So what are you saying? You're the bike police? A bike NAZI? WTF?i want to make it clear, i dont doubt the skill. (as originally posted) i just do not agree with the bike choice, although if it is meant for it, ill have to eat my words on that 1.
So what are you saying? You're the bike police? A bike NAZI? WTF?i want to make it clear, i dont doubt the skill. (as originally posted) i just do not agree with the bike choice, although if it is meant for it, ill have to eat my words on that 1.
Clearly what im saying Should i venture to guess that you rock out with a pant leg rolled up and a messenger bag?So what are you saying? You're the bike police? A bike NAZI? WTF?
Whether you like it or not, it seems like the lines between the different disciples of biking are all being blurred more and more. and the new offerings reflect this, just for one example, take a look at Volume bikes, they make a fixed gear for tricking.In my opinion, what is gay, is riding a bike that is CLEARLY not meant for this, and this whole hipster scene.
See if the bike is made for it, more power to them, i just sit at work all day and fix the XC bikes people think are made for street and DJ. I sit and have to argue with more people that i should on how a hardrock sport is different than a blackmarket. I DO NOT look forward to having to explain how a fixie isn't a bmx bike.Whether you like it or not, it seems like the lines between the different disciples of biking are all being blurred more and more. and the new offerings reflect this, just for one example, take a look at Volume bikes, they make a fixed gear for tricking.
There is a big fixie scene here in Charlotte, often times we have to fix b.s. old road frames that people turned into fixed "freestylers". I had this one guy bring in his old raleigh turned fixed, the head tube was cracked, so I asked him what he was doing mostly. He of course said "kinda like bmx stuff, but on fixed gear" so I showed him a Specialized P1, and said this would work a lot better... he got super indignant and said its not meant for what he wants to do...See if the bike is made for it, more power to them, i just sit at work all day and fix the XC bikes people think are made for street and DJ. I sit and have to argue with more people that i should on how a hardrock sport is different than a blackmarket. I DO NOT look forward to having to explain how a fixie isn't a bmx bike.
You are getting hate from more mtn bikers since you are on a mtn biker forum. Lately I have been strapping two bananas to each of my feet and have been sliding hand rails.true, but what is it that's gay? I ponder this and cant find an answer that fits.
1) he's riding a rail. burly
2) no pads or helmet. burly
3) at night or in front of a statue. burly
4) brakeless. burly
5)probably 180's the ****. burly
so I can't seem to figure out what the drama is? I see more mtb dudes bagging on this than 20" riders now. So riding a rail with a 26 is proper but 3 more inches and thin tires is shunned?
But also, who are these new acrobats, are they former 20" riders busting on mtbs?
are they 26" riders busting on 20"?
Or are they pure-bread, rode nothing before a 29" fixie but now im killing rails and soon to be slayin trails, riders???
the s**t is gay though!
But was it in front of a statue? Cuz that's WAY burly if it's in front of a statue.You are getting hate from more mtn bikers since you are on a mtn biker forum. Lately I have been strapping two bananas to each of my feet and have been sliding hand rails.
1) Awesome cause it has never been done before
2) It is on a handrail, burly!
3) I DID NOT WEAR a helmet - burleee!
4) NO BRAKES/BREAKS!!!
Shut up.
Don't forget the night time riding.But was it in front of a statue? Cuz that's WAY burly if it's in front of a statue.
My riding choice is either skatepark or Mountain Freeride. (Slopestyle) with an occasional street session on a MTBMX. I've never had a fixie, or anything resembling it. I went from BMX to mountain bikes.Clearly what im saying Should i venture to guess that you rock out with a pant leg rolled up and a messenger bag?
I've never had a fixie, or anything resembling it. I went from BMX to mountain bikes.
Somehow that doesn't cause me to think someone on a fixie is "gay", or for that matter, anyone else that rides. Be it bicycle, skateboard, scooter, rollerblades, whatever.
all you need to do is clip the "pedal set" out of the clip and its problem solved. i really havent seen anybody that can bunnyhop with their pedals in every unique part of the rotationfor the most part, if you can make the trick look good on any bike i'm down. when the fixed guys have to 'set their pedals' to do a trick, its gross.
this dude has a bmx background and shows good style on the fixed gear.
his hang 5's look sick.
http://vimeo.com/9605518
a couple other dudes who make it look good imo are tom lamarche and the guy wonka. other than that its pretty cringe worthy.
Akrigg is awesome.... I love his vids.I saw this a few days ago and thought it was pretty interesting seeing a trials rider on a fixie.
http://vimeo.com/6200166
oh please. you dont have to watch it.ugh...
it's hard to watch such good ramps be raped like that...
heh. . .Fixie tricks just look weird. If you want to make it unnecessarily difficult, backflip a penny farthing.
I won't again. That was painful and clumsy to watch.oh please. you dont have to watch it.
They asked me to try it out 20 years ago and I said no, that's gay/stupid. So for the record, I'm 20 years ahead of the "fixies are gay" phenomenon. I win.Heh heh, next is the genius idea of switching from fixed to SS at the flip of a switch!!! Oh wait, been done.
. . . . the 1987 Mongoose Decade Pro's ACS Freetrack hub. . . . . . . Ever ride that thing Joel !?!?!?
http://urbanvelo.org/fixed-and-free-with-the-sram-torpedo-hub/
The SRAM Torpedo is the first production hub that switches from fixed to freewheel. Just a few turns of a screwdriver swaps it from one mode to another. Hubs like this have been on plenty of wish lists over the years for a multitude of uses. One could ride fixed for most of a long tour and cut to freewheel for the mountain downhill stretches. Or just have one bike with the choice between the two, all without flipping the wheel over. This conversion comes with a penalty 480g worth for the internal guts needed for a hub like this. Only time will tell if the mechanisms that make the switcheroo possible has any backlash with backpressure or can handle the skidding that is so common with many fixed riders. The real question is if we will see this hub for sale in the North American market. Well keep you posted.
That one guy on the BMX Action Trick Team rode a fixed rear hub - I think his name was Pat Romero. He came from a circus background and his bike was setup all crazy. I can't find a pic of him now but I'll look thru some old issues.They asked me to try it out 20 years ago and I said no, that's gay/stupid. So for the record, I'm 20 years ahead of the "fixies are gay" phenomenon. I win.
NO ONE should hate on fixed gears. its because of these bikes that we can thank for progression into other diciplines such as bmx and mtb "freestyle" and flat land. fixed trick riding is the origional freestyling and most flat land bmx tricks and just "tricks" in general can be attributed to fixed circus riding from like 90 years ago.He came from a circus background and his bike was setup all crazy.
Show me a crank flipNO ONE should hate on fixed gears. its because of these bikes that we can thank for progression into other diciplines such as bmx and mtb "freestyle" and flat land. fixed trick riding is the origional freestyling and most flat land bmx tricks and just "tricks" in general can be attributed to fixed circus riding from like 90 years ago.
Actually that guy I was thinking about was Pat Romano (not Romero). I wasn't hating on him - just that he had some odd things back in the 80's. We should thank him for the bomerang trick - something he brought over from the circus style riding.NO ONE should hate on fixed gears. its because of these bikes that we can thank for progression into other diciplines such as bmx and mtb "freestyle" and flat land. fixed trick riding is the origional freestyling and most flat land bmx tricks and just "tricks" in general can be attributed to fixed circus riding from like 90 years ago.