Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Do you prefer fixed gear, single speed, or both?

Sorry shenny88, but your poll wasn't so hot so I took the liberty of creating a new one. Hopefully it will be better received, as I am also curious about this.

BTW, I ride both. FG for the snow, SS for everything else (and FG for fun when I feel like it.)

wheres the poll?

Should be right above the first post up there ^

depends. for street/road riding i prefer fixed or geared. if i'm going to coast why not have gears.

As long as there is only one gear, im happy.

depends. for street/road riding i prefer fixed or geared. if i'm going to coast why not have gears.

ya i'm with u on this one. My commuter is a SS, but not by choice. Unusable components, so I ripped them off and made it SS.

singlespeeds are for sissies who cant ride fixies and yea i said fixie...and my bike tires match my handlebars.

singlespeeds are for sissies who cant ride fixies and yea i said fixie...and my bike tires match my handlebars.

Your a sissy.

I do not understand why someone would ride a single-speed coaster if they had the option of riding a fixed gear bike.

Both.

Have a fixed gear that I really like and my mtb's a singlespeed.

Does it count as singlespeed if I ride my road bike and just don't shift? :P

I prefer fixed.

I prefer this:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3394297490_c4e1d2c6e9_b.jpg

i wonder who wrapped his bars

As long as there is only one gear, im happy.
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Oh no! I said single speed by accident. How do I change my answer?! Wah Wah.

Oh no! I said single speed by accident. How do I change my answer?! Wah Wah.
Now you will forever be a sissy.

HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITH THE SHAME?

i wonder who wrapped his bars

the squirrel, labor is cheep

haha thanks, its cool.
i was originally looking for a "how many" answer, but a comparison or percentage is much more reflective. I was more worried that it would be a repost

the squirrel, labor is cheep
I know, those poor squirrels. :(

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3391540804_6baec36923_b.jpg

now you will forever be a sissy.

How can you live with the shame?

nooooo! :o

Both; Road/street/urban riding I go fixed. I own a single speed MTB.

I prefer fixed in all but one scenario: riding down massive hills. Just seems like such a waste of energy at that point.

I'll coast when i'm dead

Edit: F it im deleting it

You need to take that image to photoediting software and resize it.

Holy crap. Large image is large.

When you upload on imageshack, it gives you an option to autoresize. Anything up to 800x600 usually works well for forums.

singlespeeds are for sissies who cant ride fixies and yea i said fixie...and my bike tires match my handlebars.

... sigh... I like my SS once in a while around town but its mostly for cx racing... guess im still a sissy... I ride fixed most of the time unless its on a mountain... and my bars match my tires too, black...

singlespeeds are for sissies who cant ride fixies and yea i said fixie...and my bike tires match my handlebars.... sigh... I like my SS once in a while around town but its mostly for cx racing... guess im still a sissy... I ride fixed most of the time unless its on a mountain... and my bars match my tires too, black...
I think(/hope) it's a troll . . .

Free wheels scare me :(

I'm not friendly with not controlling how and when I move.

Fixed for me.

Free wheels scare me :(

I'm not friendly with not controlling how and when I move.
Because non-fixed bikes can't do that? :lol:

Have you never ridden a freewheel bike? Or even a kid's bike with coaster brakes?

just means you only can increase the rear wheel's momentum with the pedals and decrease wheel momentum with brakes. you can't increase backward momentum with the pedals either.

people act like that's big deal but it's really not, especially because WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GO ANYWHERE BUT FORWARD ON A BIKE????

i have right now three bikes; fixed, ss, and geared.

i'm selling the ss, but that's mostly because it doesn't fit me. i like the other two more- if i'm going to coast i'd like gears so i can get up to speed and then coast when i'm going faster than anything else on the road. and even then, i hardly ever coast on a freehub bike anyway.

I prefer 3x9.

But my mountain bike is single speed because I am not coordinated enough to pedal, turn, shift, and avoid trees; my foul weather commuter is fixed because it is less likely to break in salt and snow at ten below.

Variety is the spice of life.

When I converted my bike to fixed/single, I expected that I would ride them equally. But it turns out that I like fixed a lot more because of the feeling of control. While I was learning how to handle the bike with the fixed gear, I flipped the wheel almost daily. But after a week or two of that I have ridden on the fixed gear about 99% of the time. One day I flipped over to the freewheel to see if I felt stronger as a result of riding fixed for a while, but I was actually shakier on the SS because I was trying to resist the pedals and nothing was happening.

When I converted my bike to fixed/single, I expected that I would ride them equally. But it turns out that I like fixed a lot more because of the feeling of control. While I was learning how to handle the bike with the fixed gear, I flipped the wheel almost daily. But after a week or two of that I have ridden on the fixed gear about 99% of the time. One day I flipped over to the freewheel to see if I felt stronger as a result of riding fixed for a while, but I was actually shakier on the SS because I was trying to resist the pedals and nothing was happening.

I tried riding my road bike awhile back but I kind of freaked out. I felt really out of control.

I've never ridden "SS" because it seems pointless to me. Mind as well get some gears (insert Getsomegears.jpg)
so yeah, im not voting.

Your a sissy.
hehehe

My beard eats sissies for breakfast.

My beard eats sissies for breakfast.
haha this is true...that dudes beard is vicious, i think deshi is mad cause he rides a single speed

My beard eats sissies for breakfast.

So does that mean it ate your face for lunch?

Just Sayin...

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/5/2/128857562579284996.jpg

well my legs eat sissies for dinner!

It's true, I've seen it......it's brutal. :(

I bought a single speed this summer and flipped it to fixed a month ago. I haven't coasted since.

So does that mean it ate your face for lunch?

Yes, which only gave my beard even more strength and made me more of a badass.

i liek biekz liek dis:

coaster brake freewheel...
fixed gear w/ front brake....
1x9s (or 1x8s, what im about to do to another road bike)

I'll speak up on the side of the freewheelers. Granted, I haven't given riding fixed a fair shot, but I find that I get so uncomfortable on my bike when riding fixed as opposed to riding on the freewheel. I don't ride SS for any ideological reasons, I just find that it's more comfortable.

I'll speak up on the side of the freewheelers. Granted, I haven't given riding fixed a fair shot, but I find that I get so uncomfortable on my bike when riding fixed as opposed to riding on the freewheel. I don't ride SS for any ideological reasons, I just find that it's more comfortable.
same here. of course ill admit, i am not as dedicated of a cyclist as a lot of people here (im a hockey guy primarily), so possibly i do not analyze it so much. I am not looking to become an expert rider, just looking for some joy in a healthy (and of course cool looking) way. It all really began out of me just wanting a simple reliable, and cool looking bike. I appreciate it in any form, and fail to understand the "sissy" mindset toward any type of riding, even if a lot of its obviously a joke.