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Created at: 2018-08-29 16:40:10
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Chris and James take to the city to show you how to safely ride a fixed gear bike. From safely stopping, all the way to their ‘advanced skills’, the pair teach you all you need to know about fixie riding.

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There is one golden rule to remember when fixie riding! Keep your legs moving! If you’re riding along and just ‘stop’ pedalling, the force and momentum in your wheels, cranks and legs will be enough to throw you up over the bars and onto the ground.

Get comfy on the bike. To start with we would recommend a saddle height around 0.5cm lower than you would normally run on your road bike. This will help with moving around on the saddle whilst you apply braking force backwards through the pedals, but it will also make it easier to move your body weight around for cornering and general technical maneuvers.

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  2. So many of your videos are just a display of your IGNORANCE. "direct power transfer allows you to use a bigger gear than on your road bike" Are you guys ignorant, or just mentally-retarded? Less 2 ceramic pulley wheels, it's about the same power required! So no, you can't use a bigger gear than you can on your road bike (if you discount the psychological advantage that this belief procures you).
    And btw, we didn't use fixies for "winter training". We used them after the winter, when the snow was melted, for spring training.

  5. After my first winter on fixed wheel, My bicycle decided to behave it self, In 10 years of commuting, Touring, And racing, I had one crash, I had bought a new pair of pedals, Stainless steel, Chater-Lee. At 5 mph. I was standing on the pedals, And the left pedal broke off, I got a nasty bump, And that was it. All the racers I new rode fixed wheel in winter. This was in the 1950s and 60s.

  14. I rode a fixed gear bike for years…from the ages of 5 to 11. I mean, other than the free wheel, didn’t most of us ride a single gear as a kid?

  16. Being a good and considerate road user… Well that's very funny, because fixie riders are the most inconsiderate people of cycling world I know.
    Why would you ride a fixie? Well only reason is – bragging. It's like with vegans. How do you know someone rides fixie? They'll tell you.
    Sure they will say something along the lines of "because it's low maintenance". Like a pair of brakes and a freewheel are high-maintenance items…

  18. I have an idea for a segment which I thought I'd share: tips for adapting to road cycling on the opposite side of the road to someone's modus operandi. Eg. I cycle on the left side of the road in Aussie (same as driving) and want to be able to ride safely and as confidently as I do here in AU on the right side of the road using clip-ins when I move to a Euro city later in the year. I've driven on the right side of the road so have a sense of it but thought you guys may be able to highlight pro tips. Maybe other people who take bike holidays will find it useful. Hope it doesn't sound completely naf. Be great for me to practice adapting in Australia on quiet roads before I throw myself into the madness of a large city and people yelling at me in a foreign language. If you've covered this topic be great to know. Muchas gracias. 🙂

  21. I was hoping for some more explanation on how a fixed hear bike is different from any other bike. maybe some of the commenters can help me. first question, he mentioned that in order to brake you have to back pedal. why if the bike has brakes? we're these just for show? because it's legally mandatory? is it possible to keep your feet stationary (not-peddeling)? they seemed to allude that this isn't possible. what the difference between fixed hear and single gear? I thought they were the same?

  31. Fixed bike is what first bikes used to be for me when i was a kid. Single speed or fixed it was the cheapest bike at the time but it was fun and easy to maintain. People forget the the beauty of simplicity in bikes sometimes.

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