How to stop your Fixie

Our latest episode on Pure Fix TV is all about the infamous skid-stop. The skid-stop is a stopping technique that many fixed gear riders employ to help them more briskly come to a stop. In this episode, we'll teach you different techniques on how to best use this stopping method, how it helps, and how to stay safe, while doing it. Enjoy!

[jaronloch]

I have been riding my fixie since last week and hasn't stop because there are no brakes. Good thing I found this video, now I can rest my leg.

[mmbb]

just jam your foot into the front wheel and fly forward. works every time

[tystorm]

I just crash. That fastest way to stop. 

[bashort]

Took the breaks off my car because I'm a "Real G".

[tristramwebb]

"I'm new York" lol OK mate

[Jubel]

"But if you're gonna be a 'Real G'..."

I cringed pretty hard.

[Saicofake]

Dont be an idiot, no matter what at least have a front brake. The roads are not predictable. Having that one brake can save you.

[MrYoucandyass]

Without a front brake, your next question should be, "When can my family expect my death certificate?"

[garciaravendavidp.]

Things that makes me cringe while watching the whole video:
-No Breaks
-Real G
-New York

[Jkw]

The most mild mannered soft spoken guy calls himself “New York” ?!?😂😂

[craig]

Who gives themselves the nickname New York?

[ojanakbar]

why is everyone assuming that all fixed gear bikes don't have a brake? I'm a fixed gear rider, i install a front brake, but i don't really use it in traffic. it's not like because i'm a hipster, it's just because most of the time i don't necessarily need to use it, i just flow along with the traffic. i also use it though, when some emergency situation emerge, but it's not so often. you guys who haven't ride a fixed gear, just ride one with a brake, and you'll know how much fun it is.

[kiwiesp]

you don't stop a fixie, you keep going

[techrvl]

I'm a courier and ride a fixed gear with both a back and a front brake. I like riding fixed because the fact that the crank and wheel are locked in rotation helps my bad knee (from Kung Fu, not cycling). Also, the extra inertia helps with maintaining cadence while sprinting. my job mainly consists of 2-3 mile bursts back and forth. And also it helps to "feel" the road and i find myself driving more like a car than a biker. Also, my brakes are located on the flats of my bullhorns, so sometimes when i'm riding on the horns, i straight up skid/ backpedal, but it helps to be able to skid then drop back on the brakes for a dead stop if i have to. As a courier, i find myself in tight spaces quite a bit and having brakes just adds extra maneuverability. I've seen messengers and couriers fly around brakeless/ one brake and then get smacked up the block for running a red. That split second of stoppage can mean life or death. I'd rather be alive than cool. Before you guys bitch about the back brake, here's my logic with having it:

1. It obviously allows me to slow down without back pedaling which, once again, saves my knees.

2. There have been times where i've needed all 3 brakes for a super dead stop. However, if i wanted to, i can just as easily back pedal to slow down.

3. I live in Denver, Co. The metro is mostly flat, but there are a LOT of hills, and when you're fatigued from biking all day, and you're flying down a hill, sometimes you just wanna take your feet off the pedals and straight up just let gravity do the work and use the hand brakes to stop.

[genls]

1. Turn the bike in evacuate position
2. Ask the other vehicle crew if they need help
3. Unload main turret
4. Bring everything you need
5. leave no crew inside the bike
6. Open all hatch of the bike
7. Destroy the vehicle if needed.
8. Disconnect gas tank
9. Leave the crashed area*

[fallingwater]

"How do you stop?"
With friction between your face and the ground. Obviously.

[jorunisntreal]

Thanks! This video helped me while running my fixie at 40-50km/h!

[josiahowen]

I just wanted to say if you build your Pure Fix at home that is awesome. However if you are going to try riding fixed at anytime in the future you need to get the cog and lockring tightened. I work at a bike shop and if this is not done, the cog and lockring could come unthreaded while trying to do the skid or skip stop, even the back pressure method could cause this to happen. The threads could get damaged badly it is not covered under warranty and you could crash and get super messed up. The more you know.

[imabeapirate]

Real G's have a front brake because they learned when the blew out their first three hubs going balls to the wall that it was a great alternative to plowing through an intersection.

[aayobruv]

When you skip stop your way into an intersection of oncoming traffic B-]