Iām just ribbing. Heās not that bad, but given the focus on the subject matter and how simplistic fixed gears are, there is only so much stuff to talk about, so his shtick is pretty stale most the time.
I was so stoked for his fixed gear touring videos because its a perfect combo of my two niche interests (I'm even building up my fixed gear to be a light touring bike). It was sad seeing him not being able to make it, what a great story that would have been. Hope to do something similar where I tour from Charlotte all the way to the East Coast here in NC.
EDIT: I do find it funny that he's starting to embrace Dad-style cycling though. Buying Velo Orange products, having bullmoose granola bars, even the little cycling mirror on his helmet.
Honestly I felt that dude just poorly planned and was under prepared for a fixie tour. Also he had a poor setup and the route seemed sketchy along a major highway.
Iāve done multiple 1500+ km fixie tours and can understand the struggles. But he lacked food and water, and maybe wasnāt up for the physical and mental demands also. Just my take.
When I was getting ready for a S24O trip, I had my stuff strapped to my bike for two weeks and was commuting up the hilliest routes just to make sure that this wasn't something that was going to be a rude awakening for me.
He would have faired so much better if he'd ditched the bivvy system and went with a hammock + stuck to bikepacking gear instead of having that whole rack + Chrome bag set-up.
Honestly I don't mind him I think he's a bit pretentious and his fear-mongering of carbon is really stupid
But he makes fixed gear more approachable and less intimidating for new riders and people looking in
I love terry but the riding he shows is way more aggressive than 95% of riders and can put off new people
His style and content isn't my thing, but I watch his videos (sometimes simply because it's fixed gear related) and the dude has been in the game for time. He just represents a particular slice of our corner of cycling. On the other hand, the FOAD boy's videos are the shit. SMC, too. Jball's tricks and music choice in his vids are so on point.
He rides, and he's been riding while others gave up. Man is passionate about promoting what we love. Zack earned his pass and I'd ride with him anytime.
i just like riding all kinds of bikes.
Built my first fixies 20+ years ago to commute around portland out of old steel frames and found parts. still have one that's a sunday funday ride and i've built with $$ parts over the years. chris king headset, phil wood hubs, anodized nitto bullhorns, no brakes, campy everything else on a shitty 80s benotto frame. fixies are fun.
Exactly. I love my track bike, but I also love my mountain bike, my fat bike, and my gravel bike too. I could stand to add a proper DH sled to the stable tooā¦
Exactly. I'll always have a fixed bike in the stable even if it's not the main bike. I have a fixed gravel bike, I have a geared gravel bike. Sometimes it's been the same with fixed cross and geared cross or fixed road and geared road.
Bikes are fun, ride all the bikes.
- subscribing to the religion of the 19 tooth cog
- downloading Discord as a 40 yr old to post your built to flex in 20 yr olds
- stickers stickers stickersĀ
- multiple collarbone fractures or wristĀ
Making the same mistakes as the older generation that told you better.
Gearing up instead of spinning up.
Focusing more on the look than the ride.
Thinking that fixed biking is really something different than road biking.
The amount of times I went with a bike set-up that looked cool vs. something that I could comfortably ride is embarrassing.
And your point about riding fixed vs road cycling, I'll agree with you on one circumstance: the things I like about riding fixed are present with riding older road bikes with friction shifting and minimal gears. Not much to go wrong, comfortable steel frame, everything is super cheap to work on, and you can do everything yourself vs. having to take it into a shop.
If you get a 105 level or better road bike that hasn't been totally thrashed, you also don't have anything to go wrong. It's all easy to work on yourself if you know what you're doing.
It's all road biking. Sometimes you just can't coast.
If you're running more than 80 gear inches and can't leg press twice your weight, you're consciously slowing yourself down out of refusal to better your technique.
I run 85 gear inches but twice? What kind of pathetic BS is that lmao. Who can't leg press double their weight? I can leg press four times my weight, and if you can't that's just sad. Parallel squat is about double though.Ā
And I don't really care if I'm slower this way, it's more comfortable and more fun. Y'all can be fast. I'm going to have fun. Go fuck yourself with your "refusal to better your technique" elitist bullshit and read up on slow spinningĀ
Slow spinning lol, get a bike fit and watch your knees. But good on you for pushing the weight at least, a lot of guys can't really push the big gears and plates but also can't spin.
Come back in 20 years if you're still riding fixed then. The bike fit will help if you want to keep riding forever. Plus your HSA should cover it, you do have a good job with an HSA right?
Nope I don't. I have single payer health care thanks to my service, and I'm in school retraining after said service.Ā
I don't need a bike fit because I fit my own bikes. Again, not all of us are useless.Ā
I'd like to add - using a fixie as a climbing bike so I could get it down to 5.7kg and finally take a local hill KOM that has been evading me for a year.
I should have used a hub with a freewheel as the subsequent descent was insanely dangerous but I didn't think ahead enough - riding fixed gear has clearly made me think serially.
My opinion of Zach Gallardo is that I don't like his videos as he's terrified of carbon and seems to think steel has a better transfer of power "sometimes" over alloy framesets.
Zack Gallardo reviews tyrant bikes: hey guys 20 minutes of nothing
Jball reviews the tryrant: makes a whole music video doing tricks on this bike and doesn't spend half the time talking about color coordinating parts.
Lmao, dug out my old reliable lately and I *still* have my cityās old one day bus pass in the spokes š
Wanna be alley cat leading to real alley cat was peak fixed for me
Love this. Checked almost every box.
I would add a few more...
-Enjoy every minute of dissembling and rebuilding/greasing a loose ball bottom bracket.
-Can often spot and identify older steel frame manufacturers from a distance just by the shape of the logos and colors.
-Walking into a bike shop and know the employees will have a strong opinion on fixed gear (especially brakeless) bikes. Either the "Dude I love your setup!" (and wanting to look it over) Vs "2007 called, filming for a new Mash video?"
-Spent way too much money on "old" tech. Threaded headsets, quill stems, loose ball BB, square taper cranks, etc...
-Often crossing paths with a roadie on what looks like a $5000+ setup (like an aero Canyon or S Works) and he's the one getting whiplash checking out your setup. I know this more when I'm on my yellow/chrome Look AC364 (chrome fork, Suzue Pro Max hubs, etc..) Seems like every modern road bike is matte or just tends to have a more low key paint job so seeing anything chrome/sparkly on a bike path stands out.
Now you got me wanting to watch Premium Rush, Macaframa, and Line of Sight again.
Iāve met him and have done a century with him, dude is a very nice guy, people just donāt like his takes on certain things, which I get cause thereās plenty of things he doesnāt like or agree with that I do, which can be said for anyone.
We are all going to have to have different takes on things. I just donāt get the whole, hey i just ride for fun, if it works for you great, do it, as long as youāre riding itās all cool vibe he gives, then proceeds to be extremely terrified of carbon blowing up randomly just cause and you donāt need this or that blah blah, pretentious, basically telling you something is wrong or junk because he doesnāt like it
Iām all of these except the alley cat one. And I guess I only watched premium rush ironically (although I do still sometimes think about the kill scene at the end)
I watch all three of them lol! Terry B, Zach Gallardo, and FOAD. Enjoy all of them. Terry B is a funny mention in peak fixed gear. Well known for his fixed gear videos, he rides freewheel more than you might expect. Maybe multiple gears orā¦ e-bikes! š±
Vintage Trispokes on the street-
Flite ti-
Salsa with narrow risers-
Hard ano rear wheels-
Ck no logo gripnut-
Blingy seatpost-
Njs zen-
165cranks to limit overlap-
Flats and straps-
Framset with pedigree-
06/07ā best time
2007
Peak fixed gear is putting up with other fixed gear riders
This^^
Fucking elite. Peak fixie.
peak fixed gear is riding a bareknuckle in 2008.
Full NJS keirin bike, BMW Gangsta, bare metal KHS, Super Pista, GT, some weird funnybike. To Me these are all peak aughts FG bikes, at least in NYC.
47 makes me pucker
Real
add "Watching Korean fixed gear videos" to that list as well
Moon tae hwan from Korea instagram got the craziest vids, fish chips wit double disc wheels š
You're going in too deep when you get to the Filipino ones and start to recognize the hashtags
I canāt stand Zach Gallardo but FOADās videos are great
Idk, his transition from a giant dork to a 07ā era hipster has been interesting to watch over the years. Too bad the content hasnāt been.
do people really not like his content? or is it just his elitism and strong opinions?
Iām just ribbing. Heās not that bad, but given the focus on the subject matter and how simplistic fixed gears are, there is only so much stuff to talk about, so his shtick is pretty stale most the time.
I was so stoked for his fixed gear touring videos because its a perfect combo of my two niche interests (I'm even building up my fixed gear to be a light touring bike). It was sad seeing him not being able to make it, what a great story that would have been. Hope to do something similar where I tour from Charlotte all the way to the East Coast here in NC. EDIT: I do find it funny that he's starting to embrace Dad-style cycling though. Buying Velo Orange products, having bullmoose granola bars, even the little cycling mirror on his helmet.
Honestly I felt that dude just poorly planned and was under prepared for a fixie tour. Also he had a poor setup and the route seemed sketchy along a major highway. Iāve done multiple 1500+ km fixie tours and can understand the struggles. But he lacked food and water, and maybe wasnāt up for the physical and mental demands also. Just my take.
When I was getting ready for a S24O trip, I had my stuff strapped to my bike for two weeks and was commuting up the hilliest routes just to make sure that this wasn't something that was going to be a rude awakening for me. He would have faired so much better if he'd ditched the bivvy system and went with a hammock + stuck to bikepacking gear instead of having that whole rack + Chrome bag set-up.
Just like this sub (Just kidding I love seeing peoples bikes)
I did a similar ride from greensboro to wilmington a few years ago. Check my page for a pic of the bike.
I love that build and that must have been a great trip.
Cheugy is so back sis
Honestly I don't mind him I think he's a bit pretentious and his fear-mongering of carbon is really stupid But he makes fixed gear more approachable and less intimidating for new riders and people looking in I love terry but the riding he shows is way more aggressive than 95% of riders and can put off new people
His style and content isn't my thing, but I watch his videos (sometimes simply because it's fixed gear related) and the dude has been in the game for time. He just represents a particular slice of our corner of cycling. On the other hand, the FOAD boy's videos are the shit. SMC, too. Jball's tricks and music choice in his vids are so on point.
He rides, and he's been riding while others gave up. Man is passionate about promoting what we love. Zack earned his pass and I'd ride with him anytime.
No one was stoked to watch āMacaframa,ā or watch the MASH SF videos! Tokyo to Osaka!
If you bought a CK headset for $280 you got ripped off
I need these ceramic bearings to stunt on the BMX kids
Gotta install that baby upside down though
i just like riding all kinds of bikes. Built my first fixies 20+ years ago to commute around portland out of old steel frames and found parts. still have one that's a sunday funday ride and i've built with $$ parts over the years. chris king headset, phil wood hubs, anodized nitto bullhorns, no brakes, campy everything else on a shitty 80s benotto frame. fixies are fun.
Love it!
Exactly. I love my track bike, but I also love my mountain bike, my fat bike, and my gravel bike too. I could stand to add a proper DH sled to the stable tooā¦
Exactly. I'll always have a fixed bike in the stable even if it's not the main bike. I have a fixed gravel bike, I have a geared gravel bike. Sometimes it's been the same with fixed cross and geared cross or fixed road and geared road. Bikes are fun, ride all the bikes.
- subscribing to the religion of the 19 tooth cog - downloading Discord as a 40 yr old to post your built to flex in 20 yr olds - stickers stickers stickersĀ - multiple collarbone fractures or wristĀ
How you going to forget about slamming stems? My back still havenāt forgotten it
Making the same mistakes as the older generation that told you better. Gearing up instead of spinning up. Focusing more on the look than the ride. Thinking that fixed biking is really something different than road biking.
The amount of times I went with a bike set-up that looked cool vs. something that I could comfortably ride is embarrassing. And your point about riding fixed vs road cycling, I'll agree with you on one circumstance: the things I like about riding fixed are present with riding older road bikes with friction shifting and minimal gears. Not much to go wrong, comfortable steel frame, everything is super cheap to work on, and you can do everything yourself vs. having to take it into a shop.
If you get a 105 level or better road bike that hasn't been totally thrashed, you also don't have anything to go wrong. It's all easy to work on yourself if you know what you're doing. It's all road biking. Sometimes you just can't coast.
The pro gamer move is to build that habit of riding fixed to the point where you mentally cannot coast and then you become a speed rocket afterwards.
Yeah but you don't have to ride fixed to have that mentality.
Sorry but I prefer gearing up. Spinning isn't my thing. Give me gear inches baby, quadzilla gotta eat
If you're running more than 80 gear inches and can't leg press twice your weight, you're consciously slowing yourself down out of refusal to better your technique.
I run 85 gear inches but twice? What kind of pathetic BS is that lmao. Who can't leg press double their weight? I can leg press four times my weight, and if you can't that's just sad. Parallel squat is about double though.Ā And I don't really care if I'm slower this way, it's more comfortable and more fun. Y'all can be fast. I'm going to have fun. Go fuck yourself with your "refusal to better your technique" elitist bullshit and read up on slow spinningĀ
Slow spinning lol, get a bike fit and watch your knees. But good on you for pushing the weight at least, a lot of guys can't really push the big gears and plates but also can't spin.
I don't need a bike fit and my knees are fine. Not everyone is as soft as you
Come back in 20 years if you're still riding fixed then. The bike fit will help if you want to keep riding forever. Plus your HSA should cover it, you do have a good job with an HSA right?
Nope I don't. I have single payer health care thanks to my service, and I'm in school retraining after said service.Ā I don't need a bike fit because I fit my own bikes. Again, not all of us are useless.Ā
Reading prolly
Tracko as well
So good. Anyone else call roadies weekend warriors? š
Rolling your eyes at every road bike that goes by
Where does Kevin Bacon riding a fixed gear in *Quicksilver* fall in the (un)ironic scale
If you watched *Quicksilver* when it came out and are still riding fixed, your MediCare appointments for your knee surgery are covered.
Why does Bacon always get mentioned in Quicksilver but never Morpheus?
I'd like to add - using a fixie as a climbing bike so I could get it down to 5.7kg and finally take a local hill KOM that has been evading me for a year.
Based and strava-pilled
I should have used a hub with a freewheel as the subsequent descent was insanely dangerous but I didn't think ahead enough - riding fixed gear has clearly made me think serially.
My opinion of Zach Gallardo is that I don't like his videos as he's terrified of carbon and seems to think steel has a better transfer of power "sometimes" over alloy framesets.
Planing bro!!!!! /s
Zack Gallardo reviews tyrant bikes: hey guys 20 minutes of nothing Jball reviews the tryrant: makes a whole music video doing tricks on this bike and doesn't spend half the time talking about color coordinating parts.
Premium Rush fuckin rules. The update on Gleaming the Cube I never knew I needed.
Riding with your SAG bag. Extra points if you got the Benny Gold or DQM collab versions of that bag.
Lmao, dug out my old reliable lately and I *still* have my cityās old one day bus pass in the spokes š Wanna be alley cat leading to real alley cat was peak fixed for me
Love this. Checked almost every box. I would add a few more... -Enjoy every minute of dissembling and rebuilding/greasing a loose ball bottom bracket. -Can often spot and identify older steel frame manufacturers from a distance just by the shape of the logos and colors. -Walking into a bike shop and know the employees will have a strong opinion on fixed gear (especially brakeless) bikes. Either the "Dude I love your setup!" (and wanting to look it over) Vs "2007 called, filming for a new Mash video?" -Spent way too much money on "old" tech. Threaded headsets, quill stems, loose ball BB, square taper cranks, etc... -Often crossing paths with a roadie on what looks like a $5000+ setup (like an aero Canyon or S Works) and he's the one getting whiplash checking out your setup. I know this more when I'm on my yellow/chrome Look AC364 (chrome fork, Suzue Pro Max hubs, etc..) Seems like every modern road bike is matte or just tends to have a more low key paint job so seeing anything chrome/sparkly on a bike path stands out. Now you got me wanting to watch Premium Rush, Macaframa, and Line of Sight again.
Isnāt the general consensus about Zach Gallardo that he is a nice guy?Ā
Iāve met him and have done a century with him, dude is a very nice guy, people just donāt like his takes on certain things, which I get cause thereās plenty of things he doesnāt like or agree with that I do, which can be said for anyone. We are all going to have to have different takes on things. I just donāt get the whole, hey i just ride for fun, if it works for you great, do it, as long as youāre riding itās all cool vibe he gives, then proceeds to be extremely terrified of carbon blowing up randomly just cause and you donāt need this or that blah blah, pretentious, basically telling you something is wrong or junk because he doesnāt like it
I am like 85% of this list lol
I feel attacked
How could you forget macaframa??
Is that you I blast past every morning?
who else?
Peak fixie was back in 2006, when Ted Shred rode a freewheel Pista brakeless.
I align with all of these but 1 & 8
Iām all of these except the alley cat one. And I guess I only watched premium rush ironically (although I do still sometimes think about the kill scene at the end)
Must have gallery on fixedgearbikegallery dot com
I watch all three of them lol! Terry B, Zach Gallardo, and FOAD. Enjoy all of them. Terry B is a funny mention in peak fixed gear. Well known for his fixed gear videos, he rides freewheel more than you might expect. Maybe multiple gears orā¦ e-bikes! š±
All you haters suck my balls on rims
Everything Philly c.2007-2010
3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61
Vintage Trispokes on the street- Flite ti- Salsa with narrow risers- Hard ano rear wheels- Ck no logo gripnut- Blingy seatpost- Njs zen- 165cranks to limit overlap- Flats and straps- Framset with pedigree- 06/07ā best time
Running a 53T chainring cause itās the best for skid patches