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GrippinGs
Posts: 4960 - Karma: 196
Recently started riding them, super fun and sure beats $4.00 a gallon. Wish i had a pic of my bike, its a centurian frame fork with some campy wheels, basic but fun. Anyone else?
Jun 3 2008 1:34AM
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libtec
Posts: 131 - Karma: 10
Enjoy it now, pretty soon the hipsters in your area will leech on and suck all the fun that once existed away leaving girl jeans and bandanas in their wake
Jun 3 2008 1:58AM
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Dirac
Posts: 1304 - Karma: 335
almost as played as longboards.

both still kick ass though
Jun 3 2008 2:01AM
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Will_B
Posts: 163 - Karma: 20
yes! someone else on ns who rides fixies!
mine is an '84 schwinn world, sunrim wheels, and whole hodge podge of other frankenstien parts, but its still pretty spry and quick, i love it. i'll post a pic later.

dont let the naysayers saying its a hipster fad get you down, just do a one footed skid and kick 'em in the face!

jokes, jokes.
Jun 3 2008 2:15AM
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freeze_pooter
Posts: 3296 - Karma: 16
try soooo hard
Jun 3 2008 2:16AM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
The fixed gear "culture" is so up its own ass, drives me up the wall since I actually enjoy riding my bike.
Jun 3 2008 12:32PM
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skithebert
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bwaha.  soo true.
Jun 3 2008 12:45PM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
yea i have one, i wouldn't say i'm a part of the "culture" though. its just a really fun way to get to around campus and town. should have pics up soon, just waiting on some bar tape
Jun 3 2008 3:22PM
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nigel12
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i wish i had the money to buy one
Jun 3 2008 4:52PM
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Karcher
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fixed gears are the funnest thing ever!! they are awesome to ride and get places
Jun 3 2008 4:58PM
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zylstra
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will someone explain this "fixed wheel" and the culture surrounding it.
Jun 3 2008 5:05PM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
its a single speed bike with no free-wheel. meaning if you take your feet off the pedals they will keep spinning. you always have to be pedaling and a lot of people dont run brakes, they just apply force in the opposite direction the pedals are spinning to slow down or skid. the "culture" is basically tight jeans and euro cycling hats and messenger bags, as they are commonly used by bike messengers in cities around the country
Jun 3 2008 5:16PM
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zylstra
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so is a regular bike not just a step up from a fixed wheel?
Jun 3 2008 6:04PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
techncally, yes

funwise, no
Jun 3 2008 6:07PM
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AbeFroman
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have you ever seen the movie MASH?
Jun 3 2008 6:25PM
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AbeFroman
Posts: 1268 - Karma: -4
have you ever seen the movie MASH?
Jun 3 2008 6:25PM
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steevner
Posts: 4502 - Karma: 47
Just built one up from a $20 Salvation Army (thrift store) 70's french road bike.
I wouldn't want to go no-brakes. First of all I'm running a suicide hub, and second of all slowing down from mach chicken is no walk in the park, let alone fast/efficient. Thridly it makes going down steep hills bearable.

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Jun 3 2008 7:24PM
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steevner
Posts: 4502 - Karma: 47
let'e try again...

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Jun 3 2008 7:30PM
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b-ladd
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they just seem like they would be a bad thing to have if there's a lot of hills where you live. I like having gears.



plus I'm kind of a bitch.
Jun 3 2008 8:42PM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
yea my campus is pretty much completely flat, hills are not a problem. here she is

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Jun 3 2008 9:21PM
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FellowJibber
Posts: 476 - Karma: 12
that bike is a beast. im honestly beyond jealous
Jun 3 2008 10:38PM
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-justice-
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so many people in Seattle ride fixies and I can only wonder at how they and navigate the super-hilly neighborhoods without brakes.  I wanted to assemble a fixie cause it's cheap but I am too much of a sally to ride some of the hills in the area without brakes.
Jun 3 2008 11:15PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
seems a bit masochistic to me.

but then again there are people who like gag porn, so i guess, whatever floats your boat.
Jun 3 2008 11:27PM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
its definitely something that not everyone understands but there is no way to explain why i love it than for you to try it yourself

and if you have and still don't get it, thats just how it goes
Jun 3 2008 11:32PM
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smooticus
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tight jeans and messenger bags, i dont know what a cycling hat is but since you put euro in front of it then assume its gay. So the culture is gay people then
Jun 3 2008 11:45PM
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SteevJee
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so true. Too bad hipsters ruin everything
Jun 3 2008 11:50PM
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Danger.
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because we all know that tight pants indicate your sexuality! wrong. you ride hood, so i'm guessing you have been to portland. and since you've been to portland i'm guessing you have seen people riding fixed bikes, so why act like you don't know? to make a witty comment that isn't really funny?
Jun 3 2008 11:53PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
I honestly would like to at least try one, before I continue to knock on them. I can kind of see the advantage to a linked drive like that and being able to slow down, but.........


why not just take the part that disconnects the wheel when you're not pedaling (the thing in the hub that make it only work in one direction, I don't know what it's called) out, and leave the gears? you'd still be fully connected all the time, except with the ability to pedal up hills without being a triathlete? or is that the point?
Jun 3 2008 11:59PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
fixies are a trend
Jun 4 2008 12:32AM
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eheath
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How are longboards played?
Jun 4 2008 12:36AM
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vzdz
Posts: 782 - Karma: 87
because you got suburb bob at the frat repping his 3ft sector nine in sandals and cargo shorts and can't even turn the thing


fixed gears are rad, definitely take getting used to, i stick to my regular 70s ten speed...
Jun 4 2008 12:46AM
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eheath
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Thats like calling a car played because the same douche owns a car like you do. That doesnt make any sense, longboards aren't played.
Jun 4 2008 12:57AM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
i honestly have no idea why people dont do that and maybe some do. part of it though is its a really simple design with extremely low maintenance. one of the bad things about fixies is the chain stretches a little over time (noticeably more than a traditional bike with a freewheel). when you bring in a gear shift system the loose chain may screw things up a bit. thats just a guess though

and yeah, its a great workout too
Jun 4 2008 1:18AM
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TheStamos
Posts: 9311 - Karma: 910
I wanted a Fixie but i didn't want to be a  emo hipster so i have a transmission in mine. Click for larger image
Jun 4 2008 1:43AM
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Dan.
Posts: 7201 - Karma: 1,126
I think i tried to start a fixed/single speed cult one night a while back but nobody joined. anyway, My dad raced track back in the Czech republic and I did here for a little, so we've had track bikes around for a while, but seeing everybody get one over the last year has been crazy, it went from being the only person in town besides the messengers rocking one, to being one of the crowd. wierd. the issue with having a cassette in the rear to be able to switch gears but not have a freewheel is one of alignment as well as tension. the chain needs to be properly tensioned, which requires the deraileur hanger, and the forces of a fixed bike back pedaling into a deraileur just dont work out right. plus the chain would rub if it wasnt running straight which would cause pre-mature wear and could potentially break it, which if running brakeless would leave you in the hospital.
anyway, my ride.. no pics currently but

fuji track pro frame
EC90 SL Fork
Velocity Deep V rim in rear
phil wood high wall hub
crows foot lacing 36 spokes, flanged spokes
aerospoke wheel in front
campi record cranks
campi cog and lockring
currently running light, at 13 42, but early spring run 14 48 to train up and winter run 14 42
chain is all halflinks
gatorskins front and rear
chris king headset
selle italia slr saddle
FSA stem
cinelli bars cut to bullhorns
cinelli cork
currently in the process of painting the frame matte black and the wheels, fork, bars, seat post glow in the dark



Jun 4 2008 1:52AM
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Will_B
Posts: 163 - Karma: 20
^i'll join your cult.
Jun 4 2008 2:05AM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
hooray for stereotypes!
Jun 4 2008 2:12AM
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sconniestyle
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i've been trying to buy a road bike at DI in SLC for months, and it is tough to find one cause of all the people here that ride fixed gears.

they snap that shit up right away.

you can't even buy one at the co-op for under 200 bucks at least i am finding.

so, if anyone has a shitty road bike in the slc area they would sell me on the cheap, let me know.
Jun 4 2008 11:29AM
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GrippinGs
Posts: 4960 - Karma: 196
For all teh haters, it takes about a week to get addicted to riding fixies. you feel like a lazy piece of shit after you get back on a normal bike and can coast. and dude your fuji/components are flosssssing!!!
Jun 4 2008 1:27PM
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liaosongfang
Posts: 385 - Karma: 43
My fixie

not a good picture but my whips clean.  can't really see but a super sick pearl powdercoat job


Jun 4 2008 3:27PM
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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
your 'whip'? wow...
Jun 4 2008 3:33PM
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liaosongfang
Posts: 385 - Karma: 43
yes, boner, my "whip".

get fixed.
Jun 4 2008 3:48PM
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eli112233
Posts: 1028 - Karma: 15
my brother has a schwin madison, its such a cool bike, they are so fast and good for gettin around the city.
Jun 4 2008 3:55PM
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cmeriptahoe
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This thread just motivated me to take my dad's old bike and turn it into a fixie. Thanks. Now I just gotta figure out how to do it all. I'm sure there are some good tutorials online.
Jun 4 2008 4:32PM
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Will_B
Posts: 163 - Karma: 20
hot damn thats a beautiful bike! i want to powder coat mine one these days...
what frame is that?
Jun 5 2008 1:44AM
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Dirac
Posts: 1304 - Karma: 335
haha i have a 3 foot sector 9.

It was the best board at the shop for what i wanted it for. Im soon getting a Dervish though.
Jun 5 2008 2:01AM
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Dukeybrains
Posts: 1030 - Karma: 11
I ride a fixie

fuck haters
fuck hipsters too though

Surly steamroller frame
ritchey wheels
fsa vigerelli carbon crank
windwood carbon form
thompson seatpost selle seat dope ass bullhorns all that jazz.

maybe I will post pictures later



My shit murders hills though. I'll ride up any hill in seattle
Jun 5 2008 2:28AM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
so would i, the hard part though is going back down
Jun 5 2008 5:09AM
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.hanaski.
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I track raced them for years, but Im pretty sure they aren't road legal in England. Still super fun.
Jun 5 2008 2:41PM
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MLB
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Fuck that.....DERAILERS, and SUSPENTION represent.
Jun 5 2008 2:48PM
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grifter
Posts: 933 - Karma: 102
wow, this is something that hasn't hit England yet, and to be honest, I'm not that sad, I like my gears, there again i live in a seriously hilly area
Jun 5 2008 2:57PM
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