Inspiration
- Fixed gear gallery – an incredible collection of fixed gear bicycles from around the world
- Girls on bicycles – one of many such galleries
- “Bootleg Sessions v.2″ Fixed Gear DVD Trailer – showing what can be done on fixed gear bike
- Fixed Gear London bikes we have built – Flickr stream
- VeloSpace – connecting bike enthusiasts
- Eye Candy bikes – many of which are fixies
Background
- Fixed by Sheldon Brown
- Cycling fixed gear some reasons, how to and skills
- Fixed what? by Rotterdam Fixed Gear – bit of background
- New Fixed-Gear Bicycle Owner’s Manual – Bike Snob NYC pokes fun at fixed gear
- Fixed gear bicycle – good ol’ Wikipedia
- Single speed bicycle – for those that don’t know the difference
- Fixed idea – by Rouleur
- Thoughts on riding a fixed gear bike
How to
- Ditch your gears by BikeMagic
- Build a single speed from the reject pile by BikeMagic
- Fixed conversion by Sheldon Brown
- Fixed gear 101 by 63xc
- How to build a fixed gear bicycle by Everything2
- Going fixed by FixedWheel.org.uk
- Singlespeed by Sheldon Brown
- How to trackstand on fixed gear – one of many vids
- Single Speed gearing 101 by Surly
- Fixed on the cheap by Sheldon Brown
- Essential tools for a fixie rider on Bike Forums
- Fixed gear for under $100 by Brian
Forums
- London Fixed Gear and Single Speed
- Bike Forums Fixed Gear section
- Tarckbike
- Last Vegas fixed gear
- Los Angeles Fixed
- Portland fixed
- Minneapolis Bike Love
- Fixed Vancouver Forum
- Hong Kong Fixed Gear
- Fixed Gear Fever
- Road bike review fixie forum
- Phoenix Fixed
- SD Fixed
- Glasgow fixed gear and single speed
- AZ Fixed
- Trick Track
Blogs
- Fixed Gear Bikes
- Fyxomatosis – fixed gear photography
- Prolly is not probably is a website based in Brooklyn that covers a cross-section of cultural influences. Bikes, Music, Architecture, Media, Fashion, Art, whatever.
- Trackosaurusrex
- Fixed gear London – are a group of riders who have a passion for the bikes they ride… and the way they ride them.
- Pedal consumption
- No brakes
- The Bozeman Fix – Bozeman. Bikes. Beer. Bacon.
- Fixed Gear Extravaganza
- Tokyo Fixed Gear
- Auckland Fixed Gear
- LockedCog
- VeloCake – unfortunately no longer updating but none the less great set of posts
- Zlog
- SFGFC
- Hipster Nascar – go fast, turn left
- Edinburgh fixed gear
- 14BikeCo
- ChargeBikes
- Cheese On Wheels
- FixedGearBath
- Berlin Fixed
- HellYeah
- 407 Fixed Gear
- Peoples Bike
- Fixed Gear Cycling
- Surly Bikes
- Fixed Gear Leeds
- Eindhoven Fixed
- San Jose Fixed
- Ride Fixed Gear – some good reviews and fixie info
- CLEfix – checkout the a little bit flashy, a little bit trashy, but also classy vid
- Milano Fixed
- The Jayde Grenade Fixed Gear Family
- Vintage Pista – I search for vintage bicycles parts all around Italy and make them available on the web
- Fixie Pixie
- House of Pistard
- Keirin Cycle Culture Café – cycle culture cafe
- VeloSolo – shop and blog
- BigUp
- RideFastCrew
- Gear Shop Brisbane Blog
- MashSF
- FixedNUS
- Guys Who Cut Their Own Hair – all things track bikes
- Fixed Gear Switzerland
- FixFixFix – warning: contains some nudity
- EightInch – everything fixed gear
Books and video
- Fixed: Global Fixed-Gear Bike Culture – “Fixed is the first book to document fixed-wheel culture”
- London to Paris – film about fixed gear riders going to meet Lance
- Fast Friday
- Bootleg Sessions
- Council of Doom
- MashSF
- kovic fixed gear Movie Free & Easy
- It’s your bike by Cinecycle
- The Revival – Keep on Keepin’ on
- One Gear, No idea – documenting first attempt at fixed gear
Magazine
- Fixe magazine on Tokyo Fixed Gear
- Cog mag
- Fixed Mag
Other
- Fourteen Teeth – A collection of fixed gear blogs
- Sheldon Brown Gear Calculator
- Fixed Gear Article in Guardian – LFGSS responce
- Rabbit a SS and FG calculator
Anything I missed? Leave it in the comments..
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Great list!
Hey thanks for mentioning the Bristol Alleycats
Hey Andreas – no probs.
Keep up the great work!
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Great Look B, thanks for the good resources ♀
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