darrk

Just curious.

let me know.

darrk

https://vimeo.com/2174725

https://vimeo.com/1736186

just looks like so much fun

Creakyknees

it might just be that you're hanging in the wrong neighborhoods. I've seen lots of fixies in the Deep Ellum / near East Side area that has all those new condo's going in.

Mr_Christopher

There were numerous fixie types at the recent bike meet at Bishop Arts. Maybe after the holidays we should organize a SS meet/greet/ride. After I buy mine that is :-)

Chris

falconproject

I know some of the folks at Spiral Diner in Oak Cliff ride Fixed, I see them on their way to work cming across the bridge. Also some folks at thnew version of Uptown cycles ride fixed and tons of messengers too. There's some sort of bike shop in South Side area that might cater to the fixed/SS crowd. Good luck.

RoyIII

Put out the word sometime and I'll come up for a ride from Waxahachie.

johnnytheboy

fyi- fixed gear riders hate the word "fixie".
and we're everywhere.
must not be looking too hard.

txvintage

Hey robot, how goes the recovery?

johnnytheboy

took my first ride in 9 weeks last sunday into and through oak cliff.
only about 10 miles, but it felt great!
thanks for asking.

StephenH

I think the key is the "scene", not the "fixed". There's lots of geezers riding old cruisers around Dallas, but there's not exactly a "cruiser scene" in Dallas, either. Maybe people are just too busy or too spread out to make a social event of the bike riding, as compared to some other cities.

darrk

sorry for calling it fixie haha

see i wouldnt know because i dont ride fixed...i would love to but am broke.

but you guys should meet up and have social events man.

then maybe one day i'll be able to show up

Mr_Christopher

When you get a fixed bike we'll put you in charge of putting together a fixed scene :-)

Chris

johnnytheboy

fixed gear riders generally tend to hate each other.

Mr_Christopher

check out the SS forum if you have any doubts.

monogodo

Uptown Cycles hosted a social ride every Sunday evening for a couple of years. Some of us who used to ride it still get together to ride on Sunday evening now and then, and most Monday evenings. We're a fairly spread out group, too. We have riders from Downtown to Frisco & everywhere in between. And a lot of us will ride to the ride.

StephenH

When I'm just out riding around, I don't normally pay that much attention to other bikes, so I've never really thought to count the fixed gear bikes I see.

I was just up at the Turkey Roll this morning, and noticed this bike as I was shooting:


Then when we got done, we talked to these guys a minute, and they were riding fixed gear bikes:


I don't know how many other fixed-gear riders there might have been out there, but they don't seem scarce at least.

So here's the Fixed Gear Scene- just more people riding bikes around.

Mr_Christopher

Forget the fixed gear scene and get hip to the fixed geezer scene! I'm a proud member of that hip, happening scene. After our second child I got myself fixed :-)



Chris

OneArmedScissor

because Dallas is laid out in the worst sprawl I have ever experienced?
I really hope it's gotten better since I lived there. Last time it was like a 30 minute drive to get anywhere.


ps: Houston ain't much better

but the kids here are getting into bikes anyway.
The drivers don't like it.

gbizzy

I think Dallas needs an alleycat/scavenger hunt/barhopping/city riding/nighttime adventure scene more than it needs a fixed gear scene.

Someone start an internet forum!

OneArmedScissor

there already is one...

gbizzy

Where? Here? TXfixed? That's mostly Austin/SanMarcos folks. Fixedfortworth?

Where does one go to find out about Dallas events?

johnnytheboy

I'm working on a north tx fixed website. It should be up and ready within the next week hopefully.

StephenH

If y'all are not familiar with it, check out: https://www.fixedfortworth.org/

I went to one of their events just to see what was going on. They had maybe 8 or 10 guys there. You might look at pooling the DFW and FW groups if that helps.

Creakyknees

that dude in the white sweater and scarf is definitely a hipster.

StephenH

I don't even know what a hipster is, to be honest. That's how unhip I am. But anyway, the guys over at the fixed-fort-worth ride were all early 20's or so. But I think Tom Stormcrowe's a bit older than me and taking up fixed gear, so not everyone fits into that mold.

That's Doohickie on the far right, he wasn't on a fixed gear. One of these men on the fixed bikes said he read the forums here (not positive he meant the same ones) but hadn't signed on to post stuff.