I ride a fixed gear bike
12-06-20, 07:08 AM
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I have to admit, I’ve called mine a fixie before.
that’s the term I first heard when I saw my first non-track fixed gear bike.
not too long after I had a wipeout and did some damage to my MB drivetrain, that led to a lucky Eno hub catch, and a fun build, and I was hooked. Now I rarely ride anything that can coast. It feels weird and unsafe because I’m used to slowing down and that makes the bike slow down, I stop, the bike stops. It just feels right.
Fixie does sound a bit derogatory, but it’s what we have. Someday I’ll score a track bike, it might be fun on some smooth roads. But for now I have a touring/ commuting bike, a trails/getting stupid bike, and a relaxed cruiser. All also happen to have fixed gear drivetrains.
that’s the term I first heard when I saw my first non-track fixed gear bike.
not too long after I had a wipeout and did some damage to my MB drivetrain, that led to a lucky Eno hub catch, and a fun build, and I was hooked. Now I rarely ride anything that can coast. It feels weird and unsafe because I’m used to slowing down and that makes the bike slow down, I stop, the bike stops. It just feels right.
Fixie does sound a bit derogatory, but it’s what we have. Someday I’ll score a track bike, it might be fun on some smooth roads. But for now I have a touring/ commuting bike, a trails/getting stupid bike, and a relaxed cruiser. All also happen to have fixed gear drivetrains.
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12-06-20, 01:04 PM
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I have never heard of a bike having a "freegear". It has a freewheel. This means that when there is no drive to the rear sprocket, the wheel is still free to spin.
Therefore, for as long as I can remember, there have been bikes with "freewheels" which "freewheel" (rather than "coast") and there have been bikes with "fixed wheel".
I sort of half wanted a fixed wheel bike for many years before finally making the purchase some time in the 2000s. I had to search quite hard to find one. Little did I know that a year or two later they would become a Thing and I would be accused — for the first time in my life — of being fashionable.
I adopted the term "fixie" in general conversation until I began to understand that these fashionable fixies that I had never seen (I am quite provincial and very unsociable) were all about bright colours, deep rims, tiny little handlebars, riding without brakes on the Queen's highway, and skidding to a stop outside overpriced coffee shops.
then experimented with using the term "fixed gear" because I accepted that it is now in common use, but found it sticks in the throat a bit, so now I just refer to my fixed wheel bike as "the fixed" — which unfortunately makes it sound like a little known student punk band from about 1978.
I don't really mind what other people call their bikes, though. Also, although I would never refer to a "doggy", when I am saying hello to a dog, I often call it "Doggy".
12-06-20, 05:58 PM
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The problem with track bike is mine is not a track bike and I don't ride it on the track and probably wouldn't. It is not aggressive has brakes on it and is awesome (not that a track bike isn't just had to mention it) It is a Fixed Gear Road Bike and then I have a cross bike which is now single speed (flip flop, may go back to fixed at some point) with a front rack and dynamo with wide ass tires.
Your story reminds me of the time I was going to the store on my touring bike (drop bars but very upright, wide tires and had all the racks on it and a pannier) wearing winter clothes (most certainly non-cycling specific and baggier than I would want for a longer trip) to pick up earplugs, Twizzlers and some other stuff for an upcoming trip and some guys in a car yelled at me "Get outta here ROADIE". I was dumbstruck I was like "Huh? Roadie? Me?" I felt bad for the actual roadies who take such pride in their roadie-dom, I had been crowned their king by the divine will of some idiots in a car.
Your story reminds me of the time I was going to the store on my touring bike (drop bars but very upright, wide tires and had all the racks on it and a pannier) wearing winter clothes (most certainly non-cycling specific and baggier than I would want for a longer trip) to pick up earplugs, Twizzlers and some other stuff for an upcoming trip and some guys in a car yelled at me "Get outta here ROADIE". I was dumbstruck I was like "Huh? Roadie? Me?" I felt bad for the actual roadies who take such pride in their roadie-dom, I had been crowned their king by the divine will of some idiots in a car.
Surprised you got mistaken for a roadie without any lycra and no matchy matchy kit lol. Maybe they were mountain bikers and saw your drop bars. I get asked by mountain bikers why I ride a road bike on trails when riding a drop bar gravel bike.
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12-06-20, 10:45 PM
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I guess that makes my bike a wanna be track bike since that is my goal one day lol. It has brakes too, so technically it's also a road bike that's fixed.
Surprised you got mistaken for a roadie without any lycra and no matchy matchy kit lol. Maybe they were mountain bikers and saw your drop bars. I get asked by mountain bikers why I ride a road bike on trails when riding a drop bar gravel bike.
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Surprised you got mistaken for a roadie without any lycra and no matchy matchy kit lol. Maybe they were mountain bikers and saw your drop bars. I get asked by mountain bikers why I ride a road bike on trails when riding a drop bar gravel bike.
Dave
Yeah I was wondering that and figured they probably were MTB riders and just say drop bars. Granted a lot of those XC riders are in Lycra so one could argue...
12-07-20, 03:11 PM
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I ride four fixed-gear bikes, one of which is a two-speed fixed-gear
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To be clear, you're posting sentence fragments with lousy grammar structure on a bikey forum complaining about a colloquial abbreviation that's been part of common parlance for at least fifteen years.
Not sure what "good fight" you think you're fighting but shine on, you crazy diamond, you'll need all the sparkle you can get and it'll be a tough row to hoe with all that piss & vinegar gumming up your works.
Not sure what "good fight" you think you're fighting but shine on, you crazy diamond, you'll need all the sparkle you can get and it'll be a tough row to hoe with all that piss & vinegar gumming up your works.
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y0x8 your first & third more my speed but I have to give props for whatever the hell it is in that last pic!
Edit: And extra props for catching lightning in the third shot, good stuff!
Edit: And extra props for catching lightning in the third shot, good stuff!
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12-07-20, 09:28 PM
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To be clear, you're posting sentence fragments with lousy grammar structure on a bikey forum complaining about a colloquial abbreviation that's been part of common parlance for at least fifteen years.
Not sure what "good fight" you think you're fighting but shine on, you crazy diamond, you'll need all the sparkle you can get and it'll be a tough row to hoe with all that piss & vinegar gumming up your works.
Not sure what "good fight" you think you're fighting but shine on, you crazy diamond, you'll need all the sparkle you can get and it'll be a tough row to hoe with all that piss & vinegar gumming up your works.
Also that's my favorite Pink Floyd song(s).
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12-12-20, 03:27 PM
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Happy Saturday, rode my fixed gear on 75 mile ride today, legs are cooked. So looks like this topic that I created has sparked some controversy hahah I really don’t care, and I’m sorry but the last time I was in an English class was 30 plus years ago, ironically my youngest sister took all honors classes in English in HS and graduated college and rents a room. I however barely graduated HS and own rental property, go figure. Look just saying I could care less how my grammar is I get the point across and my spelling is good. I’m never going back to school I don’t get paid for my grammar so I could really care less.
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12-13-20, 11:54 PM
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I couldn't care less.
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12-14-20, 08:09 PM
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To be clear, you're posting sentence fragments with lousy grammar structure on a bikey forum complaining about a colloquial abbreviation that's been part of common parlance for at least fifteen years.
Not sure what "good fight" you think you're fighting but shine on, you crazy diamond, you'll need all the sparkle you can get and it'll be a tough row to hoe with all that piss & vinegar gumming up your works.
Not sure what "good fight" you think you're fighting but shine on, you crazy diamond, you'll need all the sparkle you can get and it'll be a tough row to hoe with all that piss & vinegar gumming up your works.
I mean it was a solid Pink Floyd reference so I will give you credit there but should we just continue doing something incorrectly just because hey we done did it for a while? Yes, that was probably a run on sentence, I ain't perfect.
12-16-20, 01:12 PM
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12-16-20, 11:45 PM
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"I've been running a 44-17 on my winter/rain/city commuter fix gear for 30 years. On my best fix gear I run either a..."
Please sir, I don't care what term you use to describe any of your bikes. Simply pointing out what you've actually said
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12-17-20, 06:20 AM
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12-18-20, 02:18 AM
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So it is a time lapse of the bike in random places with no close ups? That is an odd one but okey dokey artichokey, if that is what the kids are doing these days. I was hoping to see riding or at least an overview of the bike or something. At least it wasn't so headache inducing and you could see things : )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1L8UmqwoGY&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1L8UmqwoGY&t=1s
12-18-20, 01:04 PM
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I don't like doing bike reviews. I don't like doing documentary trips. I make music videos of my bikes in different variations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1L8UmqwoGY&t=1s
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12-19-20, 11:13 AM
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Winter Waltz with Indy
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12-19-20, 11:17 AM
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Rolling Fixed Gear in Forest
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12-19-20, 11:27 AM
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Yesenin Valery Azarenka again spread out in a pattern
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12-19-20, 12:04 PM
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Mushroom broth
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