Is it possible? No I'm not talking about clunking. I mean something more extreme, like this.


On second tought, maybe not such a good idea.

I've heard of people doing XC type riding on a FG, but I've never heard of it done with trail riding. At best, it is SS.

IMO the negatives vastly outweigh the benefits, if there are any. Pedal strikes drove me insane and I caught myself skidding a lot by accident (which is horrible for trails and why I only really tried it once). Just because you can throw a fixed wheel on it doesn't mean that you should

https://www.63xc.com/

Probably entertaining, but a bit limited. I wonder also if the rate of trail deterioration would be rather higher.

Anything is possible. Many things are silly.

it is very possible & in fact it is a lotta fun...

https://forums.mtbr.com/singlespeed/p...tb-591040.html

Fixed Cross Country can be fun, but only for short distances (at least for me). It's just far to much work to maintain over a long period of time. For anything involving ramps, jumps or other sorts of free-riding, I would imagine that fixed would be the exact wrong tool for the job.

There are exactly 0 advantages to be gained by putting a fixed gear wheel on your mountain bike.

I have my steamroller setup as a cyclocross fixed gear, it is fun to ride but would prefer to coast. I've ridden single tracks with my buddies that were meant for full suspension mountain bikes, I had to walk certain sections but other than that I was usually 20-30 seconds behind them.

single speed

I would love to have a fixed gear for xc rides. For what was being done on the video, your knees would literally be destroyed.


Trials would be doable though...

I'd thought the same thing about trials. Seems like there would be some real advantages and new opportunities with the ability to pedal backwards and have more control.

Something that blows away the kranked clip.


Watch the brendan semenuk segment.

as a trials rider, i gotta say that riding trials fixed would be miserable. just pedal kicking, the most basic of trials moves, would become ridiculously more difficult if not almost impossible. there's a reason no one rides their fixed gear trick bike like danny macaskill

I really have a very very very basic skillset with trials, more of a dj/street person.

Technically my trials bike has a fixed wheel, but the crank is freewheeling. As stated above, fixed trials would be a pain.

FG XC is a lot of fun on the the right trails. Navigating tight twisty singletrack with good traction, keeping your hands off the brakes, gives the trail a sense of flow that you can't get with a FW...makes it feel like a new trail. Technical obsticles, and steep hills start to get really annoying, however, when there are a lot of them, and even simple things like a small log pile become a big PITA because of pedal strike. You could argue that riding fixed on technical trails increases your skills, but not any skills worth having, IMO?

I've ridden mild singletracks in my steamroller with 32's. Now I'm building up a mountain bike as a fixed gear. I ordered a VeloSolo disc cog and have everything ready to build. This will be a XC and bikepacking set up.

I had my monocog 29er setup fixed and it was a lot of fun.
Definitely a different ride and made you watch your lines much more.

I've tried it, its not fun at all because of pedal strikes.

That's what skidding is for

Landing high speed jumps in the OP vid would be brutal on fixed.

Seems like trying any feet-off-pedals tricks, even a basic superman, would be a fate worse than death.

^^^^^ +1

Fireroads or smoother single tracking would be fine, but really technical or high speed sections would be unpassable or downright dangerous. This begs the question "Why?".

If you have lame trails then it can make them harder but skidding is really bad for the trails. Don't do it.