Has anyone in the uk got a fixed gear tandem? I think the idea is so epic – I might go about building my own tandem fixed gear if I can find two matching classic raleigh’s of enough similarity. Thats a tandem fixie I would love to own. Whats every1’s take on the tandom fixed gear?
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I have had a fixed gear bike as my pc wallpaper for the last year or so, I have gone between a few different bikes but I thought I would see if I can find any decent nice wallpapers of fixed gear bikes about the interwebz. The first one I found was this: a lovely example of a fixed gear, in nice high res which is perfect for my big lcd’s.
Download this Fixed Gear Bike Wallpaper
There is of course then our wonderful fixedgearbiking.co.uk fixed gear wallpaper, featuring the elusive exploding fixed gear:
Download fixed gear biking explosion wallpaper – If you want this one in other resolutions comment here!
Likewise if you have any epic wallpapers/high res fixie shots to share let me know and I will add em.
Bikes are fun, wouldn’t you agree? Whether your chipping it into town on a fixed gear road bike or pelting down a muddy slope on something more rugged. But what would define as the worlds best bike? the one bike that irrelevant of money, materials (got to be real obviously) and time you would give anything for?
Would it be a fixed gear road bike? In actual fact, at least for me personally I would usually more opt for a fixed gear track bike, road bikes are nice but they don’t stand up to tricks like missed bunnyhops onto curbs etc very well, in fact I have a funny story about that but thats for another time, In my eyes the best bike I ever road was my 1980’s Raleigh fixed gear track bike, something I 100% regret selling on.
Bespoke bikes is a huge business, I can’t see why none of you custom bicycle builders arent’ webbing it fully! I am looking for a little bespoke bicycle builder in outer london, I know the guys name but I lost his number and for the life of me I can’t find him anywhere online! But when I started the search I realised – theres not many of you doing much online?
I have seen some excellent bike frames built custom and stuck on forums but I havent seen a decent website dedicated to bespoke bicycles since searching the web last for bike pornography (which can I say is a monthly thing that I revel in doing!)
So come on all you bespoke bicycle guys – let me know where you are, get web-able or at least tell me about yourselves 
we all love bespoke bikes so where are the real pro makers?
We all love modifying our fixed gear bikes, but what are the possible modifications? I thought randomly I would make a list just so as I can almost check them off myself over the coming bikes 
Obviously fixed gear biking comes under the same sport as other bicycle stuff such as mountain biking, trails biking, bmx’ing (kind of fixed gear) and motox / motorbiking. But is there any fixed gear specific accessories that are essentials? or at least a sort of pre-requisit for being a freeriding fixedgear guy?
When you google it theres a ton of so called ‘fixed gear accessories‘ for sale – but really its mountain biking and road riding stuff repackaged/marketed. What really is there though? I know a guy who would say peaked caps and a waistcoat if you asked him, but I think thats more just him rather than the popular movement as such.
I am going to pay attention at the next meet and see what people are boasting.
Been building fixed gear bikes for years or new to the game? professional courier with a passion for spanners and welder’s or amateur street cyclist looking for the final touch.
All these people and more need apply – check out our new section on fixed gear bike parts. It basically gives you a ton of used and new fixie parts to make up your next bike or fix / replace a part. Just trying to make the fixie dudes day on track and let everyone have some more time on bikes!
Our first Collection of fixed gear bike videos is now out there! Featuring the likes of fantastic riders such as Cadence’s Keo, anonymous street riders and single speed bikes from around the world!
Heres one video from our collection to wet your appetite, more available at fixedgearbiking.co.uk/videos
Remember Fixed-Gear-Biking next time you are free riding around town – record your biking fun and send it in!
New Style Fixed Gear Biking Homepage
We have just finished work on the fantastic new homepage of Fixed Gear Biking .co.uk and hope you like it, with the new design comes a new set of features! We will be opening up the fixed-gear forums, bike porn and biking video sections soon!
Stay tuned and keep biking! (Fixed Gear Biking at that!)
Fixed Gear Bikes have been one of the latest big trends across cities around the world. Originating from the USA Fixed gear cycles started off as track bikes, riden around a cycle circuit in events such as the olympics and professional cycling. Renegade riders took the bikes from the professional sport and rode them everywhere and anywhere around the streets of big cities. Soon Fixed gear bikes were all the rage.
Fixed gear bike’s (or fixies, single speeds, freewheelnego’s) are usually leightweight, skinny framed bikes with only a single fixed gear (hence the name.) This means no free-wheeling, coasting or such and often no back breaks. Pedalling backwards means you go backwards and stop pedalling to use your back wheel as a break. Simply put that is fixies in a paragraph, but theres a whole lot culture brewing around it.
Mixed in with a little steampunk some bikes are carefully made up out of unique and old parts, there is an ora of the old and dated with fixedgear bikes, often they are 70’s professional trackbikes or old pro-cycling frames with new parts, wheels etc. Having a single fixed-gear means you get a lot more control over the bike and what you do with it, it makes tricks easier, pedalling more skilled and opens up new avenues of cycling trick pulling. Furthermore removing the weighty gearing mechanisms, heavy tyres and additional break components makes the bike very light. You can see why its such a big hit amongst couriers and city riders!
This is the start of fixedGearBiking .co.uk, your latest site dedicated to the fine art of fixie-riding. Welcome, we hope you enjoy your ride!
