Fixies or fixed gear bikes are great urban bikes that are extremely popular with biking aficionados who feel they give a pure, enjoyable and exciting cycling experience.
With no freewheel, your legs control the pace - there's no coasting - to brake, you use your legs to slow the pedals. The stripped down, minimalist design reduces weight and increases your connection to the road - it's like nothing else on two wheels.
Often, fixies come without brakes, but to ensure safety and compliance with the laws of the land, Royal London have attached brakes at both the front and rear wheels.
There's also a flip-flop rear hub - this allows you to ride it as a pure fixed gear bike, or convert to a single speed.
Features
Study 22" steel frame
Flip-flop rear hub: ride on fixed gear or single-speed
16T Rear hub
700c steel fork
Steel handlebar
700c rims
Wanda 700c x 25c Tires
Front and Rear V breaks
Height adjustable seat
Plastic pedals
Weight: 14kgs
Top comments
algloster
6 Jan 173#16
Okay i'll go first BSO. Im not a bike snob and no disrespect meant to the poster as ive never posted a deal myself.
Firstly the picture doesn't match the description, none of the bikes shown in the photos have V brakes they have very cheap looking side pull calipers combined with painted rim surfaces which could provide a nasty surprise the first time you ride in the wet. Other points I note the saddle is very shiny, schrader valves on 700c wheels, cheap pressed steel chainset, weird inclusion of a chain guard considering its minimalist pure cycling experience and finally 14kg total weight (thats 30 lbs and I have a 15 year old full sus that weights less than that).
I have no issues with cheap bikes, but I generally dont believe that you can get anything new for under £200 nowadays thats worth riding. This bike will have a very short life expectancy before components need replacing or it will require constant fetling to keep it roadworthy and efficent. If you have less than try second hand.
That said you can occasionally get a cheap carrera on offer from Halfords for under £200, ladies hybrid below (no mens left) £170 - which will outlast the posted one many times over.
Also available in white but can not get links to work, if you go on tesco direct and search "royal london fixie" should return 4 results.
guttediam
6 Jan 17#3
Think the yellow one looks great. Added Heat
callum84
6 Jan 17#4
Rode a fixie once and never again. Absolutely terrifying if your pedals unclip going down a hill and your frantically trying to get your feet back on. Probably something you'd get used to but scary all the same.
Heat
sam_of_london
6 Jan 171#5
Eyesore.
GeordieRob
6 Jan 172#6
it's not no gears and if they had their way it would have no brakes?
what's the world coming too? that's like selling a car with no engine, no gearbox and no brakes as a 'stripped back minimalist design"
who on earth would buy one of these for a hundred bones?
id rather buy a bike with all the parts a bike should have for the same kind of money
MAdam98 to GeordieRob
6 Jan 171#7
Fixie's are seen by many as a purist way of riding a bike. You are directly connected to the road because of the lack of free wheel.
They can also improve pedalling due to the lack of freewheel and can build leg strength due to the lack of gears.
They are minimalist, low maintenance and unlikely to be stolen (compared to geared bikes).
Nonetheless, they are quite scary for most. The fact that you cannot stop pedalling, especially when cornering (!) is daunting for those who are new to them. The lack of gears can make riding in hilly areas difficult. They aren't really designed as a bike to be ridden for long periods of time - more as city bikes (at least these days).
For the money, you would buy a pretty more geared bikes to be quite honest. Look at it this way - you'd be paying for a cheaper frame with terrible components!
GeordieRob
6 Jan 171#8
A better way to build leg strength would be to keep the hundred quid and just go for a walk instead of buying one of this poorly thought out 'bikes'.
I've never even heard of them before today, and if it was April the 1st I'd be convinced this was an April Fool posting.
No offence intended to the OP at all, I just think it's a crazy idea. That is unless they are the CEO of Fixies, or came up with the idea of 'let's create a bike missing loads of bits, paint it with some luminous paint and see who'll buy them"
Thanks, but "I'm out" :stuck_out_tongue:
louthepoo
6 Jan 171#9
Pure?? Load of rubbish. Just more of a pain to ride, If you only want one gear get a single speed so you can freewheel. If you want pure build a wooden bike with no pedals!
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Opening post
With no freewheel, your legs control the pace - there's no coasting - to brake, you use your legs to slow the pedals. The stripped down, minimalist design reduces weight and increases your connection to the road - it's like nothing else on two wheels.
Often, fixies come without brakes, but to ensure safety and compliance with the laws of the land, Royal London have attached brakes at both the front and rear wheels.
There's also a flip-flop rear hub - this allows you to ride it as a pure fixed gear bike, or convert to a single speed.
Features
Study 22" steel frame
Flip-flop rear hub: ride on fixed gear or single-speed
16T Rear hub
700c steel fork
Steel handlebar
700c rims
Wanda 700c x 25c Tires
Front and Rear V breaks
Height adjustable seat
Plastic pedals
Weight: 14kgs
Top comments
Firstly the picture doesn't match the description, none of the bikes shown in the photos have V brakes they have very cheap looking side pull calipers combined with painted rim surfaces which could provide a nasty surprise the first time you ride in the wet. Other points I note the saddle is very shiny, schrader valves on 700c wheels, cheap pressed steel chainset, weird inclusion of a chain guard considering its minimalist pure cycling experience and finally 14kg total weight (thats 30 lbs and I have a 15 year old full sus that weights less than that).
I have no issues with cheap bikes, but I generally dont believe that you can get anything new for under £200 nowadays thats worth riding. This bike will have a very short life expectancy before components need replacing or it will require constant fetling to keep it roadworthy and efficent. If you have less than try second hand.
That said you can occasionally get a cheap carrera on offer from Halfords for under £200, ladies hybrid below (no mens left) £170 - which will outlast the posted one many times over.
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/hybrid-bikes/carrera-axle-womens-hybrid-bike
All comments (53)
Heat
what's the world coming too? that's like selling a car with no engine, no gearbox and no brakes as a 'stripped back minimalist design"
who on earth would buy one of these for a hundred bones?
id rather buy a bike with all the parts a bike should have for the same kind of money
They can also improve pedalling due to the lack of freewheel and can build leg strength due to the lack of gears.
They are minimalist, low maintenance and unlikely to be stolen (compared to geared bikes).
Nonetheless, they are quite scary for most. The fact that you cannot stop pedalling, especially when cornering (!) is daunting for those who are new to them. The lack of gears can make riding in hilly areas difficult. They aren't really designed as a bike to be ridden for long periods of time - more as city bikes (at least these days).
For the money, you would buy a pretty more geared bikes to be quite honest. Look at it this way - you'd be paying for a cheaper frame with terrible components!
I've never even heard of them before today, and if it was April the 1st I'd be convinced this was an April Fool posting.
No offence intended to the OP at all, I just think it's a crazy idea. That is unless they are the CEO of Fixies, or came up with the idea of 'let's create a bike missing loads of bits, paint it with some luminous paint and see who'll buy them"
Thanks, but "I'm out" :stuck_out_tongue: