What age did everyone here start riding fixed/SS?
01-10-09, 02:03 AM
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What age did everyone here start riding fixed/SS?
I've always wanted to know if there were people my age that ride fixed. I'm only 15 and i have been riding fixed for about 4 months now and have fallen in love with it. I ride it everywhere and Im not all caught up with getting my license like a lot of my friends.
So I was wondering what age all of you guys started riding fixed/SS just because I'm curious to know if I started out at a really early age.
So I was wondering what age all of you guys started riding fixed/SS just because I'm curious to know if I started out at a really early age.
01-10-09, 02:16 AM
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You lucky son of a gun. I started at 17 and I've been riding for 6 months now.
01-10-09, 02:18 AM
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Don't get too hung up over making a supertarckbike too. Make sure your setup is safe, fits well, and isn't completely hideous. What're you riding?
I propose we turn this into the young riders thread. Oh wait, that's damn near all of us.
I propose we turn this into the young riders thread. Oh wait, that's damn near all of us.
01-10-09, 02:20 AM
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I rode single speed when i was a little kid, I'd say 5 years old. That's the bike I learned on. Then i moved up to geared mountain bike, then geared road bike, then back to single speed (at age 20), now fixed (still at age 20).
01-10-09, 02:39 AM
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I think it's fairly safe to say we all learned on a SS of some sort, and then the overwhelming majority of us then moved onto geared bikes (except for those crazy BMX folks). I think the quantum leap is the decision to "return to our roots"
01-10-09, 02:58 AM
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Oh geeknerd you brought up a good point so I will sort of rephrAse my question. At what age did you start riding fixed and why did you choose to ride a fixed over all othermodes of cycling?
01-10-09, 02:59 AM
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30. I've now been riding fixed (amongst others) for about a year and half.
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01-10-09, 06:54 AM
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When I was 12, in 1964.
01-10-09, 07:26 AM
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I started last year, still 17, was 17 when I started
01-10-09, 07:45 AM
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My first fixed gear bike was when I was 8 ... back in 1964.
That went the way of a smaller bike with a coaster brake within a few months - the bike was adult sized and I was riding it with blocks of wood on the pedals so I could reach them. For some reason my parents decided that wasn't really suitable and bought me a smaller bike.
Realistically though, my first fixed bike was at the tender age of 50, a conversion of a bike I'd bought new in the mid eighties and finally 'upgraded' to a new bike with lots and lots of gears. Interestingly, that old Europa is threatening to become my main ride again once the new Sturmey Archer hub comes out
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That went the way of a smaller bike with a coaster brake within a few months - the bike was adult sized and I was riding it with blocks of wood on the pedals so I could reach them. For some reason my parents decided that wasn't really suitable and bought me a smaller bike.
Realistically though, my first fixed bike was at the tender age of 50, a conversion of a bike I'd bought new in the mid eighties and finally 'upgraded' to a new bike with lots and lots of gears. Interestingly, that old Europa is threatening to become my main ride again once the new Sturmey Archer hub comes out
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01-10-09, 08:11 AM
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started riding a single last week....didn't think I'd like it compared to my geared commuter and other bikes, but with as cheap and easily accessible the parts are I figured it would be easy to build and easy to sell if I didn't enjoy. I'm 28.
I like it though, it's smooth and easy just like hot sex should be. Doubt I'll ever ride a fixed on the street, maybe build one just for the fun.
I like it though, it's smooth and easy just like hot sex should be. Doubt I'll ever ride a fixed on the street, maybe build one just for the fun.
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My "fixation"
began at 41. Been riding only 9 months thereabouts. Now I got my 12 yr old so into riding FG with me too. We have a blast!
began at 41. Been riding only 9 months thereabouts. Now I got my 12 yr old so into riding FG with me too. We have a blast!
01-10-09, 08:51 AM
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20... when I moved into a walk-up and couldn't face hauling my cruiser up the narrow stairs everyday. I'm 21 now, and anything that coasts just feels wrong.
01-10-09, 08:55 AM
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I started riding fixed about 10 months ago. Im 22 now.
01-10-09, 09:02 AM
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My first fixed gear was my trike at around 2-1/2 yos old. I eventually graduated to SS bmx until about 28, then when I turned 46, I bought another SS/fix (Langster-NY), then at 47 bought another (Langster-Tokyo). I ride both of them SS, but have about 200 miles as fixed. Just wasn't for me and my knees.
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I'm fifty-flippin'-five and still haven't started riding a fixed. I'm a roadie and commuter who racked up +7500 last year.
BUT I'm converting my early 70's 10-speed. I have flip-flop hub wheel being built even as we speak. I just wanted to get one post into this forum before my wheel gets here and I end up killing myself. Watch for me in the obits.
BUT I'm converting my early 70's 10-speed. I have flip-flop hub wheel being built even as we speak. I just wanted to get one post into this forum before my wheel gets here and I end up killing myself. Watch for me in the obits.
01-10-09, 11:11 AM
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I started riding 700C fixed gear road bikes regularly when I was in my mid 30's. That was almost 20 years ago.
But of course we all had our tiny wheeled fixed bikes as kids......if that counts....
But of course we all had our tiny wheeled fixed bikes as kids......if that counts....
01-10-09, 11:25 AM
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Fixed- tricycle
SS- bike I learned on
SS- bike after that
geared- the rest
SS- bike I learned on
SS- bike after that
geared- the rest
01-10-09, 11:28 AM
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only a a few months on a FG. I'm 27. road BMX and Mtn. Bikes for years. i use to dirt jump BMX until i almost got wrapped around a tree wider than my car. then i went to Mtn biking. i have been mostly riding my mountain bike on the street, so i decided to get a road bike. i liked what i read about FG so i bought one. i like it. i have yet to get a free wheel to try it SS. when i get my new wheel set i think i will get a free wheel to make a flip flop out of my old back wheel.