Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - are street fixed gears/ss the modern day beach cruiser?

i've heard it somewhere else, but it got me thinking. both have one gear and a pretty clean look and not much to go wrong on it.

i dont know how to respond.

uhhhhhhhh cruisers are for *******! yeah!

really?

i mean the equivalent. let's face it, not everyone who has a fixed gear is a messenger or does serious riding. i know some people like to cruise on their's.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2816399444_9de90f35fd.jpg

a sticker from my friends cx rig.

i guess not everyone thinks the same as me. you better watch out http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/animated/anim_08.gif http://www.mysmiley.net/freesmiley.php?smiley=animated/anim_08.gif :D

...like, the things families ride together when they go to the beach? I think there's a couple differences here.

i saw a family of four skidding down a path one time, then the 3 year old son started doing barspins and i was left in the dust...

the threads really do get stupider by the day here.

totally.

I live in a town where cruisers are the norm, and at the beginning of every school year about six million bike/basket/light/lock combos are sold. Personally I think fixed gears are a little advanced for the average college drunkard.

fixed gears are generally faster, beach cruisers will get you KILLED on the road as soon as those handlebars catch something . . .

why not. . . idk, it's a different bike, a beach cruiser is still a beach cruiser, and a fixed gear is still a fixed gear. . . . you CAN cruise on a fixed gear. . . but it feels really funny pedaling that slow :P

the threads really do get stupider by the day here.

+1

i saw a family of four skidding down a path one time, then the 3 year old son started doing barspins and i was left in the dust...

LOL.

i wanted to put this thread behind me, but mkoj, that's pretty good

i've heard it somewhere else, but it got me thinking. both have one gear and a pretty clean look and not much to go wrong on it.

No they're not. It's an altogether different riding style. Plus fixed gear bikes are light, efficient, agile and quick.

the threads really do get stupider by the day here.

you gotta imagine what its like going away for a few weeks and then coming back to stuff like this, makes me laugh

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2816399444_9de90f35fd.jpg

a sticker from my friends cx rig.

wtf is with all the drivers licences?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2816399444_9de90f35fd.jpg



omg serial killer!

FWIW, I built a fixed cruiser about this time last year. BMX bars, Ourys, sprung leather saddle, and a fixed wheelset with 700x38 cross tires. It was geared at 48/18, same as my fixed Monstercross bike, and it rocked. I don't know how it looked to others. Frankly, I didn't care. When riding it, with the pinwheel spinning in the breeze, well, it felt straight Pimp. Then the BB crapped out one day and I haven't fixed it since.

Maybe I need another project?

-Rob.

I thought they were the modern day rollerskate or CB radio? Oh, wait, that's the Internet....

wtf is with all the drivers licences?

fake id supplier?

lucas runs the kitchen at a bar. They covered the tables with IDs that drunk people had left behind over the years/fake id's that had been confiscated by the doorman.

They`re not even close to being the same. One is ridden to coffee shops on the coast. One is ridden to coffee shops everywhere else.

i think beach cruisers are still the modern day beach cruiser.
but if anything were to become the "new" beach cruiser, i'd have to vote the crappy, broken-ass, usually-purchased-at-a-department-store mountain bike.

more like the new Big Wheel...

again, where i go to school, beach cruisers are every where. the number of people that can even ride a road bike much less a fixed gear are limited to say the least

fixed gears are generally faster, beach cruisers will get you KILLED on the road as soon as those handlebars catch something . . .



You have to be kidding? Maybe I am just all zen-like on my cruiser, but have never had a problem in the many years that I have owned one.

???????? I guess

Personally I think fixed gears are a little advanced for the average college drunkard.

:rolleyes:

Is there a surfboard rack out for a Bianchi Pista Concept?

There's a reason coaster brake freewheels are so popular. Fixed gears aren't nearly as comfortable or safe for people who just want to cruise around in flip flops.

In fact, the fixed gear bike is the polar opposite of the beachcruiser. It's the perfect bike for people who are really into riding bikes, and it requires more experience to use to its full potential. Where the cruiser (vs. a road bike) trades speed and efficiency for comfort and convenience, the fixed gear trades speed and efficiency (outside of the velodrome) for control and reliability.

i prefer riding beach cruisers mainly because i really like the upright riding position. i don't like to be hunched over at all while riding. i'm not a fast or long-distance rider by any means, so sitting upright riding slow on my cruiser is "how i roll" around the beach :)

beach cruisers have their place.. they're not complete wastes of space like most people on here seem to think

Where I live I only see a few folks in my neighborhood cruising around on beach cruisers.

I visited family in Southern California this summer. When we visited Huntington Beach, almost everyone I saw on a bike, was on a beach cruiser. There were a ton of 'em. Imagine they're more prominent in the fair weather places and er... beach boardwalk type places? ;)

Where I live, in Hermosa Beach, CA - You see lots and lots of beach cruisers.

They are good anywhere that is relatively flat. Actually, our city is kind of on a big slope but still lots of cruisers. When I go East I'm going uphill for the most part, so I just sweat it out. :)