[Closed] New Charge Bikes video just came out.

Um. Not a lot if I'm honest, but then I am probably not the target audience. The photography and editing were nothing special, the music was insipid, and the riding reeked "ooh look at me I am kerazy" but wasn't.

Sorry.

Ha ha. Just sat here waiting for the torrent of...

lock on grips would be good.

they looked like they enjoyed themselves which was probably the idea.

trying fixie skids on wet grass will get you wet

3 things I learned.

still, grew up in windsor and so it reminded me of where my MTBing all began, cheeky royal singletrack in the park. You must of been chased by some parkies for riding on the long walk tho?

Have to agree with gnar....whatever above, could have been so much better

Fixed bike are the new BMX by the looks of it, 'cept you can only do skids and akward looking bunnyhops and drop offs.

I won't take anything away from the video as it's quite nicely made but the content's a bit meh...

Quite fun. Of course the riding's "oh look at me.." they're being filmed.

Had to turn the sound off cos the music was awful.

The moustache was nice, but I definitely won't be buying a bike with orange forks in the near future.

it made me want to dick around on a bike which is shoorly the point of all bikey vids....

ooooohhh this has excited me from my campagnola race hat riht down tomy slip on vans, The thought of getting back to grass roots riding on a fixed wheel machine, I'm so inspired, goingto go find some banks and jazz to play on this weekend any of you fellow fixie fascinoners up for joining mein a great jolly jape of a day.

It's Campagnolo you freak.

i am so sorry god!

I'm sure the more fashionable types within your target audience would love this type of vid but I reckon us STW users would have been more interested in a vid of "proper mtb riding" on one of your knobbly tyre machines.

Instead you showed us three "cool urban" types wearing skinny jeans taking it to the max by doing skids and drop offs my four year old could make.

You did ask.

"drop offs my four year old could make"

*realises he can't ride as well as a four year old and hangs head in shame*

mr mtb i wouldmuch like to ride with ur four year old, would they care to come this weekend?

"drop offs my four year old could make"

knowing the drop-off you mean I would like to see your 4 year old do it, don't think he'd like you much afterwards tho

[i]more interested in a vid of "proper mtb riding"[/i]

like one o them awful shaky vids of someone crawling along trails filmed with helmut cams that have such crap quality it may as well be done on a mobly phone?

I liked it! Fortunately, I'm immune to all that marketing malarky and could just see it for what it was...oh, that reminds me, better order me up some more Howies clobber!

😆

Next podcast... later this week is on a Duster 8 (Alfine) in the mud. I will post that up on fixedgearlondon.com and compare your thoughts.

Nick

just post vids of abi.....

dare i comment?
favourite comment "been riding fix since 2006!"
Best trick - hop to nose wheelie
Worst trick - endless skids
most shocking moment- £6.95 for breaky!

overall- urban, arty, london based fashionista ride bikes in the park ,skids.

Oh i nearly bought one of your bikes a 2007 stove, couldn't quite believe it but i bought a sunn bmix instead . 🙂

Ted's on a stove in that video.

nice just put it on my ipod

Super Ted!

Used to ride with him - you should see him on a BMX.

I didn't want to like it but I did, bah! Are they using cx tyres or slicks? Good stuff, looks like the kind of stuff we used to do when I lived in that london, ie. find something to ride off. Oh the days before children etc.

Absolute pish. But you knew that, right?

[i]"Fortunately, I'm immune to all that marketing malarky and could just see it for what it was"[/i]
I thought thats exactly what it was?

Enjoyed it mind you i had no sound ! its easy to have a pop but lets be honest most of us couldnt ride a fixxed like that !!! so as been said take it for what it was !

Too self-consciously trendy and what they're doing is not actually that interesting. Maybe there's space for people not dropping off cliffs in Stormtrooper outfits though...? But basically a bit crap.

I watched that bangers and mash(i think?)bmx vid someone posted the link to last week. It looked exciting and progressive. That didn't.

Usual STW blinkered, stuck up views, no surprise there really 😉 personally I loved the video.

those riders have more skills than 99% of the riders here, fixie skids look so much fun. drifting one looks well difficult, nose manuals, wall rides and 180 to fakies must be way more difficult to pull on a fixie.

wasn't the first tune used on an old MBUK video? or maybe Sprung?

I liked it tune was alright riding skilled for a fixed wheel bike, especially the nose wheelie bit. I've been tryin to do those ever since I saw wade simmons do one of a log in the collective. I managed once when a car pulled out in front of me, must have looked reet good. I enjoy these short 3 minute vids by your lot and others and i'm glad my mind is not so full of hate.

those riders have more skills than 99% of the riders here

Pray tell, how do you know?

GW - Member

Usual STW blinkered, stuck up views, no surprise there really [;)] personally I loved the video.

those riders have more skills than 99% of the riders here, fixie skids look so much fun. drifting one looks well difficult, nose manuals, wall rides and 180 to fakies must be way more difficult to pull on a fixie.

Wow - I thought we were being asked about the video - not the skillz. As a piece of marketing (surely why it exists) I thought it was pants.

and i'm glad my mind is not so full of hate

Who's shown that they're full of hate?

what gear ratio? i've got slicks on a inbred 29er ss at the mo and was thinking of d**king around with one of those bolt to the iso rotor mount fixie cogs.

also where do i get one of the aforesaid cogs?

GW - Member
Usual STW blinkered, stuck up views, no surprise there really personally I loved the video.

those riders have more skills than 99% of the riders here, fixie skids look so much fun. drifting one looks well difficult, nose manuals, wall rides and 180 to fakies must be way more difficult to pull on a fixie.

Couldn't agree more on the skill's front, but I fail to understand why a nose manual would be harder on a fixie.

Oh, & you have met jedi right?

Looking forward to that Duster vid.....thinking of buying one but

Please tell me that 'Im well ard' Fireman Sam Humphrey chap isn't in it!?

GW - pretty sure the music is from one of the early sprung films. not suprising since rankin was involved with them.

Why do people who ride track bikes with fixed wheels outside of velodromes and winter training appear so defensive and desperate for reassurance all the time? Why do they seem so keen to document their actions and make comparisons to bmx or skateboarding culture? Surely if it's anything more than a passing fashion it would stand on it's own merits? If it is more than a passing fashion, what areas of progression would a fixter suggest as to where the activity is going, that is not hampered by the very nature of the style of bicycle?

expensive breakfast.
skiddy skid skids.
time rich.
fashionistas.
flurorange forks.
wonkyglasses.
sistersjeans.
emo.

and last but not least, "Music by the Swindonians"

well, there we go then.

They look good in the urban setting a real blast! I love the riding over the benches that looked great but they look soooo unappealing in the park, cant ride em up hills one bloke fell off 3 times another guy pushing his up hill.

I really liked it. Made me want to go out and ride my bike. Checked out some of the other vids and liked them too, especially the music.
Cunny messing about on the Blender is good.

wow, some people are angry.

"wow, some people are angry. "

Funny that, as I haven't read any anger at all in any of the posts, just some extreme sensitivity...

What would anybody have to be "angry" about anyway?

I couldn't be bothered to watch it to the end, think that says enough really.

And i'm not a fixed gear hater before you dismiss my opinion either. Here's a video i enjoyed rather more:

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no-one pointed out the tearing up of that lawn!!!!

singletrack has gone to pot 🙂

some sick action there. superted really has those moves locked down

I liked it..made me want to go out and ride. Liked the use of Windsor as a backdrop as well.

sodafarls - calm down.

that macaframa video was better. Just out of interest how quickly can you stop on a fixie say from 20 mph , look like you would skid for ages .

Charge bikes do you want to lend me a fixie so i can see what all the fuss is about

oh wow, trendy looking london types riding fixies.

my what an aspirational video. I well want to be like them.

my mate calls them '**** whittlers' cos the nathan Barley types who ride them are removed from the gene pool quite quickly.

harsh, but fair.

I just don't get it.

Also, is Windsor in London?

Alex Rankin has made some of my favourite mountain bike films. Earthed 5 was great. And this? Lovely editing, reasonable soundtrack, but not very much to work with in terms of content. It all ends up being just a bit dull.

I liked the video not the music but the video.
FFS some people on here never are happy, they are people riding bikes. Ok it's not mountain bike, but road bike isn't too, and that doesn't stop endless thread on lance the the TdF and other road bike crap...

poppa - Member

sodafarls - calm down.

Eh? Did the ommission of a smilie confuse your reading of my posts even further? I think i've touched a rather sensitive nerve with somebody 😯

All I did was voice an opinion and try to get some answers as to the appeal of "hipster hybrids", you haven't tried to answer any of them... 🙁

Wow, and I thought I was a mountain bike geek/enthusiast.

Did anyone see the Charge advert in the latest issue of Singletrack magazine? What were your thoughts on that? I will see I can post a scan in a bit.

I think it's a good video but their talents are wasted on those daft bikes.

Sorry soda, it was flippant humour. Serious mode on. I'm not really sure why it's my responsibility to explain the appeal of hipster hybrids.