FIXED GEAR

[ensaimada]

Hey,any of you use a fixed gear bike? For two years I've been over and the truth is that, here in Spain is becoming very in now!!haha. The bike messengers have been using them a long time ago(USA). There are bikepolo tournaments!in Spain there are clubs dedicated to the Fixed Gear. Here you have a web of friends of mine where you can check everything related to the fixed gear world
Anyone interested please check it out

http://www.enciclika.com
Some vids:
In Barcelona:(where i was studying law for 5 years)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0bBQIAI2_U
Bikepolo and keirin in Barcelona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs1lqsu3RQo&feature=related

One from the US:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0AFpq6jFok

And this is my current bike!


Now my bro is also bulding up a fixed gear bike!!
What do you think? do you like it?, you´ve got to try it!!

[Amazing Matheja]

Very nice videos man!With great music!...
What are the main differencies with little free style BMX?...It looks more like cool cruisin' with nice freestyle moves but not as "radicals" than on BMX...
Very cool! (Inspired from olympic sports "Keirin"?...And then mixed with BMX stuff?...)

[ensaimada]

it's lighter, has less power loss, and has constant cadence, it has no wheel brakes. it´s hard to expalin all the technical words in english so i´ll do a copy/ paste, here you have an explanation:

"A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixed wheel bicycle) is a bicycle that has no freewheel, meaning it cannot coast — the pedals are always in motion when the bicycle is moving. The sprocket is screwed directly onto the hub. When the rear wheel turns, the pedals turn in the same direction.[1] This allows a cyclist to stop without using a brake, by resisting the rotation of the cranks, and also to ride in reverse."

In BMX you can´t go in reverse

[Amazing Matheja]

Oh...ok...Like the bicycle in Amsterdam...
It looks really fun and classy!Never seen this in France!...

[Q. Reese]

Very interesting. A bike that glides! That is amazing!!!!!

I am not much of a biker, but I do love to ride it with someone around town or within a hiking trail.

I likes with it rains for the hiking trail, and I am biking. For the towns, I like it when it is not raining.