Why did you start riding fixed?
 

I searched but couldn't find a thread like this, I'd like to know everyone's excuse!

I started because the friction DT shifters on my old Centurion LeMans Rs wouldn't stay put. They constantly needed adjusting to avoid chain issues/noise. Also, I was a new rider then and DT shifters were scary to reach.

Pulled everything off and put on a fixed wheelset.

my friend was like 'yo check this out' and put on the MASH DVD. true story.
i also grew a pretty sweet moustache that year.

I read about it on Sheldon's site. At first I was seriously like, "why the heck would I want a bike like that?" It didn't take long before I was cobbling together my first FG conversion.

Track racing.

I had a frame and I already had my road bike, so fixed was the next move after learning of its popularity and my growing curiosity.

During the summer of 2009 I randomly became infatuated with fixed gear bikes by checking out some online blogs and Fixed Gear Gallery. I convinced my parents to get me one for Christmas, but didn't end up placing the order until sometime in March of 2010. I've been riding fixed since then. I'm considering a road bike, but I keep "accidentally" spending money on new track bikes.

When I got in a bike accident, then snapped my chain a week later, it was the cheapest way to get my bike back on the road.

i really dont know why... probably to sup my wife

...to sup your wife.

Endurance training.

I wanted to be different, so I put together a FG like all the cool kids.
Seriously though, a couple years ago I became obsessed with the idea of fixed gears. Since I hadn't been on a bike for a few years I decided to put one together. Now I love it and haven't turned back.

Because I'm still like I was back when I did my first conversion back in 2000, not a fan of gears.

Hipster cred.......




personal health

My roommate all through college was an art major.


(hipster)

To loose weight cuz I'm a fat lard. From 245 now 225. And still loosing. 20 miles a day

Outstanding, just a a bit of advice, you may want to start upping the mileage, 20 miles will soon become routine and weight loss will start to diminish.

Yes I notice that after 3months. It's starting to be too easy. So I up my gear inches from 75 to 80. And probably add 5 more miles in 2weeks

Cool. Good luck with it.

Try lowering you gearing and pedaling faster.

It just looked like fun. It turned out to be true.

When I was racing in High School all the roadies I trained with had fixed gear beater bikes for the winter. So when I needed a beater bike to lock up on campus I decided to build one. Even though the one I have now isn't much of a beater......

It was to my understanding that if you bring your heart rate up too much (enter the anaerobic stage of exercise) your energy source moves to carbs instead of fats as in aerobic. Assuming there is a diet to go alongside this exercise, it would seem as though this would be counterproductive. Granted, this is provided my limited knowledge of physical training.. So I am only asking to further/make changes to said knowledge.

As for fixed.. I started on a singlespeed, at one point in time my freewheel went ka-boom, and I had to ride fixed until I could get a new one. I ended up hating the freewheel because of the pawls and stayed fixed.

****in' brakes on my Dawes SST i bought from a guy off CL kept giving me problems, I was one of the people who hated fixed gears and said "nope never" until that single speed freewheel went out, the wheelset was flip flop and had a cog on the other side already, 16t fixed so i turned it around and said "**** it" and fell in love:).

Build leg strength. I was a swimmer.

Well, I wanted a fixed gear because they look clean as hell. Then after I started riding one I kept riding because never feeling slack in the chain is addicting.

My commute was short, and I wanted more workout. Peeps told me it was fun. It is fun, and I get more workout.

WINNING!

The idea is to spin, but keep it aerobic. You go anaerobic when you have to stand up and mash.

I'm no expert either but that's not how it works. Your body moves to fat for energy after you have exhausted your energy reserves of glycogen -made from eating carbs. This is commonly called "hitting the wall" or "bonking" - exhausting your glycogen- and working through it to begin metabolizing fat. This all happens in endurance exercise. -- the goal is to increase lactic acid threshold to be able to go harder without the burn (more oxygen)--

Anaerobic(without oxygen) exercise is power lifting and sprinting or other such short duration work. --lots of burning lactic acid--

but let's not turn this thread into some fitness science debate

found a bike in the garbage, thought the hub or derailleur was shot (turns out the freewheel was gummed up, but i didn't figure that out til about a year after it got stolen). took apart the rear hub bearings to regrease it because i thought that would fix it. lost bearings, gave up, and bought a fixed rear hub and rebuilt the wheel.

ended up really liking the finished product, despite bouts of pedal strike induced crashes. that bike ended up getting stolen, so i built another. and another. and another...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VmjX1jXiPV...0/jamtrack.jpg
this thread is depressing.