How long have you been riding fixed

A bit like RPM - 27 years, with a lull in the middle, getting back into it (all bikes, including geared) in the early 90s.
Come to think of it, other than on Rollas, I've never seen you on a fixed wheel bike...Fakefakenger!

my first bike was a fixed! remember it was bloody annoying at the time.

On and off since I was fifteen. Grandad gave me his fixed tourer. It amused me and my delinquent friends for a summer, then i got a moped, threw it in the garage and never saw it again.
I'm forty three now.

Come to think of it, other than on Rollas, I've never seen you on a fixed wheel bike...Fakefakenger!

I told you - I'm fucking invisible. Out there every day with a direct drive, living in EC1 for 15 years - am I spotted... am I fuck.

I told you - I'm fucking invisible. Out there every day with a direct drive, living in EC1 for 15 years - am I spotted... am I fuck.
that's your story and you're sticking to it.

1.5 years, the first six month was on 16-52 on a converted Peugeot, then 16-47 (same bike) for another eight month and then Bianchi Pista.

Forever!

31 years on and off....

first rode track when I was 9 and first BCF race when I was 10, you were supposed to be 11 but my dad "accidentally" filled in the license application form incorrectly.

Surely not? You barely look a day over 25, apart from the recent head growth ;)

My first bike was a little yellow BMX, I remember the very moment I worked out how to balance on it, Packwood Close, Redditch, circa 1985.

my head has rings, like a tree trunk.....

... or Saturn.

you witty fucker, Bring.

I can't +rep you any more, I've max'd out

Even I laughed at that one, and I'm miserable and...

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Quite a while, man and boy...

probably about 4 years as a commuter (so went for the forever option).

However I only started pimping my ride, putting stupid gears on and learning skids etc within the last year or so.

Just over two years. And quickly fell into monogamy. I don't think I've ridden anything with gears for about 18 months now. Mostly for reasons of laziness.

this poll stinks:
all the newbies are choosing not to take it out of shame.
and all the older guys are jumping at the chance to show their pride.
if all members/un-registered readers of the site were to enter in the poll, the result would be v. different.

from the second I arrived in london I wanted to ride. but didnt have the funds to buy a bike until about a year later. rode geared for about 2.5 years, finally been fixed for last 4 months.
I orriginally thaught that fixed was only for messangers or posers/wannabes. so didnt buy into it. but after reading up and talking to a few people decided I wanted to give it a go. I put my first bike together and loved it instantly.

I can tell why racers use fixed geard bikes for training/winter sessions, all the spinning really strengthens you up! I've since gone back on geared aluminum racers and you just f**ing fly on them! cos your pedaling tecnique and strength/speed is really improved. so damn quick!

i've got the bike cos i love fixed gear bikes, not the fixed gear scene.

I don't go to art school and didn't buy OTP so technically I've been riding fixed on my very own bike for 'less than a year' although it's more like 'less than a month'..

Once rode a fixed gear bike when I went to Germany in high school about 6-7 years ago on an exchange thing.. We rode to his school (about a mile) and he neglected to mention that it was fixed so I got a bit of a shock when attempting to free-wheel..

this poll stinks:
all the newbies are choosing not to take it out of shame.
and all the older guys are jumping at the chance to show their pride.
if all members/un-registered readers of the site were to enter in the poll, the result would be v. different.

from the second I arrived in london I wanted to ride. but didnt have the funds to buy a bike until about a year later. rode geared for about 2.5 years, finally been fixed for last 4 months.
I orriginally thaught that fixed was only for messangers or posers/wannabes. so didnt buy into it. but after reading up and talking to a few people decided I wanted to give it a go. I put my first bike together and loved it instantly.

I can tell why racers use fixed geard bikes for training/winter sessions, all the spinning really strengthens you up! I've since gone back on geared aluminum racers and you just f**ing fly on them! cos your pedaling tecnique and strength/speed is really improved. so damn quick!

i've got the bike cos i love fixed gear bikes, not the fixed gear scene.

yawn interesting post.

According with a recent research made by the LSE mostly of the fixed gear riders (including fakengers and messengers) been riding fixed for about 2 years and 10 months average, 19% ride with a front and rear brake, 65% ride with a front brake only, 16% don't even know what a brake means

this poll stinks:
all the newbies are choosing not to take it out of shame.
and all the older guys are jumping at the chance to show their pride.
if all members/un-registered readers of the site were to enter in the poll, the result would be v. different.

from the second I arrived in london I wanted to ride. but didnt have the funds to buy a bike until about a year later. rode geared for about 2.5 years, finally been fixed for last 4 months.
I orriginally thaught that fixed was only for messangers or posers/wannabes. so didnt buy into it. but after reading up and talking to a few people decided I wanted to give it a go. I put my first bike together and loved it instantly.

I can tell why racers use fixed geard bikes for training/winter sessions, all the spinning really strengthens you up! I've since gone back on geared aluminum racers and you just f**ing fly on them! cos your pedaling tecnique and strength/speed is really improved. so damn quick!

i've got the bike cos i love fixed gear bikes, not the fixed gear scene.

Why would I be proud to have ridden fixed for X amount of time? What kind of sad cunt do you take me for?

And anyway, pride comes before a fall, and that's not desirable in a cycling context.

i've got the bike cos i love fixed gear bikes, not the fixed gear scene.

well done mate!

I didn't answer because I know roughly how long the people I know that ride a fixed-gear have been riding one for...

this thread stinks, newbies are avoiding it, oldies are jumping at the chance to brag but worst of all.... hipsters are posting about how coolly restrained they are by not posting......

First fixed gear was 6 years ago. Rode mostly geared for a couple of years in the middle though.