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Randy Rules Ⓥ
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Приєднався 11 бер 2023
Mostly fixed gear content. I like to go fast!
How FAST Can You Go on a CHEAP Bike? // FIXED GEAR
Come take a ride with me on a shockingly cheap, yet super cool Golden Cycles fixed gear bike with a factory oil slick finish. Is this bike a waste of $300 or is it actually fast and fun to ride? Let's find out.
Strava Ride Details: www.strava.com/activities/12208725044
Bike Details: goldenbicycles.com/collections/fixed-gear/products/gc-oil-slick
#fixedgear #fixie #cycling #goldencycles #trackbike #bikelife #bikeride
Strava Ride Details: www.strava.com/activities/12208725044
Bike Details: goldenbicycles.com/collections/fixed-gear/products/gc-oil-slick
#fixedgear #fixie #cycling #goldencycles #trackbike #bikelife #bikeride
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Riding Fast in the City // Fixed Gear // Track Bike
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Here’s a fast bike ride around downtown Portland featuring Mount Tabor on my track bike. Lots of climbing today but also a lot of fun pedaling downhill. No coasting in this video. For those who think that cheap/budget fixed gear bikes are slow and not fun… think again :) Thanks as always for joining me and consider liking, commenting or subscribing if you enjoy these kinds of rides! Bike: Crew ...
Descending into the City // FIXED GEAR // HIGH CADENCE
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Watch as I descend down a mountain (or something) on a fixed gear bike eventually making my way into downtown Portland. This ride is fast. Try and keep up ;D Featuring St. John's Bridge and Broadway Bridge I didn't feel very social or talkative today so no donut stop.. sometimes it be like that. BUT I will do my best to include a donut stop every time I cut through downtown :) I love donuts alm...
Westside Wednesday Group Ride no. 84
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Another amazing group ride with best group of people ever!! On this ride we did a 14 mile loop with around 800ft of climbing in the west hills. Everyone did amazing and if you live in the Portland, OR area I highly suggest joining this weekly ride! Westside Wednesday Ride IG westsidewednesdayride Ride Calendar www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/ #cycling #roadbike #trackbike #fixedgear...
Fixed Gear at the Coast
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Join me as I cycle on an unplanned route in Pacific City, Oregon followed by hiking up a giant sand dune at Cape Kiwanda State Park! I even came across a random loose gravel trail mid ride. I felt chatty so I rambled on about some of the advice I've been given over the years about trying to improve cycling performance and whether to spend money on upgrading components. Also, I felt a bit nostal...
Fast Downhill // City Smashing // FIXED GEAR
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Come take a ride with me on my Crew District Track bike down some famous Portland downhills through Washington Park followed by some city smashing in downtown. Oh, we'll be making a donut stop as well. Please excuse the ghosting and jittering from my action camera... it is very hard to keep my body still while spinning at a very very high cadence continuously - even with a quality chest mount. ...
Gliding Through a Forest // Fixed Gear
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Join me as I take my Crew District track bike out for a spirited ride on the historic Banks to Vernonia State Trail! The trail is an abandoned railway that has been turned into a multi-use path that stretches 21 miles (33km) long (one way) for hikers, cyclists, runners, etc. It features amazing views, 13 bridges, and a couple of steep grades. I can't believe this is the first time I completed b...
Gran Fondo // Fixed Gear
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Join me as I bike around Portland on a 62 mile (100km) route with over 3,000ft (914m) of climbing on my Crew District track bike with a 48/17 gear ratio. Features some pretty challenging climbs where I grind at 30rpm and a couple of fun descents. It was a beautiful morning and I didn't want to waste it being bummed at home for missing the Seattle to Portland bike ride. No chasing road bike time...
Westside Wednesday Group Ride no. 82
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Come join every Wednesday on the raddest bike ride on the westside! All cyclists welcome. All bikes welcome. Faster group with a no drop mentality. Different route every week. Took the Crew District track bike out for some fun today! Want to join in on the fun? More details here: westsidewednesdayride www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/ #portland #pdx #beaverton #cycling #roadbike #fix...
Road Bike vs Fixed Gear no. 2 // FULL SEND on a 20mi Route. The CLEAR WINNER is....
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Join me as I race against my fastest 20 mile ride via road bike on my fixed gear! I've made several attempts since 2022 on beating this time that I originally did on my Cannondale Caad8 road bike. Can I finally beat the time on a $300 Crew District track bike? The route only has around 500ft of elevation gain, so it's in the fixed gear bikes favor. The last episode had 1700ft of climbing with t...
Road Bike vs Fixed Gear no. 1 // Which is FASTER on a 21mi Route w/ 1700ft Elevation Gain
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This is the beginning of a series of rides of me going against past Randy on his road bike. Past Randy was much leaner, scarier, and fitter so it's going to be a challenge! On a serious note.. Here's a fun little comparison against the bike that made me love cycling, my Cannondale Caad8 vs my Crew District Track bike. I did this somewhat hilly route on my Cannondale last year with a good effort...
Four Weeks | Four Centuries | Fixed Gear
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I rode my bike 100 miles for the fourth time this month. I usually only do one or two 100 mile bike rides a year (on a geared bike) so doing these long rides on a fixed gear is a HUGE accomplishment for me. The bike is a stock Crew District Track bike with the exception of Continental Grand Prix tires and an Amazon 3D printed saddle. The tires make all the difference in terms of rolling resista...
I think it's not the matter of what's faster but what's safer while still being fast that is important. I noticed that fixie riders always run red lights and try to squeeze their way through moving traffic. I've never seen a road cyclist or casual cyclist do that. It's always them. What's even more funny is how despite all of that, once the lights turn green, I would blow past all 20 of them on my road bike. I guess it's just an instinct to them not wanting to stop riding that thing.
Dang…The ol damp wood caper,eh? Rusty alerted me to here. I don’t watch nor make shorts.just goes to show I should. Sorry, buddy. Anyway, pecker up and speedy recovery to you sir!
I thought it was wood but it ended up being that fake slippery laminate stuff. I went very slow at first but the bridge seemed to go on forever and I wanted to get off of it quickly so I went a little faster. Poor choice haha. I just got home from surgery so now I'll be looking out the window as we are in the tail end of summer 😂 Thanks for the recovery wishes!!
My langster 50/14 my madison 50/17.
That was cool
@@mir2.00 it was definitely an enjoyable ride up until the end haha
Damn it =( Speedy recovery to you Randy. Looked like the wheel slipped on the wood? Sorry man, wish that didn't happen to you.
Thank you!! Yeah, my front tire lost traction and slipped into the railing and that bounced me back to the opposite side of the railing. Not sure if it was the impact on the ground or railing that caused the break. Also I thought I was riding on wood but it was definitely plastic-like, very slippery!
Hope there were no injuries
Broken collarbone :/
Bummer buddy. Quick heals ❤@@RandyRules
Yea, really cook bike! Like it!
Thank you bro 🙏
2,875
Doesnt look cheap to me
Cool ride Randy.
Awesome stuff 👏 👌
Heya Randy. Thank you for the upload. The frame finish is a delight. Love the absence of decals, too. Just had a look here, unfortunately it's going for USD $570 in a flat bar only. It's a perfect "I feel like stepping out in something different today" bike.
It's definitely a vibe! I love the fact that it can take wider tires too. Def gonna try that out in the fall/winter
I'm one who is not about fixie points. I just love to ride my fixed gear which happens to be a curb find. Nothing special but a lot of fun.
@@rogerhart612 Not caring about fixie points gets you more fixie points anyway ;) In all seriousness, love to hear that! I love this bike and am super proud to own it ⚙️🤘
You might try single speed. Faster and safer on the downhills. You can sprint and coast plus you get some recovery on the downhills.
I've been thinking about that! Luckily I saved my freewheel and rear brake
Curious, what is your gearing? I ride a 50/17.
48/17. About to install a 15t cog 😳 I already know I’ll probably switch back… but I’m curious to see if I can climb with it haha.
Great video! Oregon is so beautiful!
#northwestisbest
Heya Randy. Thanks for the upload. Nice to see your new stabilisation settings worked out for you😀 Might have to take back my previous statement of road quality after this one😋😋
LOL there is actually a couple ways to descend Tabor.. I took the smooth way 🙀 next time I’m up at Tabor I’ll go down the other way, it’s quite amusing haha
Archery is fun, you should give it a go! Nice riding, I'm getting into fixed gear so it is nice to see other people riding.
Awesome! Not too many of us out on the road!
WOW‼️and the scenery🙌🏼🙌🏼 thanks for sharing your ride
TYSM for watching! 😁
I'm promptly becoming more and more enamoured with the Portland forest roads you present. So sweeping and well surfaced. What a treat. Thank you.
You rock! As much as I don't like riding in cold weather, I am pretty stoked about descending down that road when the leaves start to turn :)
Also your fixed gear effort was more efficient than the road bike effort in terms of relative effort.
Heya Randy. Thank you for the upload. What a beautiful spot! Well done on not going ass over turkey on that run down the dune. "Don't upgrade, ride upgrade" I've not heard that before. I'd like to borrow that.
It’s my favorite place :) When I was new to cycling I went into a local shop to look for aero bars thinking it would make me faster, and the owner of the shop refused to sell me the aero bars and instead told me to “ride more hills” if you want to get fast 😂 really wish I tied that into my little rant haha
Bless. Ride safe!
49/12
😨🔥 that’s wild, i would love to try that sometime but I don’t think my legs are that strong haha
NGL my heart sank a little when you stopped by Voodoo instead of Blue Star.
Lmao ya Blue Star is definitely the superior donut!
Can't believe you took Burnside like that, that road's a mess. Thanks for sharing tho!
@@obfuscurity honestly.. I can’t believe I did that either. When I got to voodoo my watch told me to chill because my stress levels were through the roof 😂
Heya Randy. Thank you for the upload. The cadence you do on the downhills is incredible. I saw on another one of your videos they peaked at 150rpm's or so. Wild stuff. So in that, I like telemetry.
Thanks!! I actually will put the overlays back on now. Maybe I’ll arrange them so they don’t take up a bunch of space in the frame. I really like how it looks without it though but at the same time, cadence and speed would be pretty entertaining to watch. I went down a long and steep hill and hit 175rpm during this ride!! I couldn’t use the footage though because it was so blurry haha
Wow! Amazing scenery!
Hi Randy. Thank you for the upload. Lovely trail. Out of curiosity; if your Garmin started at 10%, what did you finish at? Left the subplot with a cliffhanger!😋
Thanks for watching! It was a beautiful experience. Next time I'm there I definitely want to spend some time off the bike to check out some of the views... but you know - time crunch because of the Garmin lol. I don't remember what percentage it was at when I finished.. I was just grateful that I was able to make it back + upload the ride haha. As soon as I finished I recorded my outro and bailed because I was starving haha
Bravo! I myself love smashing pb's. I've just spent a pleasurable 40 or so minutes across your channel on recommendation from Rusty. Thank you. Liked and subbed. I'm looking forward to your next instalment. Out of curiosity if I may; are you pushing the same inch gear on your fixie as your road bike?
Rusty rules!! I LOVE making road bike vs fixed gear videos! It hurts but it's worth it haha. I'm trying real hard to get power meter data in these comparison rides so you know how hard I'm working.. but power meters are expensive haha. ANYWAY you didn't ask for any of that. I have no idea what my gear inches are on my road bike.. I know my ratio on my fixed gear is 2.82 @ 48/17 with 25mm tires... but I don't know about gear inches.. I feel like I should probably know this haha.
Wow! Wish we had a beautiful forest bike trail in my country like this one.
watch out for yogi and boo boo. ride safe.
Tabor can get pretty steep. cool to see you take a fixed gear down it. hope to see more videos in the future.
Thank you! I should have a couple coming next week! 🤠⚙️
Ive been commuting and pleasure ridng on fixed but have been thinking about getting a road bike recently thay look fun too. nice vid dude.
Dude get one! Gettin low and coasting down a long hill is super nice haha
52/19. I like to spiiiiin
Spinning is winning! ⚙️ 🤠
44/18 and soon 16
@@CSNK2008nice! My first fixed gear bike was a 44/16. I loved it.
What's the difference between a fixed an a normal? Its just that you send it to the mechanics once?? (genuine question im a begginer)
Really liked the video!!
Thank you!! Fixed gear is basically the drivetrain having only one gear with no freewheel, meaning the pedals will always spin together with the rear wheels (absolutely no coasting) I rode a road bike for years and it didn’t really make sense to me why anyone would want to ride a fixed gear until I tried it.. it’s super fun, challenging at times but I absolutely enjoy it!
@@RandyRules oohhhh i understand now, it must be interesting, thank you
Fixed gear is a single speed where you cant ever coast, imagine going on a downhill where you hit 70+ km/h and you have to keep spinning no matter what or lift your legs like a clown, if you pedal strike you are boned, you destroy your rear tire to brake very inefficiently, but people swear on their mothers they can feel the chain efficiency difference. Its cool to do tricks like cycling backwards though.
22 years on my fixie. It's my only road bike. I run a 42x17 living in Marin alot of hills to climb. Not many fixed riders around here. Keeping it alive at 59 years young...one man, one gear, one speed.
Now that's what I'm talkin' about! I was always feel super accomplished after every fixed gear ride, especially if there are hills involved. Might have to try out that gear ratio, I'm at 48/17 and I'm just grinding up these steep grades
Fixie rider from philippines hereee keep it upp!!
Gang gang ⚙️🔥 Thank you!! 🙌
You should invest in the go pro 360 stick.
Haha yeah I’ve been thinking about that. I also really need a wireless mic so I can be more creative with where I mount the camera without all that wind noise, or a cable dangling around 😹
@@RandyRules they have helmet for motorcycle that have built in mic and speaker, dont know if anything like that exist for bikes.
I too have felt my track bike is almost as fast as my road bike. Downhill it's a real liability, but uphill, occasionally the track bike is faster. Started fixed gear riding when I was 60! 30mph at 150rpm with a 70 inch gear downhill is my fastest speed on it. 52x20.
150rpm 💀 Awesome! Yeah I can’t really go much faster than 30mph (comfortably) downhill.. I still have this fear that I’m going to spin myself out or cramp up at such a high cadence for so long.. hence the front brake 😹
Gearing for the fixie
48/17 ⚙️🤘
Sorry for the poor sound on the intro and image noise throughout the video. I forgot to switch back a setting.. bummer cause I worked really hard on this and worked super hard to achieve this time on my bike! Enjoy!
Enjoyed watching you ride!😊
The results are as I thought they would be - a minute is a lot to a racer, but to a regular rider how your bike feels, and makes you feel is important - that's why I like to race myself on my bike, and not get into personal gripes with other riders, or compare myself to how fast people are going on youtube. I'm here for the natural drugs my brain makes :D No substitute for feeling great in a natural way. Cute cat btw ;) !
Rise safe bro watching from phillipines IAM fixed gear user like you bro
I appreciate you watching and for the comment! I am half Filipino. Ride fast and ride safe!! ⚙️🤘
Fixed gear love ❤
What bike is it ?
its this goldenbicycles.com/collections/fixed-gear/products/gc-oil-slick
What material is the frame? I see you had it anodized, at least it looks like it is. - Nice! I'm saving up for a Titanium road bike currently.
Steel! It's this exact one goldenbicycles.com/collections/fixed-gear/products/gc-oil-slick Nice bro, can't wait to see what content you make with it!
@@RandyRules That's a really great price and it's really beautiful. There's a lot of beauty in the simplicity of a good fixie.
Cleanly you know its all about "family" fast and furious references..Dom would be proud.lol
“We do what we do best. We improvise” lol
Nice to see you doing what you love, specially after the accident, God did not give us a sprit of fear but of sound mind and self control. It is the wicked who has no control...for the love of God is not found in them.