Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - How old

I get the impression that fixed gear ridders are a younger group. Just wondered how old you guys are. I'm just getting into it at 49, but I'm not like many my age. I would think BMX and mountain are the youngest age group and roadies the oldest, just wondered where fixed fits in.

Not sure where everyone else fits in, but I'm 28... A lot of the riders I see out here seem pretty young, though..

35.
November makes me older each year.

I am 22.

I'm soon to be 63. Been doing fixed for 15 years almost exclusively. 5 of those exclusively.


fixedgearhead

I'm 31 and will be 32 next Saturday August 14. But with 4 boys under the age of 9, sometimes I feel like I'm a kid, other times like an old man.

I am 33, started riding fixed when I was 32.

24, started early this year. Rode bmx for a few years up until i started riding fixed.

20 y/o here, riding SS for about 3 weeks now. Racing and doing freestyle bmx for around 10 years now

43 years and one week.

50, and got my first fixie when I was 3.

35. But I don't feel a day over 50.

I'm 19, and in college

26


Phil

36. Ah, those precious few years between adolescence and midlife crisis.

23. been riding fixed since i was 19...so yeah, i'm a youngin.

i also ride BMX, trials, and road.

i'm 18 and have just gotten into this stuff. it's awesome that you're vegan at 49. i've been vegan for almost a year..

25 here

i'm 18 and have just gotten into this stuff. it's awesome that you're vegan at 49. i've been vegan for almost a year..
Good for you Jesse!! the world needs more of us! I have not been vegan all my life but I will be for the rest of it, it's been three years and I feel great, but I've always been told I could pass for much younger. Unless you don't know already, just be sure to get B12, and don't let the meat eaters bother you, your gonna hear a lot of hype, actually I don't let people know unless I have to, I get so tired of defending my actions. This fixed gear forum seems much more up beat than the road bike one. I've been a rodie for years and tried out a fixed gear at the LBS earily this spring and they almost had to pry me off the bike; now I'm hooked.

I'm 25, I think...

32 and a half

30 yo. i've ridden all my life-- bmx, freestyle, mountain bike, now road fix, and soon to be, mtn fix. still feel like i'm 14, though.

Good for you Jesse!! the world needs more of us! I have not been vegan all my life but I will be for the rest of it, it's been three years and I feel great, but I've always been told I could pass for much younger. Unless you don't know already, just be sure to get B12, and don't let the meat eaters bother you, your gonna hear a lot of hype, actually I don't let people know unless I have to, I get so tired of defending my actions. This fixed gear forum seems much more up beat than the road bike one. I've been a rodie for years and tried out a fixed gear at the LBS earily this spring and they almost had to pry me off the bike; now I'm hooked.

I am 32. My story is sort of the reverse. I was a vegetarian for the first 17 years of my life and I have been a white-meat eater ever since. I feel great too, and people tell me I pass for much younger. I am thinking of low calorie/complex-carbs diet ever since I saw a show on PBS. In any case, vegan is alright by me.

I'm 48, been riding since I was 32. SSing for 6 and fg for 4. I have to admit though I've been riding my geared mountain bike for the last month. It just looked so sad sitting there. Contrary to what most people experience though, my knees hurt more. I think I try to push to big of gear.

23 yo. been riding fixed for only about six months now; my mountain bike has been collecting dust for much of that time.

49 ... and possibly the youngest one here ;-) What?

Jim

I'm 31. Been riding SS for about 4 years and fixed for almost a year. Since I started riding fixed, haven't ridin anything else.

21, started up fixie shortly after my last bday. a rite of passage i guess.

I am 32. At 30 after the IT crash and period of depression I got sick of the office life for good. Now been a messer for little over 2 years. Quicksilver, anyone :D

26 -- been riding fixed for a few years now... so I guess my knees are about 50.

I'm 49, have been a serious cyclist for 10 yrs; got my first fixie a bit over a year ago.

I can't remember but I was born in Oct 69 do the math :)

My first track bike at 17 yrs old. After a few years I took a 10 year break for various reasons. Never did forget the fixt bike though and finally now that I have a fairly steady job for the first time in my life I have another on to ride.

25 here

I'm 26 as of yesterday. I feel old today.

33 and I rode the BMX for about 16 years and then started with the fixed gear. It's been about 6 years or so.

66yrs. old. Started riding fixed about a year ago. I usually choose fixed for most rides under 45-50 miles, but I did a century last September just to see what it would be like.
Other than having a tough time going down the Niagara escarpment, it was a great ride.

33... bday vomit coming soon to a toilet near you.

35 3 bikes, no car, and a neurotic cat.

26 - I sometimes blank out when people ask my age, this started happening past 23. I told someone I was 24 a month or so ago, it was the first thing that came to mind for some odd reason. The mid-twenties - a blur!

yo,the 30's are representin-->36

yes, us "30-plus'rs" seem to fit well here

45 years, riding fixed for about 6 weeks now. Fixed for weekday commutes, and roadie on the weekends.

I'm 31 and I've been fixed for about 11 or 12 years.

33, but my wife insists that i'm 15...so i guess that makes me 19 (on average).

been riding fixed for a while, more than 5 years.

27 years old

31 .. i *think*

Uh damn, 19...
Here I am representing the lower stratum. :(

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Uh damn, 19...
Here I am representing the lower stratum. :(
looks like we're out-numbered by far...

looks like we're out-numbered by far...

51 and riding SS for a year and riding all that time.

Interesting that the group sounds older than one would think. Either that or the youngins have a life and don't have time to post...