Single speed/fixed gear thread

Thinking of getting one of these. Only ever rode BMX and Mountain Bikes. I'll be cycling to work and school downhill all the way there and uphill all the way back

What am I in for?
Are brands as important or can I get the cheapest one I can get with no consequence other than replacing brakes, tyres and seat

>>1016488
>What am I in for?
Depends on your fitness/strength/skill level. For me, I can handle most hills easily on a single speed. My college campus has some steep ones so I still bring my mountain bike more often than not. Around the rest of town, I do fine on the cruiser.

>>1016488
>Are brands as important or can I get the cheapest one I can get with no consequence other than replacing brakes, tyres and seat

Most will tell you no, but experience tells me yes since I got a $150 Walmart cruiser bike and it is great. Coaster brake hubs are not all made equal, but I have rode mine to hell and back with no maintenance and it still works fine. If you get a freewheel single speed you are probably in good shape. Most single speed/cantilever brake bikes are road bikes. There are also some SS mountain bikes with disc brakes, but most are expensive (except the $400 nashbar one).

>>1017547

Cannondale 1fg on eBay is the best deal for 1sp MTB frame

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>>1017547

I've got some strength but I'm a bit chubby and tend to use my bike for ferrying my shopping around so tend not to go all out when cycling

Should I put the bike on free wheel rather than fixed o my flip flop hub then

>Image is the bike that my attention

>>1017562
I don't ride fixed. I ride a cruiser anyway. On a flat bar bike you should have a little bit more leverage. Not sure if I like how that bike routes the brake cable through holes in the frame.

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So should I go free wheel single gear to start or learn fixed as quickly as possible

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Pictured is a British made single speed bike. Whilst it has a few additional features that would justify the price differene it doesn't seem to be of any better construction than the Chinese one here (>>1017562) at least to my untrained eye

>>1017831
just ride fixed it's more fun and if you ever want to ride track it will be an easier transition

Thinking about getting a SSCX for commuting. Any recommended models?

>>1017831
don't be a bitch
my slogan is ride fast die last

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cruiser bikes are too fragile for the kind of cruising I do

does the anon with that KHS Flite 100 still lurk here? I wanna ask some questions about tire clearance.

>>1018656
They're not any less durable than mountain bikes. On downhill trails I don't like a coaster brake for obvious reasons.

>>1018696
>KHS Flite 100
18c tires max

>>1018781
Got photos? The fella I was thinking of has one of the newer KHS Flites with the bendy seat-tube. It is more fixie than track bike, so I imagine it can squeeze a 28 mm tire, but I want first hand testimony before I take the plunge.

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Mine, plan on getting another fixed. I have plans on getting a road bike with my quarterly bonus.

>>1018776
That's bullshit. You flat a stairset with more than 8 stairs without your cheap cruiser bike rims tacoing

>>1018815
Holy shit, everything's wrong with that "bike"

>>1017831
You won't learn if you don't try.

>>1018943
not the owner, but explain?
only 2 things i see wrong are un-wraped bars, and that the rear wheel isn't entirely "in the aero groove" thingy

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got this for free and cleaned it up and it came out pretty good

will make a nice comfy city commuter

>>1019013
Not single speed, but nice bike. What size are the wheels?

>>1018935
What? I go off of skate ramps on it. It's not a $79 Huffy if that's what you are thinking.

>fixed gear

Enjoy stalling on small hills lmao

>>1019113
i don't.

>>1019001
this, i wouldnt even count the un-wrapped bars.

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I've been eyeing this bike for my commuting bike once I finish Uni and have to bike to work regularly.

Is it any good and if not are there similar retro looking single speed bikes that are any better

>>1019967
Looks like a comfy commuting bike. Don't fidget too much over single speeds.

>>1019967
comfy/10
great pub bike i suppose

>>1018943
What wrong faggot?

I liked my unwrapped bars, they're actually made to be used without wrap, I have plug ends

As for the wheel not being in the seat tube cut out, I haven't bothered removing a link or two to get the wheel in it.

>>1019967
Are those painted on lug lines?

>>1022330
The saddle lol. And chode stem. Not the dude who made og comment

I can get a mid-2000s Bianchi Pista for 300 off Craigslist. Good deal?

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R8

>>1022360
If single speed, 7/10. If fixed, 3/10 because no foot retention.

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Put new bar tape on since I took this. At least I wore out the old bar tape, though, right guys? R-right?

>>1022360
r u a grill

>>1022368
That is one ugly ass fork

>>1022360
Fix the fender line at the back, get a matching one on the front, adjust your saddle properly and it would be a 6/10 flatland commuter.

>>1022368
that's one ugly ass fork and stem anon get a track one to make your baiku look good

>>1018815
I got some of those eggbeater pedals for $8
I'm gonna fix them and resell for 30ish

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Should I put the original road wheelset on with a fixed gear?
I'm thinking since I'm in Chicago area and hills aren't a thing I'd go for a 52-13 gearing

>>1022474
>52-13 gearing
That's ridiculous

>>1022477
That's the point

>>1022478
Should've guessed it by looking at your bike

>>1022479
What gearing would you suggest?
I don't think the 4-1 gear ratio would be legitimately usable for anything.

>>1022410
No, but short

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i want to try this, thoughts?

>>1022474

gearing =/= penis length
get something reasonable.

48 20 or something.

youll be some much faster since you can actually accelerate.

disregard this post if you squat 200kg or something.

should I get a single speed for college?

Are single speed less maintenance than teh gear ones?

>>1023260
Not really, it's not like you have to rebuild your shifters and derailleurs on a regular basis, or at all. There's less parts that can fail though, so there's that.

>>1023157
pretty baller. just dont go to close to churches.

>>1023260
you can just pretty much forget about it entirely.
>>1023232
get a fixie

>>1023266
hell no, i'm locking them up at churches, metal for life

>>1023268
I don't know what fixies are,. What is it that makes them fixies?

>>1023271
you have no frewheel so you cant coast. If the wheel rotates, so do the pedals/cranks.

It's fun

>>1023271
for crying out loud do you have google?
anyways, what makes them "fixed" is that the pedals are directly connected to the wheel, that means no free coasting. if thew wheel is moving then the pedals are too (they're fixed to the wheel)

>>1023276
I Don't have google in my country sorry.

>>1023275
>>1023276
Why are they fun or better?

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>>1023278
fucking reported to the fbi

>>1023278
are you from fucking north korea dude lol

>>1023285
No, are fixies with the brakes on reverse nice or hand brakes better?

>>1023281
you have complete control over your bike, if you ride brakeless (best way) you literally control 100% of the bike.
it's really hard to explain, just try it, if you'll like it you won't want to switch to anything else, if not then not

I want to get a nice single speed beach cruiser, and also for an affordable price, but im not sure if I should go to Wal-mart, because they are a tad pricey there. Thoughts? suggestions?

>>1023288
fixies without brakes are better. ride hard or die trying

>>1023292
Grow up

>>1023292
No brakes at all ?

>>1023294
make me, i'll stay a fixed gear junkie fanatic till i die
>>1023295
yep. your legs are your brakes

>>1023296
>>1023295
well front brake is p good for emergencies but you know it depends on your city. If you only ride in wide car lanes you're pretty good but if your city is tight like mine and people might jump right into the bikelane from behind parked cars any second its nice to have a front brake

>>1023301
What brakes are better on the pedal or the handle bars?

>>1023305
okay, sorry but what is a pedal brake?

>>1018340
All City Nature Boy. Nuff said

>>1023312
Disc or nah?

>>1022368
are you in Reno? I think I have seen this bike around.
>trainer tire on rear

>>1023305
I can barely understand what you're trying to say, but from power level it goes:

Front hydraulic disc
Front rim brake (v, cantilever, caliper)
Rear hydraulic disc
Rear rim brake
Coaster brake (beach cruiser pedals)
Brakeless fixed gear (Fixie/Tark bike )
Ted Shred/ Fred Flintstone

>>1023329
well, not saying fixies brake fast, but if you do it correctly it isn't as bad, just do an extreme whipskid and you'll be set. saved my ass all of the time

What are coaster breaks?

>>1023157
do you buy clothes from hot topic?
It wouldn't matter, cool bike anyways

>>1018815
Bartape
Now

>>1023407
nop, don't have hot topic over here where i live

>>1023380

Brake by pedalling backwards. Prone to skidding and wearing out the tire and if they fail they fail completely and utterly

>>1023513
Are they good on bikes or do they need constant maintenance? They are selling me a bike like that but I want to be able to rest my pedaling if want to stand on the pedals without it being a problem, what if I decide to put a proper break and take the coaster break, is that posible to convert it?

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Complete novice to bikes in general here.
What's the point of having only one speed? Isn't that just inconvenient?

>>1023537
What I can get it al really depends on your needs and likes.

Less gears mean less maintenance and less thinking you just ride.


People irl speak about speed and gears but they dont really know how it works, they just play a number game / 7speedshit or 21 speed shit. But is because they think as in car speeds. Gears on a bike are to ease your pedalling and getting the best out of your effort,. I've seen lots of cross gearing and high tension on the chain and that is a big no.

Single speed also means more exercise, on hills and such, if you have a bike to just a ride on a park, why would you nead more than ine gear?
It all comes to your needs and likes.

>>1022355
>I can get a mid-2000s Bianchi Pista for 300 off Craigslist. Good deal?

Great deal, it's what I paid for mine.

>>1023412
>>>1018815 (You)
>Bartape
>Now

Never.

>>1022332
>>>1022330 (You)
>The saddle lol. And chode stem. Not the dude who made og comment

>Derp saddle cause not a meme Brooks
>Pointing out a faded Cinelli stem on an 11 year old Bianchi

The autism is real

>>1023620
>>1023621
Please stop embarrassing yourself

>>1023537
It's easier to own, don't have to worry about so many cables, shifters, etc.

>>1023525
They are not great brakes but they need very little maintenance. If they do need maintenance you have to take them apart though.

>>1018815

Is this in Idaho?

>>1022365
There is a rear brake? Why the foot retention is important?

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>>1018340
Mash cxss if you live in europe.

http://www.milkywayshop.it/set-telaio-ciclocross-cinelli-mash-cxss

>>1023696
the fork messes up the aesthetic to be honest
that being the brake thingy (i'm hungover forgot what's it called)

>>1023685
is it possible to convert the gear into a fixie and add a proper brake in a bike with coaster brake?

>>1023905
Coaster brake is the hub, and therefore incompatible with fixed gear. You need to replace it with a flip flop hub (and hopefully get actual brakes)

>>1022360
maybe you could get a negative stem or invert yours to lower the bars?

I'm more of making a question than a sugestion here, I don't know much about bike geometry

>>1024138
Are hubs a universal size?

>>1018935
>>1018935
>That's bullshit. You flat a stairset with more than 8 stairs without your cheap cruiser bike rims tacoing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjlGr5n_hK4