into it. Its fun and Im on my second bike.

[DreamN]

don't see what's special about them, but those high seats are seriously uncomfortable.

[luisgonz]

Ride one and you will see how fun "tHay iZ cUZ", I'm going to ride it to Santa Monica in a few days. Anyone know of any ridez coming soon?

[1Via!]

I see more and more in the bike lockers at school.

Seems like a dumb concept for transportation to me.

[luisgonz]

Originally Posted by 1Via!

I see more and more in the bike lockers at school.

Seems like a dumb concept for transportation to me.

How the hell does it seem dumb. I know Los Angeles is nothing like New York, But I can get to places faster on the bike then in my cars. Plus I dont have to use gas.LOL I can ride for miles, $60 for tires every 2 months 5days a week sounds good to me Beats $45 every 5days. You do the math.

[BustedS13]

Originally Posted by DreamN

don't see what's special about them, but those high seats are seriously uncomfortable.

"fixies" are a trend, they'll go back to just being used by couriers soon enough. it's more fashion statement than anything. that doesn't apply to road bikes in general, though. i keep my seat relatively low on my "road" bike (read: mountain bike with smooth tires and road handlebars), i hate sitting up high like that.

Originally Posted by 1Via!

I see more and more in the bike lockers at school.

Seems like a dumb concept for transportation to me.

in cities where your drive isn't more than a few miles it makes sense. here in STL, unless you live IN the city they're pretty useless for transportation. i ride my bikes to the grocery store, but that's about it. i mostly just ride for exercise and fun... and using a bike to commute is a great idea if you like being sweaty and gross at work.

[240trainee]

Originally Posted by sonomadrifter

I walked by you going to Temple yesterday at around 4, lol, was in a hurry so I didn't stop, and it would have been weird anyway

[ericcastro]

I HATE FIXIES !!!!!

I HATE HIPSTER TRENDS!!!!!

probably because I am from the hipster capital of the world, SEATTLE.

I live in LA now and have been noticing more and more of them around. And last week at lunch, at the "101 cafe", my trend sucker friend told me he was thinking about getting one. ughh.
Then he gives me a shirt that makes fun of hipsters, that he bought at a "boutique". and it even makes fun of fixies!!!! WTF, I must know some retartds!




"Since the skating didn't work out, now you can look cool on a bike. its like the whole fixing up the car thing, your not a real racer, but you have a transformer wing on your Honda"

[ericcastro]

Originally Posted by luisgonz

Ride one and you will see how fun "tHay iZ cUZ", I'm going to ride it to Santa Monica in a few days. Anyone know of any ridez coming soon?

dont they still have those giant cruises through LA at night. The ones were they block the roads as a hundred plus hipsters ride past?

[luisgonz]

Originally Posted by ericcastro

dont they still have those giant cruises through LA at night. The ones were they block the roads as a hundred plus hipsters ride past?

Yeah, There fun.......Just to get out and roam around the streets. I can say its like a trend. But i can tell you this, The real people that love to ride will ride no matter what. Others will have excuses. Besides it no more of a trend of Dori dori dRFting jUNk pIle jDM sHITz.LOL

[Dorifto89]

Originally Posted by BustedS13

"fixies" are a trend, they'll go back to just being used by couriers soon enough. it's more fashion statement than anything.

For real.

No disrespect to anyone, I'm just stating my opinion--->Fixed-geared road bikes and the general hipsters that ride then really aggravate me.

Up here in Oregon there was this massive surge of tight-jeaned, sweater-wearing, block-spectacle asshats riding around like they are better than everyone else. I just can't stand it.

Though I ride an S&M BMX so I can't really talk about being cool on a bike...

[BustedS13]

Originally Posted by luisgonz

Besides it no more of a trend of Dori dori dRFting jUNk pIle jDM sHITz.LOL

that's no joke. pile sliding is due to fade pretty soon.

[DUFFM4N]

ive been looking into getting one...but dont know if i can ditch my BMW/Street/Dirt roots...because i kinda want a 24inch cruiser bmx bike

but here are some pics of a few favorites











ill post more pics later

[ericcastro]

Originally Posted by BustedS13

that's no joke. pile sliding is due to fade pretty soon.

Im not so sure though, People really love it. All my best canyon racing stories are the ones were I got the back end of the 510 to come out. and those are from 10 years ago, long before I knew of drifting.

back to the topic. yeah, big urban carriers can ride fixed gears and be all kevin bacon. But for the rest of us, its just a way the hipsters can spread their scurge around easier. I though we had them cornered into Seattle, Portland, SF, Silverlake and Echopark.
Fixed gears are to hipsters as planes are to SARS.

I guess its not that bad though.

I want a real gear bike so I can ride the canyons in the days and stay in shape. Maybe one year race in RAAM.

[drift freaq]

Wow take me back to being a teenager. I used to own and ride a number of long distance Criterion Bikes Peugot, etc... and my Pinnacle a Pogliaghli (vertical dropouts) he used to work for Masi.All Campagnolo Nuevo Record parts, Fiami Gold rims with sew ups, plus other top end parts I have forgotten about. Fuck its been so long. I got into Mountain Bikes around 12 years ago. I have a Diamond Back DBR Race Frame in Chromoloy with Snake stays,Answer Manitou II front suspenion, Ritchie rims, and other parts I would have to look at the bike to remember. LA is not bike friendly so I mostly run these days.

I would not mind one of the newer crossover Mountain Bikes with dual suspension. Maybe I would get into taking my bike places to ride then. City Streets here though are downright dangerous for bicyclists.