[Closed] Anyone ride a fixie/single speed - aka show us your bike mr

I have one or two.

I’ve got a Kona Paddy Waggon. Good fun for short blasts and oddly, great for canal towpath work.

Got a Surly steamroller fixed and a Surly Ogre singlespeed. Only started riding fixed this year and loving it. only ridden geared bike on the road for about 200km of this year's Kilométrage.

Done some epic rides on the fixed that I am proud of. N. Brittany down to S Sebastian in N Spain: 1100 km in 90 something hours including sleeping eating etc. And 270km Clermont-Ferrand to Ales following Stevenson's travels with my donkey route (road version). Both with Chilkoot. Signed up to do their born to ride 2019 N France to St. Tropez via. via. Switzerland and Italy. Looks like I will do the Montgenevre and Izoard rather than the Agnel between the checkpoints.

Love a fixie

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Commuted for 7 years on fixed. Great for that job. Panniers as well so a work machine.  Cost a fair bit - same frame as a Pearson Touche, but from my local LBS. Ritchey WCS bars, Miche chainring and wheels, carbon seat post.

Fully kitted out with guards and it was my all weather bike. So much easier looking after a chain and a single sprocket.

Survived a number of 'knocking offs' and just had a small scratch in the carbon forks lacquer when my back was broken - little bit of G3 and sorted - wish my back was that easy to fix.

It's unfortunately not moved in 3 years - no longer riding to work, or riding on the road. Used to wear through rims in 18 months on fixed...  that much braking needed commuting into Manchester - shows how many idiots there were. Added 'leg' braking made it exceptionally quick to stop.

Done some epic rides on the fixed that I am proud of. N. Brittany down to S Sebastian in N Spain: 1100 km in 90 something hours including sleeping eating etc

Awesome effort!

I love riding fixed gear, makes errand running etc much more fun. Here's my current hack,

And one from the past.

Should be picking up another soon.

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2004 (I think) Condor Pista. Done many, many, many miles on it commuting. Just works, minimal faff, minimal maintenance.

I ride fixed a lot and cover most of my yearly miles on this.

My Genesis Flyer, although it's currently in bits.  It has new wheels, freewheel and a new bottom bracket to be fitted as I've killed them using it for the last 4 winters with no maintenance at all.

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Mine started out like this :

Several years on its now got a pair of guards, a vaude post mounted bag pannier type thing and a disc brake on the front...

They make excellent cost efficient, year round commuting tools, mine is probably Doing its last winter as a commuter now, to be moved onto riser bars for use as a pub/town bike and a more general purpose, geared tourer will take over commuter duties...

One for the road, one for the dirt. Came 49th out of 80 in a CX race on the MTB yesterday, and just about managed to not get lapped.

I have an Eastway TR1 for sale in medium if anyone is looking for one pics available £275 posted.

I have a dolan precursa and it's great but before that I had a fixed built out of an old frame, it can be tricky and not as cost effective depending on what works on the donor bike. Here's some things I learned and make a spreadsheet before you start lashing out.

check it's actually 700c and not 27in

check the welds on the frame

check the forks

check the chainline

check the BB and the headset

check the stem and bars

does the seat post move

make sure you have a very good front brake (don't rely on old weinmann brake callipers and old levers, someday you will need to do an emergency stop)

If you are going to ride fixed (which is the best solution for low cost) get a good quality strong rear wheel and it will last and last.

I'd post a picture of mine but it looks pretty much identical to Mister P's one so can't be arsed 🙂

Specialized Langster. Fixed here but currently running it with a Freewheel.

@edhornby I literally have just the frame and fork... which are a bit tired but in largely good fettle.... everything else need a buying...

Been looking around and I've seen someone selling a pretty much unused Bianchi Pista Via for less than my projected costs, but this is about the journey of building, as much as anything... though I keep been drawn back to that "bloody" Bianchi 😐

Loving the pics though guys 😍👍🏻

Love my belt drive SS BMC but looking at a lot of illegal bikes up there as far as the road goes. Comments?

if by a lot, you mean 2?   no need for a rear brake on a fixie, the law counts fixed hub as a brake and so meets the 2 separate independent braking systems rule.

Comments?

Brakes are for fakes

a lot of illegal bikes up there as far as the road goes.

What? - all the bikes posted are fully legal.  I won't post mine as it isn't legal.

no need for a rear brake on a fixie, the law counts fixed hub as a brake

In that case I'm talking out of my arse and apologise.

I thought fixies were for murderous hipsters, after the carry in in that London?.

What? – all the bikes posted are fully legal.

I can see three with no front brake.

In that case I’m talking out of my arse and apologise.

Sorry, didn't spot the first few picture of the brakeless (illegal) bikes, those riders will be going to hell.  The others are fine though.

How is it illegal to not have a front brake on a bike? it's not on the road, so you can be pedantic elsewhere.

For what it's worth I may be evil, but I didn't ride the Bob Jackson on the road without a brake and some wheels with a brake track.

How is it illegal to not have a front brake on a bike? it’s not on the road, so you can be pedantic elsewhere.

It's illegal on the road. It's legal away from public highways, ie on a velodrome and on any off-road trails which don't meet that description. I'm not 100% sure where the law stands on public highways such as bridleways and other ROWs: the legislation relating to brakes uses the term "road" rather than "highway" which suggests it may be legal there.

I think when "illegal" was mentioned above most of us assumed "for use on the road" was implicit 😉

Not mine, this is just off Google Images but (apart from the wheels) mine is pretty much like this. First generation Specialized Langster. More or less a complete overhaul of all the parts on it as they've worn out. I have however had a comuter on it since I bought it (cheapo wired job, had a couple of changes of battery but it just records with no fuss) and it's currently on 74,000 miles. So yeah, had my money's worth out of it!

I run mine SS, riding fixed on the road round mine would be insane.

Riding fixed on the road round mine would be insane

What makes you think that? I ride in busy areas, I don't think the lack of being able to stop pedaling has any risk. Wouldn't do it off road though, (but I remember Kerley does) due to pedal strikes.

I commute on a precursa - flat 6 miles. Superb bike.

Recently took it out for our club hill climb - hilly 40 miles riding between three timed climbs. Horror bike.

So they're precision instruments, IMHO. Overgeared on a climb is merely hard but it's the descents that really suck on a fixed.

I have had quite a few pre cursas as they are almost disposable and probably had about 20 different fixed gear bikes over the last 18 years.  Once the frame gets tatty just sell it and get a new one for £100.  Not the lightest frame but still easy to build a bike up around 7kg for under £700.

At the start of the summer I built this one up (All City Dropout) which was great fun off road (especially at start with 43c tyres) but I got bored of the big tyres and heavier weight

Got a Pearson Touche that I picked up for next to nothing. Flip flop rear wheel, and two sets of brakes. Use it as a nipping around town type of bike.

(How the **** do you put pictures on this god awful software?)

My attempt

the frames a bit big, looking for something a little smaller and lighter.

On-One Pompino, fixed. Not lightweight, but just works, and comfy for longer distance. Not actually ridden it for a while, I need to replace the rim, so rebuilding the wheel now.

I've got one of these - KHS Flite - except mine's matte black, with front and rear brakes, H Plus Son rims and 25mm Michelin tyres. I've done 80km and 100km Gran Fondos on it and as someone mentioned I just love the fact that you just pump up the tyres and it's ready to ride.

Looking at some of these pics I really want to get bullhorns though...

My On-One il Pompino is a single speed, run with a Shimano MTB free hub and uses spaces on the shell.

However I'm getting rig of it. I think things have moved on and I need disk brakes.

I do like running a single speed, but invariably it's a compromise and sometimes I find myself pushing too big a gear into some of the strong headwinds you can get out here in Cheshire, partially if I ride to Liverpool.

I don't run a macho big gear. I hurt my back years ago and prefer to spin.

That's one reason I'm going to a 1 x 11 and disk brakes.

I see some people running massive gears on hipster fixes and feel sorry for them lol. It's not smart and I firmly believe that fixed gear has no business outside of velodromes. It's just not safe.

I used to ride this around Bristol of all places (it's bloody hilly!) for commuting and general getting around. With both brakes on (and SPD's in place of the flats, this was one of the for sale pics).

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Felt dispatch, circa 2007 I think. In fixed mode all the time.

Just incase anyone on here is interested. I have a cheap fixed frame and fork. The generic modern steel type. Good condition in baby blue, suit rider about 5ft 3 to 5ft 6. I would like to swap it for a bigger fixed frame (im 5ft 11) ifpossible. If you're interested pm me.

I regularly ride 225 km around the m25 on my very custom kona paddywagon. I prefer fixed to gears, but you must choose gear carefully. I’m up to four including the carbon Dolan track bike. Next will be a Rourke with tcr compact frame geometry for something a bit special.

To be honest, riding fixed in a group with the club keeps the group smooth and when doing it right, nobody notices the back of the bike looks a bit different.

I don’t run a macho big gear. I hurt my back years ago and prefer to spin.

That’s one reason I’m going to a 1 x 11 and disk brakes.

I see some people running massive gears on hipster fixes and feel sorry for them lol. It’s not smart and I firmly believe that fixed gear has no business outside of velodromes. It’s just not safe.

Most of the students I see on fixed are not turning serious ratios, prob because it's harder to skid stop a big gear, but you do see the odd one that makes you wince for their knees - weedy lads trying to push 100, body movement all over the shop. I think it's like any large force through a joint - done with the right technique and the right load it will make you stronger, but do it badly and you can do some damage. Not sure this is obvious to young lads jumping on a fixed for the first time -  like even the most primitive gym-bro will know if a weight is too big for them to squat, say, but pedalling a bicycle might not seem like it could cause injury on the face of it.

My longest headwind Ride is 125 km back from Dartford pushing 86 inches and no prospect of a lower gear. When cadence goes down to 55 you just grit your teeth.  Crank snapped with 20 km to go!

Most will be riding 42x16. I went to 42x15 for decent long distance rolling rides and 42x14 for medium paced club rides

Those who are commenting on the danger of riding fixed, I assume you are thinking of the no brakes kind? Don't see the risk otherwise.

42-14 is a big gear! 😲 l'll stick with your 46-16 suggestion I think

All of my riding is on 42:17 except for  'proper' cols when I use 42:21 on the other side. 42:17 feels right...and it must be right because the legend that is Thierry St.Léger here in France ALWAYS uses 42:17 Ventoux and all the other major cols included: Simplon, Grimsel, Agnel, Galibier .....  The guy is a legend.