I know, I know panniers on fixie just sound so bad.

but I have a short commute, 6 km in town every morning. Being a teacher I have a ton of stuff I have to take with me, papers to correct, books, stuff like that.

I do not like wearing a bag, and I was a messanger in the early 90s in NYC, so I know all about messenger bags.

so, can it be done? or will it make stopping nigh on impossible if there are panniers with the books weighing the whole rear end down????

Yeah, I could use the fixie on no book days and the commuter when I have stuff to carry...

robi

Why does it sound bad? Is is sort of going against the minimalist mentality of the fixie crowd?
Anyhow, my SS\FG Salsa Casserole is running panniers. No issue whatsoever. Then again I run two brakes now. Plus, I flipped it to SS due to knee issues.
If things get annoying you could always pick up an internal geared hub for the rear wheel.

Sure it can be done; BUT ONLY IF you wear camo pattern shants, and double up on your tats to overcome the bad karma of the fixie-pannier interaction.

Use a brake if you're worrying about stopping.

Every tool has a purpose, and every purpose has a tool.
Now that your moment of zen is over, go install your rack and panniers.

That's only going to make things worse. What you need is skinny girl jeans and a white studded belt.....

Do "sleeve-up", though!

All my fixed gear rides are racked up to carry paniers and run brakes... it makes commuting and touring so much easier and stopping is not a problem.

I not only use a pannier on my fixie, I have a Wald folding basket attached to the rack as well for grocery/beer runs.

Fenders, rack, pannier, trunk rack and folding basket=Fred of SS/FG commuters.

I love it. Function>Form.

If anything, weighing the rear end down will make stopping better (I'm assuming you're braking with your legs not a brake). It will make skidding harder, but skidding is a very poor method of stopping anyways.

+1

Heck yes. Even my dense roadie self is starting to understand that one.

My ss/fixie has full fenders and an old school Eclipse rack and panniers. It also has front and rear brakes.

putting a rack, and the panniers in the front would make it easir to skid-stop.

But..skid-stopping is rough on tires. I usually try to gradually slow it down with my legs, almost never skid stopping unless I just absolutely have to lock-em up.

wow, great news.... it can be done.

I have no fixie yet!!!! I just never really change gears on my commute and I figured why not simplify things... plus I have some messed up knees, chronodomatia (sp?) and I thought if I get the right gear ratio going, start peddling, get up to speed and just let the fixed gear help me get a nice even stroke, which, will surely make using a geared biek for long tours even better...

I had asked the kids where I teach about the panniers and they said it would bbe hard to stop... BUT I have no intention of skidding... don't like it with hand brakes, why do it with a fixie? and I fully intend to put brakes and fenders on the bike...


robi

BTW, how come I do not get email notifications of of posts to this thread even though I chose that options?

Just a bit of a warning but I have found that knee troubles with a fixed gear are very painful. You can not rest your legs by coasting. It is more tolerable with a SS. That being said, when my knee was at its worst I switched to my geared bike.

As always... YMMV

unweighting the rear wheel isn't just for doing killler skiddzz... there's also the "skip stop". here's a short blurb on it from the cannon of sheldon brown:

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html#skip

I have a pannier on my fixed gear. Cuts down on sweaty back and looks ultra cool.

Before you buy your rack and panniers, be sure you try them out to ensure you won't have problems with your heel hitting. I tried it on my fixie track bike (Windsor the hour) and my Size 13's didn't have enough clearance.

The IRO Rob Roy is a cyclocross frame with track ends for SS/FG plus fender and rack mounts. There was a BF group buy for this bike.

https://shop.irocycle.com/shop/produc...8&cat=2&page=1

Stop questioning yourself and DO IT. Run at least a front brake. The weight can be a little much to stop really fast. I weave stop when I have lots of crap like groceries or bike parts. Axiom makes some rockin racks and bags.

i use panniers on my fix.

works just fine =)

Plus, no one will confuse you for a hipster. That alone is worth it.
j/k

The axiom streamliner road moves the rack back to clear my size 12's. Drill the holes out bigger for the axles and you're good to go.

Is this the one?

unless you run stovepipe panniers with white leather studded straps.

Never thought about that. Good point.