7 Advanced Fixed Gear Skills to Level Up Your Riding!

Since fixed gear is such a fundamentally different type of cycling, it takes a baseline level of skill to ride one, especially if you're riding brakeless. But once we get a good enough skill level, a lot of us plateau when there are so many more skills to practice to master fixed gear riding. Here's 7 advanced fixed gear skills to level up your riding!

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0:00 - 7. Getting Into Both Straps
1:44 - 6. Ambidextrous Skidding
2:39 - 5. Foot Jamming
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5:38 - 4. Two-Minute Track Stand
7:24 - 3. Curb Hopping
8:24 - 2. Wheelie
9:06 - 1. Tracklocross

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[H_elios]

Taking both hands off the handle bars. It gives you the ability to stretch on longer rides. You can reach for things in your pockets or on your bike such as bottles or your phone. Sometimes I forget to strap my helmet and having both hands means i don't have to stop.

[lacuisseqc]

bunny hop is a pretty useful skill but is really hard on a fixed gear. But for me the most important skill is being extra causious and aware of what is going on around you hahahha. nice vids btw keep it up

[LarryMullins]

Love your channel Zach...just ordered my Wabi Thunder!

[ObscureNameDigit]

handy tip for getting your foot in, use the side of your foot to flip the pedal and slip in, takes getting used to the timing but helps if you don't have braced straps.
also for hill stops I find popping the back wheel helps a lot instead of ruining more shoes but yeah sometimes things get out of control and being comfortable breaking with a foot is great especially if your chain breaks going down hill!

[PuppyTeethVEVO]

Been riding fixed for 4 years -- still can't/don't skid very well 😂I have a front brake on every build. I mean I can skid, I know how it works, but I just never need to do it so I never got confident with it. Sure it's nice and clean to have a bike with no cables, but in Vancouver (pretty big hills!) and not having a super spinny gearing, brakes are just mandatory. I like not having to plan a route or limit where I go because of hill angles

[G_Ozare]

The bike looks awesome with the bigger tawalls 👌🏼

[dauf]

I would always foot jam on my non-dominant foot, in my case my left leg. That way I can still maintain my dominant foot strapped in on the pedals, giving me some extra control over the bike.

[TheFloridaBikeVlogger]

just started riding fixed, going to try all of these

[kimoarmstrong]

I ride to/from work in steel toe boots. It is quite a trick to get my second toe in the straps. This video is a long time coming.

[quinnfoster]

love how zach gets right into the video ❤

[MrJasonodonnell]

Going up curbs, it’s not tricky to master but your rear wheel should never touch anything!. If you practice hoping the rear a tiny bit on flat, and try to pedal a little bit forward smoothly while the wheel is in the air no matter your crank position. it won’t take long, you can also throw you bike forwards just enough as part of it.

[KzkknPotato]

I really thought i can't do ambidextrous skidding because i'm always comfortable using my right foot for skidding (my dominant) not until i almost hit a car while riding after work.. I unconsciously skid using my left foot and gave me time to shift to my dominant foot to fully stop my bike to avoid hitting that car..

Even after that i'm still not confident doing ambidextrous skids..

[anielyantra]

Yes a back tire close to your seat tube does allow you to do wheelies easier. I maintain that is a skill based on frame geometry. A track frame is not the best geometry for the way most people ride. 80s-90s MTB geometry especially if it is a rigid fork.

[event]

Riding in a flow. FG allows to make riding so fluent so I really don't need to sprint out of my pants to arrive at intersection when it's blocked by passing cars. I adjust tempo and when I go from A to B without ever stopping then it counts, otherwise it's just meh...commute.

[psychoaiko]

Can't do the second strap without looking, but then I do get it on the first try.
But most of the time I ride clipless anyway 🤷
I got crankbrothers mallet dh pedals, which are both clipless (eggbeater type) and platform at the same time. So if I don't feel like wearing cycling shoes, I just pop straps on 'm and go.

[jackandothers]

Idk about some of y’all but I’ve never been a fan of the long skidding specially with a higher ratio. For me its harder but I’ve been able to easily hop skip, with a ratio like 50:15 n save my tires here and there from wear

[BikeWithTheFlow]

I Still struggle to get in to the straps:)))

[mmmmhamburg]

new wheels and those rene herse tires look great, good choice!

[jamieeedden]

Personally I ride 3 speed hub gear or 6 and 8 never really been a fan of single speed bikes not sence I was a teen but was considering getting one for short rides what brand would be best ?

[Juan-The-Jazz-Cat]

Thanks for makeing these videos zach! We love you <3