I'm real new to this and I've read previous threads about what to get for a used or new fixed/ss bike but didn't find what I was looking for. I'm willing to spend about $350 for a used bike either fixed or ss and just want something that rides well and looks good riding casually and running my dog

I just don't want to end up getting a kooky 'begginers' bike that's easily outgrown but rather something that I can use for a long time. If anybody here surfs, it's like starting off with a funboard and learning to surf on it and never using that board again because it has neither the function of a longboard or shortboard. I want to avoid that scenario with a bike I get.

Can anybody direct me towards used dealers or places/sites I should look at, types of bikes, etc. Any direction to narrow it down would help. I'm in orange county and often in Los Angeles if that helps.

Have a look through these:

https://urbanvelo.org/singlespeed-com...ikes-for-2009/

(taken from another thread)

Also - have a read through this thread (where the first link came from) to see if this helps answer some of your questions:

https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespeed-fixed-gear/570928-republic-bikes-se-draft.html

Thanks for the links.

Any thoughts on these?

https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/bik/1309774246.html

https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/bik/1308489483.html

I think for those prices you can get something new. The Windsor Hour is $299 new. The Nashbar is $299 as well.

i don't know what the point of buying a conversion is.

i'd suggest buying a bike with track ends imo.

The Schwinn is not a fixed gear, it says so in the ad. Stay far away from it. The Raleigh might be ok bit it looks like it has really relaxed geometry.
Keep looking... IMO...

what size are you?

thanks for the tips. After some research and thinking over I am likely going with the windsor clockwork. I figure since I'll be riding a lot to run my dog (necessary to drain her superflous energy), I need something with a safety net for me and my dog, freewheel and breaks. And it just seems like a decent bike for the price.

My size is 5'8" with 30 inseam so I believe a 52mm would be ok right? I had a question about that actually. I noticed a lot of people seem to get smaller bikes then what seems their recommended sizes according to charts I've seen, and they pull up their saddles really high? is that more for freestyle stuff? I figure I won't be doing that, but later if I find interest in it would going smaller like a 49mm be a good idea. And if a bikes a tad bit too small what are disadvantages? many questions I know...