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Fixies: Gay fad... or the gayest fad EVER?
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seriously hipsters. you're like the bicycle equivalent of vegans. i hope your trendy scarf gets caught in your neon spokes.
BONUS: post a picture of someone riding a fixie that DOESN'T look like a complete douche.
"These track boards--or "fix-push" boards--were initialy developed to race in the velodrome, and differ from traditional skateboards in one major way: the rider can never coast."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2885aR6o6s
Well this old motherfucker can't let them have all the fun, I'm goin' fixed soon so I won't look out of place when I disreguard man's law...
They may be timeless, but the way I see it freewheels and brakes are upgrades and good inventions not to be thrown to the side of the rode. Track bikes are for tracks! Seems like more times than not the person running the red light or doing stupid shit is riding a fixie. Doesn't make the rest of the bicycle population look too good, no? That said: I would love to spin my handlebars around and never have to worry about my derailer or cable or blah blah blah blah blah. At the end of the day fixies are bikes, too. And bikes are good! Better than cars.
You can have brakes and gears and yet be able to spin your handlebars around ...
BMX/freestyle bikes often have a rotor that allows you to have a brake that you control normally but it doesn't stop the bars from turning freely. Or you can run the cable through the wedge bolt and make it work that way.
As for gears, you can have them on the downtube -- that won't affect your bars at all.
I don't mind fixies at all. If your knees can handle it (mine can't), more power to ya! However, if you're going to run without a front brake, make sure you're ahead of me, not behind -- I'd prefer not to get run over from behind by somebody who can't stop.
the rotor was made by ACS and is no longer available and hasnt been since the 80's. the rotor pretty much sucked mine never worked well at all. The rotor did get the ball rolling though for the new and improved detanglers.
fixed gears are like butt holes, every one has one.
If you really hate the idea of bike styling as a fashion statement, why are you obsessed about fixie riders looking like douches? Do they reflect poorly on your self-image as a bike god?
Either one does not care, or is a trembling fashion-conscious wannabe. Which is you?
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robbo
Shit's fun to ride, brakes, no brakes, in traffic, down hills, up hills, whatever...
I still look like a total douche riding it though.
But you know what? Regardless of my somewhat derisive post about fixies, I have to admit that they DO LOOK COOL, all sleek and trim, and unencumbered with cables, derailleurs and stuff. I stick to my guns about the brake, though. At least a front brake.
The way I see it, fixie riders come in two classes: Badasses and Dumbasses
Badasses use their fixies as training devices (as in competitive cyclists), or they use them for actual transportation (commuting) because of their low maintenance.
Dumbasses ride them around just to be seen riding them around. This class of fixie rider is only concerned with 'fashionable-ness', and generally is either ignorant of or in total disdain of traffic laws, safety, and good ol' common sense (remember, many of these bozos ride around with NO BRAKES on their bikes!)
Personally, I don't think fixed-gear bicycles (especially those with no mechanical brakes) have any place or business on public roads & streets. Singlespeeds (with a freewheeling rear wheel), with mechanical brakes, OK.
Here ya go.
i ride fixed and everyday i hang my head in shame :(
Right, because fixed-gears are just this new thing, and aren't like the original form of bicycle or anything like that...It's fashion bikes that are the douchey fad here.
you kick-as yo...
fixed gear = no fad
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/poopgod/00LWh5-36998884.jpg