exactly as the title says. Wondering how many people commute with a fixed gear bike and if so how far do you go? over what terrain?

I take my fixed gear some days. 24 miles round trip.

Flat terrain with some bridge overpasses. Half roads, half bike path.

Rollers all the way, uphill finish at both ends (but of course it's the downhill that's the workout)

I love commuting on my fixed gear. My commute is 25-29 KM roundtrip.

I answered incorrectly and can't change my answer. I put 11-15 because my trip is 14 miles, but that's my one-way distance. My round-trip distance is almost 28 miles. I don't usually ride my fixie, but I've done it a few times. I keep it in my office 24 hours a day, in case I want to take a midday ride.

Haha, me too. I didn't notice it was "round trip" until I read your post. 12 each way for me. Some gentle rolling hills with a couple steep climbs/descents that aren't too long. I've been riding FG more often than geared.

I do avoid the FG bikes on windy days though, or rainy days. (I refuse to put fenders on them)

ditto that, only 8 miles for me. The choices all look more like the usual 1-way distances so I didn't notice.

My fixed gear is my "dedicated" commuter with fenders and rack, so I ride it about half the time.

Yeah I'm surprised at how much I've enjoyed riding the fixed gear. I sort of regret replacing the broken shifter on a Trek mountain bike I bought as a winter bike for this year instead of just converting it to fixed.

My round-trip commute now is only 9 miles or so, but is greatly extended on the Wednesday afternoon club rides.

I screwed mine up as well. 18 mile round trip commute, often done on my fixed gear. Mostly flat with one "hill". Currently running a 48:15 ratio so I can get moving. No mounts for water bottle cages, no fender mounts, no racks, no bell and not even a mount for a rear brake.

OK, that's at least five of us then... so this poll is certified meaningless.

Direct route is 4 miles and flat. Indirect route is 22 miles and....flat.

I didn't fill in the poll because I am not commuting now. I have in the past for distances between 6 miles round trip (dress clothing, I don't work up a sweat), 12 miles (completely the "wrong" distance - gotta wear bike clothes but really don't get a workout) and 24-34 miles. Those are all minimum distances for various jobs I have worked.

My workhorse commuters have been fix gears. From 1976 until the mid 2000s I had two bikes, good and fix gear. Good only went to work on nice days. Until 1984 I did not own a car. Really bad weather? Always the fix gear. Around 2005 I set up a geared bike as a poor weather option. So that has taken a little of the miles off the fix gear, but not much. It has served instead more as a farmer's market truck (4 panniers), gravel and foul weather climbing bike. I love riding fix gear just too much!

And in line with that last statement; last June I went for celebratory rides on my custom road and fix gears, hitting 100,000 miles riding gears and 100,000 miles riding fixed the same day. Yes, I love riding fix gear just too much! (And if I had to whittle my bike collection down to just one bike it would be my custom fix gear n a dream world where bike thefts don't happen and my winter/rain/city fix gear in this world.)

Ben

I'm fixedless at the moment, but last year did 10-20% of commutes on my fixed. About 25 miles round trip, I guess. Miles are a pain - it was around 40km.

Between fun rides and commutes this year, I have racked up 2871 miles on my fixed gear. Last year was 3708 on fixed alone.

I love my fixed gear for commuting. I run about 15 miles one way not including any lunch time commutes.


I can always hook a ride home and throw the bike in my brother's truck. Based on traffic volume (and aggression) this is a better option.

I've been contemplating a fixed gear or single speed for winter but I live on the edge of two watersheds which means I'm at the highest point in any which direction and invariably will have to climb. As the last option of the poll suggests, the last three miles going back home involves climbing a hill with increasing grade up to 10% for about a 1/4 mile stretch. It's a tough enough climb with a 3-gear crank and 10s cassette!

My commute is 17.5 miles round trip, and it's hilly. I only take my fixed gear a few times a month, though, depending on weather and what I need to haul when limited to a backpack. I might ride it tomorrow, though. PG

I'm mostly commuting on SSs and geared bikes these days.

That said, I spent three years commuting in Washington, DC strictly on a fixed gear. I'd ride anywhere from 40 minutes to a few hours a day. These days I have no interest in pedaling all the time, but who knows. I loved it once upon a time

I did see a younger lad grinding up a long, slow hill on a FG last week. All I could think was, "That was me, a few years back." Ha, I'm about to complete a new commuter - my first 1x10 with riser bars and a rapid fire shifter. I'll be riding in plush style.

Yeah, you might not enjoy doing that every day, but you might like it for the occasional change.

35+mi round trip of flat to rolling. This year was my first season of riding the fixed commuters more than geared. For the standard river commute I currently prefer the fixed but used geared when raining or if wanting to add climbing loops. For day after day grinding on the same patch of road, I find the fixed is simpler, easier, lighter, better workout. I do enjoy riding geared bikes as alternative though, one really appreciates coasting after riding fixed for weeks on end.

I'd like to try a fixie in theory. But I'm sure I wouldn't be up to it. My heart bug makes my uphill gear so low that it would be terribly frustrating on the level and worse downhill. I can barely manage with a 3-speed and usually take a derailleur bike.

Bingo! Many would be fixed riders freak out about going up hills. For me, the real deal is keeping "ahead of my pedals" on descents with my 19 mile round trip commute. I have brakes. So, when gravity wins I don't die. I do occasionally take a geared bike just for the ease of coasting down the big hills now and then.

Yeah I couldn't really do fixie w/o a rear brake (as well as the front one)

Sure you could. Legs are the back brake.