Learn How to Trackstand on a Fixed Gear / Fixed Wheel bike

[TheJaykay95]

What kind of frame is that?

[cc90071]

How did you back forward when you track stand ?

[Eiki7]

how long did it take u to master it?

[wogahboy]

nice apt.

[Rufio0707]

Front brake ftw

[dansnikolayevich]

sick bike brother

[fijian650]

dude how was the kush

[silentcuber]

you kinda look like mr bean

[hollowcats01]

@silentcuber hahahhahahhahahaha Heck yeah He Does Man

[xXSUPERSLAMERXx]

Why the hell r u doing it in ur fuckin kitchen

[donttryjustdo]

I have a front brake, yep, put it on after riding skidster for 2 weeks and discovering that I could ride ALOT faster with a front brake. Having to slow down 100 mtrs before every drive way, footpath entrance, road etc etc etc got very boring very quickly. I like to ride my bike fast and enjoy the ride, not either have to start resisting every 20 secs or worrying because I cant stop quick.

You want to look 5% cooler = ride brakeless.

You want to have more fun and ride fast = have a front brake.

[cjd022]

@donttryjustdo what is the best way to safely stop with a front brake on a fixie when going so fast

[failsatschool]

@cjd022 lean back and apply pressure to the brake

[ultrarunner0476]

@cjd022 I would say.. lean the fuck back. use your legs to brake but anticipate your movement, (if you lock your knees you pedals will push your body up causing you to move weight forward aka over the handlebars)

[willpower101]

@cjd022 Combo skid plus front brake can work, just don't highside.

[316124]

not really a tutorial is it? step 1: do a trackstand

[countingmoons]

@316124 LOL

[tommyogtigern]

tip: learn how to ride a bike before you learn how to pose at a traffic signal

[dudeontherun83]

im just starting out on a fixed gear that i made and i dont think i have the right gear ratio... what would b good for doing weelies and tricks?

[dangsingraven]

@dudeontherun83 high ratio = trick.

but you can do tricks with anything. just harder sometime. a good ratio is 46 and 19

i run a 52 16 can do some tricks just really hard.

[2luviz2h8]

@dudeontherun83 any ratio is fine for tricking.  I run 28x13 right now, currently waiting on a 12t cog. Many people I know run 33x13 or 30x13 or 36x13. I used to run 42x18, 33x13 and they're good for tricking.

[ThePhylumx]

@dudeontherun83 yeh you'd probably want something at least less then 48 18 u can work your way down into the 30's and be fine remember the higher on the front the more torque, the higher on the back the less torque its counter intuitive

[drummerdline]

im fixing one right now never rode one but ya'll think it would be hard to learn?

[hrzns]

Having a brake like that on your bike isn't stupidity, it doesn't interfere with the 'feeling' and is recommended when your just learning to ride on a fixed gear.

also, riding without at least one working brake is illegal in the netherlands. even if you don't use it it's gonna save you a fine when they do get you. :)

a fixie does look better without one though..

[TheFreak213]

coked out dude

[SoobaaSteve]

what size gears do you want to do wheelies

[TheSexyMexican100]

Thanks

[ptle]

If you live in the US, try to learn with your left foot forward. That way you can use the slant of the road to help your roll backwards (if you don't have a fixed bike).

[rigatony019]

have another bongload

[LeftCoastLester]

the whole brake no brake thing... who cares? I ride without brakes but i rarely skid. i know people who ride bmx and go through tires faster than me. i've been on the same tires for a cool 6 months now and they're still not even close to bald :|

[MiddLeSkoolChrisT1n]

Nice Bike

[CeeEmmz]

tanx for the tips dude

[mustang19ms]

I can't understand you, the sound is bad!

[elkwyre]

my ass just shot fire

[TobiasDK55]

haha you suck fat ass xD!

[alexisn1993]

noob!

[marlo916]

cute bike

[wwdONELOVEallday2]

trackstanding is fun as shit

[RRREEEXXXOOORRR]

Does anyone else find it easier to do this seated? I couldn't learn to do it standing as is suggested so I just learned to do it while seated. Now I can't trackstand at all while standing up. Nothing more than a quick stall at least.

[denvermax33]

@RRREEEXXXOOORRR

that makes sense: you have five contact points with the bike instead of four (just like riding no-handed is easier when sitting or pinching the seat).

i think the progression he's trying to show is towards a literal standstill, so when he stands he means for you to focus on rocking back and forth, and then when he sits he begins keeping the bike very still.

[Rons180sx]

cheerio

[fuzzydizzle]

Love the bike. Appreciate it

[AllOutMugen]

this dude is baked outta his skull

[AtrociousxAdam]

thnx man, this helped. cheerio!

[YOBOOTYSTANK69]

your high!

[KiNGKiFLU]

hahaha ... hell yeah this nigga over here sayin cheerios nd shit at the end ... wtf !!

[antiaverage1]

Fixed Wheel bike?  It looks like the wheel is spinning just fine to me. Seems like you should change the title to Fixed Gear bike.

[mtb416]

Doing a trackstand on a fixie is like have diarrhea, it comes easily. A fixed bike is much, much easier to trackstand on for extended periods of time. Obviously I find trackstands on fixies to be entirely unimpressive.

[cotsr]

Hey, uh, mean spirited new guy. The wheel and the gear are fixed together. Together. A fixed wheel is the correct term. If you insist on being pedantic, read your Sheldon Brown and learn first.

[greenjet2]

Sheldon Brown is God

[antiaverage1]

I'm not new. I've read Sheldon Brown. Sheldon himself doesn't refer to it as Fixed Wheel ever. It is always Fixed Gear. Go actually read his articles, then come back. I've double-checked this via Google's site-specific search. Any reference to "Fixed Wheel" comes from other people who don't know any better.

[FLIPFOB510]

i can do it for a bout a min or 2 =] thanks alot...and why not a alum? my other bike is a alum

[amterrorxp]

standing in one spot is pretty awesome.

[wiinotps3]

it actually is so u dont have to get off ur seat to just sit there haha

[EnvenomAscension]

Nice front brake....

[jakesever]

oh shut up.

i have a front brake on mine, i've only been riding fixed for a month.

it'd be stupid not to have one.

[god777kid]

@jakesever ikr i was ognna go brakeless before i realized "wait a minute how the hell do i ride brakeless" so yes it would be stupid not to have one

[RockyShitNigga]

@god777kid Its not all about if you can go brakeless or not , its if you want to really keep buying new tires and tubes for your wheels and spend countless 20 dollars on tires and 3.50 on tubes. If your a hipster or someone who likes to ride fixies w/o brakes you are constantly either braking which is like skidding. All your doing is burning out your tires. Sure it looks cool without brakes, but no ones gonna notice a black cord.

[iwuvpanda]

@RockyShitNigga troll.

[RockyShitNigga]

@jakesever By a month if you dont know the basic brakeless brake in how to do a 30 degrees skid leg pull up , i'd say you are quite the mentally challenged punk. I still have my brakes on, only because i use my brains because i have better things to spend my 20 on some stupid tires i couldve easily avoided.

[jakesever]

@RockyShitNigga 2 months after I posted that I took my brakes off, and haven't used them since. Oh well.

[iwuvpanda]

@jakesever why would you ride without a brake? is your gearing super low and you live in urban/flatlands?

[911cyco]

@jakesever you'll want a brake and a helmet. I've been hit without a "brain bucket" and im glad to be riding another day.

[Gerald9am]

@jakesever me too and i have it for legal reason too just in case

[MrCheesefrog]

@jakesever if you cant bar spin

[nighthawk209]

very nice

[FLIPFOB510]

hey thanks but i tdont think ill need to hold on to something, when i got on my bike and stop slowly, when i completely stop. i began on rockin my pedal back and fort =] and i can stay on it for 5 sec or so =]

hope ill get better and im tryin to build a new bike! thinkin of gettin a leader frame, but i dont know if i should go get it with the fork combo =\

[T4KASHIXX]

if your getting the bike for speed get the leader. if you want to do tricks on it alum. is not the best idea

[FLIPFOB510]

sweet =] ive tried, but i keep losing balance...is there any other tip?

[furorelondon]

Practice, practice, practice, practice. And remember to rock back and forth! And use a fixed gear.

[antiaverage1]

You don't /need/ a fixed gear. You can track stand with a freewheel bicycle, compensating forward with the pedals and backward with an incline or placing your foot on the rear of the front tire and applying pressure.

[furorelondon]

No, but it's a hell of a lot easier to learn on one.

[antiaverage1]

I've had greater success teaching people how to trackstand on a freewheel with a slight incline. They then take those skills over to their fixed gear. Of course, most of the people I've helped are transitioning from a lifetime of riding freewheel, and so have trouble with the concept of pedaling backwards as a way to correct the bike. You can trackstand with a very tiny incline using a freewheel. Fixed gear has greater versatility.