Who distance treks fixed? Record distance traveled?

Yesterday I biked in the morning for 46 minutes. I felt I had to cut the ride short by about 25 minutes because I hadn't eaten breakfast.

so my usual ride + my commute is a mix of super fine gravel and bumpy asphalt; do any of you know a set of tires that would fit 700cc, have enough chunk or tread for gravel, but still grip the roads? thanks!

I’ve posted my Bianchi in this thread before but I have had an injury preventing me from riding so I wasn’t able to get any pics outside. Finally rode my new wheels today and they felt great :,)

Does bike's front axle  have to sit on the fork’s dropouts. I think my bike’s wheel is too big. Currently, my axle sits on one but should it sit on two?

So my fixed gear frame has a problem, the rear part of the frame is wide. so every time i put my rear wheel for example, it has a gap on the axle so its super hard to tension my chain properly, and im asking too if its safe because every time i tighten it it kinda bends the dropout connecting to it.

If you need an excuse to buy more shit the 4130's are pretty cheap this weekend. Complete bike or framesets.

Peace.

https://www.statebicycle.com/collections/4130-fixed-gear-single-speed/products/4130-purple-reign-fixed-gear-single-speed

https://www.statebicycle.com/collections/4130-fixed-gear-single-speed/products/4130-steel-fixed-gear-single-speed-frame-set-matte-black-mirror

I settled on 2 options:

Santafixie Raval Fixed - Raw 60 mm

TSUNAMI SNM100 ELITE Complete Fixie Bike/ Track Bike

I really like the look of the Santafixie bike but I'm scared by the declared weight of 10.5 kg. Can you tell me which one is better or give me some options(Sorry if this topic has already been touched upon, I'm wondering if you should be afraid of your weight and what you need to change to reduce it)

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So I come on here daily, reading along, looking at photos of dope bikes.

My ADHD hyperfocus on fixed gear got me to wondering, when you guys are doing a build, or maintenance, tinkering, whatever, do you do it yourself? Or do you take it to a shop?

Do you have your own specially tools?

Thought I'd just open a discussion on it because the curiosity gets me.

Cheers guys

Edit: I do ride myself, very casually, and do whatever maintenance or upgrades necessary. Just wondering what everyone else does.

Edit 2: I hardly get time to do much with my bike, let alone ride it as my job is parent to a 2 year old full time. Trying to work on a bike when he is around is an absolute punish because he will try and eat tools or parts. I stayed up after he and the wife went to bed the other night and put a new crankset and chainring on and then couldn't sleep because I was too excited about testing it the next day. So I got up at 5am after zero sleep and went for a ride.

Love hate relationship

Is it too big for a 5'5 person? Should i use drops or riser, and what would be better short or long stem

Mash steel is real

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I'm starting to work on a custom build and have been really drawn to the two triathlon frames in the attached pictures (a 2009 Jamis Xenith T1 and an Argon 18 E-114 of a year I don't know). I know of a few difficulties associated with using road/tri frames in a fixie build such as the spacing between the rear chain stays being 130mm and the width of most fixie wheelsets being 120mm. I'm willing to make this build a project and work around issues like this but my main concern is the structural integrity of the frames. Would they hold up to the more intense fixed riding style (skids, etc.)? Also what could be some other issues with using a frame like these that I might be overlooking? Thanks for the help!

What do you think about riding in the city with a portable speaker instead of headphones? I’m curious to hear what people prefer.

Personally, I think riding with headphones on public roads and in the city, in general, is pretty dumb and dangerous. But I can’t do anything without music, and I used to ride with headphones all my life.

Then there are portable speakers, which allow you to stay fully aware on the road but might annoy the people around you.

I’ve read some responses to similar questions, and they were very mixed—mostly negative, it seems. People often say it’s rude, annoying, and so on.

Of course, there are options like bone-conduction headphones, but they’re really expensive, so I won’t go into that.

Personally, when I’m in some city filled with car noise, exhaust sounds, and general urban noise, it doesn’t bother me when a cyclist or car rides by with music playing, even if it’s loud. And the sound will disappear in 5–10 seconds, so I don’t understand why there’s so much negativity about it.

Of course, it annoys me when people blast loud music from their cars under my window at night. But here, I’m talking about respectful use of a speaker—during daytime, at a reasonable volume.

What do you think, and how do you ride? :)

Love this bike sm, cant take it with me:( I had lots of fun with it in nyc❤️❤️

Please help me out, tryng to sell my bike for emergency fund