Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Once you've had fixie, do you go back?

ok

ride whatever you like

and STOP saying "fixie"!

after two years and 10000 miles commuting with gears, i found myself using only one gear. i only shifted once every six months or so as my stamina increased. once i got to the gear that skips back and forth over bumps it was time for a change. i built a fixie from a pawn shop find. i quit riding the geared bike. now that bike is fixed too, and is about to be my new mountain bike. i'm always doing 20mph plus on the road and i smoke spandex wearing roadies like blunts. both of my bikes are about 6lbs lighter and i'll never shift again....

"The ASC is the rarest and most sought-after Sturmey-Archer hub. I have no idea where you can find one, so please don't bother asking. The last one I know of changing hands was sold on eBay for over $300 in May 1999."

:(

Sturmey-Archer needs to get in bed with Bikes Direct and market this thing.

No, but close. S-A is remaking the hub. Last I read they're currently gearing up to produce some prototypes. If you do some searching there's a mailing list you can get on for updates.

after two years and 10000 miles commuting with gears, i found myself using only one gear. i only shifted once every six months or so as my stamina increased. once i got to the gear that skips back and forth over bumps it was time for a change. i built a fixie from a pawn shop find. i quit riding the geared bike. now that bike is fixed too, and is about to be my new mountain bike. i'm always doing 20mph plus on the road and i smoke spandex wearing roadies like blunts. both of my bikes are about 6lbs lighter and i'll never shift again....

haha.

The only place I ride fixed these days is the track, or while doing cyclocross (FUNFUNFUNFUNFUN!!!). If I want to get around the city in a flash I'm on a geared bike.


Fixed Cross FUNFUNFUNFUNFUN!!!

Yes!:beer:

i ride fixed and geared XC full sus.

just ride.

I'm building my first roadie right now. It'll be the first time in 3 years I'll be on gears. But I've got a few looooooooong rides coming up next year (europe here I come) and I'd like to have a geared for that.

take a nice big whiff of the air next time you drive through tillamook and reassess your love

And then stop for free samples and ice-cream! God bless that place! many a hungry drive down 101 has been saved in Tillamook!

i'm always doing 20mph plus on the road and i smoke spandex wearing roadies like blunts.

Hahaha, what a d**chebag.

wow! i never figured i'd see you post that sentence.

i'm 100% impressed!

Hahaha, what a d**chebag.

+1.2 gazillion.

i ride fixed during polo. i like the maneuverability of the lower gear inch trackstand.

but my knees are shot. i couldn't do something in the 70's or 80's as a commuter. and brakeless!!?? forgetaboudit

so i'm on my old 21speed trek hybrid, lappin up the taunts and jokes at my nasty ass bike.

*sigh*

this forum has grown up a lot in the past few years.

i love your hybrid. that thing is nasssty.

yeah, i have about 3 bikes, 2 of which both have derailleurs

i really wish we could purge the word "fixie" from the forums...

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one... that term, which I won't even use, irritates the **** out of me. Stupid, I know...

I rode a fixed-gear almost exclusively for... 10 years or so (outside of tooling around on an old Redline BMX and a big*** 60s Columbia cruiser from time-to-time for kicks), and it me a long time to get used to riding a multispeed bicycle again, but I did it... then I broke a spoke and was too lazy to fix it; so I'm back on my track bike again. Now of course I've got multispeed bikes back in my blood and am kicking myself for not bringing it with me; I keep pestering my wife to cram it into her little car and bring it to me, thus far no luck.

1 '80s roadie, 1 80's roadie converted to fixed.

I'll ride either depending on the ride. The first mile on one or the other always feels really weird.
The longer, faster rides get gears.... so I won't get dropped. Anything under 30, or not blazing fast gets the fixed gear. Once I'm in better shape... the fixed gear will come out to play more often. Right now it's geared for the stroll to work... 45ish/17. Basically, I'm pretty buzzy on the 20+mph pacelines. But I can sprint it to upper 20s without a problem as long as it's not held for too long.

I won't go completely fixed... but I'll definatly lean more towards it.

i ride fixed probably 95% of the time. i ride my ten speed when i want a bike with fenders, a rack a bell, or a more upright position.

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more on topic:

i think we need to petition the mods and admins to remove the offending word from the forum description on the main page and automatically star it out of thread titles and posts.

i think we need to petition the mods and admins to remove the offending word from the forum description on the main page and automatically star it out of thread titles and posts.

Oh, I agree totally.

Otherwise, how are the old timers like me supposed to have any chance of somehow not offending the hipsters? I mean, it's in the DESCRIPTION!

Incidentally, I am glad that so many people are indifferent to what others ride...understanding that it really doesn't affect them. However, sometimes those very same people are adamantly against the use of a word describing what other ride...as though it really does affect them!!!

i'm also against calling an Individual Retirement Fund an "Ira" as opposed to the correct "Eye-Are-A."

for the record.

ok

and STOP saying "fixie"!

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fixie

If you say it over and over the word loses all meaning.

Az

If you say it over and over the word loses all meaning.



http://www.dailypepper.com/mt/archives/zorak.bmp

seriously, add it to the word filter!

Someone needs to invent a derailleur-equipped fixed gear bike. Then you would always have the right gear, and the zen-one-with-the-bike-blah-blah-blah feel of fixed, all in one.

this (http://sheldonbrown.com/asc.html) is about as close as you can get
maybe some other internally geared hub (8-speed?); but, i certainly wouldn't know
derail + fix alone sounds pretty sketchy to me

1 '80s roadie, 1 80's roadie converted to fixed.

I'll ride either depending on the ride. The first mile on one or the other always feels really weird.
The longer, faster rides get gears.... so I won't get dropped. Anything under 30, or not blazing fast gets the fixed gear. Once I'm in better shape... the fixed gear will come out to play more often. Right now it's geared for the stroll to work... 45ish/17. Basically, I'm pretty buzzy on the 20+mph pacelines. But I can sprint it to upper 20s without a problem as long as it's not held for too long.

I won't go completely fixed... but I'll definatly lean more towards it.

1 '80s roadie, 1 80's roadie converted to fixed...
don't forget, 180's on your one 80's roadie converted to fixed












































and barspins

^^^ ehhh?

i like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4svd2CbNnE)

i like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4svd2CbNnE)

that's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4svd2CbNnE) pretty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pXWKwUYGKg) awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo5giymiLj8) but (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-zEv1xFGIg) how (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EIsan9HwA) about (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P-kpOiT6Eo) these (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6NGTyXyguw) ? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfBpKzu6XA)

that's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4svd2CbNnE) pretty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pXWKwUYGKg) awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo5giymiLj8) but (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-zEv1xFGIg) how (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EIsan9HwA) about (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P-kpOiT6Eo) these (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6NGTyXyguw) ? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfBpKzu6XA)

those are good too.
check this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBjULbaICzA)
and i been meaning to order this dvd too. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHjUSCmxNrM)

edit: this is cool too. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYMMcQ3V1O4)

i think you all need to take a look at this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pclpe8dT7cY).

check the ending.

Bernard Purdie is crazy!

one more (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gujufbGoS20), for your head.


psst psst....yeaaah!

i think you all need to take a look at this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pclpe8dT7cY).

check the ending.

sh!te damn
makes it look so easy

****!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myB_8UPTGBQ&eurl=http://mk1love.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2442)

I now have two fixed-gear bikes and my geared bikes gather cobwebs.

I doubt if I'll go back to geared; though I could see it for serious touring.

****!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myB_8UPTGBQ&eurl=http://mk1love.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2442)

someo fthat **** is funny.

like when the paper towels hit his legs and he goes AHHH SHIIITTT! that hit me in teh IDCK. you're lucky it wasn't hard!....i mean these (he holds the paper towels up.) and not my idck.

or...i was in lens crafters the other day nad i couldn't quit calling people idcks. they kicked me out and the manager called me a dumbasz. **** them.

Go count your dick!!

lol, or he's all there cussing every other word and his son goes "****!" and the Tourettes guy yells, What?!?! don't say that! your grounded! go to your room!

these fish sticks are hard as tits.

Dont get a big dick!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0GgJ8Q2VNs&eurl=http://mk1love.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2442)

Dont get a big dick!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0GgJ8Q2VNs&eurl=http://mk1love.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2442)

OMG that was hilarious. only had $40, don't pu tthe beer back and then freaked out about the marshmallows, hahah.

gotta love some Old Gregg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y8p8lQWasA)

I got into fixed gear riding lured by the idea that conversions would be inexpensive, and my buddy was into it. I'd never even ridden a road bike before but I quickly became obsessed with the clean lines and lack of cables found on peoples' fixies.

I like riding them, but I think I like the look more than the experience. I'm riding a geared mountain bike for exercise these days and haven't really hankered for fewer gears. What I miss is the fact that my fix-conversion was 19 lbs.

edit Oops, I see that we aren't really discussing fixed gear bikes any more, sorry for the late post!

Yes, you do go back.

I have multiple bikes, geared and fixed.

Each has an application I like to use it for.


What he said.

I got into fixed gear riding lured by the idea that conversions would be inexpensive, and my buddy was into it. I'd never even ridden a road bike before but I quickly became obsessed with the clean lines and lack of cables found on peoples' fixies.

I like riding them, but I think I like the look more than the experience. I'm riding a geared mountain bike for exercise these days and haven't really hankered for fewer gears. What I miss is the fact that my fix-conversion was 19 lbs.

edit Oops, I see that we aren't really discussing fixed gear bikes any more, sorry for the late post!

Way to hijack the hijack.

Way to hijack the hijack.

yeah, no **** **** ****!!!!

gotta love some Old Gregg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y8p8lQWasA)

OK, that was fun, but where's the effing next part?

I got into fixed gear riding lured by the idea that conversions would be inexpensive, and my buddy was into it. I'd never even ridden a road bike before but I quickly became obsessed with the clean lines and lack of cables found on peoples' fixies.

I like riding them, but I think I like the look more than the experience. I'm riding a geared mountain bike for exercise these days and haven't really hankered for fewer gears. What I miss is the fact that my fix-conversion was 19 lbs.

edit Oops, I see that we aren't really discussing fixed gear bikes any more, sorry for the late post!


yeah, i don't think that's someone you ever have to apologize for...

"sry guyz i postd on topic lulz!"

keep up the good work!

i flipped my back wheel and went freewheelin tonight. it was terrible. my legs feel all uncertain and jiggly. plus i do not like braking with my hands by themselves. i like letting my weight do some of the work. i will probably remove the freewheel.

i will probably want gears and freewheels again when i turn 45 or so.

Having to ride only single speed bikes when growing up I find one speed comfortable and "normal". Switching to fixed gear made it feel even better, and costing now seems strange and unnatural (not that there is anything wrong with it, of course).
I love any kind of bikes, even the ones that my colleges at a bike shop call "pieces of shchit", and would probably ride non fixed at some point.
At the moment I enjoy riding fixed.