Any big guys on a fixie?

[atombob]

I started riding a fixie due to my commute being a little shorter. I figured if I can't coast all the better. :) It's even more fun to see that everyone else riding fixed gear bikes are skinny vegan 20 year old scenester kids.

Just curious who else has ventured into this world.

cheers!

[dobber]

240+, been riding fixed for years (Cross-Check, 1x1, GTB Track).

[Caincando1]

I applaud you both. I'm a pedal and coast kind of a guy.

[Costello]

280 lb vegetarian rider here :P

[flip18436572]

I don't commute to work and live in a small hilly town, where I use all of my gears when I am on the road bike. If I lived somewhere else, a fixie might be worth it, but since I rarely coast I am not too worried about it either. Coasting is rare, unless I have to stop.

[jyossarian]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2089/1572981450_622407725f.jpg
Yup. Fixies = fun.

[rykoala]

I was until I got hurt. Love it! 308lbs, 48/17.

[themickeyd]

I love both a thick steak and riding my converted Schwinn fixie. Even at 350 it's a blast to ride to work, the longest I have done was a 38 mile club ride.

[SpiderMike]

I have loved it since the first time to ride fixed. my knees took some convincing.

[Black Shuck]

Yup.

http://gallery.rhapsody.st/albums/ironfist_bk/bk16.sized.jpg

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I would, but the hills in Florida require too much shifting.

[flip18436572]

I was in Florida. I don't remember any hills. :-)

[themickeyd]

I was in Florida. I don't remember any hills. :-)

I was down at Dizzy World in April and saw a lot of local riders coming off highway overpasses with nose bleeds. . . .:D

[Mofopotomus]

Yup, the fixed gear is your friend. The more I learn about fixing bikes the more I love my fixed gear. The dirty little secret is of course they're not that much harder then a road bike and in some cases they're better.

[Kid-Cycle]

I built a fixie a few months ago (73 Raleigh Grand Sprort) and really enjoy it. I switch off between my road bike and fixie... depending on my mood. There is something soothing about riding a fixie... no noise, no shifting, just spinning smooth circles; but I have no plans to dump my road bike!

[Tobias Hobson]

I rode my fixie everywhere for two years. I just graduated and got a job that requires me to drive around all day. That, and I live three blocks from work, so it sits in the corner glaring at me now. :(

[B Piddy]

I was just gonna post the same subject header...
I couldn't find any fixie/track bikes that are pre-built that I really liked. Most are kinda ugly or don't have the components I want.
Anyways, I'm doing a Fixie build-up for my winter project... I'll be taking pics as I go along.

Expecting piece #1 next week....59cm IRO Jamie Roy frame/fork (white hot)

[Artmo]

Here's mine - a 2005 Bianchi Pista. I don't ride it as much as my geared bikes (Florida hills:)), but it is a pleasure to ride. I think a fixie is the closest to man and machine being as one entity.

[ride26fast]

built a univega conv fixie for commuting around boston. (all flat)... now that i have moved out of the city, those hills are a killer on my knees!

(6'6")

[jgedwa]

fixed and a clyde. I have a road bike and a 26" MTB and a 29er MTB, all fixed.

Makes you get strong quickly, but really not an issue at all.

jim

[Evoracer]

Yes!

[Dogbait]

Yes.

http://www.pbase.com/billd9/image/61003401.jpg

[Mtbnomore]

I have a Rush Hour, and I'm 240lbs/6'5. It's a blast.

[nowheels]

Yeah, it's normally what I do to my road bikes in the winter.....
This years victims a Litespeed Tuscany (long story) and a Tommaso (Older 80's model)

[charles vail]

Sorry...........its not a fixed gear but I do ride a single speed that has been recently converted to a double/double ("Double D"). I'm 49 and 260 at 5"11". I ride about 2500 a year and eat way too much. :o

[Jimmy-James]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2351/1810238208_339e95ac15.jpg

http://a690.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/69/l_bd9073b273e62397ef85ee61039429d9.jpg
Yup, 215lbs. so far ( still loosing(?))
56 x 18 = 84in. ( 175's )

[jyossarian]

jeez, that looks painful. huge saddle to bar drop, huge chainring and it's on the LHS too...

[Sammyboy]

240+ pounds, and I ride these...... (middle one's a single speed with a freewheel)

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Samuelw72/P1260005.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Samuelw72/P1260004.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Samuelw72/DSC00054.jpg

[dijos]

can't believe I missed this. Totally agree about 150#, 6'1" vegan kids. 33, 220-230? schwinn conversion. Love it.

[B Piddy]

My IRO Jamie Roy...nothing too fancy. Just finished up building it tonight.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2001/2110143972_7033ba1393_b.jpg

[markhr]

dhani jones of nfl linebacker fame actually commutes on a surly fixie

http://www.nfl.com/players/dhanijones/profile?id=JON235149 - 6'1" and 240lbs

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=dhani+jones+nfl+linebacker+bike
http://www.google.com/search?q=dhani+jones+bike+OR+bicycle+OR+fixie+OR+fixed+OR+surly&ndsp=21&svnum=100&um=1&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&as_qdr=all&filter=0&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw

[ChunkyB]

dhani jones of nfl linebacker fame actually commutes on a surly fixie


Freaking Bengals. They break my heart every year. Either they lose every game, or all their players are in jail, or (like this year) they lose a ton AND the have a ton of players in jail. Sounds like this dude is pretty cool though.

[markhr]

Freaking Bengals. They break my heart every year. Either they lose every game, or all their players are in jail, or (like this year) they lose a ton AND the have a ton of players in jail. Sounds like this dude is pretty cool though.

you think you've got it bad - I started watching NFL and chose the Titans to support

...all the way to the superbowl - yes! :D

...into the brick wall that was the ravens defence - no! :(

...and since then they've been decidedly average. Could be worse, could be a bunch of porpoises. :p

[werewolf]

Those fixies are beautiful machines. Studies in pure functionality.

[schnee]

I'm 270, I was riding a fixed around 285.

I'm really tall (6'-3"), so I went with longer cranks (175mm) and a decently low gearing (70 inches) to work with my long legs. It meant I could climb some of the hills around here without destroying my knees, and I had plenty of leverage for getting going. My top speed was fairly low. Because of my huge legs and longer cranks, I couldn't ever really hit the high cadences that the skinny vegans pulled off.

I don't ride fixed any more. It was novel, but I couldn't stand not being able to coast down long hills and it made going over obstacles tougher. I now have a single speed road bike for the 'around town' stuff and couldn't be happier.