Fixie on TV :-)
 

The latest Chase credit card commercial "For the fun" features a Fixed gear bike at 15 seconds.

Chase Freedom TV Commercial, 'For the Fun' - iSpot.tv

http://ispot.tv/a/7aTG Ride Safe,

Joe

They made a movie about them too

hey i have chase, i have a fixie.

was i just in a commercial?

Wow ! Mad skilz no hands riding. Guy must be a fixie pro.

Next people will be talking about them on the internet.

I have a Capital One Fixed Gear bike and get free airline miles every time I do a trackstand, double if I scowl at pedestrians. :eek:

Is that a fixed gear with no foot retention, or a single speed with no hand brake, or am i missing something?

Ted Shred, no worries.

I cringe every time I hear the word 'fixie"

not gonna lie i kinda wanna get some craigslist pos spraybombed in 12 different neon colors and put stickers all over it that say FIXIE and ride around waving to everyone

Same here. For some reason, even the term 'cyclist' sounds stupid to me.

You should get over it. People have been referring to fixed gear bikes as "fixies" since just after the invention of the derailleur.

I should, you are right. I should just be like you. I shouldn't be entitled to my own opinion. I should just post here and ask you if it is OK if I like something or not.

You should also go **** yourself if you're going to carry on like a bratty child instead of understanding what I'm saying.

It is pretty apparent that I don't give a rats ass about what you are saying. A rats. Ass.

Y so srs

Having been involved with riding fixed gear bicycles on the road since the Johnson administration, and having spent a fair good bit of time at/on the track since the early '70's I never heard a fixed-gear bicycle referred to by my coaches or teammates as a "Fixie" for the last few decades. Perhaps I missed it.

I believe that the term has entered the language recently, along with a generalized infantile diminution of nouns.

A generalized etymology source on "Fixie" has:

"fix·ie
ˈfiksē/
noun
noun: fixie; plural noun: fixies

A single-gear bicycle that has no freewheel, so that its wheels cannot move unless power is applied to the pedals.

Origin
early 21st century: from fixed-wheel bicycle or fixed-gear bicycle ."

Perhaps we moved in different circles (pun unintended) but it's interesting how the language evolves, with some unfortunate turns of usage at times.

-Bandera

And the ignore list gets a new member. Congrats, it's an exclusive club featuring only the finest.

I got ignored, but you quoted me to tell me. Nice work slick.

Ya know, I have no idea where the word came from. I just remember hearing it sometime in the early 2000s, and it was always one of the fair weather, wanna be messenger fanboys. Basically, people I hated. So it's annoyed me to this day. I guess it's kinda dumb, but everyone feels that way about SOMETHING I'm sure. Maybe not. I don't know.

I like tacos

Don't make me smack you in the back of yer head again.

It annoyed me the first time I heard it, and every single time since. I was told to get over it though, so maybe you should as well T13.

/sarcasm

when people use "obvi"

god it makes me cringe.

Or "jelly"....



Tenspeed: Never! I'm a master grudge holder, chip on my shoulder, crabby old bastard(despite not being TOO old). I'll never get over anything!

Hahaha

Guise - this has nothing to do with SSFG. We should take it to another forum.

Totes!

PREMIUM RUSH. I own that movie (on DVD). Sure not great cinematic art or a great classic.... but a darn fine action packed BICYCLE movie. And a great way to spend a snowy afternoon when it's too yucky to ride.

I have a few books at the shop that date the term fixie back to just after the turn of the 19th century. At any rate, there are much more deserving things to be bothered by.