Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Riding Fixed To School...

anyone ever had someone jack up their bike when they rode it to school or anything. ive been thinking about riding mine when the weather gets better but last year i rode just an old regular bike to school, to come at lunch time this all scratched up and laying on the floor. would not like to have that happen to my single/fixed. anyone else had a bad experience or two

I've been commuting to school the last two years and haven't had an issue with someone messing with my bike. Though i have a hard time taking out my track or road bike out to parties due to the fear of a drunk fool messing with it

a friend has his back tired slashed once

I'm so glad that I have a bike locker on campus.

How nice is your bike and what kind of locks will you be using?

stock iro right now but still dont want anything to happen to my baby!.

anti-jack II

It sucks that you have to worry about that **** in non-bike friendly communities.

I'm so glad that I have a bike locker on campus.

How nice is your bike and what kind of locks will you be using?

jealous.

i ride my to class all the time. no problems, not a crappy bike either.

:( i used to live near SF, Ca in a nice bike community now its just a HUGe city with un-nice people! :(

anyone ever had someone jack up their bike when they rode it to school or anything. ive been thinking about riding mine when the weather gets better but last year i rode just an old regular bike to school, to come at lunch time this all scratched up and laying on the floor. would not like to have that happen to my single/fixed. anyone else had a bad experience or two

First, what level school is it? High school or college? I've commuted to campus (school of 20,000+/-) and not had any problems.
Second, don't ever leave it locked up over night. I left my old commuter, which was just an xmart beater, over night and the wheel got jumped on by some jerk. But I had left it out on a Thursday (heavy drinking) evening, so not totally surprised. Just a little disheartened that somebody thought that was funny.
Third, if you lock it up correctly it shouldn't be able to be laid down on the ground. I run a kryptonite newyorker chain through my front wheel and through the frame. It is tight enough that the bike can't be knocked over on accident, or purpose for that matter.

I would ride mine to school because there are bike cages, which doesn't eliminate the risk but definitely decreases it.

For work though, hell no. I work at the county hospital and would not leave any bike I cared very much about outside there all day.

I will probably buy a beater for this reason, or just take the bus to work.

I ride mine to school all the time. I carry my bike to class as well. The teachers were a bit subjective at first but I put it against a wall in the back so it stays out of the way. I catch flack from tool bags every once in a while, but I could care less. I am a bouncer at the local bar so most people know who I am as well. I ride it to work and stash it in the back of the bar also.

my school lets you put your bike in the office

I ride mine to school all the time. I carry my bike to class as well. The teachers were a bit subjective at first but I put it against a wall in the back so it stays out of the way. I catch flack from tool bags every once in a while, but I could care less. I am a bouncer at the local bar so most people know who I am as well. I ride it to work and stash it in the back of the bar also.

if you are so attached you have to bring it into your classroom, it's time to look into getting a beater. Not trying to be rude.

In all but the huge lecture classes, I can't imagine any one of my previous or current professors allowing that.

what school do you go to? it really just depends on if you're liked or not.. back when i went to wash, i only saw one person who actually rode his bike to school.. and he'd bring it to a classroom and the teacher would allow him to leave it there..

Despite being centers of higher education, I found most university campuses to be filled with ****ing morons.

I ride a Pista to class everyday, and I've never had mine messed with. Everyone rides bikes here though and there's TONS of bike parking. We have dedicated bike paths that run all through campus and you see thousands of people riding every day.

I lock my bike up every day at various places around campus. It's never been touched.

If you live your life being afraid of scratches in the paint, it'll be awfully frustrating.

despite being centers of higher education, i found most university campuses to be filled with ****ing morons.

+1

if you are so attached you have to bring it into your classroom, it's time to look into getting a beater. Not trying to be rude.

In all but the huge lecture classes, I can't imagine any one of my previous or current professors allowing that.

It is not that I am attached that I can not lock it up outside. I use my lock frequently when I make trips to other buildings to drop off papers and what not. The problem is fixed gear bikes are blowing up on campus, I think we are up to close to 40 something kids now. In the beginning there was maybe 5 of us. More people know what they are and know they can easily sell them. We had a professor's $3k+ Trek road bike stolen during class hours around 1pm. Bike theft is a huge issue here, I would rather just bring my bike with me and call it day.

My class sizes are all 25 or less students. The professors are on a more personal basis with me, which is probably why they dont mind.

I ride mine to school all the time. I carry my bike to class as well. The teachers were a bit subjective at first but I put it against a wall in the back so it stays out of the way. I catch flack from tool bags every once in a while, but I could care less. I am a bouncer at the local bar so most people know who I am as well. I ride it to work and stash it in the back of the bar also.
You'd get your ass chewed out at my school for doing something like that. Every single building has signs posted on all of the doors saying "no bicycles, skateboards, or rollerblades allowed in this building".

I've left my bike(IRO mark v with a few updates) locked up around campus for hours at a time and I've never had a problem. Only place in town I've had a problem(and not much of one at that) was leaving my bike locked in front of the Jimmy Johns in the bar area of town for like 10 minutes and some drunk kids were like touchin' it and ****.

When I lived in the dorms, i wouldn't dare leave my bike locked to the bike rack in front of the dorm because I saw tons of bikes with taco'ed wheels and slashed tires. My school has a reputation as a party school and drunk bro's don't seem to like bikes. Or people on bikes for that matter. I can't even ride through the east side(mostly the bro-ey beer pong, beer bonging crowd, nothing but students) without getting called gay or *** or queer at least a few times.

My college is pretty bike friendly. There are bikes that sit chained to a rack for weeks before anyone messes with them. I had one stolen two years ago but that was due to my own fault. Most of my classes are art classes and the profs couldn't give to ****s less if you bring the bike in. I keep mine locked up in the hall and out of the snow.

At my college we have lots of bike racks in a centralized location, so I'm protected by a sea of crappy cruisers and crappy 10-speeds. Plus there are a few token nice-looking bikes (like the carbon/aluminum Felt locked up with a Wal-mart cable) that I think take the attention away from my Centurion conversion with 'stache bars and a wore out Turbo.

Despite the relative day safety, if you leave your bike here overnight, your wheels absolutely will be destroyed. No exceptions. Do not ever think your bike will be safe on a college campus overnight.

I built up a bike specifically to be a beater-looking commuter (see my sig) but it's actually pretty nice and I've put a lot of work into it. Not a fixie (although I do have one, and it looks even more beater-ish).
I have a bolt-on rear wheel and Q/R front wheel and use a U-lock through the frame (around the downtube and the front wheel, and around whatever I'm locking the bike to) and have had no problems through my time at a major university.
Of course, I never leave the bike locked up on campus overnight.

You'd get your ass chewed out at my school for doing something like that. Every single building has signs posted on all of the doors saying "no bicycles, skateboards, or rollerblades allowed in this building".


That would never work on our campus. Most people ride long boards, so they are obviously going to carry them to class. In the winter there are less but come spring and summer man, just about every 4th person will be riding a board. I will be fine with the bike so long as I am not riding it inside.

Get a beater, and a really good chain lock. Put epoxy in all of your bolts. Wrap your frame in inner tubes.

Get a beater, and a really good chain lock. Put epoxy in all of your bolts. Wrap your frame in inner tubes.

Pit locks
old chain + old tube connecting your frame and seat.
bearings + epoxy in the bolt heads.

The solution is that all bike parts need to be installed with tools AND a key. Duh!!!

*inserts Brooks™ key into Brooks™ saddle, locking Brooks™ saddle to Nitto™ seat post (which is locked with a Nitto™ key to his Mercier™ frame)*

I rode my windsor wellington road bike too school it was fine. I am going to ride again end winter early spring with my conversion.

had a tack stuck in my back tire once and a saddlebag stolen... otherwise 4 years on campus without trouble

ill probably try it out in january when the weather is better and nicer out. my high school that i go to this year is REALLY strict so it shouldn't be any problems of anyone messing with my bikeee :)

One hazard to bikign this time of the year.... leaves.. Just fell going to my class right in front of all the kids leaving/going the building. I wasn't going fast, my front tire just slide from under me as I turned and made me fall and roll onto my backpack.

The solution is that all bike parts need to be installed with tools AND a key. Duh!!!

*inserts Brooks™ key into Brooks™ saddle, locking Brooks™ saddle to Nitto™ seat post (which is locked with a Nitto™ key to his Mercier™ frame)*

Nitto key? Joke?

I ride my BK all over campus and lock it up with a Krypto Mini U, and it's pretty conspicuous with purple wheels/ grips, and houndstooth TT pad (which is a hot commodity here at UA simply for the Bear Bryant factor). I've yet to have a problem, knock on wood, and am considering picking up a chain/ cable to run through my wheels just as a deterent. No cable is really gonna stop a pair of bolt cutters but at least someone can't just walk up and unbolt them with the spare 15mm they are carrying in their pocket. But, as previously noted, NEVER leave your bike locked up overnight on campus, or anywhere for that matter. I have hooks in my girlfriend's and my own ceiling to hang them out of the way in our small apartments. Her's stays out in the cold locked to a staircase. Muwahahahaha!! (Only because she doesnt care at all despite my concern and would rather have the interior space than the bike preservation.. And she knows that she has me to fix whatever goes wrong :P )

weee our bike racks on campus (most of them) are all rubber coated, so at least my situation is good in that way. people don't really mess with bikes here, just don't lock up by the dorms on a weekend or you're taking your chances.

most of the bikes here are just k-mart bikes.....i think i've seen a total of like 7 nice fixed gears

At my school my professors bring their fixed gear bikes into class too and we talk about our bikes in class.

At my school my professors bring their fixed gear bikes into class too and we talk about our bikes in class.

Do you go to school in the English countryside, circa 1950?

if it means anything i daily my FTP (seen in my sig) everyday to and from class. i usually take my bike into classes or take off the front wheel and ulock my wheel/seatube to those upside "U" things.

standard kryptonite U-lock.

nothing has happened to either this or my nagasawa in 1.5 years on campus (knock on wood). on campus there are other FTPs and FG bikes which seem to stay intact as well (knock on wood)

Nitto key? Joke?

I ride my BK all over campus and lock it up with a Krypto Mini U, and it's pretty conspicuous with purple wheels/ grips, and houndstooth TT pad (which is a hot commodity here at UA simply for the Bear Bryant factor). I've yet to have a problem, knock on wood, and am considering picking up a chain/ cable to run through my wheels just as a deterent. No cable is really gonna stop a pair of bolt cutters but at least someone can't just walk up and unbolt them with the spare 15mm they are carrying in their pocket. But, as previously noted, NEVER leave your bike locked up overnight on campus, or anywhere for that matter. I have hooks in my girlfriend's and my own ceiling to hang them out of the way in our small apartments. Her's stays out in the cold locked to a staircase. Muwahahahaha!! (Only because she doesnt care at all despite my concern and would rather have the interior space than the bike preservation.. And she knows that she has me to fix whatever goes wrong :P )

Yes, it was a joke. Just wanted to point out what a shame it is that every piece of your bike has to be locked down these days or you really run the risk of having it stolen and eBayed. :(

One hazard to bikign this time of the year.... leaves.. Just fell going to my class right in front of all the kids leaving/going the building. I wasn't going fast, my front tire just slide from under me as I turned and made me fall and roll onto my backpack.

same thing happened to me leaving work the other night while I was making a turn. there were a bunch of drunk kids around and they got all freaked out, it was funny.

Then the same thing almost happened the next night while leaving work when I started fish-tailing like mad in some leaves.

if it means anything i daily my FTP (seen in my sig) everyday to and from class. i usually take my bike into classes or take off the front wheel and ulock my wheel/seatube to those upside "U" things.

standard kryptonite U-lock.

nothing has happened to either this or my nagasawa in 1.5 years on campus (knock on wood). on campus there are other FTPs and FG bikes which seem to stay intact as well (knock on wood)

I live in a decent, working-class area and bike theft here is worse than on-campus in the middle of the roughest part of Philadelphia. I got a wheel stolen here, but last year I'd leave my bike locked up outside for weeks at a time fine.

I never even thought about leaves before. The roads must be coated where you guys are. Now I'm going to be all nervous about em...

I never even thought about leaves before. The roads must be coated where you guys are. Now I'm going to be all nervous about em...

lol

i noticed your location was chico, that'a a nice biking area, my cousin went to college there at Chico State

I never even thought about leaves before. The roads must be coated where you guys are. Now I'm going to be all nervous about em...

I was on a pedestrian alcove area when I fell so naturally there are going to be leave there. But also in some areas, if the place doesn't have cars going by every day, then its going to be covered with leaves.

It's up to you to evaluate your campus. I ride a geared bike to school, but there are several fixies on campus, all old road bike conversions and kept very mellow looking. One guy I saw with a deep V rear but it was painted reasonably and there certainly are no trispokes or anything on campus. It really depends on your fixie; is it flashy?

Also, my campus is pretty bike friendly; good quality racks and they're pretty much all filled; mostly well placed within sight lines etc. The largest and most used rack is right in front of the library commuter lounge with a window running the full length of the rack; so generally even if you're not there it's less likely for people to be messing around with bikes because they're in full view of the people inside.

In all honesty, biking in SF (high schools in particular) is super small. The bike scene a few years back (at Wash '06) was super dead (I'm not sure how it is now). I'm assuming it wouldn't be that huge. Like my previous posts before, I barely knew anyone riding there bikes at school. And you did say your school was a bad school. I'm guessing Balboa, Burton, or Mission, but biking isn't huge enough for anyone to jack your sh*t, yet. And plus most people like to drive to school or take MUNI.

The good ol' days when I never locked up my bike and had zero problems. Different world now.

my campus (end to end) is less than a 5 minute walk. My school is a small liberal arts college that has about 2,100 students so i have no need to ride my bike to class which is nice but not at the same time.

i ride to school all the time. its awesome.

only thing i hate is that people don't get why i like bikes and just think they're stupid. anyone else have friends that think like this?

I think this is the real answer to not getting your bike stolen, also helps ward off pigeons from landing on your bike I dunno about you guys but I got a huge pigeon problem with my bike.http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2008/09/undercover-bike-1.jpg