Fixie Vs Geared: Which Bike Is Fastest For City Riding?

I don't ride a fixie. But I do ride a late 1970's 3 speed internal hub bike similar to a what you were riding!

A fixie for sure, i like to drive my all terrain bike in the city too

Fixed gear > Geared. You learn how bloody inefficient you really are at everything when you lose the ability to coast

Single speed - king of the city!

Old one 3 speed gear hub from Fichtel and Sachs. Perfect for city and not very hard terrain. And not a lot thieves will be interested in a bike from 1969. ;)

It's a road frame! It's not a proper track bike. Geometry makes difference.
And riders... semi pro VS semi amateur it's a defamation

i prefer geared, better for city ride.

i commute through quite a few steep uphills, need some gears for that

Disadvantage of fixie: heavy start, and Hard to Brake, Advantage: you look like a cool guy ride a Bike at the city

Wait a minute,fixie can have back brakes!!!

Bruh
That was not even real fixed gear bike! Converted Peugeot...😅

At least give the fixed gear some straps or cleates, so much power loss from only pushing down on the pedals

Flatbar single-speed with freehub is the ultimate city bike

For the town with hills or when attaching panniers fixie is just not an option. Might be ok for short lightweight commutes without hills

I'd love to find more bikes with the timeless style of an English Raleigh, but they are very hard to come by, especially in the U.S.

Go get a aero racing fixie like your road bike with drops and a more agressive gear ratio, that thing is slow.

Both doesn't have brakes right?

fixie with brakes ?

take the brakes of the fixie and clip in and its better for the city

i thought fixie is without brake

This showed one thing - in the city being fast is not as important as being lucky with the traffic lights. Therefore in the city i usually prefer Touring or City Bikes, as the change in position usually allows for a better view on the traffic.

Straps my man... Straps...

The real advantage to having multiple gears for me is that I can find my preferred gear. Now my multiple geared bike is a "fixie". 🤓

The guy on the road bike should have done both. Plus one bike has drop bars other has cruiser bars. Match bikes up close I see these all the time one fit guy top of the line bike comparing a way different bike to say the lesser is not good but yet get the New York bike messengers. On fixies. They will say the lesser bikes can be the best. Fixie bikes are so awesome. And designs are crazy.

I commute to work 15km each way on fixed gear. To the gym and the pub on fixed gear. Have a goofy restored MTB for the trails, and the only time I ride a road bike is proofing my work after tuning up the misses'.

Hi. I'm from Ukraine, Lutsk town (it's near Poland).
I'm often driving in town on freewheel single speed bycicle.
That bycile was made in 1979 year. But he looks perfectly and i'm feel good when ride.

Fixed.

Try to switch to Drop bar ❤❤❤ I'm sure you'll be faster by 17%

Just seems like with the right gear for your town, the skill, and the cost, a fixed or single speed would be fine. I am interested to see how complete a workout on could get from a Fixed bike while not using a break. The leg breaks must engage more of the hamstring and I imagen.

The problem, at least where i live, is that the fixies/single-speed became so popular with all the hipsters, it is much cheaper to buy used road bike than a rusted fixie

There is no logical to use a fixie if you have gears.

A Fixie pedaling sometimes is so hard but it goes fast in 5 secs 😂

This video largely misses the reason why fixed gear bikes became popular for city riding in the first place. Bike couriers ride them because they are inexpensive and easy to service as there are less moving parts. If you have a derailleur malfunction while your working a shift for its likely your off the road for the day. Also courier work traditionally doesn't pay that well so less moving parts means less things that need to be replaced and maintained. They became popular city bikes because yuppies saw couriers racing around the city on them and assumed it would also be the best mode of transport for them as well.

I've been cycling on gears since 1960 and still cycle 3 times a week on gears .
There is no way better than gears for climate up the mountain or making a fast and safe decent.

My fixed gear bike is worth 5k, and I guarantee it’s lighter than that road bike. Where as this fixed gear bike is full steel, it probably weighs 25+ lbs!

Why not take the best of both by placing gears on the older bike?

This was done with lawyers involvement cause no fixed gear rider is going to say no jumping red lights

i like those both bikes

Does your city have hills? If so, get gears. Ride a single speed / fixie for years and it just became a pain with how hilly my city was.

I love gears and I love an pld, steel fixie.
Most bikers would javepre fun on an old Moto Guzzi than a new R6.
Most drivers would havepre fun on an old Lancia Flavia fhan a BMW Z4.
It is as much about feel and sensation and pure pleasure as anything...

fook guys why dont u speak english people can understand??? ur language is sth between black guys from harlem nyc and irish from minesota, stop that

London is fairly flat (at least the parts that I cycle to and from) and so a fixie is absolutely perfect for me. I've stripped it back to the bare essentials, but added a front basket rack as I hate commuting wearing my backpack so I just strap it to the front. This has multiple other benefits as well. The bike is so beat up looking that I don't worry about leaving it anywhere, yet it's got that sleeper factor that I can go nuts on it if I ever want to get some speed going. It's been so long now that I actually feel safer and more in control riding fixed than with a freewheel. I ride with straps, not clips, as it just seems far more convenient - no need to dress for the part, just pick it up and go. As for upkeep - there's just no comparison. I beat up this steel frame constantly, slack on the maintenance, and it just keeps going. Finally, it's become part of my routine to cycle at least 12 miles back and from work every day, not just for the physical benefits but for the mental health benefits. I just can't see myself removing that from my routine.

if you saw one using a fixie with no brakes, he's the real deal

new fixed gear riders should avoid hills until your legs get stronger

This has nothing to do with gears or being fixed.

it's not about which's better about fixie or rb, it's all about MONEY, average people just can buy fixie bcs it was cheaper than rb, and fixie need special skill to ride it like skid or standing and something like that, sorry if my english bad

As interesting as the concept is for a fixed gear bicycle, the business with having to let the pedals fly by themselves, like on a downhill, like you're in a Benny Hill bit, and never being able to have the relevant one lifted up in a turn, would be deal breakers for me. So nevermind anything else then.

Just once I'd like to see these GCN dudes play it conventionally and ditch the frigging helmets. Set aside the pros (scant) and the cons (many) of the funny plastic hats, but I mean come on, the little near sighted ladies in the village on girl's bikes with baskets are riding around without the things so two healthy chaps in their twenties with 20/20 vision, fast reflexes, and sharp skills can do some of their rides without them too. Besides the mental conditioning, it's probably related to some kind of an image thing with the show's sponsors, or possibly kickbacks from the helmet manufacturers. I probably ought to add another two cents related to the idea that when guys like you wear the plastic hats every time you ride, even when it's little knock around rides in the city, you portray cycling as dangerous and somewhat abnormal at the same time, instead of something normal and safe for everyone. I'm not down on anyone, just remarking on the image and lack of necessity also.

The bike is one thing but the rider is the entire thing. You are the engine the bike is irrelevant if your in super shape.