BRANDUNE

Hey, how'd you know what I was wearing today

k_hedge

I've never owned anything with more then one gear.
When i was younger i used to ride freestyle bmx so it just made sense to stick with the simple mechanics.

and it just seems more fun!

AZKakaAZK

this must really bother you huh?

and as a side note: my friends father IS a rocket scientist in his early 60s and rides an oldschool fixie.

Placid Casual

I ride a fixed gear bicycle because if I didn't, people like you would have nothing with which to concern themselves.

ninja>pirate

I don't have a problem with derailleur's (maintaining or operating). Without is just more fun, less to think about other than riding hard.

SkyeC

I ride fixed to work and on shortish group rides because it's just plain more fun for me. I have a geared bike and I love it for long rides and zoning out away from all the traffic and crazies in the city, but riding fixed is just a much nicer feeling. I hate it when people get all sappy about feeling connected and all that jazz, but if I had to pick one of my bikes to keep and sell the rest, I'd keep my track bike.

kidtwisty

you too?!

rodri9o

for me, it is the silence.

cc700

derailleurs are cake.

i ride because of the street cred and cool points. it's like a video game, only cooler.

JackWGroves

I ride fixed and single becuase when I did use my roadie I rarely ever used more than 2-3 gears so I just figured it'd be easier to convert. It was. It's way more fun and I love it.

Az B

If changing gears is too complicated for you, how do you do your taxes?

Az

Gurgus

Its not that changing gears is complicated. Its more that it is not necessary.

Sammyboy

Amen.

captsven

I was riding my SS 29'er this weekend and came up to a couple of guys riding geared bikes. I passed them but then a few minutes later they passed me. We were going about the same speed for another hour or so, with them just ahead of me.

Eventually, I came up to them and they have some kind of mechanical issue. I see the one guys derailler is a bent in pretty bad. I stop, look over the damage and I say, " I think you will be able to get out of here but you are going to be going to the LBS soon!".

I know this doesn't happen very often but with the timing of this post, I just had to share.

Philatio

It is a dumb reason, yes, to consider such an extremely simple mechanical device unbearably difficult to use. I wouldn't say these people really bother me though.

If you like the way it feels, like the better workout, live somewhere pancake flat, feel cooler riding it, etc etc then by all means go about your business. Just don't blame it on the complexity of derailleurs.

vee_dub

Fixed gear is like a manual in car, i like it cause it clean and simple. Also help me loss 5kgs and learn not to be lazy like MTB.

maddyfish

I have a single speed because more than half of my trips were in one gear 42-18. So my SS is geared 42-18.
I have(sort of) a geared bike, but my derailleur just exploded saturday, causing me to crash. I'm still up in the air about whether or not to fix it, or FIX it.

Gurgus

You don't have to live somewhere pancake flat to ride fixed. For me, half the fun of fixed gear is riding up hills. Riding down, after you figur it out, is also lotsa fun.

Philatio

Sorry, I didn't mean to have it come out that way. I was just trying to come up with good examples for my list.

wroomwroomoops

I ride singlespeed because I go faster this way.

UTJeff

The shifters on my road bike went out of comission for almost a year, so it was basically single speed. Then it got stolen. I'd say its pretty obvious why I went fixed gear.

sniks

..........because I love knee pain and that creeking noise my knee makes in the morning.........

Indolent58

...because you're all pitiful slaves to fashion?

deathhare

Derailleurs are for girls.

Circa85

I ride a fixed gear because the internet told me its what hipsters ride...