Fixed-gear freestyle

[WeakRider]

The much-maligned discipline of fixed-gear freestyle (FGFS) has many detractors, and I doubt that many people on this forum are fans/participants. I myself have rarely been impressed by FGFS videos. Nonetheless, I am posting this video here because I really loved it. Mind you, he's doing all of this stuff on a fixed-gear bike with 700c wheels.

Tom LaMarche (http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/11/stickied_exclusive_skitch_pres.php)

[killacks]

cool video... Some of these fgfs edits can look unimpressive to me at times for a number of reasons, not to take away from the skill of the riding.

The production quality of this one sets it apart imho

[Fixed]

it is cool probably be in the Olympics soon
cheers

[Lifelover]

Not quite Danny MacAskill cool but very impressive.

I do question using fixed for this. Kinda like ISP's, it add nothing (but difficulty) and provides some limitations.

Mad Skills and Mad Props

[Jawn P]

Watch this and pick out the difference... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lC4ommOxUM&feature=player_embedded

A million times better.

[Fixed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1zKcOcwgf4&feature=related
i like this
cheers

[Fixed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YOeaseIXcY&feature=related
cheers

[thendenjeck]

Watch this and pick out the difference... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lC4ommOxUM&feature=player_embedded

A million times better.


except that kid has the worst emo style ever

[thendenjeck]

Not quite Danny MacAskill cool but very impressive.




on one hand I say, yes but Danny uses a suspension fork and a freewheel, on the other

Kinda like ISP's, it add nothing (but difficulty) and provides some limitations.


on the other, this is pretty much exactly what i think about fgfs

[Lifelover]

on one hand I say, yes but Danny uses a suspension fork ......

No suspension in the vids I've watch.

This is my favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o&feature=fvw

[d_man16]

No suspension in the vids I've watch.

This is my favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o&feature=fvw

I love that video and the song.

What about Martyn Ashton? He rocks out the Ksyriums

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/144343/

~D

[WeakRider]

I love watching Martyn Ashton, Danny MaCaskill, Chris Akrigg, and the rest do their thing. But I also enjoyed that Tom LaMarche video immensely.

Have we talked about Team Clonc yet?

Team Clonc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62gRmdIBY0)

[avalonracing]

The much-maligned discipline of fixed-gear freestyle (FGFS) has many detractors, and I doubt that many people on this forum are fans/participants. I myself have rarely been impressed by FGFS videos. Nonetheless, I am posting this video here because I really loved it. Mind you, he's doing all of this stuff on a fixed-gear bike with 700c wheels.

Tom LaMarche (http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/11/stickied_exclusive_skitch_pres.php)

Sorry, after the lingering close-up shot of the dude peeling a scab off at 1:00 in (what is he 8 years old?) I decided to turn the crap off before I lost my coffee all over my laptop.

[Lifelover]

I love watching Martyn Ashton, Danny MaCaskill, Chris Akrigg, and the rest do their thing. But I also enjoyed that Tom LaMarche video immensely.

Have we talked about Team Clonc yet?

Team Clonc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62gRmdIBY0)
For some reason I find this way cooler than the FGFS. I think it is because they have bells!


Looks like those guys have a blast.

[msplette]

The bike shop I work at plays a looped video all day that has a small portion of the video dedicated to fixie riders. After seeing this video along with several other videos, this one may be my favorite...http://mashsf.com/videos.php (click on the one from Austin, TX). Not really many tricks, but who doesn't enjoy watching Lance on a fixie.

[that guy]

I don't.

I never understood MASH. It's a brand without a product.

[fatallightning]

I don't.

I never understood MASH. It's a brand without a product.
i think cinelli would dispute that.

[Fixed]

they have nice bar ends
if you are into
that kind of thing
cheers

[fatallightning]

ha. i agree. but they have frames/handlebars/dvds/etc. branded mash now. the kids love it, what can i say.

[that guy]

i think cinelli would dispute that.

EXACTLY! They don't even market their own products, they "brand" someone else's. They don't actually create anything. Except branding. (Which they're very good at, BTW)

[killacks]

^I agree, it seems to be working for them.^

I think they have at least one shop in SF right now, not sure if there are others. Maybe more than anything they sell the lifestyle and the means to accesorize (collaboration frames, videos, kit, bar ends, etc.).

[chismog]

Check the video at 1:25 when he lands the stairs. Doesn't he appear to coast out? There are several other spots in the video that make it look like he's riding free to me, for example the next shot at the top of the stairs before he jumps to the hill. Not trying to hate, just wondering.

[easysmile]

"The much-maligned discipline of fixed-gear freestyle (FGFS)"

By whom? Fixed-freestyle is straight rad'. No two ways about - especially on the big hoops!

"I doubt that many people on this forum are fans/participants."

Don't assume that. I'm a fan. I'm here. Etc.

"I myself have rarely been impressed by FGFS videos."

Then you're watching the wrong clips. There are kids out there killin' it, just like there are kids out there killin' in BMX and street trials.

"Nonetheless, I am posting this video here because I really loved it."

Me, too! Tom LaMarche belongs to the dwindling cadre of riders who carry the 700c torch. Big hoops smooth out the terrain. They create a unique flow - to my eyes anyway.

FYI: Chris Clappe, Matt Spencer, Tyler Johnson, Michael Chacon, and (drumroll, please) Johnathan Ball are all masters of 29'er fixed-freestyle.

What I don't get is why other posters responded with vaguely related clips - 20" BMX; street trials; etc. 700c fixed-freestyle is a discipline unto itself.

Thanks for posting the clip!

-FGFS fan #umpteenth thousand

[beeatnik]

Thread necromancy is so weird.

[seanile]

Thanks for posting the clip!it's not even available on the site for viewing anymore....

:confused:

[onsight512]

it's not even available on the site for viewing anymore....

:confused:

5 years ago...

[Geeheeb]

here is the fixed gear vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGDtjbKzy4

[seanile]

5 years ago...

yea i get that, but he responded as if he'd watched the clip in the OP. spam/troll idk, dumb though.

[batman1425]

here is the fixed gear vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGDtjbKzy4

well played sir...

[bironi]

The much-maligned discipline of fixed-gear freestyle (FGFS) has many detractors, and I doubt that many people on this forum are fans/participants. I myself have rarely been impressed by FGFS videos. Nonetheless, I am posting this video here because I really loved it. Mind you, he's doing all of this stuff on a fixed-gear bike with 700c wheels.

Tom LaMarche (http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/11/stickied_exclusive_skitch_pres.php)

The link is not getting me to a fixed gear video. Can you get me another link?
Thanks much.

[benc]

This is hilarious to see this pop up. I never really got FGFS either but Tom shreds whatever bike you put under him. He did all the stunt riding for Joseph Gordon Levitt in Premium Rush - bad movie but he rips in it. Google his name for some good videos 2010ish.

[bironi]

Maybe he is on fixed and just doing stuff I can't imagine.