A question to Trick riders

In no way am I complaining at trick riding on a fixed gear, or saying it shouldn't happen - I have no right to - but I just find it to seem a little odd on a fixed gear.

Some tricks look pretty good - and cant really be done on any other type of bike, but the majority of tricks (and anything that involves jumping, bunny hopping) I feel looks clumsy and awkward... Something which is much easier and pleasing to the eye on a BMX or a jump bike.

Every time I watch a video of people doing it, half of me thinks 'yeah thats cool' and the other half thinks 'wouldn't another bike be better?'

As I said, this is not a complaint, more of an inquisitive question to the world of the trick fixed bikers!

Nick

Dick.

But what* is *the question?

But what* is *the question?

where is harold holt

i guess the fixed gear element is what makes the difference.
i also don't really know what you're asking here either.
bmxes are definitely for tricks, but at the same time, doing tricks on a fixed gear (in any form) would be a very different experience.
plus, they've been using fixed gears in circus performances since zippo and bonzo first shook hands. you know what i'm saying.

I wonder how nim23 managed to get past his 22 brothers who usually stop him from posting random, insulting, non-interrogative questions on the internet.

Its not an insult in any way...

I just wonder why its taken off so much... Is there a background to it as a sport?

I think some of the trick are wicked the kit looks cool, but wouldn't a bmx be easier? Can you get fixed bmx?

Some people find it fun, duh.

Anyone got a match?

they'll have one for ya joe.

You know you always get those people who ask about your fixed bike...."whats that?, Whys it got no brakes? whats the point?' Your just asking one of these questions...try it and youll see why people do it.

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urban commuting on track / mountain bikes
touring on road / polo bikes
tricks on fixed
hockey on unicycles
critical mass on penny farthings
anything on tall bikes

it's all good because it's all fun. surely?

and by the way, it was insulting. "I'm not complaining but I think that it feels odd, and looks clumsy and awkward."

people take pride in their ability to do certain things and you have said that what they do is odd, clumsy and awkward. that is a judgement call. it is judgemental. and that can be insulting.

luckily this is one of the most welcoming places in the world to those who insult others. you can call most people on here anything you like. you cum garggling gutter slut.

This is my honest heart-felt answer. My perspective is that I grew up racing XC MTB riding street BMX. Fixed gear was purely a simple way to get around town.

My observation is that people who ride tricks on fixed gears just don't know they're being (and look) silly, because they never seriously rode BMX, or street MTB. It's similar to how most people that ride street MTB never seriously rode street BMX (although this is less definite than the former exclusion, because frankly, street MTBs are basically big BMX bikes). Anyway as you go along this logical progression the bike becomes less of an inhibitory aspect of the sport, the skillset of the rider increases and their defensive nature decreases.

another reason trick rider stick to their guns so much is that it takes a long fucking time time to get relatively good on a BMX bike because the tricks are huge and actually difficult, where as it doesn't take so long to learn what's considered "good street riding" on a fixed gear because it's sort of learning to run on ice. takes a minute, but not so hard... where as BMX is learning to do a running front flip on solid ground. They know that if they switch to riding a bike meant for tricks, they simply will flop around unable to keep up with the pack.

That said, I love to shreding around on a strong 700c bike with a freewheel, platform pedals, and two brakes. It's fast, smooth, and you can pick some really smooth fun lines. But it's not bike to do tricks on.

i've watched this video about 9 times in the past week and all i've thought is how good these riders are. you just have to admit they are simply better they you and they have every goddamed right to look at trick riders and laugh. I'm not placing myself in this category at all.

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and (this one is mind blowingly smooth)

Brett Banasiewicz Edit. on Vimeo

Check this! Unicycle basketball on massive unicycle!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JLs6WdtWBc&feature=related

Would have been better on stilts, fag.

Everyone who has ever done any sort of "extreme sport" (skaeboarding, blading ect) knows that bmxing is just gay and always will be.

How is blading extreme?

By doing it without knee or elbow pads?

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Everyone who has ever done any sort of "extreme sport" (skaeboarding, blading ect) knows that bmxing is just gay and always will be.

Laughing my fucking ass off.

Please. Kindly. Fuck Off. And. Close. The. Fucking. Door.

Honestly, you won't like it here. We won't like you here. Just give up on it. Go bin lining or something. Just fuck off.

The idiots are, indeed, winning.

It is still Easter holidays.

Yeah, I'll be back in school next week.

Bmx's are impractical to commute on whereas riding a track/fixed bike isn't. Now they have built frames pretty much as strong as bmx's but yet you can still commute on them, win. Half the stuff the big riders are doing these days may not look as clean and smooth as it would look on a bmx, but it is seriously hard, it amazes me when i watch some of the latest edits and see whats happening in the fixed freestyle world. Like it or not, it's happening and it's only gonna get bigger.