Eh I was in a smart ass mood that day and stumbled across this. Anyone wasting time to dis these riders is silly, and anyone wasting time to dis the people who dis this video is also silly. Welcome to the silly club namkrow.
If by streetware you mean skin tight jeans that fixie dudes love some much then possibly if the girls wear the same style. Biketrials is cooler than road mtn fixie or single speed riding. Check out my videos and see why I think doing skids wheelies and and whatever else fixie riders do is silly.
@sloppybiker421 I meant in the community wise guy. There's quite a few girls riding FG/SS and generally girls will like the bad boy fixie rider in streetwear better than the pathetic looking amateur road biker in spandex.
I'm sick of all the hipster comments. They are young kids kicking ass on bikes. If you talk to most of these kids about their bikes, they'd be stoked. It's all about the bikes and biking. 18 people are jealous of the skills.
@sloppybiker421 uh yeah, on behalf of the community I would like to apologize for being so silly that we like to have fun with bikes. Skidding is just a basic technique and it just happens to be fun on a fixie where you need a technique unlike skidding with brakes. People in the FG/SS community do other stuff like bike messenger work, bike polo, bike wars, alleycats, footdown, goldsprint etc. We also have girls muahaha.
all the "hipster" disses in the coms are crackin me up... they ride. most of em probably drink beer. bet most of you haters dont even ride. give em some credit.... besides some of em will have to join my gang after the apocalypse... beer and bikes.... we will rule the wasteland
@acealexh bah get a fucking clue. A top tuned fixie is a wonderful ride. Unlike the sloppy, non-responsive drivechain of any derailleur equipped bike.
@acealexh excuse my previous message. Here's what I wanted to say to you: You are wrong. I am not a hipster. I am a bike messenger. Lots of messengers around the world prefer fixies because it's more fun and last longer with less maintenance. That's a matter of taste. The drivetrain of a road bike is indeed sloppy - it has to be or the gears won't shift. On a fixie you have a really tight chain tension. I prefer this. I have rode the bike you prefer. Have you rode the one I prefer? I think not.
Fixe tricks are basic and dont take nearly as much skill as flat land bmx, trial bike, down hill ect. So all you fixe riders who hate of everyone else should fuck off. i ride a fixe and am not a total dbag. cause it isnt that hard or "cool" to ride one lol
I started with a fixie, and moved to a geared bike. Either way I spend too much money but at least I go fast now. The best bit was learning to keep a high cadence. The worst thing was no more wheelies D:
@dudeitsart Not really. If you look hard enough you can build a decent one for under $300. Decent track bikes are around the same price as decent BMX bikes. Road bikes are WAY pricier. More components = more money. That shit can get expensive. Look around eBay for used wheelsets and frames.
@rewind316 i guess your right i've only looked at those high end one that cost like $900 but i do know that the high end bmx bikes cost at most $500-$700, i'm not talking about custom builds i'm talking about completes and @wongnumba thats one expensive derailleur you got there!
@dudeitsart all high end derailleurs are expensive! my road bike was 3400. got a set of wheels that cost more than the high end fixie you were looking at also
i swear every flippin' fixie video has a comment war of people arguing about "who was here first" or "who has the bragging right" and then theres the handfell of people who try to act all cool by saying "just bike brothers, and yes i do smoke too much pot"
These people that were 'the first to do it' were you really though? and even if you invented the wheel that doesn't mean you can talk shit about everybody else.
It's called rodeo trick riding. Steeplechasing started out as an "alleycat" before it was formalized. Dressage is the horsey equivalent of artistic cycling, which is the formalized version of trick riding. The fact that there is already a formalized version of fixie trick riding in itself shows it's nothing new.
Kids playing around with their transport toys has been going on for, literally, ages.
man... All you people arguing and complaining and bickering. Just simply shut up, get your fixed gear bike without all the messes of multiple gears. and just BIKE. in the wind, you guys cant argue, cause you won't be able to hear each other. so just BIKE and just shut up, Just bike.
i always use to think that this was hard and looked good but i had a go of my mates fixie the other day and really its all so easy to do. like im no pro at it but give me a day or two and i could do anything u do ..... but i dont wana. fixies look gay. get a proper bike . i know this is gona get fuck loads of - props but really skids are for kids and basicly thats all ppl do on fixies
@hallmedic a bike that u can ride for than 20 mins without ur legs giving way, a bike that has brakes, a bike that u dont look like a spa on and so what if there are so many of us "negative assholes" on youtube atleast we dont go to a puplic place and think we are the shit coz we can skid. any and every 5 year old can skid
@JUMPAROUND1515 i rode my fixed gear today for about 2 hours. real riding. not just skids. if you started you would man up pretty fast. just because they are doing tricks in this video doesnt mean they dont actually ride as well. i doubt that 5 year olds are doing wheelie bar spins. would probably make a good video of all the 5 year olds you know doing that. that asshole part wasnt meant to be rhetorical. i guess if you want to be an asshole, it's your right.
Yea and of course people on freewheel bikes never blow through red lights... Last time I checked, car drivers hate ALL cyclists for this. The only difference is that the fixie rider usually knows what he is doing and the freewheel rider doesn't.
uh no thats not true. just becuase you ride a free wheel doesn't mean you don't know what you are doing. there are thinks called road bikes you know...
Speaking for road cyclists, a lot of us have trained ourselves to track stand while we wait for the green light.
And i think fixies are far inferior to that of a road bike just of the benefits. The only thing i can see out of a fixie is fun. But fixies don't annoy me, fixie riders just need to understand why they are riding a fixie. I do favor the awesome things that fixie riders can pull off.
No offense, but I can't help frowning when I see someone trackstanding on a road bike, knowing how much easier it is on a fixie. The benefits for me, besides the fun, is the durability, the minimal maintenance required and the reduced need for using the brakes, saving the rim and the brake shoes. The traction feedback and balance correction abilities has saved me from many crashes on icey roads. I feel that my fixie makes me want to go faster, while my freewheel bike tempts me into coasting.
But that's just me. Like I said elsewhere, it's also a matter of taste. I only see the benefits of a road bike in the mountains or if you ride straight ahead for long time. I commute in a big flat city so for me the direct drive and the lack of variable gears was a great relief.
Yeah Fixies are really convenient in the city I agree. And road biking in the city is a pain because there isn't much you get out of stop and go riding, which is why road cyclists would go out into mountains or long stretches of roads. But if I were to ride a fixie I would miss the sharp leaning into turns. But fixies are still cool.
@Alberto - as there are some shit-talking BMX riders and MTB riders, there are shit-talking Fixed Gear riders
Besides, there are specific tricks BMX Riders, Fixed Gear Riders, and MTB Riders can all do that the others can't
Keos, Big Spins, Fakies - Fixed
Dirt Jumping, Trails - MTB
It's not just gay kids skidding around and shit, yeah a bunch of kids are in it for the hype, but most enjoy it because they have a passion for simplistic cycling and having a good time.
It's not "just" about fashion, cliques and colors. It's a subculture going mainstream. Some have jobs as
bike messengers, some show up for alleycats, bike polo, skidding contests etc. Some work in bike shops as mechanics and some ride the velodrome. Some even have DH and bmx
experience. No one I know hate on other types like people hate on fixies.
GOOD POINT Alberto, mofos riding around on basketball courts in circles while the road bike riders are hitting 30mph on the flats!!! Give me some gears!!
i ride a 50 : 17 gearing. i have no problem hitting 30 mph on flat. i dont personally ride around in backwards circles. i enjoy long distance riding. i average about 500 miles weekly. just did huntington beach to san diego with a group of friends. you can have your gears.
Always find it funny when I see the "hip" people (you) telling others not to do what they do because it won't be cool anymore. I was here first. Who the f*** are you. You should be glad that kids are choosing bikes before tuning a japanese car. Oh wow, your sooooo cool, you bought a fixie before everybody did!!! So did I. Good for us. And then what? Let them live, the ones that are posing will get tired of it soon, others will stay. I think it's great, it's a good thing for cycling in general.
no because you guys are ruining the sport. I love getting yelled at by random people now because people (you) thought it was cool to go fuck up traffic and do dumb shit. it's not the bike it's the rider. I don't give two shits if you can ride well but if you're blowing through red lights in front of cars you can go fuck yourself.
@nicktamaman Usually those guys you´re talking about are the ones who arrived last... they think themselves special and original due to ignorance more tha anything else...
@nicktamaman --- you sir... have said it... i will ride the hell out of my nishiki piece of shit high ratio fuck off until every poser dies of cancer...
i dont get this type of riding. It sort of looks like ballet or something? If you see serious guys riding street trials then watch this it looks like regression to me. Does anyone know what i mean?
that's what it looks like untill you get into it, and then you understand, riding fixed is like learning to ride all over again, especially if you want to do tricks and go brakeless
those "tricks" look like very small fry compared to what technical trials riders get up to. That's why i don't get this...just because you are fixed gear does not mean that suddenly it's a whole other avenue of "trick" - it simply means you can't stop peddaling. Youtube "Danny Macaskill April 2009" and you will see what i mean - you just can't compare the 2 in my opinion.
bag on me all you want, "yoyoguy", i rode fixed when i was 7, which was when it was popular, well before your time. As fleetgt already said, this is old shit rehashed for the hipster crowd - it's not progressive in my humble opinion, something that might annoy you, but that's because it's true.
It's also a matter of taste. I rode bmx in the 80s and later mtb and racers until I discovered fixed gears. This is so much more fun. I can never go back to freewheel and only have regular brakes and not have the control of a fixie. That would be regression to me.
"it simply means you can't stop peddaling"
This is an oversimplification and indicates that you have no first hand knowledge of the level of control you gain and the tricks you can do that can't be done on a freewheel bike.
i understand you are more connected with the flow of the bike etc with fixed gear - it's the "tricks" side that i'm discussing here. I certainly listen to people talking about how fixed gear makes you feel more connected, that to me is totally true. It's the tricks people are doing - fixed gear or not, these are elementary things people are doing, that's why i don't get the big reactions etc. What am i missing here nilo?
Trying to do these elementary things yourself perhaps? Ever tried riding more than 2 backwards circles? That is a real challenge for me. Riding in backwards circles is impossible on a bmx or mtb unless they are fixed.
Watch the Ines Bruun v=MiE1Qm7HSd8 for impressive fixie-only tricks at 1:50-2:27. This form of "artistic biking" is older than bmx and you may think it looks like ballet, I still have a valid point: Yes, it IS a whole other avenue of tricks.
I'm not hating here. I rode a bmx bike bout 10 years ago...was heavy into flatland. Its a hard sport.
I just dont understand why its "cool" to ride a fixed gear track/road bike and do these tricks.
And in all honesty...its much harder to do the tricks on these bikes....just as its much harder to do these tricks on these bikes....its much harder to do flip tricks on a long board :p
If bmx bikes could go 20 mph and still do the same stuff, I would ride bmx. But you cant weave in and out of traffic like you can on a road frame. The point is: fixies are fast, AND you can do cool tricks on them.
fucking awesome i think kids need to understand that this shit is really really fucking hard and takes a lot of time to get good at this shit ....and its just something different, ive seen a million bmx vidz and this is just as good
try riding a fixed wheel then come back and say the same and i will believe you
but how can you judge when you havnt tried fixed is great fun and a step up from riding my geared road bike speed and skill and its an adrenalin rush like no other eh sick of explaining to stubborn people
Okay, all I want to do at this point is ride 1 or 0 handed wheelies like the guy on the orange frame; how many years away am I? Serious question. Buying my first fix this week, been riding freewheel for millennia.
it took me 5 days to do a no handed track stand, and 2 weeks to do most else. Fixed gear tricks are usually pretty simple if you work at it. What bike did you get?
hey, thanks for responding. FIVE DAYS. wow. 2 weeks- and you got a no-handed wheelie??? the olympic committee needs to hear about this. i got a bianchi pista. probably too tall of gears to do stuff like this, do you think? i can almost do a track stand with hands (but it's like -300 degrees out right now, so no practice), and i'm sure that's possible on gears like this. got my skid stop down pretty well. i'm using shimano clipless pedals, though; do cages give "good" freedom/slop? thx.
looks like 48x16. two available skid spots! :) taller gearing than yours, yes. I should look into a bigger rear gear. do you feel like strap pedals help you with your wheelies/etc? what pedals do you use? i've seen the IRO; i salute any maker only making fixed gear bikes... i rode mine for about 4 seconds before i said "oh, this is IT, man."
I use platform pedals, because clip pedals scare the shit out of me. Right now I am just using tioga platform pedals. I use them on all of my bikes, including my BMX race bike. My Surly 1x1 uses oddessy pedals though, because the tiogas tear up my leg if I crash. 44-16 is a fine gear for freestyle fixed gear stuff. I personally get going faster with a lower gear though.
hey, like your name. check out my discussion with mastercon12 below; you can set the gearing however you like (with wrenches etc.). look for "fixed gear spin" on youtube, and after you pick your jaw back up, re-watch it, and look at his gearing... obvious that some gearings are good for speed, and others good for coordination.
Dude, I breathe through bike frame tubes when snorkeling. I use spokes as chopsticks. I cover up with bikes on cold nights. There was a Frenchman who found bikes quite edible in the 80s. Someday I'll try riding one.
isn't the redish bike i saw at :12 that one bike you had on sale on craigslist (Seattle)? I'm pretty sure its the same one, but it's hard to tell by just looking at a view between your legs...
I could care less if I am considered a scene kid. My story is I went to critical mass, I saw track bikes for the first time and I loved them. I love the fluidity, the simplicity and the style. So now I ride fixie and I watch videos like this for ideas and insipration. If cadence should sell me an item or end up giving some cloathing too me free somewhere down the line, more power to Him I like his designs anyway and I hope cadence blows up in a big way.
Eh I was in a smart ass mood that day and stumbled across this. Anyone wasting time to dis these riders is silly, and anyone wasting time to dis the people who dis this video is also silly. Welcome to the silly club namkrow.
sloppybiker421 6 months ago
what is the music?
eoschy 6 months ago
who care what people doin or people like
xpour 7 months ago
If by streetware you mean skin tight jeans that fixie dudes love some much then possibly if the girls wear the same style. Biketrials is cooler than road mtn fixie or single speed riding. Check out my videos and see why I think doing skids wheelies and and whatever else fixie riders do is silly.
sloppybiker421 8 months ago
You have girls? That's really something. Men having relationships with women, you must be so proud. Good point Bilo
sloppybiker421 8 months ago
@sloppybiker421 I meant in the community wise guy. There's quite a few girls riding FG/SS and generally girls will like the bad boy fixie rider in streetwear better than the pathetic looking amateur road biker in spandex.
nilo2209 8 months ago
I'm sick of all the hipster comments. They are young kids kicking ass on bikes. If you talk to most of these kids about their bikes, they'd be stoked. It's all about the bikes and biking. 18 people are jealous of the skills.
chuckdamage 8 months ago
you are all a bunch of college know it all hippie lance armstrongs who try to combine something homosexual with bmx and its sooo gay
ikill4fun87 9 months ago
@ikill4fun87.... yes... and these people who dedicate their lives to this shit so they can do skids.... its just silly
sloppybiker421 8 months ago
@sloppybiker421 uh yeah, on behalf of the community I would like to apologize for being so silly that we like to have fun with bikes. Skidding is just a basic technique and it just happens to be fun on a fixie where you need a technique unlike skidding with brakes. People in the FG/SS community do other stuff like bike messenger work, bike polo, bike wars, alleycats, footdown, goldsprint etc. We also have girls muahaha.
nilo2209 8 months ago
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TheNamkrow 6 months ago
@sloppybiker421 no, you and @ikill4fun87 giving a shit about other people liking skids is silly.
TheNamkrow 6 months ago
@ikill4fun87 yet it's always you haters who bring sexuality into it. Maybe you have issues yourself.
nilo2209 8 months ago
why are u guys doing this= i can do aaaaall these tricks on my bmx and it just looks lame
b1gbudda 10 months ago
@b1gbudda because freewheel is boring. Does your bmx have a fixed gear?
nilo2209 10 months ago
did you film this with your tamagotchi ??
failsatschool 10 months ago
all the "hipster" disses in the coms are crackin me up... they ride. most of em probably drink beer. bet most of you haters dont even ride. give em some credit.... besides some of em will have to join my gang after the apocalypse... beer and bikes.... we will rule the wasteland
theloadedwarrior 11 months ago
ratio at :57 ?
Javasbiggestfan 11 months ago
fixies are like hookers, you pay good money for parts and get a bad ride in return.
acealexh 11 months ago 3
@acealexh bah get a fucking clue. A top tuned fixie is a wonderful ride. Unlike the sloppy, non-responsive drivechain of any derailleur equipped bike.
nilo2209 10 months ago
@nilo2209 a sloppy arguement given by what I assume to be a disgusting hipster. I strongly dislike your kind.
acealexh 10 months ago
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nilo2209 10 months ago
@acealexh excuse my previous message. Here's what I wanted to say to you: You are wrong. I am not a hipster. I am a bike messenger. Lots of messengers around the world prefer fixies because it's more fun and last longer with less maintenance. That's a matter of taste. The drivetrain of a road bike is indeed sloppy - it has to be or the gears won't shift. On a fixie you have a really tight chain tension. I prefer this. I have rode the bike you prefer. Have you rode the one I prefer? I think not.
nilo2209 10 months ago
Silly rabbits. Tricks are for kids.
monoperative 1 year ago
Fixe tricks are basic and dont take nearly as much skill as flat land bmx, trial bike, down hill ect. So all you fixe riders who hate of everyone else should fuck off. i ride a fixe and am not a total dbag. cause it isnt that hard or "cool" to ride one lol
11cjasp11 1 year ago
@11cjasp11 Kay go 50 miles an hour in between traffic. Easy as cake.
MrScubasuit 10 months ago
@MrScubasuit can you go 50 mph on a fixed gear?
11cjasp11 10 months ago
vaginaboob
aziznero 1 year ago
I started with a fixie, and moved to a geared bike. Either way I spend too much money but at least I go fast now. The best bit was learning to keep a high cadence. The worst thing was no more wheelies D:
lilbeefer 1 year ago
fixes are WAY to overpriced!!! but they're still cool
dudeitsart 1 year ago
@dudeitsart Not really. If you look hard enough you can build a decent one for under $300. Decent track bikes are around the same price as decent BMX bikes. Road bikes are WAY pricier. More components = more money. That shit can get expensive. Look around eBay for used wheelsets and frames.
rewind316 1 year ago
@rewind316 i guess your right i've only looked at those high end one that cost like $900 but i do know that the high end bmx bikes cost at most $500-$700, i'm not talking about custom builds i'm talking about completes and @wongnumba thats one expensive derailleur you got there!
dudeitsart 1 year ago
@dudeitsart all high end derailleurs are expensive! my road bike was 3400. got a set of wheels that cost more than the high end fixie you were looking at also
trackmatt123 1 year ago
@dudeitsart lol are you stupid? the derailleurs alone on my road bike are worth two fixies, depending on what bike you're looking at...
wongnumba 1 year ago
@wongnumba lol... very much so depending, very much so.
49Teeth 1 year ago
"just bike brothers, and yes i do smoke too much pot"
hahaha
Michael6ixx 1 year ago
somehow i think that keo cheats haha i dont know how hes so good at riding
sergiochetos 1 year ago
i swear every flippin' fixie video has a comment war of people arguing about "who was here first" or "who has the bragging right" and then theres the handfell of people who try to act all cool by saying "just bike brothers, and yes i do smoke too much pot"
crazymonkey2346 1 year ago
Wow, everybody stop bitching and just ride bikes.
These people that were 'the first to do it' were you really though? and even if you invented the wheel that doesn't mean you can talk shit about everybody else.
Just ride your bikes.
Please.
misternylon 1 year ago
bikes schmikes, lets see that all done on a horse! haaaaaa-- just f'n around, bike on!
OhsoScary 1 year ago
@OhsoScary "lets see that all done on a horse! "
It's called rodeo trick riding. Steeplechasing started out as an "alleycat" before it was formalized. Dressage is the horsey equivalent of artistic cycling, which is the formalized version of trick riding. The fact that there is already a formalized version of fixie trick riding in itself shows it's nothing new.
Kids playing around with their transport toys has been going on for, literally, ages.
IsaacBickerstaffEsq 1 year ago
nice
visjes112 1 year ago
man... All you people arguing and complaining and bickering. Just simply shut up, get your fixed gear bike without all the messes of multiple gears. and just BIKE. in the wind, you guys cant argue, cause you won't be able to hear each other. so just BIKE and just shut up, Just bike.
landonguyen 1 year ago
is this a song>?
soldier167v 1 year ago
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ducttapeandzipties 1 year ago
bmx, mtn, road,trials,fixed. it's all biking. why are there so many negative assholes on youtube.
hallmedic 1 year ago
i always use to think that this was hard and looked good but i had a go of my mates fixie the other day and really its all so easy to do. like im no pro at it but give me a day or two and i could do anything u do ..... but i dont wana. fixies look gay. get a proper bike . i know this is gona get fuck loads of - props but really skids are for kids and basicly thats all ppl do on fixies
JUMPAROUND1515 1 year ago
@JUMPAROUND1515 what the fuck is a 'proper' bike?
hallmedic 1 year ago
@hallmedic a bike that u can ride for than 20 mins without ur legs giving way, a bike that has brakes, a bike that u dont look like a spa on and so what if there are so many of us "negative assholes" on youtube atleast we dont go to a puplic place and think we are the shit coz we can skid. any and every 5 year old can skid
JUMPAROUND1515 1 year ago
@JUMPAROUND1515 i rode my fixed gear today for about 2 hours. real riding. not just skids. if you started you would man up pretty fast. just because they are doing tricks in this video doesnt mean they dont actually ride as well. i doubt that 5 year olds are doing wheelie bar spins. would probably make a good video of all the 5 year olds you know doing that. that asshole part wasnt meant to be rhetorical. i guess if you want to be an asshole, it's your right.
davebeet 1 year ago
@JUMPAROUND1515 Try and bomb a massive hill on a fixie without brakes, then finger your Mom's asshole and suck your Father's cock.
danknate89 1 year ago
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@JUMPAROUND1515 Try and bomb a massive hill on a fixie without brakes, then finger your Mom's asshole and suck your Father's cock.
danknate89 1 year ago
Deep down(or not so deep down) hipsters don't take themselves seriously and no one else should. Has no one heard of irony?
happyforestgump 1 year ago
@happyforestgump "Has no one heard of irony?"
That's the stuff that hipsters always take so damned seriously, isn't it?
IsaacBickerstaffEsq 1 year ago
0:20 lol
JenEpona 1 year ago
Hypebeast killed the fixed gear
AyeBrian 1 year ago 5
What about the people who actually ride fixes? not just do circles :p.
XDcody 1 year ago 5
Yea and of course people on freewheel bikes never blow through red lights... Last time I checked, car drivers hate ALL cyclists for this. The only difference is that the fixie rider usually knows what he is doing and the freewheel rider doesn't.
nilo2209 2 years ago 2
uh no thats not true. just becuase you ride a free wheel doesn't mean you don't know what you are doing. there are thinks called road bikes you know...
shorerydr10 2 years ago
Yeah, I forgot a "usually" there. No, not all freewheelers are clueless but most are.
nilo2209 2 years ago
Speaking for road cyclists, a lot of us have trained ourselves to track stand while we wait for the green light.
And i think fixies are far inferior to that of a road bike just of the benefits. The only thing i can see out of a fixie is fun. But fixies don't annoy me, fixie riders just need to understand why they are riding a fixie. I do favor the awesome things that fixie riders can pull off.
7bmwm3gtr 2 years ago
No offense, but I can't help frowning when I see someone trackstanding on a road bike, knowing how much easier it is on a fixie. The benefits for me, besides the fun, is the durability, the minimal maintenance required and the reduced need for using the brakes, saving the rim and the brake shoes. The traction feedback and balance correction abilities has saved me from many crashes on icey roads. I feel that my fixie makes me want to go faster, while my freewheel bike tempts me into coasting.
nilo2209 2 years ago
But that's just me. Like I said elsewhere, it's also a matter of taste. I only see the benefits of a road bike in the mountains or if you ride straight ahead for long time. I commute in a big flat city so for me the direct drive and the lack of variable gears was a great relief.
nilo2209 2 years ago
Yeah Fixies are really convenient in the city I agree. And road biking in the city is a pain because there isn't much you get out of stop and go riding, which is why road cyclists would go out into mountains or long stretches of roads. But if I were to ride a fixie I would miss the sharp leaning into turns. But fixies are still cool.
7bmwm3gtr 2 years ago
i sharp lean into turns while mashing.
boyergeoffrey 1 year ago
i love how fixie riders claim to be about the essence of bicycles, yet will talk shit to anyone who rides different.
OH NO! i have brakes , gears, and shocks.
i must be a loser for bombing dirt hills and getting air , as oppose to skidding around with leg over handle bar?
its supposed to be about riding! not fashion , cliques, and colors.
AlbertoHernandez 2 years ago 4
@Alberto - as there are some shit-talking BMX riders and MTB riders, there are shit-talking Fixed Gear riders
Besides, there are specific tricks BMX Riders, Fixed Gear Riders, and MTB Riders can all do that the others can't
Keos, Big Spins, Fakies - Fixed
Dirt Jumping, Trails - MTB
It's not just gay kids skidding around and shit, yeah a bunch of kids are in it for the hype, but most enjoy it because they have a passion for simplistic cycling and having a good time.
You do yours, we do ours.
Xs0 2 years ago
It's not "just" about fashion, cliques and colors. It's a subculture going mainstream. Some have jobs as
bike messengers, some show up for alleycats, bike polo, skidding contests etc. Some work in bike shops as mechanics and some ride the velodrome. Some even have DH and bmx
experience. No one I know hate on other types like people hate on fixies.
nilo2209 2 years ago 2
GOOD POINT Alberto, mofos riding around on basketball courts in circles while the road bike riders are hitting 30mph on the flats!!! Give me some gears!!
slickkapone 2 years ago 2
thats a very good point my friend :)
im a road cyclist, but i do enjoy watching fixed gear riders riding in circles and doing trackstands lol XD
mcmarga 2 years ago
LOL!!!!
slickkapone 1 year ago
i ride a 50 : 17 gearing. i have no problem hitting 30 mph on flat. i dont personally ride around in backwards circles. i enjoy long distance riding. i average about 500 miles weekly. just did huntington beach to san diego with a group of friends. you can have your gears.
boyergeoffrey 1 year ago
dont compare riding fixed with other shit. its is own thing now.
arizonagreeeeeeentea 2 years ago
To this ahole below me who the f**ck are you to criticize talent on two wheels? Or maybe you can't do what they do so you show ignorance.
evostreetkilla08 2 years ago
glad what was cool like 30 years ago on normal bikes is cool on fashion forward fixedqueers. skids and wheelies not impressed.
fleetgt 2 years ago
nicktamaman------ Yess!!
much love RESA
Viggohemp 2 years ago
this was back when riding fixed was awesome. now all you goobers are getting into it. I suggest you don't.
captainpolution 2 years ago
Always find it funny when I see the "hip" people (you) telling others not to do what they do because it won't be cool anymore. I was here first. Who the f*** are you. You should be glad that kids are choosing bikes before tuning a japanese car. Oh wow, your sooooo cool, you bought a fixie before everybody did!!! So did I. Good for us. And then what? Let them live, the ones that are posing will get tired of it soon, others will stay. I think it's great, it's a good thing for cycling in general.
nicktamaman 2 years ago 76
no because you guys are ruining the sport. I love getting yelled at by random people now because people (you) thought it was cool to go fuck up traffic and do dumb shit. it's not the bike it's the rider. I don't give two shits if you can ride well but if you're blowing through red lights in front of cars you can go fuck yourself.
captainpolution 2 years ago
@nicktamaman This dudes got a good head on his shoulders.
KidxGhst 1 year ago
@nicktamaman Usually those guys you´re talking about are the ones who arrived last... they think themselves special and original due to ignorance more tha anything else...
aguiladplata 1 year ago
@nicktamaman nice comment !
apekskater2010 1 year ago
@nicktamaman --- you sir... have said it... i will ride the hell out of my nishiki piece of shit high ratio fuck off until every poser dies of cancer...
JoshyWoshy15 10 months ago
@nicktamaman dude if it's mainstream.. they won't like it.
Rommel5321 8 months ago
i dont get this type of riding. It sort of looks like ballet or something? If you see serious guys riding street trials then watch this it looks like regression to me. Does anyone know what i mean?
krosfyah 2 years ago
that's what it looks like untill you get into it, and then you understand, riding fixed is like learning to ride all over again, especially if you want to do tricks and go brakeless
SupremoHumberto 2 years ago
those "tricks" look like very small fry compared to what technical trials riders get up to. That's why i don't get this...just because you are fixed gear does not mean that suddenly it's a whole other avenue of "trick" - it simply means you can't stop peddaling. Youtube "Danny Macaskill April 2009" and you will see what i mean - you just can't compare the 2 in my opinion.
krosfyah 2 years ago
Lmao. You're a fucking dumbass. You basically gave us a reason to bag on you. You've never riden one before, so of course you wouldn't understand.
yoyoguy1994 2 years ago
bag on me all you want, "yoyoguy", i rode fixed when i was 7, which was when it was popular, well before your time. As fleetgt already said, this is old shit rehashed for the hipster crowd - it's not progressive in my humble opinion, something that might annoy you, but that's because it's true.
krosfyah 2 years ago
It's also a matter of taste. I rode bmx in the 80s and later mtb and racers until I discovered fixed gears. This is so much more fun. I can never go back to freewheel and only have regular brakes and not have the control of a fixie. That would be regression to me.
"it simply means you can't stop peddaling"
This is an oversimplification and indicates that you have no first hand knowledge of the level of control you gain and the tricks you can do that can't be done on a freewheel bike.
nilo2209 2 years ago
i understand you are more connected with the flow of the bike etc with fixed gear - it's the "tricks" side that i'm discussing here. I certainly listen to people talking about how fixed gear makes you feel more connected, that to me is totally true. It's the tricks people are doing - fixed gear or not, these are elementary things people are doing, that's why i don't get the big reactions etc. What am i missing here nilo?
krosfyah 2 years ago
Trying to do these elementary things yourself perhaps? Ever tried riding more than 2 backwards circles? That is a real challenge for me. Riding in backwards circles is impossible on a bmx or mtb unless they are fixed.
Watch the Ines Bruun v=MiE1Qm7HSd8 for impressive fixie-only tricks at 1:50-2:27. This form of "artistic biking" is older than bmx and you may think it looks like ballet, I still have a valid point: Yes, it IS a whole other avenue of tricks.
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i'd rather flatland. this shit is retarded
blackipinoy 2 years ago
0:21 does he hit her?
Scootsicle 2 years ago
no, look close, he goes to her left, unfortunately :P
lauralaz1 2 years ago
but it blurs out before he gets around her
Scootsicle 2 years ago
keo dosent even need two wheels on his bike hahah
AELsteez 2 years ago 11
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wtf is with the gay ass song :|
watwatwhywat 2 years ago
longest wheelie ever that was totally sick lovin the fixie
w1lln3ub3u 2 years ago
im goin to college in seattle next year, man this shit looks sick, can't wait
imnotaballer 2 years ago
i love how they are usin fix gear
qc1st 2 years ago
nice xP I'm from Seattle too.
I've seen guys like you around the Seattle center a few times :D
Deadlymarker 2 years ago
Damn how can you wheelie so slow, great vid!!!
bugsterkaferrr 2 years ago
apparently: for a hell of a long time lol!
guitarristarob154 2 years ago
That guy totally crashes into that women at 0:20 seconds
earlyepitaph 2 years ago 3
Keo is sick as hell man this dude can wheelie all damn day.
mortarmanbeerock 2 years ago
i think keo has an automatic wheelie button on his bike. shits too sick.
StakeHIGH 2 years ago 34
LOOK AT KEO.
iishxc 2 years ago
I'm not hating here. I rode a bmx bike bout 10 years ago...was heavy into flatland. Its a hard sport.
I just dont understand why its "cool" to ride a fixed gear track/road bike and do these tricks.
And in all honesty...its much harder to do the tricks on these bikes....just as its much harder to do these tricks on these bikes....its much harder to do flip tricks on a long board :p
papercolor 2 years ago
I think the idea behind it is its slightly more technical (not always but sometimes) and once you land it smooth over and over it's fun as hell.
BenDoubleYOU 2 years ago 2
thanks for not bein a hater and shit
but yea, i think u gotta try it to understand it
i got a fixie 2 years ago and am still hooked to this day
washcj8 2 years ago
i think people don't understand how fucking hard it is to ride fixie. nice vid :)
difference1993 2 years ago
If bmx bikes could go 20 mph and still do the same stuff, I would ride bmx. But you cant weave in and out of traffic like you can on a road frame. The point is: fixies are fast, AND you can do cool tricks on them.
bensbike 2 years ago
i still down understand why skidding is cool to some people
ilnn408 2 years ago
OMG what song is this?
and by who!?!?!?
atomcf 2 years ago
fucking awesome i think kids need to understand that this shit is really really fucking hard and takes a lot of time to get good at this shit ....and its just something different, ive seen a million bmx vidz and this is just as good
evilmachine12 2 years ago
i cud do all this shit and more stuff on a bmx this is like bmx flatland training for grannys lol
devourment8800 2 years ago
arnt you cool
try riding a fixed wheel then come back and say the same and i will believe you
but how can you judge when you havnt tried fixed is great fun and a step up from riding my geared road bike speed and skill and its an adrenalin rush like no other eh sick of explaining to stubborn people
PROTEAMXXX 2 years ago
thats the gayest thing ever y dont u just ride bmx
devourment8800 2 years ago
well i think you should just FUCK OFF.
and to answer your question, go fucking ride a fixie, twat.
atomcf 2 years ago 2
because bmx is slow
LuisRidesABike 2 years ago
cadence,
you riders are incredible...but...
why does the video quality suck on your videos?
Bangladesh92 2 years ago
KEO skill is amazing..his part is killing it
bernzoo 2 years ago
I fast forwarded thru Keo's part. I'm just...not ready for that kind of skill...I can't take it. I feel so phailzors watching it...Sorry Keo
masikid 3 years ago
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sooooooooooooooo dumb
gyznasium 3 years ago
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Fixed gear bicycles are stupid as fuck. I just love watching you all slip to shit in the rain.
KrismanX 3 years ago
Fixed gear is actually safer in bad weather conditions if you know what you are doing.
Maybe you should actually know what you are talking about before spouting off like an idiot.
moopuff 3 years ago 5
these dudes are so fuckin gnarly
Bllaarrgg 3 years ago
u suck.
pirattelove 3 years ago
Hey. Which gear are you guys driving in?
AntiRascist 3 years ago
skate or die.
stopstopmakingsense 3 years ago
you people seem to be gay. get a life.
majorpainful 3 years ago
ever ride a fixed gear?
jasoncreek 3 years ago
my favorite part is the 1" bunny hop to fakie on the bank
easyandyy 3 years ago
and WHOSE MUSIC? cold.
jasoncreek 3 years ago
trans am
kpc3200 3 years ago
thanks, pal! found it. white rhino. much better in stereo. :)
jasoncreek 3 years ago
Okay, all I want to do at this point is ride 1 or 0 handed wheelies like the guy on the orange frame; how many years away am I? Serious question. Buying my first fix this week, been riding freewheel for millennia.
jasoncreek 3 years ago
it took me 5 days to do a no handed track stand, and 2 weeks to do most else. Fixed gear tricks are usually pretty simple if you work at it. What bike did you get?
MASTERCON12 3 years ago
hey, thanks for responding. FIVE DAYS. wow. 2 weeks- and you got a no-handed wheelie??? the olympic committee needs to hear about this. i got a bianchi pista. probably too tall of gears to do stuff like this, do you think? i can almost do a track stand with hands (but it's like -300 degrees out right now, so no practice), and i'm sure that's possible on gears like this. got my skid stop down pretty well. i'm using shimano clipless pedals, though; do cages give "good" freedom/slop? thx.
jasoncreek 3 years ago
It probably helps that I have been doing trials also for a while. I am running a 44-18 on an iro mark v. What are you running?
MASTERCON12 3 years ago
looks like 48x16. two available skid spots! :) taller gearing than yours, yes. I should look into a bigger rear gear. do you feel like strap pedals help you with your wheelies/etc? what pedals do you use? i've seen the IRO; i salute any maker only making fixed gear bikes... i rode mine for about 4 seconds before i said "oh, this is IT, man."
jasoncreek 3 years ago
I use platform pedals, because clip pedals scare the shit out of me. Right now I am just using tioga platform pedals. I use them on all of my bikes, including my BMX race bike. My Surly 1x1 uses oddessy pedals though, because the tiogas tear up my leg if I crash. 44-16 is a fine gear for freestyle fixed gear stuff. I personally get going faster with a lower gear though.
MASTERCON12 3 years ago
hey, like your name. check out my discussion with mastercon12 below; you can set the gearing however you like (with wrenches etc.). look for "fixed gear spin" on youtube, and after you pick your jaw back up, re-watch it, and look at his gearing... obvious that some gearings are good for speed, and others good for coordination.
jasoncreek 3 years ago
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Oh MASTERCON i love you! You are my hero! I trackstanded in 48 hours stright. Then i did a 30000 degrees spin while i skid'ed . We can all do that ?!
AntiRascist 3 years ago
You are a fucking douche, you know that? Stop being a smartass, and start being useful, you prick.
MASTERCON12 3 years ago 7
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omg this is gay
newawawa 3 years ago
nice! took it to another level when i was riding hard in my day the hottest shit was the backward circles im on oldskooltrack. JUNE is the name
braveheart4888 3 years ago
I love it Bikes are for more than just racing.
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago 6
Dude, I breathe through bike frame tubes when snorkeling. I use spokes as chopsticks. I cover up with bikes on cold nights. There was a Frenchman who found bikes quite edible in the 80s. Someday I'll try riding one.
jasoncreek 3 years ago 7
Fuckin awsome weeling!
ilookstupid 3 years ago 6
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Yacithane 3 years ago
SEA city mixed with District music...gotta love that newsguy.
jez135 4 years ago
i thought that was UW.. dope vid.. clean tricks
BloggingTheMovie 4 years ago
Disregard last comment I was trying to respond to the hippychick45.
Cuspolini 4 years ago
isn't the redish bike i saw at :12 that one bike you had on sale on craigslist (Seattle)? I'm pretty sure its the same one, but it's hard to tell by just looking at a view between your legs...
bootyshox 4 years ago
nice Polish music ;)
yeti144 4 years ago
ride in black on black fixies at night and kill scene kids from cali i live this fuck this vid
hippychick45 4 years ago
WTF does this mean?
Cuspolini 4 years ago
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Scene kids are the ones riding all the fixies.
redsdisease 3 years ago
and....?
elilichtenberg 3 years ago
not even half ines brunn.
HolofernesJudith 4 years ago
and the weatherman sampled is Bob Ryan, chief meteorologist at Channel 4 News in DC... kinda random.
jowza948 4 years ago
Holla at me sun, I'll show you my gun.
kronicred 4 years ago
My bike rides me.. I just control it yo..
NinjaTrainer 4 years ago
fresh fixie thugs we all are.
vhsdf 4 years ago
GORGEOUS track bikes make me happy, the hella scene kids riding them, not so much. nice video though, keep 'em coming
Ninjaface90 4 years ago
yo you keep posting the same fucking comment over and over. your really angry. chill out
yourmomscooch 4 years ago
I could care less if I am considered a scene kid. My story is I went to critical mass, I saw track bikes for the first time and I loved them. I love the fluidity, the simplicity and the style. So now I ride fixie and I watch videos like this for ideas and insipration. If cadence should sell me an item or end up giving some cloathing too me free somewhere down the line, more power to Him I like his designs anyway and I hope cadence blows up in a big way.
criticalmassride 4 years ago
nice skids, sweet balence ---> that was nuts
pleh00pleh 4 years ago
too big bikes.......
anarchograf 4 years ago
thanks
semieden 4 years ago
Song:
White Rhino by Trans Am
Liberation, (cd/lp) Thrill Jockey 2004
Official Release Date, February 17th, 2004
ihatefall 4 years ago
This beat is bangin. Holla at me, son, word up! Let me know, na mean?
semieden 4 years ago
nyc says: very nice work
what is the song?
you guys always pick killer soundtracks
limboabduction 4 years ago
I love it!!!! Bikes are for more than just racing. Proof is in the pudding!!!!
JEFF206425 4 years ago
fuckin a right
volcom2883 4 years ago
Up the Bikes... Fuck the Fashion.
nickpadilla 4 years ago