Last year my coworker helped me buy my fixed gear to save money and time from commuting to work. Says it was very low maintenance and cheap. Taught me how to build it nicer and everything about the parts. 1 year later now I am broke and has a debt to my friend but atleast my bike has duraace hubs on it.
Yes, fixed gear gets you to understand cadence and dampens the rear motion of your pedal stroke because it gets pushed up by the other side down motion. Very smooth.
I'm not sure. I hear "fixed makes your pedal stroke smooth" and also "independently coasting cranks make your pedal stroke smooth". I mean fixed isn't going to make you aware of back pressure the way the "power cranks" are. The pedals will just go round and round instead of stalling or going out of synch.
Don't daily a fixed gear? I have been dailying mine for over a year just fine no issue. One of the positive things about fixed gear is super low maintenance. I also understand what you're saying about unnecessary components, but if you're riding fixed the whole thing is kind of that its unreasonable.
"when you have no brakes" bro just install fucking brakes. I rode fixed in Seattle for years and I almost never used my brakes, even on them steep-ass hills. But I had them, just in case because I'm not tryin to go out like that. Got a track frame with no brake mounts? Cool. Ride it at the track. It really makes me lose respect for someone's intelligence and wisdom as a biker to hear that kinda shit. In the motorcycle/car world its sport bikers with no protection or street racers endangering other people on the road.... But it's all the same "type of guy." Don't be that guy. I hope you hear that although I said some disparaging things, it's coming from a place of care both about you as a rider and your health, and the safety of people on the road in general.
There's definetly a point to remind yourself it's about the riding, not the parts and to also follow your own opinions on what you truely like and need. Focus on what you have and see what really gives you headaches. Keep it simple, sometimes that chunky steel frame is what you trust, so settle with that and stand for it. That's the simple beauty of bikes, you can ride them without any care, but once you start looking, you'll never stop looking again. When you spend more time working than riding or it gets tedious, just ride it until something breaks, then improve. The absoulte goal should be that you can grab your bike in the dark and have it work excatly as you expect, nothing more. Big pro is that even as a newbie with a 50$ bike you will feel the same as any other one, because it's about the fun of the ride. The faces when you surpass 90% with a well maintained walmart style build, and you actually feel people admire that simple mindset. It's not about buying everything you can, happyness comes from knowing you could, but don't need to. Understand this, and also try to make your own way, work with what you got, anything you do yourself, repair, spend time with and make your own is never wasted. There's also nothing wrong about doing something you like and even spending thousands of dollars, you'll have a whole lot to share with people who can't try around themselves, because you spent all that time looking and trying around, you just need to find a way to make something of that. ps also having your bikes stolen multiple times teaches you to stay basic and make the best of it, it helps a lot to know that no matter how insane everyones bikes are, yours is the only one you can casually forget at the train station and still have a beautiful ride home. It's just different
Just discovered your chanel and I’m liking your content so far. Yep, riding fixed is addictive, I’ve been hooked on the suckers since the 1980s when I started riding my track bike on the street. Ended up trashing it in the early 90s slamming into a car. I ride most styles of bikes and enjoy them but my fixed gear bikes are where the money disappears, I’ve pick up cheap beaters of market place and usually just thrash them to death but my baby is a Razesa that I had built for me back in 98 with Columbus Neuron Tubing, that bike has had that many different cranksets and wheel sets, different stem and bar combinations over the years I’ve lost count but they are so easy to change things around on I can never resist.
Thanks, that means alot! Been In the fixed scene for 4 years ish and love every bit of it. Seeing the shit people pull of on fixed builds are insane and always lovely to see.
There's no rule that says you can't ride a fixed gear with a front brake. In fact, in some countries it's the law, like Japan. That's not stopping riders from riding fixed over there.
In the dark age of photography, before digital, before 35mm Kodak McPhotolab, the joke was "ruin you buddy with a gift of camera". Seriously, I have never thought of dumping big cash on a fixed gear; I grew up with them, rode them for close to 35 years now, and alwsys thought them to be on utility side of the spectrum. You don't need bells and whistles; you just need essential stuff to work fine, and that's it. And yes, many of the had those brake levers. Which, I ought to say, were largely redundant in real life - provided the rear brake contraption is well-mantained.
Fixie rider since 2007! Portland, Seattle, Austin, Denver and places inbetween. For all of my 20s it was my only way to get around. Now I also have a road bike and switch back and forth. I’m 36, and encounter 29 year olds who think they’re too old for fixies. As in they’re no longer fit enough to ride one. I switch back and forth and have never had a DL. There are 70 year olds doing deadlifts. You have to try.
Never tried fixed gear riding. Owned a few road bikes, a few mountain bikes, now I recently bought a cheap, recent mountain bike, deleted the suspension, added a rigid fork, added a riser bar and some flat pedals, tune it up and I’m having a blast with some inexpensive, made to beat up and that I can ride in pretty much any terrain…
I was inducted into the fixed gear bike messenger community about one and a half year ago, but at first I rode a normal city spec road bike, which has been refitted with an outie groupset to be a single speed. At this point, the only thing keeping me from riding a fixed gear, is the fact that I have dropouts on the rear, and not forkouts, so a fixed gear hub cannot be fitted.
Hi I'm 62 years old now and I've been riding fixed gear since i was a teenager. I've never had breaks on any of my fixed gear bikes and so far no accidents knock wood lol. When i first started riding i got used to 63, 11 gearing and at my age i still ride the same gear ratio knees are a little whack but not bad for 62. Never give up riding fixed gear i know i never will.
this video will definitely cause some people to go down the rabbit hole lol. My first year in fixed gear I bought like 8 different bikes I had to find out what setup was the best for me lmao
My understanding is that fixed bikes in the UK still have to have a brake in addition to the fixed wheel (the fixed gear counts as a rear brake) to ride on the road. Here in UK it's not actually brakeless unless you're only riding in velodromes.
When I built my fixie, the total cost, including frame and fork painting is around 200-220 euro. For the 12 years I have it I never bought any expensive parts. Probably the total cost after 10 years is no more then 400 euro. Not gonna ride it anymore tho, I'm almost 45 now. Got used hybrid bike with 9 gears, sweet and easy to ride. Good times with the fixie, but not going back.
I started with a budget fixed gear before getting into track and road cycling. Although I changed all the part on this first bike apart but didn't spend that much. The trick is to keep your first bike and get comfortable on it. My humble steel 6KU is now more of a tracklocross build with 35c tires and drop bars. I don't skid on it anymore because I busted the lockring threads long ago and I've always ran a brake on it for peace of mind. Don't get sucked into the culture of vintage builds or expensive track parts if you don't go to the velodrome. All of these are fragile and uncomfortable for daily use.
Tbh if you got a fixie for daily use, keep it cheap if you want to get a cool rim or handle bar thats cool, but dont get more, because you are just gonna keep getting useless things that u dont need because you are not a professional rider
I'm aiming for other things first but guess if bikes £6-9k 7.3kg (lights, computer, bell at weight said) Trek Emonda ALR (two wheelsets) (road bike) £6k 12.4kg Trek Slash gen 5 (enduro mountain bike) £2-3k folding (sub 7.4kg) or fixie (8kg or below with sram hydro rim) unsure what way £2k or 3k on these without looking £2k Boardman adv 8.9 (aim for say 10kg as between road and gravel weights, not caring about splash out for lighter) £10-12k Bülk (velomobile)
love the channel bro, lowkey helpin me fr PS with whatever editing software you are using, i recommend turning up the audio of your voice as it is quite hard to hear you in some parts.
Sitting in the hospital RN as spokes popped on me and locked my front wheel making me high side and break my collarbone in 3 places. Should be back on the saddle in 6 weeks.
I got into fixed gear for its practicality and it being really easy to maintain etc. then 1½ years later i have 2 of em both being steel bikes with one having a crankset that costs twice as much as the frame
No one is forcing you to buy damn expensive track or just fancy hubs and carbon hoops) I still ride Novatec hubs as they spin and keep wheels in frame. Sheldon Brown noted hubs are wrong place to splurge as they are very simple parts and mostly you are paying for CNC process, low volume production and colorful anodizing. My cheap cranks are stiff enough and I will not be broke if I damage them, and no - I'm not Olympic sprinter so I don't need those super stiff track specific cranks. I rather spend money on food, water and train tickets to go to remote places and ride my bike there as it's more interesting then do laps in city for 1000000th time.
Rode fixed as my only bike 5 years and 3 more as a primary bike. I built it pre-FB marketplace so a lot of parts were bought new ,so it was a dumpster frame with 300 in the drivetrain and a cobbled front brake. I would smash 30+ mile long rides weekly. Also there are few things better than riding in fresh snow on a quiet winter night. I sold my fixie at Christmas and found myself looking to build another last week
Ah, yes the dark days of Craigslist... Cheap parts in the midwest at the time were old track parts. Occasionally you would find stuff at coops. There was place in NYC that was selling rebrand Formula hubsets for $50. When you found a deal you bought up what you could and flip to afford your build.
Had 3 kilo tts. 53 57 now 55. Upgraded the wheelset when they were going out of true all the time to some deep V's. Didnt even replace the shitty stock saddle years later. Im cheap. You can ride the hell out of a craigslist kilo tt without dropping money at all. Bike heads in general spend a lot of money on their bikes but really the fact is people spend money on all sorts of shit if thats their personality. I just ride i dont care that much about parts unless it its broken or uncomfortable.
Dude this hit a little too close to home and I'm not even a fixie rider. I have a steel road bike from 2003 that now has a newish sram force group set, a zipp carbon crank set, and tubular velomax ascent 2 wheels. I havent upgraded the frame because "I dont have that kind of money" when really a carbon fram would probably cost as much as one of the things I just listed. It's unique as hell though and I love it.
"Dont have that kind of money" is hilarious, I fall into the same boat however, I willing spend hundreds on tubular tires but hurt to get a new crankset.
My bike is very like. New carbon seat just got delivered. Got some new emerald aerospokes yesterday. Quick spending spert then I'm cool for the summer. Got about three people I'm meeting next week for tyres and and chosen not to take this carbon tubular I said I'll buy. Cant get a tough tyre to avoid the punctures at the moment. He ain't lying!
I personally think that a fixed gear or their sister, a singlespeed, are bikes for cities, when you don't care about maintenence or gears ofc just like something that only has to be done. I found out that I loved riding fast on my bikes, when I got a fixed gear and figured out that older road bikes with gearing can be an option and never looked back to that. But in general all of the the mods you can put onto a fixed gear are available for any other type of bike. So if you like those looks of the "fixed" culture but hate being fixed then get an old road bike and mod it how you like it.
@@themarwanrahal About $1850 cost after taxes... but I'll still need to get the really expensive frame prep tools for the headset and BB. It's probably a $2800 build in market value of parts alone. After it's built, I'd value it at $3500-3800 or 2ozt of gold, but I'll honestly never sell it since a lot of these parts are limited supply and/or discontinued production and may never be available on the market in the future. ;)
Less gears more beers they said when I flipped my floppable backwheel on my 40quid (GBP) questionably sourced singlespeed, on second week of my circuit messengering in LDN. True, more beers it was... four months in I was dropping off "sidequests" after my shifts to scrape together pennies for my next part swap. Perks? 60ish miles per day and your metabolism can handle heavy drinking and since you live in a squatted office, where was I? Oh yeah its some of my best memories of my life before prison, Ruined life is a life worth been lived or something yay! cocka doodle doo!
Im a bike messenger and use a Shimano 600 crank(165mm) Miche cog (6$) and a kmc e1 e-bike chain that last 4000 km. Fixed gear part worn out fast, expansive and overrated
how do i start fixed gear, i know noone and im not really in the community and dont know any tricks and have know idea where to get what parts but i always liked the idea of fixed gear. is there a way to easy get into it?
@@imjonathan6745 lol I'm already reading it... I already have two bicycles but now I'm in the mood too get into fixedgear though I have no idea about it
i am 63 years old and ride a 1950s track bike that my dad had made for him and apart from the chainset and sprocket every thing else came from my road bikes so in all the years i have been riding it it has cost me about 600 british pounds, that includes tyres , chains and brake blocks, not that expensive and great for winter riding
I feel like this video could apply to ALL serious cycling hobbies. You start off with a $700 marketplace bike and next thing you know you're $8k deep into marginal gains territory
Depends if you get into fancy parts or not. I cycle quite heavily on a fairly cheap hybrid bike I bought in 2017. I keep replacing worn out parts with new budget parts. For some reason I find it unreasonably satisfying to clown on people with expensive carbon fibre road bikes through brute force alone. My bike is heavy and my aero is awful but I'm still faster than a lot of these guys simply because I ride more. There appears to be a lot of people who go WAY overboard on kit so they can go on a casual 2 hour group ride once a week. Fancy kit wouldn't make me any stronger, so I don't see the point in upgrading for any reason other than comfort and reliability, and maybe cargo capacity.
Why is this litterally me I started with a dusty ass 200$ bike I found on facebook marketplace. Ever since I road my friends bike I realize I do need that look 895 vitesse frame, 4500$ for a frame whats that nothing compared to the pleasure I get from a sick frame
bueno, depende del capital de cada quien, obvio si no tienes dinero no vas a hacer skids cada rato, porque las llantas es lo que se gasta más rápido, llevo unos 4 años en fixie y sólo he invertido unos 6,000 mxn, en llantas, cadena, crankset, un aerospoke y cámaras, además de que es muy difícil conseguir partes para una track bike en mi ciudad, eso me limita también en comprar
This video feels really ill-informed and contrived. I have a cheap, heavier, steel fixed gear as my daily driver and only bike. It's lasted me many years and costs me about $200-300 per year in maintenance and parts. Edit: It's my primary (only) vehicle and gets plenty of daily use.
Was a fixed gear rider for years in the city... After waaayyyy too many close calls I highly recommend having a front brake. If anybody calls you on it- F them. Going down a steep hill in the rain and having a car slam on the brakes in front of you and trying to skid stop and going ass over teakettle into their back bumper sucks. As does slamming into he back of a bus. Busses stop surprisingly fast in the rain. A no brakes fixie does not. BELIEVE THAT.
And yeah- don't spend a bunch of money on stupid sh!t. The bike is already light as f. The best thing you can do is make sure you have as near to perfect chain alignment between the chain wheel and the back sprocket. It makes a HUGE difference. More than 15 gram lighter head set will anyways.
Funny thing, the only two crashes I had happened because of the front brake. There was some oil like shit spilled on the road, and my front wheel slipped when I was braking.
I road BMX brakeless and had this same thing happen. I had a freewheel though so there wasn't even a way other than slamming my feet on the pavement to stop in time. Flipped over the car and somehow just had massive bruising on my thigh.
I feel so very personally attacked by this video. 4 years into riding fixed, coming from mtb. I'm about $4500 deep on a steel frame build with no carbon.
I totally get your predicament. I ended up on a Reddit post back before Christmas professing how wonderful NJS bikes are. A few drinks and some internet shopping with an accidental click has meant I have another bike in the fleet with way too much money invested in it. However I now own a near full NJS build. Riding fixed and the culture that comes with it should come with a government health warning. It’s just a little too addictive.
Spending 4500$ on a fixie is just one of the options. If you want to go that route, that is ok. But let me tell you, (Spain) I have 3 Cannondale, 1 Pinarello, 1 Vitus,1 Colnago, and could have more gorgeous fixes, but I don't have more space to store them. Each of them have cost me less than 300€, maybe top 400€ after many upgrades. They are top notch racing bikes from 20, 30 or even 40 years ago, and probably as nice as that 4000$ fixie, a different style, but super nice. How? An example: My set of wheels cost 100€ both, for instance Weinmann DP18, surely not as light as a carbon 1000$ wheel, but anyway, I don't want anything carbon in my bikes, I have seen way too many carbon parts, frames and forks being broken, and bones after that. My bikes are Alu or Steel, I have abused them, and still going strong. My frames are super beautiful, classic, racing ones 30 or more years old, literally less than 100€ each, if you know how to look for them, are patient and act swiftly when one is found. My bikes all have rim brakes, anti puncture tire and traditional inner tube, that is also part of their low cost of maintenance. They literally cost nothing to maintain.
Fixie commuter veteran here and these are my Observations: 1. Throw a brake on it 2. 700x30mm tires are the best speed/weather ready size for all seasons (I ride in Oregon rain) 3. Always keep it under 500$, Black Friday and Xmas youll see spanking deals (1 fixie got for 99$ complete and another time I got a track bike that was 700 on sale for 300$)
I’ve been riding fixed for over 8 years. Never rode anything else. My only regret was that I stopped riding for at least 2 years in between those years. I stopped getting active with myself and all I did was work. Overtime I kinda but not really developed knee pain not anything crazy. I just didn’t kept up with my physical self. Ever since I bought a new bike after I after working awhile, it was kinda hard getting back into it. Now it’s 2024 I ride a 2019 State Bicycle Undefeated II with parts that have I had since I was young. I wish I can post a picture but I currently have velocity wheels 700cx25mm that I had over 6 years with a 25mm Continental Ultrasport on the front and the same tire in the back but a 28mm. Sadly I was one of those guys and I never had a brake on my bikes. I have full Thompson cockpit with stem and seatpost. I run Vision Track crankset with the stock 49T chainring. I run a 17T all city cog and locking. FSA Dropbars and Fizik Antares R3 seat. Honestly best bike I’ve ever built and rode in my 8 years of riding. I’ve rode over 100 miles a couple times when I was younger, been up and down Griffith Park a bunch of times. Visited city by city going up some steep hills and mountains. My current bike believe it or not in total cost to build was $420. I had got the framset with the cranks already on for $350 which was a bargain. Then I completed the Thompson cockpit with the stem and it came with the FSA drop bars for $70. If I did the math of how much my bike would be brand new, it would’ve been north of $1500+. All I’d say I got a pretty good bargain for a really good bike that they dont produce anymore. 7005 aluminum with full carbon fork.
Getting into fixed gear is actually less time spent on the saddle but more time spent on the computer browsing marketplaces for used parts or new shit, cause you might want to get a negative degree stem or matching all the component manufacturers so you end up swapping out everything just to have Zipp everything etc lol
I been riding a fixed gear for about 4 years now. I built it when I worked at a bike shop and the owner had bins full of old parts from the 70s and 80s that he let me raid as long as I didn't take anything too rare. I got a gorgeous frame and fork from the 70s with polished lugs as a trade for an old 80s mountain bike which I originally got for free, built the wheels myself from salvaged hubs and rims, salvaged an old Nitto stem and drop bars, built a custom sized Sugino bottom bracket from a bucket of unused track bike parts from the 80s. Even found a couple rolls of unused Benetto grip tap under 50 years of dust on a shelf. The only things I actually had to buy was a chain and a cheap Origin 8 crank. With the employee discount I think that build cost like 70 bucks total.
I feel so attacked by the thumb nail. Because I have THEE EXACT SAME THRONE BIKE, same design and color too and let me say I love it and mad people give me compliments soooo UR ON CRACK
I got some dank carbons sitting on a $325 cheap bike. Like a previous viewer mentioned the impracticality and absurdity of builds is like the best part. I think it's the most expressive side of cycling
Expressive it is. My bike was $300 and i somehow found some carbon rims on marketplace for $10 a piece! Built up the wheels for $100 and people think I'm rocking a $800 wheel set, customizability is endless.
@@themarwanrahal I live in the Netherlands there is a company Gazzelle that makes normal transport bikes. If you search good you can find second hand carbon forks for cheap.
I remember my bike was a fixie hybrid which ive modded enough to become a litearl roadbike and its now cost 183 dollars and it actual cost was 43 dollars 💀
I thought this was funny, talking about how expensive a fixed gear bike can become, while working on a road bike that is expensive to buy and a lot of money will most probably spent on parts in the hope it make them go faster. The whole idea of riding a fixed gear bike is it cheap to buy and it does not matter if it gets trashed, just get another one.
I completely don't understand the connection between fixed gear and no brakes. I love fixed gear, but have a front break, hardly ever use it, but it's there. The term " fixed gear" has as much to do with breaks as it does with the color of your bike. Just say you don't have a hand break, stop interchanging the term fixed gear with not having a hand break, it's just not correct.
This is straight cap, bro. It doesn’t matter what type of bike it is any quality made parts always ride, feel, and look better than entry-level or generic knock off products. When I built my first wheels with Phil’s I knew right then and there it wasn’t just a fad for the flare. I wouldn’t cheap out on drivetrain/wheels ever again.
Bro has the expertise to deal with hydraulic road bike brakes but didn't notice the tubulars on the fixie? But fr stay away from fixed gear culture it's actually pretty stupid. You can ride the bikes though haha
I ride a $15 straight steel fixie off of facebook marketplace. I have bought some paint for it so that's an extra $5, and I painted it myself. I've ridden it for about 3 years, haven't broken anything yet.
Ive been brainwashed a lil bit more i guess , im stuck in NJS parts right now . I use NJS FC7710 Crankset NJS IZUMI Super toughness and euroasia Cog 15t (golden size) Costs me around 500bucks to buy those parts . I can say , the parts are really durable and i went using them until now . Im hoping they can last for 3 years more hahaha .
Bro same…. 💀. That same cog alone cost me $120. 15t Am I ever switching out, ABSOLUTELY NOT. Sugino zen chainring $250 with a Chris king BB $280 and and Sugino 75 crankset. Long story short, my Fixed Gear bike build all together cost more than my car.
i've been riding fixed gear for almost 3 years now and i'll say it's completely different experience from riding any other type of bike. in my opinion it's a joy being able to easily customise each component to your own personal preference, however I do agree it's overkill that some people over spend on high end components that is not totally unnecessary for their type of riding. I mean if you do take part in local crits and alleycats the money may well be worth it but if it's just for normal street riding and just for "looking cool" I would say yea it's crazy stupid. but who am I to comment it's not my bike and money😂 if you got deep pockets, the money is definitely better spent on building a road bike as your money will actually make a difference in your training and competitive side of cycling. there's no doubt that having swanky components on a unique frame is sick but at the end of the day it's honestly the rider that makes the difference. beauty doesn't come from the bike but rather how a rider makes the best with his rig.
100% agreed, customizability is my favorite part, you learn alot when you ride fixed and really get to hone in on your riding skills as well as mechanical skills. The builds are cool asf, unessacary... yes but nonetheless they're unique.
This is just a trolling video on the falsehood that people are constantly upgrading parts... Doesn't make any sense, if you have decent sourcing and are patient you can get a durable setup that will last many years for maybe $500 used? Also it doesn't make sense if you live somewhere with many hills you need to ride up unless you don't mind walking.
I rode fixed in Seattle for years. We got them hills. It's doable if you commit to being a beast and figuring out what gearing gives you the right balance of uphill/descent pedaling
Recommend to always have brakes on your fixed gear ..at minimum a front brake .. or you will really wish you had when a door opens or someone runs the light in a truck..
you think thats bad, try being a road cyclist on a budget. you can train as hard as you want but know you'll still get dropped at the track or weekly group ride by the same riders riding bikes 10x the cost of yours. be thankful that most of your upgrades are for cosmetic reasons
No brakes? In city traffic? That shit should 100% be illegal and you should get stopped and fined for it :)))) Ok you do have V-Brakes!, why you liyin?
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Last year my coworker helped me buy my fixed gear to save money and time from commuting to work. Says it was very low maintenance and cheap. Taught me how to build it nicer and everything about the parts. 1 year later now I am broke and has a debt to my friend but atleast my bike has duraace hubs on it.
All I see if you got your priorities straight.
some might see this as a joke but for me its so real, everytime I got a hold of some money all I think is what part should I upgrade next
Hahahaha
in the Philippines, we call this 'upgraditis' 😂😂😂
down the rabbit hole
Mostly ride fixed gear with brakes. So cheap to maintain and fun to ride. Also you pedal stroke will get so smooth.
Yes, fixed gear gets you to understand cadence and dampens the rear motion of your pedal stroke because it gets pushed up by the other side down motion. Very smooth.
I'm not sure. I hear "fixed makes your pedal stroke smooth" and also "independently coasting cranks make your pedal stroke smooth". I mean fixed isn't going to make you aware of back pressure the way the "power cranks" are. The pedals will just go round and round instead of stalling or going out of synch.
what are brakes
no it wont
Hey look at you riding smart. No idea why people ride brakeless (I almost never used them, for the record, but it's stupid not to have).
Don't daily a fixed gear? I have been dailying mine for over a year just fine no issue. One of the positive things about fixed gear is super low maintenance. I also understand what you're saying about unnecessary components, but if you're riding fixed the whole thing is kind of that its unreasonable.
100% understandable, I daily my build and I keep some parts cheap but go unessacary with others...
@@themarwanrahalyoutubers always preaching but not practicing😂
"when you have no brakes" bro just install fucking brakes. I rode fixed in Seattle for years and I almost never used my brakes, even on them steep-ass hills. But I had them, just in case because I'm not tryin to go out like that. Got a track frame with no brake mounts? Cool. Ride it at the track. It really makes me lose respect for someone's intelligence and wisdom as a biker to hear that kinda shit. In the motorcycle/car world its sport bikers with no protection or street racers endangering other people on the road.... But it's all the same "type of guy." Don't be that guy. I hope you hear that although I said some disparaging things, it's coming from a place of care both about you as a rider and your health, and the safety of people on the road in general.
Just skid the bike
yes this..
You don't seem to have a clue about what you're talking about.
this is facts and truth vrs smoke mirrors an eventually concussions
You can't convince these people till they end up in a hospital bed.
I started riding fixed when I was 50 and I am now closer to 60. It would be good to see more people cycling than using the car.
Solid your still riding at that age!!! Keep it up!
Legend! I really hope I’ll still be riding fixed into my later years.
King!
Thieves everywhere... Need a place to safely store them in public. Netherlands has that going on
Japan too 🤔
There's definetly a point to remind yourself it's about the riding, not the parts and to also follow your own opinions on what you truely like and need. Focus on what you have and see what really gives you headaches. Keep it simple, sometimes that chunky steel frame is what you trust, so settle with that and stand for it. That's the simple beauty of bikes, you can ride them without any care, but once you start looking, you'll never stop looking again. When you spend more time working than riding or it gets tedious, just ride it until something breaks, then improve. The absoulte goal should be that you can grab your bike in the dark and have it work excatly as you expect, nothing more.
Big pro is that even as a newbie with a 50$ bike you will feel the same as any other one, because it's about the fun of the ride. The faces when you surpass 90% with a well maintained walmart style build, and you actually feel people admire that simple mindset. It's not about buying everything you can, happyness comes from knowing you could, but don't need to. Understand this, and also try to make your own way, work with what you got, anything you do yourself, repair, spend time with and make your own is never wasted.
There's also nothing wrong about doing something you like and even spending thousands of dollars, you'll have a whole lot to share with people who can't try around themselves, because you spent all that time looking and trying around, you just need to find a way to make something of that.
ps also having your bikes stolen multiple times teaches you to stay basic and make the best of it, it helps a lot to know that no matter how insane everyones bikes are, yours is the only one you can casually forget at the train station and still have a beautiful ride home. It's just different
Just discovered your chanel and I’m liking your content so far. Yep, riding fixed is addictive, I’ve been hooked on the suckers since the 1980s when I started riding my track bike on the street. Ended up trashing it in the early 90s slamming into a car. I ride most styles of bikes and enjoy them but my fixed gear bikes are where the money disappears, I’ve pick up cheap beaters of market place and usually just thrash them to death but my baby is a Razesa that I had built for me back in 98 with Columbus Neuron Tubing, that bike has had that many different cranksets and wheel sets, different stem and bar combinations over the years I’ve lost count but they are so easy to change things around on I can never resist.
Thanks, that means alot! Been In the fixed scene for 4 years ish and love every bit of it. Seeing the shit people pull of on fixed builds are insane and always lovely to see.
If anyone needs help getting clean from buying fixed gear parts lmk. I’m 4 days sober from buying bike parts.
did you relapse yet?
@@themarwanrahal I don’t want to talk about it
@@harrisonweiland6851 LOL
@@wushisushi don’t ask me for support
There's no rule that says you can't ride a fixed gear with a front brake. In fact, in some countries it's the law, like Japan. That's not stopping riders from riding fixed over there.
You do have a brake. The front one! You control speed with your legs. Still need a front brake to brake! The fuck!?
In the dark age of photography, before digital, before 35mm Kodak McPhotolab, the joke was "ruin you buddy with a gift of camera".
Seriously, I have never thought of dumping big cash on a fixed gear; I grew up with them, rode them for close to 35 years now, and alwsys thought them to be on utility side of the spectrum. You don't need bells and whistles; you just need essential stuff to work fine, and that's it.
And yes, many of the had those brake levers. Which, I ought to say, were largely redundant in real life - provided the rear brake contraption is well-mantained.
Fixie rider since 2007! Portland, Seattle, Austin, Denver and places inbetween. For all of my 20s it was my only way to get around.
Now I also have a road bike and switch back and forth. I’m 36, and encounter 29 year olds who think they’re too old for fixies. As in they’re no longer fit enough to ride one.
I switch back and forth and have never had a DL.
There are 70 year olds doing deadlifts. You have to try.
Never tried fixed gear riding.
Owned a few road bikes, a few mountain bikes, now I recently bought a cheap, recent mountain bike, deleted the suspension, added a rigid fork, added a riser bar and some flat pedals, tune it up and I’m having a blast with some inexpensive, made to beat up and that I can ride in pretty much any terrain…
I was inducted into the fixed gear bike messenger community about one and a half year ago, but at first I rode a normal city spec road bike, which has been refitted with an outie groupset to be a single speed. At this point, the only thing keeping me from riding a fixed gear, is the fact that I have dropouts on the rear, and not forkouts, so a fixed gear hub cannot be fitted.
Hi I'm 62 years old now and I've been riding fixed gear since i was a teenager. I've never had breaks on any of my fixed gear bikes and so far no accidents knock wood lol. When i first started riding i got used to 63, 11 gearing and at my age i still ride the same gear ratio knees are a little whack but not bad for 62. Never give up riding fixed gear i know i never will.
exactly what im saying some people can ride brakeless and some just can't, no shame in brakes
this video will definitely cause some people to go down the rabbit hole lol. My first year in fixed gear I bought like 8 different bikes I had to find out what setup was the best for me lmao
My understanding is that fixed bikes in the UK still have to have a brake in addition to the fixed wheel (the fixed gear counts as a rear brake) to ride on the road. Here in UK it's not actually brakeless unless you're only riding in velodromes.
Thanks king, I needed this humbling
I try
When I built my fixie, the total cost, including frame and fork painting is around 200-220 euro. For the 12 years I have it I never bought any expensive parts. Probably the total cost after 10 years is no more then 400 euro. Not gonna ride it anymore tho, I'm almost 45 now. Got used hybrid bike with 9 gears, sweet and easy to ride. Good times with the fixie, but not going back.
I started with a budget fixed gear before getting into track and road cycling.
Although I changed all the part on this first bike apart but didn't spend that much.
The trick is to keep your first bike and get comfortable on it.
My humble steel 6KU is now more of a tracklocross build with 35c tires and drop bars.
I don't skid on it anymore because I busted the lockring threads long ago and I've always ran a brake on it for peace of mind.
Don't get sucked into the culture of vintage builds or expensive track parts if you don't go to the velodrome.
All of these are fragile and uncomfortable for daily use.
Solid stuff man, and thanks for all the comments!!!
My biuld costs 340 USD, and i tear that shit. Great video man !
Thanks dude!!! Mine was around $700 but msrp is easily $2k, got lucky on some deals
Tbh if you got a fixie for daily use, keep it cheap if you want to get a cool rim or handle bar thats cool, but dont get more, because you are just gonna keep getting useless things that u dont need because you are not a professional rider
This video is so accurate it’s hilarious 😂
I'm aiming for other things first but guess if bikes
£6-9k 7.3kg (lights, computer, bell at weight said) Trek Emonda ALR (two wheelsets) (road bike)
£6k 12.4kg Trek Slash gen 5 (enduro mountain bike)
£2-3k folding (sub 7.4kg) or fixie (8kg or below with sram hydro rim) unsure what way £2k or 3k on these without looking
£2k Boardman adv 8.9 (aim for say 10kg as between road and gravel weights, not caring about splash out for lighter)
£10-12k Bülk (velomobile)
love the channel bro, lowkey helpin me fr PS with whatever editing software you are using, i recommend turning up the audio of your voice as it is quite hard to hear you in some parts.
Thanks bro, I ended up lowering my voice bc in some parts I earraped the mic... lol. I'll take it into account for my next video bro thanks!!
I ride a Mash Steel. Built if myself. Cost me around $3k in total. Been riding everyday for for 2 years straight on it
Sitting in the hospital RN as spokes popped on me and locked my front wheel making me high side and break my collarbone in 3 places.
Should be back on the saddle in 6 weeks.
I got into fixed gear for its practicality and it being really easy to maintain etc. then 1½ years later i have 2 of em both being steel bikes with one having a crankset that costs twice as much as the frame
No one is forcing you to buy damn expensive track or just fancy hubs and carbon hoops) I still ride Novatec hubs as they spin and keep wheels in frame. Sheldon Brown noted hubs are wrong place to splurge as they are very simple parts and mostly you are paying for CNC process, low volume production and colorful anodizing. My cheap cranks are stiff enough and I will not be broke if I damage them, and no - I'm not Olympic sprinter so I don't need those super stiff track specific cranks. I rather spend money on food, water and train tickets to go to remote places and ride my bike there as it's more interesting then do laps in city for 1000000th time.
Rode fixed as my only bike 5 years and 3 more as a primary bike. I built it pre-FB marketplace so a lot of parts were bought new ,so it was a dumpster frame with 300 in the drivetrain and a cobbled front brake.
I would smash 30+ mile long rides weekly. Also there are few things better than riding in fresh snow on a quiet winter night.
I sold my fixie at Christmas and found myself looking to build another last week
Build it! And honestly thats a solid story, was there ever any way to buy used parts cheap back then?
Ah, yes the dark days of Craigslist... Cheap parts in the midwest at the time were old track parts. Occasionally you would find stuff at coops. There was place in NYC that was selling rebrand Formula hubsets for $50. When you found a deal you bought up what you could and flip to afford your build.
I'm 15 and I've been a track cyclist since I was 8 and honestly track is so much more fun than road or cross
what have i done i just realized i spent 1/3 of my savings into my fixed gear thanks for reminding me .-.
LOL
Had 3 kilo tts. 53 57 now 55. Upgraded the wheelset when they were going out of true all the time to some deep V's. Didnt even replace the shitty stock saddle years later. Im cheap. You can ride the hell out of a craigslist kilo tt without dropping money at all. Bike heads in general spend a lot of money on their bikes but really the fact is people spend money on all sorts of shit if thats their personality. I just ride i dont care that much about parts unless it its broken or uncomfortable.
Yea thats true, people do spend on what they love. A proven fact through time.
Dude this hit a little too close to home and I'm not even a fixie rider. I have a steel road bike from 2003 that now has a newish sram force group set, a zipp carbon crank set, and tubular velomax ascent 2 wheels. I havent upgraded the frame because "I dont have that kind of money" when really a carbon fram would probably cost as much as one of the things I just listed. It's unique as hell though and I love it.
"Dont have that kind of money" is hilarious, I fall into the same boat however, I willing spend hundreds on tubular tires but hurt to get a new crankset.
Also screw the whole brakes or no brakes ordeal. The only solution is to have one build with brakes and one without
My bike is very like. New carbon seat just got delivered. Got some new emerald aerospokes yesterday. Quick spending spert then I'm cool for the summer. Got about three people I'm meeting next week for tyres and and chosen not to take this carbon tubular I said I'll buy. Cant get a tough tyre to avoid the punctures at the moment. He ain't lying!
Your in it!
I personally think that a fixed gear or their sister, a singlespeed, are bikes for cities, when you don't care about maintenence or gears ofc just like something that only has to be done. I found out that I loved riding fast on my bikes, when I got a fixed gear and figured out that older road bikes with gearing can be an option and never looked back to that. But in general all of the the mods you can put onto a fixed gear are available for any other type of bike. So if you like those looks of the "fixed" culture but hate being fixed then get an old road bike and mod it how you like it.
Oh for sure, totally agree
Yeah, he's right... I'm currently working on an all Dura-Ace NJS keirin style build. But thank God for Shimano s-tec.
wild, how much is it gonna run ya?
@@themarwanrahal About $1850 cost after taxes... but I'll still need to get the really expensive frame prep tools for the headset and BB. It's probably a $2800 build in market value of parts alone. After it's built, I'd value it at $3500-3800 or 2ozt of gold, but I'll honestly never sell it since a lot of these parts are limited supply and/or discontinued production and may never be available on the market in the future. ;)
i worked with an old italian track frame with a vintage cup and cone bb and the crank always became loose because of that building standard
i just realized i have my phone turned alll the way up and am holding it to my ear to watch the vid, maybe check audio
Ummmm. Thankfully we all share different experiences. I don't relate to this at all, and for that I am grateful.
We'd be a fool if everyone had the same experiences, good for you keep on riding!
Less gears more beers they said when I flipped my floppable backwheel on my 40quid (GBP) questionably sourced singlespeed, on second week of my circuit messengering in LDN.
True, more beers it was... four months in I was dropping off "sidequests" after my shifts to scrape together pennies for my next part swap. Perks? 60ish miles per day and your metabolism can handle heavy drinking and since you live in a squatted office, where was I?
Oh yeah its some of my best memories of my life before prison, Ruined life is a life worth been lived or something yay! cocka doodle doo!
my fixie probably is just around $120 whole build, so yeah it works for me
Im a bike messenger and use a Shimano 600 crank(165mm) Miche cog (6$) and a kmc e1 e-bike chain that last 4000 km. Fixed gear part worn out fast, expansive and overrated
Them - I can get the same one for 60 $
Me - Point to the NJS stamp.
how do i start fixed gear, i know noone and im not really in the community and dont know any tricks and have know idea where to get what parts but i always liked the idea of fixed gear. is there a way to easy get into it?
Mercier kilo tt or wabi.
Facebook marketplace or any other second hand seller is the best place to find em, you can get really nice builds for cheap.
@@themarwanrahal okay thanks, imma keep that in mind 🙏
read windbreaker
@@imjonathan6745 lol I'm already reading it... I already have two bicycles but now I'm in the mood too get into fixedgear though I have no idea about it
I feel like if I go through with this it’s gonna be like me in 2021 with the custom keyboard hobby 😭😭😭😭.
Still cheaper than cars. Can build a bike for less than cost of tires for a race weekend
i am 63 years old and ride a 1950s track bike that my dad had made for him and apart from the chainset and sprocket every thing else came from my road bikes so in all the years i have been riding it it has cost me about 600 british pounds, that includes tyres , chains and brake blocks, not that expensive and great for winter riding
Awesome your still riding at that age, keep it up!!!
@@themarwanrahal my dad was still riding at least 200 miles a week until 2 weeks before he died at the age of 87. i hope to be able to do the same
I feel like this video could apply to ALL serious cycling hobbies. You start off with a $700 marketplace bike and next thing you know you're $8k deep into marginal gains territory
marginal gains territory is what gets you
Depends if you get into fancy parts or not. I cycle quite heavily on a fairly cheap hybrid bike I bought in 2017. I keep replacing worn out parts with new budget parts. For some reason I find it unreasonably satisfying to clown on people with expensive carbon fibre road bikes through brute force alone. My bike is heavy and my aero is awful but I'm still faster than a lot of these guys simply because I ride more. There appears to be a lot of people who go WAY overboard on kit so they can go on a casual 2 hour group ride once a week.
Fancy kit wouldn't make me any stronger, so I don't see the point in upgrading for any reason other than comfort and reliability, and maybe cargo capacity.
Why is this litterally me I started with a dusty ass 200$ bike I found on facebook marketplace. Ever since I road my friends bike I realize I do need that look 895 vitesse frame, 4500$ for a frame whats that nothing compared to the pleasure I get from a sick frame
that's insane, my bike was $300, brand new Aventon Cordoba however now I'm almost a few grand into the build.... nonetheless its fun asf.
soo basically its just like building a pc....xD
bueno, depende del capital de cada quien, obvio si no tienes dinero no vas a hacer skids cada rato, porque las llantas es lo que se gasta más rápido, llevo unos 4 años en fixie y sólo he invertido unos 6,000 mxn, en llantas, cadena, crankset, un aerospoke y cámaras, además de que es muy difícil conseguir partes para una track bike en mi ciudad, eso me limita también en comprar
This video feels really ill-informed and contrived. I have a cheap, heavier, steel fixed gear as my daily driver and only bike. It's lasted me many years and costs me about $200-300 per year in maintenance and parts. Edit: It's my primary (only) vehicle and gets plenty of daily use.
this just only made me want to make my bike lighter
10 years riding ,my raw fixedgear bike, with 3 knee injury,, and i m broke
in brazil is cheaper you own a mtb over a fixed 🤡
I bet
I'm only here to see that caad3 r-800 which I also do have
oh nice!
fixed gear doesn't necessarily mean no breaks
lol. Thanks for the heads up.😂
Unfortunately I'd rather be able to coast and not blow my knees up
this is real
mechanical keyboard vibes
Wabi sram 165mm 😂 they've been good though
I understand you!
Good !!!
nah it never ruined me
Was a fixed gear rider for years in the city... After waaayyyy too many close calls I highly recommend having a front brake. If anybody calls you on it- F them. Going down a steep hill in the rain and having a car slam on the brakes in front of you and trying to skid stop and going ass over teakettle into their back bumper sucks. As does slamming into he back of a bus. Busses stop surprisingly fast in the rain. A no brakes fixie does not. BELIEVE THAT.
And yeah- don't spend a bunch of money on stupid sh!t. The bike is already light as f. The best thing you can do is make sure you have as near to perfect chain alignment between the chain wheel and the back sprocket. It makes a HUGE difference. More than 15 gram lighter head set will anyways.
Funny thing, the only two crashes I had happened because of the front brake. There was some oil like shit spilled on the road, and my front wheel slipped when I was braking.
Just curb hop the bus bro
I road BMX brakeless and had this same thing happen. I had a freewheel though so there wasn't even a way other than slamming my feet on the pavement to stop in time. Flipped over the car and somehow just had massive bruising on my thigh.
Heavy bike? Just get stronger, lol.
Real
People are heavy. Not bikes. Taking a dump before a ride goes a long way. That stool probably weighs more then the difference any upgrades would make.
@@neutronshiva2498 especially one of mine
I feel so very personally attacked by this video. 4 years into riding fixed, coming from mtb. I'm about $4500 deep on a steel frame build with no carbon.
you... are a victim
Ouch
I totally get your predicament. I ended up on a Reddit post back before Christmas professing how wonderful NJS bikes are. A few drinks and some internet shopping with an accidental click has meant I have another bike in the fleet with way too much money invested in it. However I now own a near full NJS build. Riding fixed and the culture that comes with it should come with a government health warning. It’s just a little too addictive.
Spending 4500$ on a fixie is just one of the options. If you want to go that route, that is ok. But let me tell you, (Spain) I have 3 Cannondale, 1 Pinarello, 1 Vitus,1 Colnago, and could have more gorgeous fixes, but I don't have more space to store them. Each of them have cost me less than 300€, maybe top 400€ after many upgrades. They are top notch racing bikes from 20, 30 or even 40 years ago, and probably as nice as that 4000$ fixie, a different style, but super nice. How? An example: My set of wheels cost 100€ both, for instance Weinmann DP18, surely not as light as a carbon 1000$ wheel, but anyway, I don't want anything carbon in my bikes, I have seen way too many carbon parts, frames and forks being broken, and bones after that. My bikes are Alu or Steel, I have abused them, and still going strong. My frames are super beautiful, classic, racing ones 30 or more years old, literally less than 100€ each, if you know how to look for them, are patient and act swiftly when one is found. My bikes all have rim brakes, anti puncture tire and traditional inner tube, that is also part of their low cost of maintenance. They literally cost nothing to maintain.
steel is real
Fixie commuter veteran here and these are my
Observations:
1. Throw a brake on it
2. 700x30mm tires are the best speed/weather ready size for all seasons (I ride in Oregon rain)
3. Always keep it under 500$, Black Friday and Xmas youll see spanking deals (1 fixie got for 99$ complete and another time I got a track bike that was 700 on sale for 300$)
I’ve been riding fixed for over 8 years. Never rode anything else. My only regret was that I stopped riding for at least 2 years in between those years. I stopped getting active with myself and all I did was work. Overtime I kinda but not really developed knee pain not anything crazy. I just didn’t kept up with my physical self. Ever since I bought a new bike after I after working awhile, it was kinda hard getting back into it. Now it’s 2024 I ride a 2019 State Bicycle Undefeated II with parts that have I had since I was young. I wish I can post a picture but I currently have velocity wheels 700cx25mm that I had over 6 years with a 25mm Continental Ultrasport on the front and the same tire in the back but a 28mm. Sadly I was one of those guys and I never had a brake on my bikes. I have full Thompson cockpit with stem and seatpost. I run Vision Track crankset with the stock 49T chainring. I run a 17T all city cog and locking. FSA Dropbars and Fizik Antares R3 seat. Honestly best bike I’ve ever built and rode in my 8 years of riding. I’ve rode over 100 miles a couple times when I was younger, been up and down Griffith Park a bunch of times. Visited city by city going up some steep hills and mountains. My current bike believe it or not in total cost to build was $420. I had got the framset with the cranks already on for $350 which was a bargain. Then I completed the Thompson cockpit with the stem and it came with the FSA drop bars for $70. If I did the math of how much my bike would be brand new, it would’ve been north of $1500+. All I’d say I got a pretty good bargain for a really good bike that they dont produce anymore. 7005 aluminum with full carbon fork.
@@johnm.9982 that’s sounds like a great fixie
I agree! What an irresponsible waste of money.
My Email- your Chris King headset is on its way!
That made me laugh, my emails notifying me about a $200 crank set I just bought...
Getting into fixed gear is actually less time spent on the saddle but more time spent on the computer browsing marketplaces for used parts or new shit, cause you might want to get a negative degree stem or matching all the component manufacturers so you end up swapping out everything just to have Zipp everything etc lol
Agreed, I can tell you how many rides i've been on in the past year but hours on marketplace is unknown
lmao just wait until you get a bike with brakes and shifters
Why would anyone have a bike with no brakes.
I been riding a fixed gear for about 4 years now. I built it when I worked at a bike shop and the owner had bins full of old parts from the 70s and 80s that he let me raid as long as I didn't take anything too rare. I got a gorgeous frame and fork from the 70s with polished lugs as a trade for an old 80s mountain bike which I originally got for free, built the wheels myself from salvaged hubs and rims, salvaged an old Nitto stem and drop bars, built a custom sized Sugino bottom bracket from a bucket of unused track bike parts from the 80s. Even found a couple rolls of unused Benetto grip tap under 50 years of dust on a shelf. The only things I actually had to buy was a chain and a cheap Origin 8 crank. With the employee discount I think that build cost like 70 bucks total.
I feel so attacked by the thumb nail. Because I have THEE EXACT SAME THRONE BIKE, same design and color too and let me say I love it and mad people give me compliments soooo UR ON CRACK
i feel like this is a problem for every hobby, you will always mindlessly spent fortune for something that only cause miniscule amount of change.
Real
I got some dank carbons sitting on a $325 cheap bike. Like a previous viewer mentioned the impracticality and absurdity of builds is like the best part. I think it's the most expressive side of cycling
Expressive it is. My bike was $300 and i somehow found some carbon rims on marketplace for $10 a piece! Built up the wheels for $100 and people think I'm rocking a $800 wheel set, customizability is endless.
@@themarwanrahal I live in the Netherlands there is a company Gazzelle that makes normal transport bikes. If you search good you can find second hand carbon forks for cheap.
I remember my bike was a fixie hybrid which ive modded enough to become a litearl roadbike and its now cost 183 dollars and it actual cost was 43 dollars 💀
I thought this was funny, talking about how expensive a fixed gear bike can become, while working on a road bike that is expensive to buy and a lot of money will most probably spent on parts in the hope it make them go faster. The whole idea of riding a fixed gear bike is it cheap to buy and it does not matter if it gets trashed, just get another one.
Removing the front brake of a bike, even a fixed gear is stupid and suicidal.
Do NOT remove your front brake!
been riding fixed over a decade in atl. we got hills, the worst drivers & terrible infra. it's all about risk compensation.
10 plus years riding fixed, no brakes, no straps, no problem. If you can't stand the heat, you better get out of the kitchen.
@@PAULYHEDRAstill incredibly dumb
front brake people go flying lol
Front brakes are completely unnecessary. I had been commuting on bike for 9 years and never had a need for it.
As a fixed gear rider, this is a very good video. I appreciate you not just slandering the craft and actually giving valid criticism.
Thanks man means alot! I do work rather hard on these videos, thanks!
Would you say that a fixed bike is good for medium long distances ? (15-30 km) and what are the perks/cons
I completely don't understand the connection between fixed gear and no brakes. I love fixed gear, but have a front break, hardly ever use it, but it's there. The term " fixed gear" has as much to do with breaks as it does with the color of your bike. Just say you don't have a hand break, stop interchanging the term fixed gear with not having a hand break, it's just not correct.
I see where your coming from. On one of my builds I have a front brake actually.
Sir, i can salute you acute activities..
Love from my Bangladesh..
This is straight cap, bro. It doesn’t matter what type of bike it is any quality made parts always ride, feel, and look better than entry-level or generic knock off products.
When I built my first wheels with Phil’s I knew right then and there it wasn’t just a fad for the flare. I wouldn’t cheap out on drivetrain/wheels ever again.
And you’re PROBABLY finding hitting the like button❤🚲🤪😵💫❤️🩹💡🚲Ha Ha I’m in
Bro has the expertise to deal with hydraulic road bike brakes but didn't notice the tubulars on the fixie? But fr stay away from fixed gear culture it's actually pretty stupid. You can ride the bikes though haha
The currently cons on my fixed gear rn is my legs are always sore AF and just praying not to die riding it lol. Ride safe always guys!
You get massive legs once you start
I ride a $15 straight steel fixie off of facebook marketplace. I have bought some paint for it so that's an extra $5, and I painted it myself. I've ridden it for about 3 years, haven't broken anything yet.
Wild, keep it up
Ive been brainwashed a lil bit more i guess , im stuck in NJS parts right now .
I use NJS FC7710 Crankset
NJS IZUMI Super toughness
and euroasia Cog 15t (golden size)
Costs me around 500bucks to buy those parts . I can say , the parts are really durable and i went using them until now .
Im hoping they can last for 3 years more hahaha .
Hopefully, looks like you got a solid build bro!!!
Bro same…. 💀.
That same cog alone cost me $120. 15t
Am I ever switching out, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Sugino zen chainring $250 with a Chris king BB $280 and and Sugino 75 crankset.
Long story short, my Fixed Gear bike build all together cost more than my car.
I’m going to buy a fixed gear tomorrow. Wish me luck😂
One thing i can tell from these comments is that yall dont ride your fixies hard enough
An here i am getting flamed on my local ride for bringing a single speed to the fixed only ride after my track bike got stolen 😑
i've been riding fixed gear for almost 3 years now and i'll say it's completely different experience from riding any other type of bike. in my opinion it's a joy being able to easily customise each component to your own personal preference, however I do agree it's overkill that some people over spend on high end components that is not totally unnecessary for their type of riding. I mean if you do take part in local crits and alleycats the money may well be worth it but if it's just for normal street riding and just for "looking cool" I would say yea it's crazy stupid. but who am I to comment it's not my bike and money😂 if you got deep pockets, the money is definitely better spent on building a road bike as your money will actually make a difference in your training and competitive side of cycling. there's no doubt that having swanky components on a unique frame is sick but at the end of the day it's honestly the rider that makes the difference. beauty doesn't come from the bike but rather how a rider makes the best with his rig.
100% agreed, customizability is my favorite part, you learn alot when you ride fixed and really get to hone in on your riding skills as well as mechanical skills. The builds are cool asf, unessacary... yes but nonetheless they're unique.
That's why I ride a tracklocross bike it's still going strong ♥
fixed gear riders SUCK the worst of the worst with the lest respect for those around them #BanBikes
This is just a trolling video on the falsehood that people are constantly upgrading parts... Doesn't make any sense, if you have decent sourcing and are patient you can get a durable setup that will last many years for maybe $500 used? Also it doesn't make sense if you live somewhere with many hills you need to ride up unless you don't mind walking.
I rode fixed in Seattle for years. We got them hills. It's doable if you commit to being a beast and figuring out what gearing gives you the right balance of uphill/descent pedaling
Beast
Recommend to always have brakes on your fixed gear ..at minimum a front brake .. or you will really wish you had when a door opens or someone runs the light in a truck..
you think thats bad, try being a road cyclist on a budget. you can train as hard as you want but know you'll still get dropped at the track or weekly group ride by the same riders riding bikes 10x the cost of yours. be thankful that most of your upgrades are for cosmetic reasons
Fixed gear sucks. They are 100% good in flat cities. Once you get bags on and big hills, they suck balls.
Or they result in big legs???
I don't see the appeal of a fixed bike.
issue with every material hobbies unfortunately
No brakes? In city traffic? That shit should 100% be illegal and you should get stopped and fined for it :))))
Ok you do have V-Brakes!, why you liyin?