Fixed wheel/gears.........why ??

[Maenchi]

the idea of riding through undulating terrain with no gears ?....for me i'd be off pushing it half the time, but in a flat city ,Berlin for instance , I guess it'd be 'echt giel' and 'voll im trend'.....

 

[Ian H]

the idea of riding through undulating terrain with no gears ?....for me i'd be off pushing it half the time, but in a flat city ,Berlin for instance , I guess it'd be 'echt giel' and 'voll im trend'.....

For me, totally flat roads are worse than undulating, on a fixed-wheel. And it still surprises me what gradients I can climb, especially when grinding up the same hill another time on gears.

 

[Alan O]

I'm (slowly and very intermittently) building one, mainly because they exist and I've never tried one. And my dad rode one many years ago, so that's another reason to have a go.

 

[Cycleops]

Always remember a fixie that my friend had in addition to his ten speed. It was a A.S. Gillott in pale blue, lovely bike but a nightmare to ride without brakes. I think his brother gave it to him.

 

[colly]

Always remember a fixie that my friend had in addition to his ten speed. It was a A.S. Gillott in pale blue, lovely bike but a nightmare to ride without brakes. I think his brother gave it to him.

Either brotherly love or sibling rivalry.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

There are a few here getting fixies nixed up by fixed gear bikes. Different beasts.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

In what way?

Fixie is fixed wheel, with narrow flat bars, usually only one brake, no mudguards, short wheel base. Fixed wheel is drop bars, two brakes, mudguards, often to be found with saddlebag, longer wheelbase.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Fixie is fixed wheel, with narrow flat bars, usually only one brake, no mudguards, short wheel base. Fixed wheel is drop bars, two brakes, mudguards, often to be found with saddlebag, longer wheelbase.

Never knew any club rider who put a rear brake on a fixed gear bike.

 

[midlife]

Here's my fixed, now dismantled to get the frame more "Carlton" coloured lol

 

[Venod]

Never knew any club rider who put a rear brake on a fixed gear bike.

Always ride with 2 brakes on my fixed wheel bike, YukonBoys interpretation is shite, none of my fixies have seen a saddlebag a long wheelbase or narrow flat bars, fixie is a generic term for a bike with a sprocket that is fixed to the wheel, its not an hipster invention.

 

[Milkfloat]

the idea of riding through undulating terrain with no gears ?....for me i'd be off pushing it half the time, but in a flat city ,Berlin for instance , I guess it'd be 'echt giel' and 'voll im trend'.....

To be fair, your idea of undulating (Cornwall) is probably very different from the majority of the country. Fixed is great for undulations, the free power you get going uphill is lovely.

 

[Tim Hall]

Fixie is fixed wheel, with narrow flat bars, usually only one brake, no mudguards, short wheel base. Fixed wheel is drop bars, two brakes, mudguards, often to be found with saddlebag, longer wheelbase.

In your humble opinion of course.

 

[Dan B]

In your humble opinion of course.

I've always wondered what "humble" means in 2018

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Always ride with 2 brakes on my fixed wheel bike, YukonBoys interpretation is shite, none of my fixies have seen a saddlebag a long wheelbase or narrow flat bars, fixie is a generic term for a bike with a sprocket that is fixed to the wheel, its not an hipster invention.

Fixie has only been around as a term since the 90's. It really was used to describe a different type of fixed wheel bike to the more traditional fixed wheel. The only thing in common being the fixed wheel aspect of gearing.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

In your humble opinion of course.

And of all the fixed wheelers I cycle with.