Do Fixed Gear Bikes Ever Innovate?

[@Levi-nu5gn]

I love this so much

[@Messerjocke90]

Dude you know what would be pretty awesome? If you would head up to wabi cycles in Denver and make a shop tour there with them, talk about wabi and what's happening AND going out on a ride with them

[@MrJasonodonnell]

Have ridden a few old school Ellsworth MTB's over the Years, they are really well made and sold well here in N.Z. Even today they still sell for good money.

[@piotrk4316]

it is funny because you can buy one of those from time to time in Poland for about $500 (whole bike) with polish national team paint job

[@Spaslax]

Yeah, untill now I thought that bike is just “quite nice” 😅

[@williambobsjr9133]

Thanks for the video Zach. I'm 43 years old and have been watching your videos for a couple of years now. I can't do any tricks and I'm not all that good at track standing or skidding but you are the reason that I now ride fixed gear with one of my bikes. The other bike I ride single speed. Loving the fixed gear world though.

[@OctopusWizardry]

I'm so appreciative of your channel. I'm learning so much from you thank you so much

[@silosis]

i havent watched a vid from you in awhile, you look like your are in very good shape now!!

[@dreyn7780]

Broken Ankle and mental illness from delusion. He refuses to accept bicycle tuning is REAL.

[@skizzarz]

likes for the Ellsworth track, I remember reading Ellsworth ads in early 2000s mountain bike action magazine

[@sketchy0078]

Great video Zach. Genuinely interesting look at where the fixed gear industry has progressed from.

[@fatherfujiwara8170]

I actually saw the same exact bike for sale on Craigslist when I was shopping around, sick that someone picked it up!

[@fatherfujiwara8170]

I hope he didn’t get scalped now that I finished the video that would suck

[@marxgayap9154]

i'm born and raised here in the Philippines and i don't eat ballut as well, take care brother, ride safe

[@greyguy.960]

I wonder if the sizes of bolts, crank, headset etc are still made or common. As I bought a 1995 track bike and for love or money I couldn't get bolts or the strange headset bearings sizes and nuts. Even with my new purchase of an older specialised globe roll 1 in the UK, I found it hard to get 9mm nuts for the wheels and that bike is only a decade old. I went to every bike shop in my city, plumbers merchants and a company called Screwfix who literally say they stock everything. Ended up buying them online 3 nuts then I found my 9mm cups also need replacing on the rear so the search continues. It's fun having retro bikes but don't expect to go to your local bike shop to get parts .

[@zbronstein3901]

Could also look at the Hope X Lotus collab or the Affinity left-hand drive for track bike innovation from more recent years.

[@ssoltys]

Hmmmmm... the geo and welds and the sliced out seat tube look just like my old frame! I am from Poland and bought it in Warsaw. It got painted black though so aside from the similarities I cannot ne sure. Any way to check it?

[@rideronetwoninenine7883]

That ellsworth is a beauty havent seen one just this one on your channel

[@jesssonph9267]

hey Zach when are you going to continue the wheelie video?

[@Val-rw6cd]

What do you think about the Bianchi Pista Dalmine ?

[@KokoFixed]

fixed gear bike is one of man's greatest inventions.

[@skizzarz]

but that saddle is an abomination

[@greyguy.960]

Have you ever tried the specialised globe? I just bought a globe roll 1 second-hand in the UK. I wish we had the choice of second-hand bikes like the USA but sadly we don't. I found it to be a great bike that I have upgraded with better rims second hand and I added new bearings, tires, chain and Latex tubes. All for around 250 pounds. Been doing around 30 miles daily in it as I'm training myself back up. Instead of riding my geared bike which is not getting me as fit. I would like to see you buying a cheap bike and adding a few bits to make it a good bike. Which I hope I have done with I'm silent running dream machine :)

[@FernandoHernandez-jw4yy]

The frame is amaxing, the blue grips and saddle don't really match the blue of the frame and I think black or white ones would've been a better choice, esthetically. Still an amazin build, though.

[@mryotahead]

Want to see you resume your fixed gear bike tours

[@dreyn7780]

No you don't.

[@mryotahead]

@Bebo totally. Larger tires, more relaxed geo and a low gear required

[@mryotahead]

@Bebo what you mean ?

[@mryotahead]

@Bebo I bought a wabi special frame . Wasn't as light as advertised that's for sure

[@myatpanhsint4533]

How about old retro road bike frame to fixie gear bike?

[@SedatedGhostwriter]

No balut? FOR SHAME! Kidding aside, kudos for the vids. Sending single speed from Davao.

[@event4216]

From what I see FG bikes haven't evolved much - that said, nowadays frame is made in different process but it is rather a way to cut costs and produce frame faster, more precisely aligned. That's great for sure but is it incremental or cardinal change?

[@crabbostabbo278]

I think that the main changes would have to be the flat bars over normal road bars, and the wider tires, IMO fixed would take a lot of advantages from tyre liners and running something similar to tubeless, cose apart from that, pressfit bbs and disk brakes dont seem really usefull to them, whay any other tech would fixed gain from?

[@event4216]

@@crabbostabbo278 Belt instead of chain?Belt and sealed bearings all around without any transmission would make weatherproof bicycle.

[@crabbostabbo278]

@Bebo i thought that was why roadies used inliners, also, i ment on thick boy tires, like the fixies ur seeing nowadays with almost gravel like tires

[@event4216]

@Bebo Belt drive has no metal-on-metal feeling and is silent. Probably that produces sensation of sponginess as response is different. But speed definitely is there. Hybrid bikes are heavier and their 8sp gear hubs are running packed with grease, and often cones are adjusted too tight. Even my heavy rather-touring-than hybrid beltie accelerates like demon. And there's huge difference running stock gear hub full with grease and cleaned-and-refgreased one. Belt isn't elongating like chain and doesn't require care after each ride. Even if true race FGs can feel or be faster - in daily use belt FG could be quite practical. Most cyclists have 1+ bikes, no problem to have one with chain for fair weather....

[@BS-bc7gu]

Minus fixie points for that chunky kushy grandma saddle.

[@L00P0]

I think this is one of the most beautiful bikes I've ever seen.

[@YWQMD]

RIP Aventon.

[@pinkyoshi]

i went on their website the other day and realized they took down the track bikes. you can still get to the page via google but it's not on their site. i was like when did that happen XD

[@uncletony3025]

I like -/+ stems 👍

[@Joser167]

Fixed gear frames are really basic. Depending on the tubing, materials used to create it. However, the only things you need are innovative products. From spokes, nipples, crankset, chain, chain-ring, hubs, rims, tyres, pedals, cages, straps, seatpost, seatpost clamp, stem, handlebars, and even handlebar grip. All this matters when you are building your fixed gear bike.

[@alexiskhalealcebar6496]

From Philippines 🤙 bike review of local fixie brand in phil

[@cjunproofficial]

as per fixies.. the whole thing is already perfect, the only thing it needs innovating is aerodynamics and production materials.. make it more cost efficient and be constitutionally protected on roads. Hehehe got in too much.. Sorry! :p Proud Filipino here man! Thanks!

[@chiefscotthoffman5237]

Glad to see your getting better When are you going to visit Wabi H.Q.? They have great rides in the area.

[@cyclingchannel9470]

Great Video!

[@sonymicronin]

Video won’t even play for me lol, I’m on ios

[@event4216]

ios is like internal gear hub for commuting, no wonder it refuses to play FG video))

[@sonymicronin]

@@event4216 lol, good one

[@thepedlad7946]

Them welds are shocking

[@reer3192]

Love you julian

[@KEIRINSTREETS]

Awesome bike.

[@peterbaskind9872]

Could Mr. Ellsworth not taken a little extra time to smooth out his welds? Heck; Cannondale had been peddling “buttery smooth” (there’s a phrase you hear a lot on this channel) joints for a decade. They were also American. Too bad they are not any longer.

[@Mike-ul1xn]

I'd rather have perfect dimestack welds than something that has been ground smooth. Particularly with aluminum, dimestacks are the mark of a true artisan master welder. Any half-competent schlub can take a grinder to an ugly weld.

[@peterbaskind9872]

@@Mike-ul1xn I’m not sure that they are mutually exclusive.

[@joewas2225]

Not even close to original spec = Need to get redone & changed. Nice frame though.

[@Zzyyxx22]

Bike needs a blue flite I think.

[@G.HOODIEE]

Video won’t play 😔

[@G_Ozare]

What I seem to notice are the younger fixie riders using the same parts and expensive parts for the sake of clout. Useless 3 spoke carbon wheels, etc

[@kelpshake650]

I want my bike to be roasted on your channel

[@niccstuazon1838]

Woop woop

[@jayceinfinitealgharhythmns9814]

Ahh… am I too early? 🤔

[@dannystarkridesfixed]

that would be odd if you were my dad since : you're 4 years younger than me lol.

[@davidblanchard6785]

Your Philippino 😀my wife's Philippino love me some adobo and halo halo😋

[@Mike-ul1xn]

I wish Wabi and other fixed gear makers would offer a front fork that could accommodate a disc brake.

[@haroldharina73]

Filipino subscriber hereeee.

[@Ndriver0458]

bruh dont tell me you dont eat "penoy" too

[@tatayfxd3193]

Kababayan!

[@BeyondEcstasy]

Alloy uber allez

[@grapeslance]

I feel like fixed gear IS the innovation

[@rbro3001]

I think you're flipping out Zach.

[@cartigayvamps8105]

brah

[@singletona082]

Well yea of course innovation happens. materials science is materials science. Track dropouts wern't a thing originally. Geomatry is geomatry. So ya. Innovation happens. Sure it's slow but that's fine. It's a bicycle, not a rocket ship.

[@tsubasahao6966]

YOUR A FILIPINOOO!!!!!!!! NO WAYYYYYYYY

[@arvintobias4428]

those saddle looks ugly

[@kris4645]

I can't believe it!! Hehehe! You guys are making a big deal, out of something,like a fixed gear bike! I rode a fixed gear bike, since I was a little kid, almost 32 years ago (I'm 39 now) ! We had communism/socialism,and now we have a quasi Western social democracy 🤣 Fixies were a common thing, actually, pretty much,the only thing, until the State owned factory,started to make a geared bikes,in usually one size,and Man and Women's version! Here and pretty much anywhere else,fixies are NOTHING SPECIAL! It takes a bunch of, bored in the life, don't know how to stand out, millennials,or newer generation,to make a big deal,or start a "trend" out of something so simple,as a fixed gear bike!! Jesus.. 🤣 I'm on a 2 SS NOW! 😆

[@mawuleadjei8260]

Is there a way to make my fixed gear bike electric?

[@ninetendopesaitama2107]

Already on the market.

[@grapeslance]

Yes but why

[@Plusutra1]

Wtf sounds crazy

[@not-fishing4730]

Sorry but Steel is Real and as a Clydesdale sized rider that's all I can ride. I wonder if Nelson Vails ever rode an aluminum bike. Definitely not in NJS Keirin. The most interesting Fixie I know of is a Steve Rex steel frame ridden by a fella in Sacramento.

[@dreyn7780]

Only trouble is, drag racing car designs prove you're wrong. The better straight line sprint drag racing cars get, the longer the wheelbase becomes and the more jacked up the rear end and the skinnier the front wheels. Your bicycle is designed for tighter cornering NOT sprints. Sprints require longer wheelbase. We know this cause we have drag racing cars. Zach, WAKE-UP from your isolated life and realize we've seen American Drag racing car design.

[@Meccanico208]

Have you seen a Velodrome? You sprint in a banked oval track

[@retardno002]

@@Meccanico208 track bikes don't have aggressive geo because it provides better acceleration but because of the 1v1 sprints and track stand events. There you need to zip up and down the banking to trick your opponent into opening a good line for your sprint, so it is about deception and timing. Some of the best accelerating bicycles out there are race BMX bikes and those have a long rear triangle specifically for fast out of the gate sprinting, since the jousting phase doesn't exist outside velodrome racing.

[@tomcruz3774]

Idk what you guys are talking about. I have enough watts to outrun a drag racing car, easy. They won't let me in the olympics because I'm """"addicted"""" to steroids

[@WCIIIReiniger]

@@tomcruz3774 They don't know shit.

[@teunluijbregts2533]

A fixie should not innovate, it should evolve.

[@Goriaas]

yeah evolve to a geared bike with brakes honestly. I used to like fixed/single speed but for anything other than a flat town(like mine) shopping bike it's just inferior. Doesn't matter if it's hub gears 2x or 1x. ANYTHING beats a fixie or SS

[@Joser167]

@Bebo "Weak rider" No. After a while your body starts to give out. I was a bike messenger riding fixed gear for a decade and when i switched to gears it made my job easier. The misconception is that gear bikes riders are weak, and fixed gear riders are strong is wrong. Gear bikes prevent you from exerting yourself while fixed gear doesn't. So for you to say that someone is a weak rider is wrong because eventually your body will give out. You need to be a smart rider, not a strong rider. Not sure while fixed gear riders have the need to bad mouth gear bike riders. Perhaps it's a ego thing, but it comes off a arrogant and pretentious.

[@Joser167]

@Bebo Why are you so defensive? The amout of bikes don't mean anything to me, nor your ability. Only fools like yourself quantify that as some sort of one up on a rider. You are shame to the cycling community. I obviously touched a nerve for you to react that way. Take a deep breath, kid. There are levels to cycling that you know nothing about.

[@andrestrd]

Pinoy pala to eh jempoy hahahahahaha

[@altair_d]

Never have i thought that you are filipino, i thought you were japanese cause you look like one.

[@dreyn7780]

If he was Japanese, he'd be in Adventure Archives on KZbin.

[@Nostalgiaforinfi]

Phillipinos have large eyes from the white admixture and darker skin. Often taller than south east asians and their personality is moreaggressive more than japanese or vietnamese

[@EnidAgnusDei]

If a dog is born in a stable, is it a dog or a horse?

[@WCIIIReiniger]

I get you joke/logic, but Fillipinos and Americans are both Humans. So the question is more if you are a different horse when you were born/live in a different stable than you parents and I would say no. In the end biology and culture are different things so it does not really make sense to mix them up.

[@MelancholyMadoka]

Do an episode on Biden falling off his bike, like suggesting pedals or something lol

[@Joser167]

Components were fine, it was user error.

[@Joser167]

@Bebo Blame the user, not the component. You can literally adapt to any components given to you.