# First Fixed Gear?
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [April 20, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586 "2009-04-20T05:59:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@dpc1192](https://tarck.cc/u/dpc1192)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/1 "2009-04-20T05:59:11Z")
I’m gonna try to sell my Trek7.2fx to get a fixed gear…
I’ve ridden my Trek like 3 times in my life, and am tired of it wasting space in the garage.
I’m about 6’1-6’2, what size frame would I need? Where could I find one of these bad boys for like 300 dollars or less!?!
Thanks ALOT
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### Author:  [@kevin](https://tarck.cc/u/kevin)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/2 "2009-04-20T06:01:31Z")
This is a very bfssfg answer, but go read/use the search function. I would tell you to go eat a jar of dicks, but I don’t know if tarck is still doing that.
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### Author:  [@dpc1192](https://tarck.cc/u/dpc1192)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/3 "2009-04-20T06:04:02Z")
alright i’ll scope around…
i just thought i’d ask
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### Author:  [@mr\_fop](https://tarck.cc/u/mr_fop)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/4 "2009-04-20T06:05:00Z")
odb was kind of handsome, in his own way.
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### Author:  [@dpc1192](https://tarck.cc/u/dpc1192)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/5 "2009-04-20T06:06:30Z")
no ones got any suggestions for me? besides craigslist?
this forum is sort of hard to navigate… the search is at least
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### Author:  [@Matthew\_Trujillo](https://tarck.cc/u/Matthew_Trujillo)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/6 "2009-04-20T06:06:37Z")
[bikesdirect.com](http://bikesdirect.com) is your friend
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### Author:  [@Elderbear](https://tarck.cc/u/Elderbear)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/7 "2009-04-20T06:08:42Z")
Go to a goddamn bike shop to get a general idea of what fits. Some shops even sell shit by SE, which would be in your price range.
GEARS R4 PUSSIES!
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### Author:  [@Tail\_Hook\_Lengthener](https://tarck.cc/u/Tail_Hook_Lengthener)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/8 "2009-04-20T06:08:18Z")
Kevin, he can search all he wants, but I don’t think anyone here is going to be able to tell him what size frame he needs.
Though nothing short of a pro-fit beats simply stopping into a shop with experienced sales people who can get you sized up for the right size bike, a few places likes [this](http://www.cyclemetrics.com/Pages/FitLinks/bike_fit_links.htm) can get you started.
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### Author:  [@kevin](https://tarck.cc/u/kevin)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/9 "2009-04-20T06:08:30Z")
> [@lot\_22](#):
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> odb was kind of handsome, in his own way.
I agree. Until he got fat. Then it was downhill from there.
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### Author:  [@Tail\_Hook\_Lengthener](https://tarck.cc/u/Tail_Hook_Lengthener)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/10 "2009-04-20T06:09:36Z")
Also, if you want a cheap track bike, just buy the [Bikes Direct Kilo TT](http://bikesdirect.com/products/mercier/kilott.htm) and be done with it.
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### Author:  [@kevin](https://tarck.cc/u/kevin)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/11 "2009-04-20T06:11:03Z")
[quote=bonechilling]Kevin, he can search all he wants, but I don’t think anyone here is going to be able to tell him what size frame he needs.
Though nothing short of a pro-fit beats simply stopping into a shop with experienced sales people who can get you sized up for the right size bike, a few places likes [this](http://www.cyclemetrics.com/Pages/FitLinks/bike_fit_links.htm) can get you started.[/quote]
While I agree that searching alone would ultimately turn into a wild goose chase, a combination of lurking tarck/bfssfg and searching google would probably yield some pretty decent results.
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### Author:  [@dpc1192](https://tarck.cc/u/dpc1192)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/12 "2009-04-20T06:13:23Z")
check out this badboy
[http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/thehour.htm](http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/thehour.htm)
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### Author:  [@mr\_fop](https://tarck.cc/u/mr_fop)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/13 "2009-04-20T06:18:36Z")
that boy is bad, buy the 58cm and hush up.
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### Author:  [@Tail\_Hook\_Lengthener](https://tarck.cc/u/Tail_Hook_Lengthener)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/14 "2009-04-20T06:19:10Z")
The general consensus has always been that that Kilo TT is worth the extra $50 for the significant decrease in ugliness.
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### Author:  [@dpc1192](https://tarck.cc/u/dpc1192)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/15 "2009-04-20T06:19:37Z")
okk
soooo… whats the deal with getting a singlespeed with brakes, and then removing the brakes?
it’s not a hard process is it?
I think I might just get this 
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### Author:  [@duckwars](https://tarck.cc/u/duckwars)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/16 "2009-04-20T06:20:58Z")
> [@bonechilling](#):
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> Also, if you want a cheap track bike, just buy the [Bikes Direct Kilo TT](http://bikesdirect.com/products/mercier/kilott.htm) and be done with it.
I’d second this, I (my friend did the building) built up a conversion and it was nice and all but cost roughly 350$ and headaches. Also, later I rode a kilo TT and I was like, “why this is really pretty damn awesome”.
I regret not getting the TT dearly.
Also, go to a shop acting as though you really wanna buy a bike and the vultures of salesmen will pretty much suck you off. I guess a good bike-fitting would be a secondary plus.
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### Author:  [@Tail\_Hook\_Lengthener](https://tarck.cc/u/Tail_Hook_Lengthener)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/17 "2009-04-20T06:22:28Z")
The Dawes is the same thing as a zillion other super-cheap fixed gear bikes out there. All these bikes are decent, and your purchase should basically boil down to taste/money to spend. Any bike you buy should be professionally assembled since you clearly know very little about bicycles (no offense).
Why would you want to remove the brakes?
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### Author:  [@dpc1192](https://tarck.cc/u/dpc1192)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/18 "2009-04-20T06:23:27Z")
isn’t part of the whole fixie thing not having brakes for skids, etc…
oh and I think I found a winner 350 shipped, I’d get white tape and seat too.
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### Author:  [@kevin](https://tarck.cc/u/kevin)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/19 "2009-04-20T06:23:58Z")
[quote=bonechilling]The Dawes is the same thing as a zillion other super-cheap fixed gear bikes out there. All these bikes are decent, and your purchase should basically boil down to taste/money to spend. Any bike you buy should be professionally assembled since you clearly know very little about bicycles (no offense).
Why would you want to remove the brakes?[/quote]
To bust out mad skidz on wicked sick bikes.
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### Author:  [@Tail\_Hook\_Lengthener](https://tarck.cc/u/Tail_Hook_Lengthener)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/first-fixed-gear/13586/20 "2009-04-20T06:26:31Z")
> [@dpc1192](#):
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> isn’t part of the whole fixie thing not having brakes for skids, etc…
That still doesn’t tell me why you wouldn’t want a brake. Do you not like stopping your bike quickly and safely?
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