I had a single speed with flip flop hub and saw all the cool cats riding fg so i figured i give it a shot.
I love the ride of a fg now, would never turn back

cheapest build option after my road bike was stolen, friend sold me the rear wheel cheap. Was also recommended I at least give it a shot by same friend and several others...

I thought it was cool that bike messengers rode fixed and wanted to try. Also wanted a bike that was slower / more of a challenge to ride with my son, it felt like overkill riding a 27 gear road bike w a 5 year old on a single speed bmx.

i recently got back into cycling with an old raleigh grand prix. started riding with some friends who had fixed gears. never really thought about it till one day i tried to hop on one of their bikes and well, it was pretty different i have to say. later on down the line, a friend of mine was thinking about buying a singlespeed, and she showed me the website. thought i twas a pretty good looking bike, and bought one as well. low and behold, it had a flip flop hub. everything started evolving from there...

Had a K2 full susp, dual disc mtb 24-speed with road tires and 1000's of miles on it (nearly 40lbs of bike). I bought it before I knew anything about bike fit and ended up several sizes too big. Sold it and bought my FG off of BD... loving it so far.
Need to get in shape as I'm starting fire rescue training this summer and I was told FG is what a lot of pro cyclist train on. I hate running and I hate the gym, but I love riding my bike.

To get faster on my road bike..

My old Simplex derailleur took a crap and wasn't shifting properly, and I had no idea how to fix it, so I bought a hub, cog, and lock-ring, and threw it on.

I tried it, and fell in love with the simplicity.

This is why I got one, I found sprinting on my fixed gear really helped my sprinting on my road bike. I'm also more comfortable at lower cadences now than I used to be.

Bought a Langster for a singlespeed commuter, built it up fixed day one just to "try" it, took off rear wheel and removed freewheel from non-drive side and tossed into parts bin.

besides riding fixed being a requirement to live in my Brooklyn hood, I think the aesthetic of fixed gear bikes are appealing and the resulting leg strength is also a nice perk.

Was biking 25 miles a day for school on my geared commuter mountain bike, it started to suck when it got below 10F or so, the sand/salt/snow mixture boogered up brakes and derraileurs.

In the spring, I got an old frame, welded up a ghetto hub and tried it out, liked the way it felt, so that next fall/winter, I had a proper wheel built up and didn't look back.

Now (about 8 years later), I am probably going to go back to a geared bike (want to buy 1x9 29r) as climbing the hill to my new house just isn't fun, even with 38x17 gearing.

I still love taking my fixed gear bikes out, but find myself riding less and less because the last half mile is over 11% grade.

I don't need to be fixed; I'm not broken... so I ride SS.

in october of last year me my friends decided to go on a road trip to southern cali, 3 days before we left my motobecane's BB got messed up and I didnt have any money.
so i hoped on CL and found a schwinn maddy to trade for my laptop, the next day i rode to santa cruz on a fixed gear, on HWY 1, it was the most amazing trip ever-we ended up staying at big sur, since it was beautiful, ive been riding everyday since

saw a white girl doing this thing* at the red light on wangfujin and dian lou in beijing where she didnt have to get off her bike: it looked so effortless, so logical, so.much.grace

then friends here had concepts that just looked almost toy-like, adorable, agressive, zen.
and the rest is historys

I saw thousands upon thousands of Indians doing the fixed thing in Delhi and on NH 1, and thought we could all use a little more "developing country" in this hizouse.

In reality it was a nice way to reconnect with pops, who's a huge roadie, but on my own terms. I also dislike shifting.

muk fal.

I live in Echo Park, which is a hipster hot bed. I've seen fixed gears rolling around the neighborhood since I moved in. I was riding an old roadbike previously. My first Bike, a Langster Tokyo was too flashy for me. I didn't feel comfortable riding it so I sold it and bought the Sputnik after research. My Ex Girlfriend found it on CL, I bought it the same day. Fell in love with riding fixed because of its simplicity, its feedback and its challenge.

srsly tho, fixed gear has helped my general bike and fitness much more then i thought it would.

At first I thought, as I'm sure many people outside of this forum still do, riding fixed was nuts. Many of my friends rode them but that didn't pique my interest. It wasn't until my Dad started talking about them, bought one, and I rode his that I thought "that is super fun!"

My old bike was super heavy, and the cables had rusted out so I was only riding one gear anyway. Found a cool conversion on craigslist and have been riding it ever since. I do like the extra control you get, but mostly I ride fixed because it's fun.

I tried riding fixed, liked it, researched it, then decided it would be a fun way to get around town and get faster on my geared bikes.

Rode a 26 inch geared mtn bike for about 3 years. Front and Rear derailleurs were starting to be worn down by all the winter commuting and accidental falls (trolley tracks a few times and an accident). Never moved it out of the one gear that could still be used. Figured I might as well just go SS/FG.

Bought a fixed gear mountain bike(Marin Hamilton 29er ) upon graduating college, never looking back(well I have a track bike too but I never use it). It's simple and light, but very durable (including the many options I have for tire sizes etc).

I hate replacing derailleurs. Used to race downhill. So many broken hangers and derailleurs...

because of nyc. like everything else

I do it to impress people in hopes of being validated.

I started riding fixed because I was tired (no pun intended) of pedaling 3 times and coasting down a street... I am very glad I switched over to fixed, now that I have a geared bike I am more apt to shift so I am continually pedaling vs coasting...It just feels odd to coast.

I removed the derrraileur on mi road bike, I had it free wheel for a while. Now I ride fixed!

Also, Is it only me or it feels like running with little gravity? I mean one pedal-strike 8-9 meter travel !! Winning!! :)

I do it cuz it's totally zen bro. it's like I'm one with my bike, if I'm moving, my bike is moving. and since I have a superior sense of traction conditions I feel like I'm one with the road, or one with the world even.. It's totally sweet bro you wouldn't understand....

fantastic

My freewheel hub broke and I felt like I was forced to ride fixed. Now I can't stop even though I think people saying that it's a better workout are buggin. I actually felt like it was less of a workout in the beginning because the pedals are automatically moving as the bike is motion.