Any fixie fans on here ?

[mrandy]

Please show me your fixie bikes and point me in the direction of fixie only websites

[SkinnyBoy]

[mrandy]

very good i expected that
now lets see some bikes

[Muzzlehatch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn29DvMITu4

[mrandy]

Muzzlehatch said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn29DvMITu4

fecker I dont want one I want to make some fixie frames to sell to geeks

[Roman]

http://www.lfgss.com/

[mrandy]

Roman said:

http://www.lfgss.com/

danke

[Uriel]

I guess I'll go ahead...*dons flame suit*

Every day training/general purpose/climbing bike (looks a bit different now - black tyres, proper bullhorns/stem, less angle on the saddle)



Flat out, no hills bike:


For nipping to the fishmongers:


I have one of these on the way (fingers crossed, it might arrive today!) to replace the green bike:


I have a pretty decent road bike too, but I don't think there is one bike here I would get rid of before it.

[mrandy]

love that look bike,the dave lloyd is proper retro

[Roman]

I love that Look!

[Chicane-UK]

Mine



I don't fit the hipster image at all. I just ride it, commute on it, as I would any other bike in my waterproofs! But I really enjoy it.

[HereBeMonsters]

Mate of mine who lives in London has one. No brakes. He falls off about once a week and still won't get a proper bike.

[David1975]

Uriel said:

I have one of these on the way (fingers crossed, it might arrive today!) to replace the green bike:

Are you selling the green one?

[mrandy]

HereBeMonsters said:

Mate of mine who lives in London has one. No brakes. He falls off about once a week and still won't get a proper bike.

i fall off once a week and have gears and everything

[Fetchez la vache]

I'm going to sound dumb here, but I thought the idea of a fixie was to NOT have brakes at all?

[AnotherClarkey]

Nope, the only 'point' of a fixie is to have no freewheel. I have a fixed MTB with front and <gasp> rear disk brakes!

Fetchez la vache said:

I'm going to sound dumb here, but I thought the idea of a fixie was to NOT have brakes at all?

[Chicane-UK]

Fetchez la vache said:

I'm going to sound dumb here, but I thought the idea of a fixie was to NOT have brakes at all?

I just don't understand the "not having brakes" on a fixie - I value my knees far too much to try and use my legs for braking.

I just ride it because I find it an interesting change to having gears, quite like how nice and quiet the ride is, the speed at which you can accelerate... none of the fashionable aspect of riding a fixie appeals to me in the slightest.

[Garlick]

Uriel said:

[Uriel]

David1975 said:

Uriel said:

I have one of these on the way (fingers crossed, it might arrive today!) to replace the green bike:

Are you selling the green one?

I'll be selling the frame/forks/bars/seat post. The rest will be carried over to the Look to keep me going until I scrape together the cash for a new crankset and wheelset.

As for riding brakless...I think you'd have to be an idiot to do it on the roads, at least if you plan on doing anything other that crawling at 4mph to the nearest hip cafe to sit outside and show off your bike. I do a lot of braking through my legs, but never skid. And there is no way you could rely on your legs if a car pulls out on your or a pedestrian steps into the road.

None of the real benefits of riding fixed (discussed at length in Bedford Rascal's recent thread) are diminished by having brakes. Though I will admit that I do love the clean look of a bike without the clutter.

[fixedwheelnut]

Here are my commuter /tourer and then my TT bike both steel frames,




the rest of them here on flickr