Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Man Up!!!

who can wheelie their fixie ???

who can bunny hop ???

who can do backward figure eights ???

MAN UP!!!

who the f*ck cares?

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mikorp... I have a feeling I met you this past weekend at the film festival out in front of trackstar.

oh and mash was amazing, can't wait to see the whole thing...

mashsf.com

I'm usually bored with skids, but that leg over 360 skid was niice...
also the clip of them bombing that wide hill leading the cars...
good clip

MAN UP!!!

No.

No offense, but fixie tricks are worse than 70's and 80's BMX tricks. At least with BMX there was room for progression. I think that skidding variations, wheelies, the Pedaling Deathtruck (no one has done this yet that I know of) is as good as it's gonna get.

If you are looking for a list of tricks that will never be done on a fixed gear, go here: http://www.23mag.com/tricks/flat.htm

Here's the master himself, Kevin Jones:

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No offense, but fixie tricks are worse than 70's and 80's BMX tricks. At least with BMX there was room for progression. I think that skidding variations, wheelies, the Pedaling Deathtruck (no one has done this yet that I know of) is as good as it's gonna get.

first of all, I disagree...there is always room for progression on a fixie...

secondly...in your talking in comparison to bmx bikes, you're right in the sense that there is no comparison in terms of doing tricks...

but...a fix gear is not a trick bike (at least most aren't)...'s still fun to learn and do tricks on them (especially the useful ones) tho

I find it awesome if people do tricks on "real" bike that are not made for it.

As a BMXer who also rides a track bike, I must say that I find most fixie tricks to be kind of lame- I enjoy skidding, wheelies, and bunnyhops on a track bike, but the other stuff just comes off as way to trials-ish and kinda goofy. I guess for me it just boils down to liking tricks at high speed more than stationary balancing.

I can wheelie anything :D

No offense, but fixie tricks are worse than 70's and 80's BMX tricks. At least with BMX there was room for progression. I think that skidding variations, wheelies, the Pedaling Deathtruck (no one has done this yet that I know of) is as good as it's gonna get.

The pedaling deathtruck has been done on a track bike- there's some unbelieveable videos floating around out there, although they feature gymnists rather than ordinary bike riders.

the **** is a pedaling deathtruck? i think that's what i'll name this future build i'm putting together in my head these days.

the **** is a pedaling deathtruck? i think that's what i'll name this future build i'm putting together in my head these days.

Bike vertical on the back wheel, with your crotch over the headtube, and pedaling- I think usually in a circle. I don't ride flat, so don't hold me to this.

the **** is a pedaling deathtruck?

This guy is rolling forward. This is actually harder with a freewheel than a fixed gear. You can modulate a fixed gear, FW goes one direction.

http://www.ewirezine.com/riding/photos/flatland/images/mattwilhelm.jpg

Pic credit: http://www.ewirezine.com/riding/photos/flatland/index.shtml

These bikes will never be flatland bikes. that's not the intent. I think the bike ballet stuff is very soft, artistic cycling has that taken care of. most messenger events are a drunkin version of track and field events. traffic, hills, going 40+, and being creative is what it's all about.

oh, so that's a pedaling deathtruck. still, when i build my fixed beater/big kid bmx (so to speak, i know with flatland badassses and such, bmx is big kid stuff anyway)...i still think i'll call it The Pedaling Deathtruck.

s**t, dudes. no one's ever gonna get more tech than the (cirque du solei extras) freestyle scene in "quicksilver".

**** dude, tricks are lame. my only trick is delivering packages on time.

-jason

mikorp... I have a feeling I met you this past weekend at the film festival out in front of trackstar.

oh and mash was amazing, can't wait to see the whole thing...

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who the f*ck cares?

I've never really considered tricks on my fixie. I mean, I suppose that skids, bunnyhops, and trackstands *are* tricks, but I've always just considered those part of riding the bike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyKKYuCO7C0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_J3Oq9Jys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyKKYuCO7C0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_J3Oq9Jys

Scott's showing you what's up, huh? haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyKKYuCO7C0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_J3Oq9Jys

:eek: :eek: :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyKKYuCO7C0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_J3Oq9Jys

im' pretty impressed by the landing-backwards-spinning-forwards dealie.

and the rider's use of trees.

Scott's showing you what's up, huh? haha

shhhhh. he just got his bmx back together so he's been making me watch all sorts of crazy videos :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN-7-ztz97E

Thanks for sharing those links, they give me good feelings :beer: especially when I see a familiar old skate spot or two still being rocked.

Maybe I'm just too simple, but to me it really doesn't matter who's doing what tricks on what device.
I just like to see people getting up and doing it.

man those videos made me pee myself a little




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the manual to the rolling endo off the park bench in the first vid is sooo smooth. I watch a lot of street MTB vids and seeing the stuff the 20in. guys are doing makes you realize you should probably just give up now because there's no way MTB (or in this case track bikes) will ever be able to compare in terms of progression.

Thanks for sharing those links, they give me good feelings :beer: especially when I see a familiar old skate spot or two still being rocked.

Maybe I'm just too simple, but to me it really doesn't matter who's doing what tricks on what device.
I just like to see people getting up and doing it.

+1

I used to hit up the brooklyn bridge banks on my skateboard back in the days

those flatland bmx vids are 100x more impressive than a 200ft skid. (but only 10x as impressive as a 2000ft skid)

who is this steven hamiliton dude, im watching his video things start to look familiar, then i realize that hes tearing up ohio state in most that video. I think i saw him do that round wall ride the other day, i donnt know many kids that can do that.. is he from columbus?

yea. hes part of team animal.

I gotta put some pegs on my fixie.

sweeeet.
could you mount grind pegs on a 700C"?

I don't know sh*t from shinola about BMX but steven hamilton is like the amazing bike bastard child of Rodney Mullen and Brian Iguchi circa 96

sweeeet.
could you mount grind pegs on a 700C"?

no, but we could all learn how to kick ass on bmx bikes instead of doing the same six tricks on track bikes. or not. i just like getting from a to b quickly, and i look like an underfed orangutan on a bmx.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyKKYuCO7C0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_J3Oq9Jys

I watched the first video at work, and actually started giggling. It makes me just want to give up and never ride my bike again.

Yo! That video of Ratboy is tight!

Here's the guy that taught Ratboy all about BMX back in Phoenix.

Mark "The Gonz" Gonzalez. This guy is credited with inventing modern Street riding:

180-Fastplant-fakie, Knoxville
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One-Handed fastplant tailwhip, Knoxville
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Copyright 2002 Carleton Hall (me)

Yo! That video of Ratboy is tight!

Here's the guy that taught Ratboy all about BMX back in Phoenix.

Mark "The Gonz" Gonzalez. This guy is credited with inventing modern Street riding:

180-Fastplant-fakie, Knoxville
Copyright 2002 Carleton Hall (me)


One-Handed fastplant tailwhip, Knoxville
Copyright 2002 Carleton Hall (me)

after he created modern street skating? Same guy? There can be only one Gonz

after he created modern street skating? Same guy? There can be only one Gonz

2 different guys. although the skateboarder gonz just started messing with bmx and is amazing.

after he created modern street skating? Same guy? There can be only one Gonz


Hahaha! I was the same way when I heard of the skate Gonz. I was like, "He skates, too??"

It's crazy. They both legends pioneered street versions of their respective sports at the same time. They are about the same age. The BMX Gonz was in Phoenix and the Skate Gonz in SF.

You mean the biking Gonz is from the 80's too? That's twisted. The skater....man he was somethin' to watch back then.
DUDEMAN: he just started messin' with BMX? I wonder if his knees are as shot as mine after 25 years of skating? :lol:

what's crazy is that there's actually a third Gonz, and he occasionally posts on this very forum.

didn't Nostradamus write about some sh*t like this?

mufukas mannin' up since back in the day!!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5170625815215548128&q=bicycle

dudes need to step up they game

I thought "man up" meant "pick a man on the opposing basketball/football team and cover him."

anyone have another version of the mash promo? the tool bar loads the video and it plays the music but no images appear

you might need to update your quicktime version?


anyone have another version of the mash promo? the tool bar loads the video and it plays the music but no images appear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyKKYuCO7C0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_J3Oq9Jys


Makes me sick..I used to be a BMXer, but the stuff they are doing these days is so beyond what anyone would have concieved of back when I was riding (late 80s mostly). Its just sick nowadays.

The urban/street aspect of fixed gear biking has got me thinking about BMX again. Anybody here do both? I'd love to jump back on a 20 inch...I'm sure I could still pull rolling tailwhips, hang fives, and maybe a wall ride or two..its been so long though. Forget about stuff like handrail grind to 360 bunnyhop to manual wallride...this new stuff is way outta my range.