64 years old. Riding track bike on the streets since '97. I was a messenger back then. Super efficient for riding in traffic. Now I use it for my daily commute. Because it's just so damned good looking. The bike, not me. 😉

LOL, I'm definitely old, turning 50 next year but I think getting my "Fix" in do keep me young

hi zach, I'm from Indonesia. I,m 48 years old. I started riding fixed gear one year a go. I ride fixed gear for "bike to work" about 40km. FIXED GEAR IS FUN! and I love it and I love your channel....... (sorry for my poor English)

Love it... I've casually ridden 'fixie' since I was a 16-year old schoolboy, then it was just to be 'different' from my pals. That was 61 years ago! A dozen years I sold my vehicle and I'm still riding fixie, although I do have a geared bike with mudguards for mainly wet winter road... both Dave Mellor of Shrewsbury frames with Italian bits and bobs attached. Here I France I get a lot of comments and some strange looks from other lycra-clad cyclists as they whizz past me... but I trundle along quite happily at my own pace, being 'different'.

Yup, got into fixed gear to get stronger and enjoy my regular road bike more but now I'm totally hooked and ride fixed most of the time

The thing I hate moste about fixed gear riding is my account balance, after ordering new parts

Coasting on FG exists, just a bit different - relax legs and let them circle without applying force on to pedals. Let your legs to spin without any efforts either direction (force or resistance).

something about conquering a hill without gears feels so much more rewarding.

Enjoy the vids, though fixed is not for me! Now single speed has been a revelation on my 28yr old steel mtb, much cleaner, lighter but still has 3 speeds - standing, sitting and walking!

I'm not a fixed rider, but I do enjoy the content...and single speed just seems to be the best for me...

It's true, from a purely aesthetic standpoint, fixed gear bikes are amazing looking. I've always been one to appreciate clean designs, from watches, to cars, even to something relatively obscure like fountain pens (yes, they are still around and have a dedicated, passionate following, yours truly included), and fixed gear bikes fill the bill big time in that regard. Just looking at them is worth the price of admission. Your Wabi is pretty damn sweet. The fact that their history is born of track racing, a very cool subset of the cycling world, makes them even more interesting.

Fixed gear: never had one, never wanted one. I like my SS as much as I like this channel... ALOT. Long time subscrider.

I personally don’t like riding fixed. I’ve done it a few times and it’s not for me. But I still love your channel!

I learned how to ride on a fixed, it was a 1950's kids bike. I rode every single bike I could as I was growing up. Huffy dirt bikes, my mom's Schwinn 3 speed and my dad's Peugeot and my own DB mountain bike through the 90's. I went back to fixed in my late 30's on a whim, I'm much older now and don't like riding any other kind of bike. Fixed gear or nothin'... That's just what I like.

As a fixed gear ⚙️ rider I find myself being excited when I see someone riding a single-speed until they coast when going down a hill then it hit me that I’m alone again.

I ride single freewheel, but I'm still subbed to your channel. Tried fixed gear once and the most annoying things about it were the inability to jump over hops and pedals hitting the ground during sharp turns.

Turning 50 at the end of this year, and been riding fixed on a classic Bridgestone 450 since 2004. I love that old bike, and it's so much fun to ride!

Hey Zach, I would love it if you made another video about "proper" bikes. Once again thank you for the video and for introducing me to fixed gear!

The first time I rode my fixed gear bike, I slip myself in the pedal straps, as soon as I went out the bike shop I immediately fell in the middle of a busy road, thankfully traffic is super slow. I got up and rode it again. Ever since that then I loved the bike.

Love it man!! From 1-1000 miles 1-24 hours it is an awesome ride!

most folks who ride 365 days a year, rain or shine, will eventually learn to appreciate a fixed gear bike. Fixed will always be a strong contender in departments such as: maintenance/cleaning time, price/longevity/interchangeability of parts, ability to ride in sloppy rain and snow, durability of parts in real world scenarios, fewer specialized tools required, and fun of riding. If you absolutely have to get to work in the morning on a bike, fixed is less to worry about braking. I rode a 5 speed during the fixie-trend years. Had a lot of derailed chains, crashed a lot, got hit by cars, and loathed cleaning my bike. Then after commuting for 15 years, I inevitably went for a fixed gear build. Now I actually enjoy cleaning my bike, and instead of being pissed at every stoplight, I can work on riding fakie or trying to make my entire commute without putting a foot down. It changed my entire perspective. Fixed allows you to enjoy every moment, even the stoplights in life.

The first working derailleur was built in 1912, but Tour de France organiser Henri Desgrange didn't allow it in the race until 1937. He "wanted to see riders suffer". In trucking: These day not just all bikes coast downhill, but 44 Tonne(97003 lbs) trucks does as well. It became a thing in early 2010's when Volvo developed a system that put the gearbox into neutral during downhill. Since then all other manufacturers jumped on it. This shows how much you loose with a fixed gear. The only good thing is that it's less likely to get nicked because it's harder to sell the fixed gear junks, than most regular bikes.

Used to ride track bikes in 2008-2013. Went on to Road, CX and Gravel bikes since but pretty stoked to build a SS/Fixed again. I miss the simplicity of them.

I recently got into mountain biking to get the thrill of going downhill but I still got lots of love for fixed. I’m slowly switching bikes each week to satisfy both needs!

Good job throwing props to the Path Less Pedaled channel. I love Russ's content. I would love to try a fixed gear bike, but it would have to be on a rental basis, because I suspect it's not going to be something for me long term. I love the idea of fixed gear cycling, but don't think it'd be too practical for me in hilly, windy WA. I do, however, appreciate everything that it is and your channel has a lot to do with that. At the end of the day, we're all cyclists.

*Looked at a lot of options for getting my **Latest.Bike** . Great find in SAVA. Super light, nice components, really good value as it comes with many options only found in much higher priced bikes.*

Haha. My intro to fixed was building a tracklocross with serious racing intent. Crazy huh? I live on a mountain and downhill was suicidal. But it made me fall in love with the aesthetics of a single speed. Current fave bike is a Specialized TriCross SS with hub flipped to the freewheel. Gravel, road and raced. Love your work. 🥰

The fixed gear riders that I see on my commutes and travels, while always nice on the surface, always call me lazy or our of shape because I ride on a 22 Speed. Granted I have much further to travel and I have varied terrain. They tend to stay in the same shallow valley where the hills (if any) are small.

Recently I've been down, your videos make me smile, thank you

Im not even curious. I like to go fast downhill. But not with my legs flailing like a windmill. Have fun guys!

I'm (58) , got my fixie (Yes, fixie) and love it! left the brakes on but do 90% of the braking with my legs! It's got my legs stronger and absolutely feel the connection to the road in acceleration! One draw back though, pain in my ankle tendons and a "point" of pain in my knee! To be honest, I live in a very "hilly" town and combined with my age might make me sadly turn it back to free wheel if I can't find a solution to the pain (absolutely no meds)

I'm 55 and my fixed gear bike definitely keeps me young and in shape.

i fell inlove the moment i rode my friend fixed gear

Rode fixed for years, enjoyed it a lot; however I got into some dangerous situations down hills. These days, peak bicycle for me means hybrid tires, front and rear disc brakes, three or four speeds, and coasting. If Rohloff made a speedhub with fewer speeds, I'd probably use that, for now I'm satisfied to have a 1x derailleur or a 3x where I ignore two chainrings. If I got a fixie again, I'd want hybrid tires and a front disc brake.

I like riding fixedgear I'm just started a month ago I really enjoyed it make doesn't want to give up and keep pedaling skidding it very fun for me and I just come across your channel that help me alot with my beginning of cycling on a Fixedgear

had to step away from fixed gear to realize that fixed is actually what I want to ride forever. Rode an entry level steel 'Unknown Bike Co' for nearly a year and bought an expensive road bike. After a month, sold the road bike and got a Dolan Pre-Cursa track bike with a triple-butted aluminium frame and carbon fork. Fixed is for life for me in London During that month with the road bike, I wasn't even looking forward to getting outside and on the bike. Since getting the Dolan, I've actually been only using the front brake in unexpected emergencies and the rest of the time just backpedalling and skidding when necessary, it's the most fun way to get around town

Thanks for this! I love the fixed aesthetic but I didn't know you cannot coast with them, I love coasting too much and I also appreciate not dying in a steep hill :P so I'll just stick with my geared road bike. Very good video!

Inherited my old dads 60s fixed when I was 18 and been a huge fan ever since. Still riding one (that old classic was stolen unfortunately) at 62. I’ve other bikes but my fixed is my absolute best friend.

57 years old riding fixed, SS and gears since I was a kid. I find the reason most people don't like fixed gears is because most of them have never ridden one. Some have and don't like the feeling of the bike being in control and not them, which if you don't take the effort and time to get used to I can understand, but it smacks of giving in too easily. Obviously there are some practical disadvantages to a fixie. However, there are also some real practical (rather than style, fashion or aesthetic) advantages. 1. Training. Spend a reasonable amount of time on a fixie and you will become stronger and therefore perform better on your geared bike. 2. Gentle commuting. Actually a single free wheel is probably best but a fixie is almost as good and way better than a multi geared bike, as long as it is not too highly geared (though many fixies are too highly geared for gentle commuting). 3. Easy maintenance. 4. Better for riding into wind and up gentle inclines. This I believe is the combination of the pedals own forward momentum and more direct and efficient chain line. BTW touring on rolling terrain is perfectly doable on a fixie. My dad spent most of his time doing just that in the UK during the '50s*. As did many of his CCTC colleagues. In those days a lot of it was down to economics - fixed gears were much cheaper. I myself have done several 100+ mile rides on variable terrain on a fixie. It's really ok. Actually my muscles feel less tired than when doing such a ride on a geared bike, though my average speed is about 1 mph slower on the fixie. The trick with longer rides and gentle commuting is to run a relatively low gear - dad used 63" and 66" for touring. His average speeds, depending on weather and terrain, on tours would be between 12 and 14 mph. My unladen, lighter bike will get me around 13 to 16 mph on long rides with a 66" or 69" gear. * He would swap out the fixed wheel for a Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub for continental touring and alpine passes. Never has a problem climbing on that set up. It was very low geared, but you don't pedal down hill on a laden touring bike. The biggest problems he encountered were unpaved Swedish roads wrecking his drivetrain and baking heat burning him through his shirt in the French Alps.

i was born in a city with mountains and hills so i used a mountain bike(disc brakes and all complications it had teached me some bike mechanic skills too) and i loved it. 8 years ago i moved to a flat city and saw no point on getting a mountain or geared bike so i began using fixed gear and loved it too- and love the simplicity with it. im almost 35 yr and will keep using fixed gears till i can

A coworker and I both got super cheap used bikes, both with a fixie/single speed flip flop wheel (Him an old Lamond for $150, me a crappy Sole for $50). He Rode fixed for 3 minutes and switched to the freewheel and never went back, I have stuck with the fixed gear and loved it the whole time.

Oh look at that. Subscribed last night and already watching the current videos 😀

I am a german bicycle mechanic and started riding fixed gear a year ago. I am now 55 years old, and now I have five Steel fixed gear Bikes in a mountainous area and I love to ride them. So, it can also be good for elderly people! Unfortunately there is no fixed gear Scene here, and I can only experience this via youtube - I really miss it in reality.

I love my fixie, best bike I’ve had. It’s great for chipping around the city. Although I keep mine on free wheel, I have a cog on both sides if I switched the wheel to the opposite side it would be fixed but I like to cruise too much. Mines aluminium as well so it’s fairly light which makes it less effort to ride. They’re very common in east London, probably because it’s flat everywhere, the cycle paths are great and they look cool.

I find fixies dangerous - Perhaps that’s the appeal for younger riders. I’ll stick to my carbon belt, 8 speed internal hub, hydraulic disc brake commuter. I admire your dedication to them though. Your channel is interesting

I love everything about fixed geared bikes accept for braking, which I have never been able to get used to. Just got a new fixed geared bike on which I have ordered new wheels for and also ordered a set of hydraulic rim brakes for.

It's not the uphill that killed me on a fixed gear in the foothills / mountains it's the downhill. Over-revving is a real pain. My first fixed gear was a converted road Benotto with horizontal dropouts in '83.

It was love at the first ride with me but not for my knees as I came to know later, so I got back to a mix of BMX/Jump/Street bike.

@zach Gallardo I want to go fast on my bike I have a 20ich frame bike and I useing a 54 chainring,I want to know what cog to use for it

I love your videos! Keep up the good work!

Tubes are the way to go been tubeless with Rolf vigor fx with Schwabe pro ones only replaced the back tire 2 times in the last 3 years I don’t skid as much any more mostly back peddle and use bike control and yes I’m well into my 30 but it brings me back to my youth bmx days and I love the ultimate bike control fixed gives you and just able to make everything fun to ride Keep it up love the videos

Me, my dad and my younger brother had same bike. We love riding a Fixed Gear. Minimalist + Low Maintenance. From Philippines.

Had a fuji track classic once, used it to commute to work but of course my area was all flatlands. It handled beautifully and had the elios tubing frame so it was not heavy.

I started cycling on mountain bikes, and when I was a child my dad and me went on the Alps to ride on the paths. I got used to use gears a lot, also on a flat ground, and, even if I tried a fixed (I borrowed one from a friend to race in a tracklocross) whenever I try it I really miss gears.

Love my singlespeed.No faffing about with gears that dont always change,no mysterious clicking noises.All I hear is the tyres rumble!Had road and mountain bikes before but I enjoy rolling along now to one gear.Wish I had done it years ago!

I had an amazing memory with my fixie bike when I was 12y old. Even it's cheap fixie I still love it

I switch back and forth. Fixed is fun because it’s challenging and makes hills a bit easier. I recommend getting a bike with a flip flop hub and a rear brake. The rear brake will help a lot when learning to stop without brakes and as an Emergency Brake when reaction time is insufficient.

The Olympic training center is in my home town of Colorado Springs and the velodrome they train at is just a couple miles from my house. In the 80’s I’d go watch the training. It was common to see them arrive riding their ridiculously aggressive race bikes to the track with their track wheels in bags and hard cases slung across their backs. They used cheap wheels on the street then swapped them for the track. I think there was even a rule barring tires that had been street ridden on the track.

what keeps me from getting one is the hills around here. i would have to slow down steep hills and would have to work really hard up them.

Steel fixed rider of probably 20 years. 15 of which have been the same steamroller. However the configuration keeps changing…

I wonder how much mileage does the chain on a fixed gear bike have? Obviously fixed gear chain don't have to move between different cogs on a rear cassette or between multiple chainrings. You'll always have a straight chainline, so chain lifespan will increase. But how much (compared to derailleur bikes)?

Never knew fixed gear bikes until i rode with my friends that rides brakeless and asked them how they stop. They showed me them sick ass whip skids. It got me hooked and now we whippin it like tokyo drift

I found an old Lady cycle in the trash. I turned it into a fixie. It doesn't looks like a fixed gear. It has a luggage rag and all that, but it's so fun to ride around town. And it's usefull two.

I like to think of riders in their 40's, 50's and 60's as not old but experienced.

I love the look of bicycles lots of bikes. But I love my multi geared bike. I love riding for a couple of hours at a clip. Love of the ride is what it is all about. Love your channel.

I rode fixed gear for a number of years. My #1 issue while riding a fixie is the thought that if the chain breaks or a foreign object gets stuck in the spokes that it's a high likelihood I will be thrown over the handlebars due to it being fixed. I always thought about that while riding and it made me too uncomfortable riding at high speeds. I used to ride my old 9-speed Shimano hubbed, Marin (or any other non-fixed gear bike!) which was a lot more comfortable to ride fast. Not cool looks, but FUN!!! (Grammarly is pointing out to me that "hubbed" is not in the dictionary...it should be!)

I am 44 years young and still fixated. f that noise about fixed riding being for youngins. There are plenty of old heads out here riding fixed. I do like the point about being a minimalist. I also skate concrete, skimboard on waves, and slackline. Maybe I'm young at heart or maybe I just love any form of leg torture. Anyway my advice for young people getting in to fixed riding is take care of your knees. When skid stopping focus on pushing down and not pulling up, it will save your knees they are not designed for that action. Cross train and build up your quads and hams before you go zipping around with no brakes and depending on your joints and ligaments. I really wish an older cat had told me these things when I first got fixated, it would have saved me some pain, injuries, and some dangerous encounters with traffic.

Going back and watching this after getting a fixed, and All I can say is that you don’t gotta sacrifice speed on the hills, but watch them intersections when bombing through em lol, skid to win

I love excitement about fixed gear bike but at same time as a person who is touring on the bicycle and regularly rides in different terrains (e.g. forest and regular streets) I can’t imagine myself not only riding fixed dear but also any single speed bike 😅

What kind of updated tech could you put on a fixed gear, that is akin to a beach cruiser? Other than disc brakes, hollowtech BB? Aero frames? Shaft drive? "Archaic parts" fixies have can help me put some of my bikes together, since I don't like a lot of new tech. Square tapers are good enough.

I grew up riding with a single gear, on my bmx bike I used to ride all around town as a kid. Way less maintenance than multiple gears, also looks clean. Fixed gear would be spooky making turns. Imagine trying to lean into a turn, and your pedal goes down and bottoms out launching you into the air.

52 age [Riding Fixed Gear Since 2007] Throne/TRCK LRD, Felt TK2, Schwinn Madison, Bianchi Pista, Dolan [my track pack] also some single speeds in the stable as well. Salute to General Galardo!!! #steelireal

"People hate what they don't understand" -BvS

I just bought my Kilo TT a week ago but had to travel out of the country for a month... It's only been 4 days and I'm going through bike withdraws... Every day I'm yearning to ride it and it makes me sad :(

Im new to fixed gear bikes Is there any brand you can recommend ? I would rather by a good bike first time and keep it than buy cheap nasty ones and then have to spend the money anyway replacing it with better ones ?

Got that black label and love it. Now I'm out riding more often and looking forward to each ride again.

I'm old and I have been riding fixed last 10 years. At first I would ride fixed for a few weeks/months, then flip to free wheel for a few weeks. My knees would get sore after riding fixed for a while. After about a year the pain went away as my knees and legs got stronger. I've never switched back since.

Hey zack, can you recommend a good drop bar single speed brake lever? And where to get it?

You’ve talked a lot about fit over the years but how about one on riding position. How much or little tension in arms, shoulders, core, etc. I haven’t seen a ton on this & after nine years riding I’m sure you have some thought

Here in Chicago, the average age of a fixed gear meetup/ride is like 14 and most try hard waaaaay too hard to go fast just to show off. So basically, one of the listed bullet points.

For people who want a confortable fixed gear bike, there is always the conversion thing. I have done it to a 80's road bike and it's fantastic! only problem is ground clereance. with 170mm I have to be reeeally careful not to make turns inclining myself too much. Using 165mm and smaller plataform pedals just solves the issue. The confort tho, just awsome #caloi10 #bikefixa #fixedgear #sheldonbrown

I ride fixed over flat surfaces but if I gotta commute anywhere there is hills I run a brake and a free wheel I’m terrible at fixed skids and I don’t wanna die if I have to stop abruptly lol

I tried fixed gear once and I suddenly realized how hard it is to ride haha but I still plan to have one just for the sake of trying and having a variety of bikes. Right now, I am using mtb for my regular rides and yes I love coasting haha. I still love your vids even though I am not riding fixed.

I'm 43 and I ride bikes since I was 3, and it was super fun to ride our 80's free wheel BMX with my friends, but I never enjoyed a bike more than my current track bike. People hate the way we ride non stopping, because of the brakeless.

I build old school fixing from a 10-speed full chromoly 80s frame I love riding it unfortunately I'm old I have arthritis I would love to continue to ride but I'm not able to it does a numbers on my joints unfortunately I'm not a hater I just wish that when I was young at your age that I was able to ride fixie then but I had no knowledge about fixie at that time only that they were track bikes if I would have known now would I know then I would have been writing fixie for a long time I actually love it unfortunately due to my age and arthritis I'm not able to anymore now I got an electric bike it's a lot easier on my joints I just wish I can still ride that fixie I got parts to build another one and I'm going to build it and sell it

Context: I ride fixie with front brake Story: What i hate most about riding a fix gear bike is that when im approaching an intersection or a crosswalk where i have to give pass I just cant stop moving my legs and people look at me like are you going to stop or i have ro brake. Because in their brains im still pedalling so i must not be braking? It happens to pedestrians aswell, not until im fully stop they make a move. Its like if you heard the sound of a free wheel its a sign of slower speed movement so a sign of braking.

Priority Ace adopts new technologies, such as a Gates Carbon belt drive, carbon seat post and fork, threaded bottom bracket, and has a flip flop hub for single speed/fixie. Please do a review of this bike. Thanks!

People will say these bikes are outdated, but I'm an old soul and I love bikes like these. While I much prefer a coaster brake for, well, the ability to coast, and brake. I love old steel bikes. Look un my garage and all I have are old steel bikes anywhere from 10 to 67 years old is my oldest bike

Hello! I am completely new with bikes. Is there a difference between a fixed gear bike frame and a road bike frame?

This thing has no brakes and can't coast?! I'm going to have to agree with Zach's friend: That's a deal breaker 😅

👋 ZACH, at 4:10 WHATS THE NAME OF THOSE HANDLEBARS??

I rode a fixie for 4 years . Because of the control it was safer on ice and snow. I loved it. I totally changed the geometry so It was more like riding a cruiser. The only reason I gave it up was that I found I was not able to repair the Bottom bracket. I also did not have the money for an expensive new one.

On fixed gear, other then the Zen angle, you can be a sprocket junky which mean "mechanic". And anyone who's truly into bikes that thinks they don't need to be mechanics are fooling themselves. Or, they really aren't into bikes as much as they think they are. One of things I learned as a kid being on a bike constantly is you must learn how they work, and work means taking it apart, and putting it back together. Usually "new and improved". I didn't have the luxury of going to a bike shop every time something went wrong, and things do go wrong. Flat tires, clumsy chain, wobbling tires, etc. The whole idea when you ride is the chain movement should feel like butter and practically silent at all speeds of pedal turn. You have to maintain that, not magic. What I was referring to at the beginning of post was being a sprocket junky. I know darn well as I sit her typing that if I embraced fixed gear riding, I'd be researching sprockets and pedals. I'd probably (I'd have to look into it) would have at least a couple sprockets in my garage I've changed up on my fixed gear bike. Hell, if I don't have the luxury of a derailleur, I'd be fitting sprockets on the bike to meet my needs.

I've been watching a lot of cycling videos and was surprised why a ricecum video was being recommended to me. Good thing I read the title.

Fixed gear bikes are not tech shy. Track bikes can be latest state of the art. Eg, the GB Lotus Hope, the MY Vortex WX-R.

I like the idea of putting high tech stuff on a fixie. TT bars, bike computer, carbon rims, power meter clipless pedals, disk brakes on the aerospoke.

I ride a single speed coaster brake, take it up big hills, is this valid?

Zach! at 3:03 are you descending from Doi Suthep? If yes,gosh it must have been fun to send it all the way up and down fixed!

I love the fixie concept. But, I was often scared off, by most of the reasons you stated. Two years ago, I had a grand Mal Stroke. My left hand is paralyzed. A fixie is my only way. I am convinced. Thanks.

what bike is that at 0:03?? please tell me !!