Hope this is alright to ask. Does anyone know what happen to TrickTrack.org? I'm just curious. Use to go there everyday.

Tricktrack is down and i'm guessing it won't be back it was filled the spam and no new posts. Everyone stopped using it and they wouldn't give full reigns back to Tom Mosher like he wanted so he could help fix it back up. The other dudes who ran it had stopped modding like a year ago and Tom couldn't get in touch with them.

Thank you. That's ah shame. Ny here where some new everyday but not many. Is there FGFS guys here?

Pretty sure you'll be the only one

We hate FGFS. Get a BMX bike and get off my lawn.

Wouldn't say I am a FGFS guy. Only been riding fixed gear for about a year and a half. 6 of those months were winter and my bike just sat collecting dust. But, this past May trackstands finally clicked and been really getting into it these past few weeks. Riding more than ever, and try to practice daily. Its super addicting too. Just my luck that trick track went down. So much information I wish I was able to read. I can see them in google searches.

Not much FGFS chatter here unfortunately. Handful of threads in the archive. Just browse around to see what kind of place this is. If you like fixed gear, stick around regardless.

Who can do keos here? That would be cool to know.

Also when people say FGFS. What are you referring to? Seems to be 2 totally different styles. You have total track bike with skinny tires and these guys do pretty trackstands, keos, wheelies, smaller front wheels for barspins. Then you have bikes like the bruiser, cutter, scissor with huge tires / forks and ed wonka tom lamarche style. This is total bmx on fixed. But 2 completely different styles. Seems like its headed more towards BMX and going to be interesting to see what happens, or what kind of skill we see.

Just to inform you guys. I'm an old man compared to you kids. 53 years old that loves to ride all kinds of bikes accept bmx. There way to small in size for me. And I ride in parking lots and streets never on lawns.

Watch who you're calling a "kid", bucko.

Yeah man, more power to ya. I don't ride FGFS, nor do I ride FG - I ride SS. I guess because this is the FG/SS forum that I am accepted, but at times still feel alienated as it surely is more aimed at FG. No biggie, to me riding all kinds of bikes is all cool. I give you credit for doing your thing at 53 yrs. old. I'm 47 myself and find FG too hard on my knees, the reason why I ride SS. I guess I "should" be riding geared bikes, but the simplicity of one speed is what I really like. I predict this thread will be closed before long...

Why thank you. About 4 years ago I decided to lay my car and stop driving and ride my bikes full time. I save a lot of money now. Plus good for my health.

Jumping off 10 stairs with your fixed gear commuter isn't something I would recommend to anyone. But, having solid trackstand skills, being able to ride backwards, being able to hold a wheelie is probably something anyone riding a fixed gear should strive for. You will have excellent control of your bike. Bunny hopping as well.

I guess those are just basic bike skills anyway and not tricks, but those same skills are the foundation for tricks. Whatever style. BMX, trials, mountain, FGFS, etc. I'm sure a good amount of people in here can trackstand, and hold wheelies. And they had to practice quite a bit to learn, so they are lying to us.

So Airbrush kid, what kind of bike do you ride? Would be cool to see a 53 year old busting out some skills. Those 700 barspin bikes are weird. Such long top tubes. I don't know much about bike design in how when a bike was designed, how was it intended to be used. For example you can take a track bike and throw risers and a shorter stem and the weight has been shifted back significantly. Versus riding it with a longer stem and drops, where the weight is distributed probably how the frame was designed to be. Curious to know how a trick bike rides outside of the trick realm. Rode a cutter once, but it was for only a few seconds. Saw a kid at the train station and convinced him to let me try his bike really fast. He had his seat all the way down, and huge tires. Felt like a huge bmx + mountain bike.

Was looking at the gansta track frame. Looks interesting. Same headtube angle as steamroller, seat tube .5 degrees slacker, Top tube .5cm longer and slopes, seat tube much shorter, and fork much taller. Huge tire clearance. Not a fan of sloping top tubes, so can't say I love the looks, but would love to ride it for 30 miles and see how it rides. Sucks trick track is down. So much info was there. Blah.

teach me how to wheelie

Well, I have far from mastered a wheelie on a fixed gear. But can hold it for a bit. Actually stopped practicing since any free time I have on the bike I am practicing backwards circles, and trackstands. Specifically trackstands on my weak side. I also think once I come back to wheelies, my better trackstanding skills will help.

Anyways, for learning (a master can pop it and hold it with no hands / bars). I would get risers on there and your bars as high and as close as you can. Gear down into the 50's. Lower your seat a tad. Then watch any youtube tutorials and apply it to fix gear. And keep practicing. The lower your gear is, the easier it will be to learn. The handlebar situation makes it so your weight is shifted back easier. Its all practice and how much you want to learn.

You really believe this? Really?

You really think that these circus tricks (that's what they are) should be goals that all FG riders should strive for?

Don't get bent because Teimeyer built you a bike that can't do bar-spins bro.

No. Not in the sense that "I ride fixed gear, so screw my job, my wife, my bills, and food. All I need is my bike so I can ride wheelies into the sunset". No. But those are all basic bike skills that will help you have better control of your bike. Depends what you want.

Circus tricks or not. Its cool, and fun stuff. And its great to challenge yourself and eventually learn something that 2 weeks ago you couldn't do it to save your life.

On a side note, don't really consider them tricks. Just basic bike skills that take time to learn and a lot of control. Circus tricks are more like standing on your handlebars and doing a back flip onto the saddle. That is a circus trick

I can understand a bunny hop. This may help someone clear an obstacle or pothole in the road. Just like learning to change a flat or adjust derailleurs.

What problem do cycling backwards or wheelies solve for cyclists? This is a serious question. Please answer.

You could make an argument that the proprioceptive learning that goes into doing these skills is beneficial to all aspects of riding a bike. But then you could probably make the same case for surfing or skiing.

Almost the same thing when people say that skateboarding and snowboarding are beneficial to one another, but its really two completely different things/feels/styles/sports.

That's my point. Backwards bike riding is as beneficial to normal bike riding as skateboarding is to snowboarding, i.e. not very.

Right. The only time I ever find Backwards 'riding' beneficial is when I'm riding BMX, and I cheat with a freecoaster. Its not going to make you a better cyclist. And wheelies tend to just make you look like a jackass.

i used to be one of them
spent half my childhood trick skating and longboarding down hills, tried one time to snowboard all "yea its skateboarding with snow"

massive fail.

on a semi related note: i wish i could track stand for more than 3 seconds, i can only pedal slower than walking pace till the light changes lol