The winner of the men’s fixed final (me) used 47x22. My friend Josef, who finished second in the final, rode 47x20. He crushed me in our semi-final, but since we finished 1st and 2nd we both made the final. We were both also on SPDSL road pedals. He missed his clip-in at the start of the final otherwise he likely would have won the whole thing. I did not miss.

I did that climb, too. I was actually a little faster than Tyler, but it was tough. I even had to go down to 1st gear - my VW engine was screaming!

Win or lose, these are my favorite types of vlogs that Tyler does. It's when he's at his best.

Starting to become a huge fan of VC. I have to be honest though, the first time the algorithm suggested one of your videos, i kind of thought that you'd be a big douche. Man how wrong i was. Love the channel, content,creativity, etc. Go get'em VC!!!

11:10 that was the most meta description ever, and it was spot-on.

Such a pleasure to meet you at the Bay Climb. Good luck to you and your team racing at Lion's Den this weekend. Ima be there so I can't wait see you over there.

Back to back bangers. Jelly I missed this one. 😔 next year.

Loving the fixie content! It's a bit of a mindf*ck to learn, but, once it clicks, it's the most fun kind of riding. To me, riding a fixed gear requires more respect for the machine.

Reminds me of watching the hill climbing series in the UK every year!

You were riding with the number 69 a winner in my book! Great footage man!

I just love how human and friendly these videos are. Awesome job Tyler! You inspire!

These mission crit vids are awesome! Welcome! Been riding fixed gear for a decade! Don’t care if I get heat for this but I think it’s the purest form of cycling your the engine and brakes! 🙅🏽‍♂️

Your videos are so full of positivity every time! It's midnight, raining and 7C; still I'd just like to hop on my bike after seeing this.. :) Yo!

"It's like the bike...ya know...it's always trying to kill you." Brilliant! Cheers.

Excellent video dude , you really captured what the event is all about. Music, dope as usual.

Travis has been an excellent addition to your channel, adding the extra video clips is turning up your vblogs to pro quality! I 2nd the suggestion for the Pittsburg Dirty Dozen, insane!

If you want more crowds, more positive energy, more physical and skill challenges, CX is the bomb. Hard, and fun, AF.

The 3 minutes and 40 seconds of riding across 2 races was absolute gold.

"i'm slowing down right now" Progress!! Yew 🌟 Way to go man. Thanks for taking us along and being humble.

Great seeing you out there! Glad you dig the bike!

This is my favorite event you do.

Great effort Tyler. You should come and ride some of the UK hill climbs next year. Same crazy vibe, you can ride a fixed and get cheered up an insanely steep hill by people you don’t know! The weather might not be as warm as California though…..

Really enjoyed that one VC. Epic climb. Well done 👍🏼👍🏼

that's right, the fixie scene is very accepting, even of super road douchers. Come party with us next time!

Bro. You are the best. Plain and simple.

I was screaming Go Tyler! Go Tyler! So fun to watch

Brilliant content. Fixed gear + clipping in under pressure is the stuff of cold sweats.

one of my favorite videos of yours so much creativity

i am 76 and still prefer fixed-started track when I was 34. But the connection with the bike is more satisfying than on my road bike.

Ah that looked so much fun.

So much fun, Tyler, glad you made the show with your flying burrito brother. And I'd like to ride that, too, one of these days, tho' I fear I'd do about as well as I did as a Cub Scout with my little car in the Pinewood Derby at Clarendon Elementary in the '60s. And they didn't even have participation ribbons back then.

Travis great videos, thanks for this video, really got some feeling from the event. thanks redbull

Well done Tyler . Good effort sir . thank you for the great content. Greetings from Cape Town South Africa.

The semifinals got me screaming at my phone like a maniac. ALE ALE ALE ALE TYLER!!!! Very nice editing and storytelling. Cheers!

Man, loved the last 2 videos. My fixie was stolen back in March and then I "upgraded" to a road bike. I've put in about 2k miles on road but I still want to build a proper fixed gear because it was so much fun.

bien ahiiiii, fixed gear es un camino de ida, y estoy totalmente de acuerdo, la comunidad del piñon fijo es de lo mejor que hay en el mundo de la bici, camaraderia y cero ego¡¡¡¡

Hilarious, awesome event and awesome video. Keep it up brother 😤✊😂

Nice set of videos on the fixed gear races. I thought about what you said in the end about the fixed gear community and the vibe. What's interesting is that the same thing happens in the endurance community and gravel community - although now that the UCI is involved in gravel that'll probably change. My theory is that when riding your bike becomes a "job" or "career" as it does in road racing, that's when you loose the community vibe. Think about it - what's on the line with the fixed gear race and hill climb? What are the stakes? Nothing really. With road racing you might loose your contract, which is your job and livelihood, when you don't perform. Or even if you do perform there might be political stuff within the team you have to deal with. With these events like the fixed gear series it's just fun and everything else is a bonus. Bikes for business or bikes for fun - you can have both but what's your priority? The answer determines the vibe.

awesome vid as always!

Been waiting for this.

What an edit , and hell 5:45 what a scene !!!!

New fan here! Amazing video, amazing experience... Thanks!!! Greetings from Colombia!

Awesome! (and crazy - I feel like I need to lie down from just watching folks go max effort up that climb)

yeah I used to messenger in SF in mid 90s for 5 years. I rode a road bike because I was out there for money but did ride around on fixed gear on weekends. Good fun. Those hills are brutal ;)

Love to see it!

Hey dude really liking the videos. One suggestion. Give SPD pedals a try, there is not much of a weight/aero loss. Both sides clip in so you will not have these issues. Just an idea 🙂

Dude vids keep getting funnier. Nice work

Edditing is on point!

Love riding fixies! I love how miserable some of the climbs looked 😅

I think I need to come out to this next year from VA!

The thing with track bikes is there’s really nowhere to hide, you either got it or you don’t. It really forces you to push through walls and find a rhythm with the bike. A road bike will always be more fun but a track bike is way more rewarding. 43 years old and still ride a brakeless track bike daily in Seattle!

Good On Ya Vegan Cheers

If I tried racing up those hills my heart would explode. I would expire

Man , i do envy you for everything you do, i am soo imprest. love you'r video's respect your life . be proud of you, you'r family . THANKS BRO u are doing lot of things that i dream of but i "maybe "to scared "because i have a family to think about", to do. THANKS MAN YOU GIVE ME AT LIST TO DREAM ABOUT. THX THX THX

1:00 ‘I’m feeling spunky’. In the UK, spunk is something completely different to what you mean. Got a good laugh out of that!

I love my Fixie!

The new VC Eliel kit is sick. I'm actually not a fan of flannel but the trees design is great. I only wish there was a Doom trees jersey in red like the bibs, jacket and vest. But I can see the idea was to mix and match.

I have a fixie that I ride as a SS. I felt I'm have pretty strong legs from my mountain bike which made my SS riding so much easier. Took a bike I was selling, converted it back to fixie and rode it around in front of my house. Tried to slow down (not skid, slow down) and the crank kicked me up and forward. Yeah, I'll stick with my SS. They are fun to ride, both fixie and SS because you don't have to think about going up or down in gears in relation to the hills, flats, stops, starts. You just get on and pedal. I love SS so much, I converted my cheaper mountain bike to a SS and just ride around town hopping curbs, cutting across fields, taking stair sets and rolling down grass/dirt/gravel hills. Seeing these SF vids is making me want to take a quick lap around my neighborhood even though I should be cleaning my house.

Kudos to Travis!

LOL the clip-in edit is GOLD

You need to come check out the Dirty Dozen in Pittsburgh

Finally figured out why you were in Wisconsin after you mentioned it in another video. You're a pretty neat dude!

3:29 it looks like they caught a fish but it took their rod 😂😂

SPD on all the bikes bro. On my roadbike i use SPD pedels with a platform, easy to clip in, you can walk on the MTB shoes and the platform SPD combo makes for a very stable connection. 👌

that was awesome. looks like lots of "fun" :/^

5:55 you made me spit out the tea I was drinking 😂

SF has some great vegan restaurants. Hope you didn't limit yourself to Chipotle.

This video made the RSI in my left knee flare up just from watching it for the first 3 minutes.

SYMBIOTIC DANCE. Spot on, quoted for truth dude!! That’s exactly how it feels, even more so BRAKELESS

New Ride Bikes Bro t-shirt design with the words "Just clip in" on it?

Dude all I could think of was the Avatar movie clip of the symbiotic link between the main dude and his flying dinosaur when you're describing the bond you have to make with your fixie 🤣😂🤣😂

Love it!! Also, I like that, in the chapters, you have one labeled "Excuses". It wouldn't be a Vegan Cyclist video without a collection of Vegan Excuses. =D Nice effort, though. You did a TON better than I could have.

Gonna ramp up my core exercises after seeing this

Definitely crazy hard efforts. But not as likely to break collar bones every corner like racing a bike on a go kart track.

Tyler, grab some Crank Brothers Candy pedals for doing future events of this sort where clipping in is essential. I have raced XC MB and as you know starts are super important. MB pedals are the key to fast starts.

Come to the uk and race the hill climb season here, it’s wild

Spotted Terry at 6:38 !

This is the perfect race for our Pitbull bike pedals !! 360 degree entry is the fastest to engage !!!

Same feeling I get when I jump on my fixed gear bike.

honestly, no one like road racers. you are unusual, authentic. we like ya.

absoultely bang on about the UCI...gravel, and fixy racings are both examples of stuff that has grown organically from within the cycling community without the UCI and will be much better off without the meddling of the UCI...

I would love to see VC become a full on fixie rider!

Mtb pedals for the win!

gotta rock the flat bars for climbing fixed

VC: Sick dude! How did you win the wheely contest?? VC Jr: Cause uuh, i got the longest willy....? ♥

Omg dude I pee'd myself laughing at the clip-in scene.

I see speed play in your future for sure...🤪

that fixie life

Knees smoked, PPPPHHHHUUUKKK

Don’t think I could have laughed harder at the not clipping in bit. Haha

My knees hurt from watching this

love it (as per usual). how long was the climb for you...like a 90 sec effort?

Ride all tha bikes bruh!!!

we have a big Hill Climb calendar in the Autumn over in the UK and those events can be amazing, loads of camaraderie, and and all out good time, not on Fixies though, that would be just brutal

There's a cool documentary "Fixation" about the fixing culture. There's an another KZfaqr, Zach Gallardo, in the Bay area, that is a fixie enthusiast that could give you insight on the fixing culture too.

0:44 " For whatever reason it's not that way anymore". Pretty sure crashing makes your brain do that adjustment.

You should try one of the big NYC alleycats. It would make great footage

Hard going!!! BTW, we raced a few days back on zwift. Insbrucking, or whatever it's called. That stupid climb lol. A fellow vegan won that lol. You said in the chat that you were looking for some crit legs, so hope that worked out there!!

This was one of your funniest ones. F%@*& hilarious.

My respect to Tyler.