Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - The Real SS/FG riders

With all this talk and threads about hipsters, poseurs and jackass fixies of the day, I wondered if there were any "real" people that rode at all. I ride a roadie most of the time and am quite aware of all the poseurs in that genre. In this forum, we've devoted thousands of pages to wanna-be riders but scant little attention to the real riders.

I did find a few pics of what appear to be legitimate SS/FG riders.
http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_daveh/fixed.jpg

http://www.dampfixie.org/gallery/img_1358.jpg

http://www.fixedgearlondon.com/userimages/ABCD0009.JPG



But then, Google serves up this one:

http://www.facade.fi/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/alta_campaign.jpg

WTF?

And this one?

http://bluecollarmtb.com/images/undies2.jpg

Sorry, but the leaning guy appears to have a double front crank and brifters

Also look at the position of the chain coming off the bottom of the chainring.

This post is so dumb that it's the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

the second picture is going to make the thread a ***** to read. the text is just gonna scroll all the way across, and it takes forever to load.

Change your concern from real riders to caring about resizing photos on the internetz :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eyNE-s7fzYQ

i don't get it.

I have an urge to light my laptop on fire.

dude end yourself, now

i kinda dig how OP went the route of confusing us by making as little sense as possible.

good work, broseph.

i fail to see how those riders are any more legit than a lot of other riders

well that last pic was a FG/SS poster on BF from back in the day so, that would a real rider that you couldn't figure out.

maybe for some its a hobby/lifestyle and not a fashion sense so that makes them harder to identify

the second picture is going to make the thread a ***** to read. the text is just gonna scroll all the way across, and it takes forever to load.

+1
fsck that image. fsck this whole thread.

+1
fsck that image. fsck this whole thread.

I love what you say.

I wonder if anyone else thinks that the OP is so obviously a troll that it is deceiving.

I think bbattle is putting us on, guys.

i was about to ask how you did it. but now i see. how clever.

same here.

I use the ImageZoom extension for Firefox to fix the obnoxiously large images that pop up here on the forums. After you install it, you can resize and zoom in/out of any image easily. Just hold the right mouse button down with the cursor over the image and press the left mouse button to make the image fit the browser window, scroll with the wheel to zoom in/out in small increments or click the middle button to restore the image to the original size.

I am the person in the last picture and I am a real fixed gear rider.

HAHAHA alex

this thread makes me want to get a louis vuitton top tube protector and remove my toe clips, and buy a frame that is 5 sizes too small, and run my bike over with a hummer.

I'm not a real fixed gear rider. :(

i'm more tarck bike rider than you!

I am the person in the last picture and I am a real fixed gear rider.

Where did you get those "HOTTIE" shorts?

I am the person in the last picture and I am a real fixed gear rider.

you have tits

you have tits

Still haven't come up with anything to contribute, huh?

Still haven't come up with anything to contribute, huh?

haaahh no sorry. another boring day at work.... and it's way to nice out for me to be sitting here.

i guess i dont get what classifies a real rider from another. if you ride fixed or not.. its still a bike who cares about the label!?

can we have a nominate a real rider.

i want a nominate jdeane4
he rode behind me in a alley cat, puked one a car while laughing his ***** off,
and still finished in the top 15.

thats pretty real

http://stupidhurts.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_0460.jpg

Where did you get those "HOTTIE" shorts?

2004 or 2005 Virginia Beach ocean front.

If I can find my pair I'm going to do a revised picture when my new frame is built

I am in slightly better shape now

2004 or 2005 Virginia Beach ocean front.

If I can find my pair I'm going to do a revised picture when my new frame is built

I am in slightly better shape now

Do you actually ride (outside your apartment I mean) wearing them? Mad props to you if you do, man! I don't know if I could. Maybe I'm not so hot.

Have you seen the video about "FIX PUSH", if not, you HAVE TO !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2885aR6o6s

No, I would have had to buy briefs to do so (XS soffee shorts are easy to fall out of).

Do you actually ride (outside your apartment I mean) wearing them? Mad props to you if you do, man! I don't know if I could. Maybe I'm not so hot.

We had a bunch of kids who would ride in speedos around atlanta. It got really annoying.

No, I would have had to buy briefs to do so (XS soffee shorts are easy to fall out of).

Dude, did you just rename yourself? How did you do that?

what the hell is mr reflector wearing on his face

I'm not a real fixed gear rider. :(

I'm not a real person. :(

I am teh fixed gear poseur.

I'm definitely not a real fixed gear rider. Because I'm a cycle bum. But mostly because I don't ride fixed gear.

Reduce you dumb file size and I'll look at your picture.

I'm legit. I pose, but I also ride.

oh and the picture with the big thighs is an ad for the bike behind him

I just rode. It was fun.

I guess real riders are ones who know how to ride competently, like to go fast and have a lot of heart for the game. Doesn't need to get more complicated then that, right? It could be a roadie, hipster, messenger, track star, whatever.

can we have a nominate a real rider.

i want a nominate jdeane4
he rode behind me in a alley cat, puked one a car while laughing his ***** off,
and still finished in the top 15.

thats pretty real

http://stupidhurts.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_0460.jpg

I'll second that. Mr "Puke on yer Lexus" now rides the track as well. (wish I'd knew it was him)
BTW you probably don't get more "real" FG rider than trackie;) (that's my sarcastic voice)

It seems like the whole idea of real vs. fake fixed gear riders is a pissing match to see who is the most into the whole bit, and my question is does it really matter? I mean, if you actually, physically, ride on a bike with a fixed gear, you are un-arguably a fixed gear rider, end of story.

I guess real riders are ones who know how to ride competently, like to go fast and have a lot of heart for the game. Doesn't need to get more complicated then that, right? It could be a roadie, hipster, messenger, track star, whatever.


word

I'm a fake. Check my post history. I have never posted a picture of any of my fixed gear bicycles on the internet. HA!

I am the person in the last picture and I am a real fixed gear rider.

that actually does look a bit like you.

There was an article on Sheldon's website last year about some riders who did PBP on fixed gears. I remember reading an article in the Rivendell Reader about a guy who did a tour across Nevada in the winter on a four-speed fixed gear. And the guy who did RAAM on a single speed.

Hardest of the hard core.

I guess real riders are ones who know how to ride competently, like to go fast and have a lot of heart for the game. Doesn't need to get more complicated then that, right? It could be a roadie, hipster, messenger, track star, whatever.

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Couldn't disagree more. Old timers, utility cyclists, tourists, commuters, car free-ers are just as real as those who "like to go fast and have a lot of heart for the game." As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing more real than getting on your bike even though it's cold/windy/snowing/whatever because you've got to get to work or the grocery store.

If you ride, you're a real rider.

Fixed gear riders go from Davis, CA to Boston, MA in 28 days

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtL2WD1oxmY

I nominate this handsome devil

http://i25.tinypic.com/2z5jfo0.jpg

Looking Good Bro!