Fixed gear cyclist!!!

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  • Mr_Stabbems
    Mr_Stabbems Posts: 4,771 Member
    Fixie and single speed are different bikes, a fixie doesn't have a free hub and requires you pedal at all times, a single speed has a freehub and as the name suggests has a single gear.

    as @Hornsby said, they usually have a 2 rings on either side of the rear that you can flip for different ratios.

    IMO a bike without brakes is moronic, I hear people say oh but its a fixie I'll just stop pedalling. Anyone who rides bikes or motorcycles will know the power difference between the front and rear brake.
  • Theo_Mellis
    Theo_Mellis Posts: 30 Member
    I ride front and bike brakes on my fixed.

    Don't care if that doesn't make me cool, Brakes have saved my life for sure where skid stopping wouldn't of been enough.
  • ArturoCommisso
    ArturoCommisso Posts: 16 Member
    Just getting back into fixed riding. Had my fuji track stolen in 2013, and was gifted a gnarly all gold no name bike. Its not the best ride, but it's a ride to get me back into shape.... I definitely missed riding!
  • ArturoCommisso
    ArturoCommisso Posts: 16 Member
    She's a little too big for me, but can't complain about a free bike.

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  • Tweaking_Time
    Tweaking_Time Posts: 733 Member
    The fixed bikes look awesome. I would love to try one out. However, I just can't bring myself to plunk down the cash for one though.

    So...

    ...I just burn a gazzilion calories on my $600 Jamis Allegro hybrid mountain bike on the very flat, very straight KATY trail. If I want leg day - I sprint until I drop.
  • ArturoCommisso
    ArturoCommisso Posts: 16 Member
    Tweaking_Time wrote: »
    The fixed bikes look awesome. I would love to try one out. However, I just can't bring myself to plunk down the cash for one though.

    You can find them pretty cheap these days. Under 300 for a complete bike.

  • jonthemusse
    jonthemusse Posts: 106 Member
    I use both, MTB and a botch job fixie from a run off the mill 70's frame. I got front brakes; hilly and I weigh 240.

    It is a dangerous combination, using freewheeling and fixie at the same time. Not once it twice have I forgotten which bike I'm on. With the fixie it usually means a good distance flying in the air.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    wytey wrote: »
    aren't they just a fancy grown up BMX?

    whats wrong with a mountain bike or a drop handle?

    It's kind of like a standard or an automatic in a car; you can do that in a sports car or a truck. A fixed gear is a bike that only has one gearing combination, and that the pedals turn whenever the back wheel does. You could set a mountain or road bike up that way if you wanted to. Obviously you lose the ability to change gears, but in exchange you get mechanical simplicity and a ride that builds supple legs because it requires good pedaling form.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Mr_Stabbems wrote: »
    IMO a bike without brakes is moronic, I hear people say oh but its a fixie I'll just stop pedalling. Anyone who rides bikes or motorcycles will know the power difference between the front and rear brake.

    Also good tires are expensive.
  • ArturoCommisso
    ArturoCommisso Posts: 16 Member
    Haha you blow through tires on a fixed gear if you are too cool for brakes

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