Fixed Gear Bikes

jon · Post by **jon** » 05 Nov 2007 12:24

sorri tom

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 06 Nov 2007 21:26

i fucking love lol cats!!!! and fixies!!! we got snow yesterday, so my bike is now relegated to the basement for the winter. boo.

snafu1322 · Post by **snafu1322** » 06 Nov 2007 22:07

hacksterbator wrote:i fucking love lol cats!!!! and fixies!!! we got snow yesterday, so my bike is now relegated to the basement for the winter. boo.

Get a beater and a box of zip ties for traction. Problem solved.

lolcats for the win.

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 08 Nov 2007 21:33

snafu1322 wrote:
hacksterbator wrote:i fucking love lol cats!!!! and fixies!!! we got snow yesterday, so my bike is now relegated to the basement for the winter. boo.
Get a beater and a box of zip ties for traction. Problem solved.

not in winterpeg manitsnowba.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 09 Nov 2007 13:55

Andrew, you gotta take your balls out of your purse and step up to the season!!

I just put my old fender on and a few (MANY) extra layers and I am winter ready!

It's my goal to do my brutal 7AM bike ride to work all winter long.

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 09 Nov 2007 17:57

mosher wrote:Andrew, you gotta take your balls out of your purse and step up to the season!!

if i take my balls outta my purse they are gonna get frost bitten and fall off. i need my balls tom, i really do, and so they shall be kept nice and warm inside my purse on the bus all winter long.

snafu1322 · Post by **snafu1322** » 24 Nov 2007 21:55

Alley Cats are super fscking fun. Even if you get super lost and come in 3rd to last.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 25 Nov 2007 03:17

snafu1322 wrote:Alley Cats are super fscking fun. Even if you get super lost and come in 3rd to last.

For sure.

I usually don't even know what place I came in (9th out of 16 in my last one) the real fun is just participating.

It's such a crazy rush!!!

I've been having alot of fun on my fixed gear lately.

It seems I couldn't resist and I've gone and invented some pretty crazy tricks.

Check this one out, I haven't told the fixed community about it yet though...

I am riding along, quicksilver jump off the back leaving my bike ghostriding, I run along side of it and then JUMP over my rolling bike, land and run to catch up to the bike and get back on! hahah

My new goal is to hit this new flip I learned called sideflip OVER the bike!

I want a sweet picture of a serenely rolling ghostbike with me in the air upside down over top of it. haha

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 28 Nov 2007 14:34

side flips are sweet! A guy from my boarding school who also was into tricking used to do cartwheel > side flip > cartwheel > sideflip > ..

Sorry about off topic.

jon · Post by **jon** » 28 Nov 2007 16:47

I f&^%d up my wrist doing the "quick silver" dismount. Wasn't worth it

TayChaint · Post by **TayChaint** » 09 Dec 2007 13:38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiE1Qm7HSd8

has anyone seen this video before?

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 09 Dec 2007 20:25

nope, awesome stuff! pretty kick ass tricks she was displaying. thanks for sharing. i think her outfit is what is going to catch on for fixie riders world wide.

snafu1322 · Post by **snafu1322** » 09 Dec 2007 20:50

Has any one else seen mashsf?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTEWIiFPDN4

Got it on DVD and its pretty sick.

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 10 Dec 2007 11:34

no, thanks for the tip. i would like to see that as well. i'm still trying to get my hands on a copy of "red light go".

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 11 Dec 2007 06:59

my unicycle is a fixie.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 06 Jan 2008 05:34

That's me and my track bike.

I have it set up a little different now though, no more super riser stem and the bars are flipped back up the normal way. Also I destroyed the rear tire so now I have some crap cheapo thing on and a fender for winter guck.

I am home in a handful of hours, I can't wait to take it out for a rip!

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 06 Jan 2008 11:53

A fixed gear bicyclist was killed in Santa Cruz a few days ago. He wasn't wearing a helmet while was going down hill and a truck turned right onto a street in front of him. It's unclear if the truck hit the guy or if the guy fell while trying to avoid the truck (I don't get how they can't tell from looking at the bike/body injuries) but the people on the news were going after fixed gear bikes like they were the devil because they don't have brakes. It was ridiculous how many times they emphasized that and how they only have one gear. Then they finally had a person on who knew something about bikes who said the guy should have been wearing a helmet and should not have been going down hill. It doesn't mean he deserved to die, but the guy said that fixed gear biking is a skill that needs to be developed before taking on any kind of dangerous situation. I hadn't known anything about fixed gear bikes before that.

snafu1322 · Post by **snafu1322** » 06 Jan 2008 12:19

If you start to read the news, watch the news or read bike forums it is rather depressing how many cyclist have died or have been seriously injured. in the past 2 years regardless of bike, helmet, no helmet, who was at fault, accident or malicious. I remember reading an article awhile back about a guy who got shot by a pellet gun while riding home from work in Portland, one shot was inches away from being fatal or paralyzing (I'll see if i can find it again.)

Nathan · Post by **Nathan** » 06 Jan 2008 12:24

Yeah, there seems to be an idea that there is absolutely no way to brake on a fixed gear bike, and that's not true.

Sadly, I've become disenchanted by my fixed gear. I climb big hills and do longer rides now and it just doesn't make as much sense as when I was riding to school and back. I think my next purchase will be a road bike, gears and all. I just hope I won't have to sell my fixed gear to fund that decision.

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 06 Jan 2008 13:00

i can't wait for the 3 feet of snow to melt so i can ride mine again!!! i have a filp flop hub, so i might toss a free wheel on the other side for longr hikes... oh and a fron brake for stopping... i hould probably put that on there first just so i don't forget...