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i was talking with some people at brixton bowls about this the other day, and none of them seem to like the idea that fixed gear could become like skating. i mean tricks are fun and all but it can never compete with skateboarding. fair enough that video of that guy jumping the st pauls stair sets is real impressive, but i doubt you could get down london bridge ten on a fixed gear without breaking something.
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No, fixed gear is the new rollerblading.
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yeah i mean stockwell, it isnt all finished but most of it is, and if you come after 3ish (when tony finishes for the day) then you will be able to skate it, (unofficially though) it really nice to skate, but it is a bit dusty and stuff.
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;195859']No, fixed gear is the new rollerblading.
yeah that sounds more like it!
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haha i can't hear about rollerblading without thinking of that joke...
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how do they afford new tyres all the time ? :(
Whats the music tho?
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you are dismissed!
Maybe because comparing it to skateboarding is more in reference the fact that skateboarding was the last extreme sport to experience a 'renaissance', rather than in reference to the nature of the sport.
It practically IS BMX in my opinion! At least, it was. It's coming more and more into its own, admittedly.
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why is the notion of 'fixed gear is the new BMX' is dismissed? no one dismissed it yet, but seeing how other respond in this topic, it didn't look like BMX is considered at all.
That would be some sort of validation. It's too close to home. If you're going to go that route, just flat out call it BMX. Just as there's different styles; flatland, ramp, dirt, jump, etc. and different bikes for those disciplines. A fixedgear 700/650c could really just be lumped into the same group. I personally don't think it's proven it's worth yet and don't really think it will. i.e. rollerblading.
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but given theres different ways that people use fixed gear bikes surely only "fixed gear freestyle" is like bmx, just using track bikes on streets isnt really a discipline.
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Yep, people use fixed gear bikes for fitness and transportation as well, a'la rollerblades.
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what about longboards? its like skateboarding, but you just go real fast down hills instead of doing tricks, street skating is only one disipline, like vert and bowl skating.
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bike polo is the new tennis
Nope, it's the new roller-hockey!
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what about longboards?
Transportation, yea. Fitness?
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its not like roller blading because... rollerbladers are the only ones still wearing baggy trousers, where as bmxers, skateboarders and FGFers wear skinny jeans (apparently)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Fdp--_FTg&eurl=http://johnprolly.blogspot.com/2008/06/kulture-vultures-2.html
from http://johnprolly.blogspot.com
basically if 14 year olds start doing this and reaching that level, in 2 years the X Games have a Fixed Gear Freestyling category, with guys doing crazy stuff we can't even imagine now.