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Our new website...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:53 +0100

In case you have not been informed, we have a new website!

You can find everything you need on the new site.

http://fixedmagazine.co.uk/

See you there! - Æ

Download Fixed Magazine #14 now and enter the Atomic22 competition!

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:44:00 +0000

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Our new website will be launching any day now, so keep an eye out for it!

www.fixedmagazine.co.uk

Make sure you check out the Atomic22 Competition this issue, it’s well worth entering to win!

ONE of the 3 things you need to do is:

Question:
“How many pairs of Atomic22 Guard Dogs for solid axles weigh the same as the high security d-lock in the picture below?”

To find out how to enter the Atomic22 competition make sure you get a physical or a virtual copy of Fixed Magazine #14!

http://atomic22.com/

Fixed Magazine #14 Cover.

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:07:00 +0000

Fixed Magazine #14

See the larger version HERE

Featuring:
Ian G. C. White - Photographs
Brother Cycles - Interview
Look Out - Jamie Kirkham
Bike Check - Thomas Poignant
Bike Check - Steve Tortorelli
Look Out - John Taki
and much more…

Fixed #14 launches on the 10th of March 2013!
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Fixed Magazine Issue #14 front cover...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:29:44 +0000

Fixed Magazine Issue #14

Featuring: TBC!

Fixed #14 launches on the 10th of March 2013!
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Tim is a Winner!!!!

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:51:53 +0000

Tim won our Continental Tires giveaway! Trust a messenger to get the answers correct!

Look out for the next competition in Fixed Magazine Issue #14…

“If it ain’t Fixed - Break It!”

Favourite place to ride fixed? Apologies if it's been asked before

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:49:23 +0000

-In the city, in traffic, during rush hour.

-In the mountains alone, pushing ourselves.

-Commuting to work day in and day out, whilst wondering what all these other people are doing on exercise bikes.

-Traveling the globe to compete in the next alley cat/crit race.

-alone in our front room on the rollers or track standing and watching TV.

So many places!!!

Just wanted to say in response to the previous person who made a comment using the term "real bike, you couldn't get a more real bike than a fixed gear. if it wasn't for the invention of fixed gear no one would be riding bikes as we know them so you can shut up and learn to ride a real bike + cheers Andy for fixed mag, love it!

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:44:20 +0000

Thanks! I really appreciate everyone who backs Fixed Magazine. I may be the one that put it out there, but it’s all of you who ride Fixed that make it possible to document what is happening in our growing scene. Fixed wants to push fixed gear culture in the correct way and is the fixed gear riders magazine, through and through!! - Æ

Hi chaps, why no download or purchase of issue 5?

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:40:59 +0000

The PDF of issue 5 was lost in digital heaven a couple of years ago…Sorry!!

answer for the conti competition are a) kevin bolger b) monstertrack ...timothy o brien

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:12:28 +0000

We have a winner!! Congratulations, send us your mailing address and we will get the goodies sent out to you! Well done :)

Go get a real bike or I'll shove your single gear right up your ass. On a less pleasant note your all a bunch of hipster faggots please stop giving cycling a bad name, I hope you can't stop and you skid right off a fucking bridge.

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:57:07 +0000

I’m gonna forward this on to some one who cares…

Also, fixed is nothing to do with cycling as far as we are concerned.

I think Lance is more to blame for the sad state of cycling than we will ever be. Did you contact him? :)

Let us know how your knees are doing in a couple more years please.

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:16:27 +0000

My knees are are great. It’s been 8 years so far…

It is not the brakeless-ness that ruins your knees, it is the gearing you choose. So even on a road bike you can have knee problems by not knowing which gear you should be in. Many people never know which gear they should be engaged in, we know because we see those riders all too often, pushing hard and going nowhere / spinning too much and going nowhere.

At least on a single speed bike your speed and effort is proportionate and balanced at all times, which is actually better for you over a shorter distance. Most journeys are shorter on fixed gear bikes FYI.

I’d rather my mind be intact than have arthritis in my fingers from brake levers!

opinion on a front brake?

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:56:49 +0000

Front brake calipers offer peace of mind to those that need some peace of mind. I personally believe that brakes are a halfway measure that can hinder the way you ride a fixed gear bike. Brakes are for people that prefer not to think as much about what is going on around them whilst riding bikes. To be focused constantly, loose the lever. A person is only as safe as they can be whilst thinking on a bike. A Helmet or brake cannot save you if you are not thinking when riding.

In the last 10 years of living and riding in London, I have only had 1 crash and it was on a road bike. I was looking down at the front mech wondering why it would not engage (would never happen on a fixed gear bike!) and a car in front that had started to turn off the road, decided to stop halfway through the turn. I hit the trunk and flew over the bars. I did not double take and if I was riding on a “brake caliper-less” fixed gear bike I would have avoided that accident. That single incident would never have happened!

Helmets are good too, but all of the people I know who have crashed without helmets have never hit their heads?!

You can now pick up a Heather Grey WordToMother “If it...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:42:17 +0000

You can now pick up a Heather Grey WordToMother “If it ain’t fixed - break it” T-shirt via the Fixedgearlondon web store… HERE

Back Issues!

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:47:39 +0000

Our new website is still in the works… but for now, if you wanted to get your hands on some back issues of Fixed Magazine. Today is your lucky day!

If you look to the right side of this tumblr you will see a little buy now button. Select the issue you want (# 6-12) then go through the steps to complete your order!

Happy New Year!!!

The Name is Kevin Bolger and The Race is The NYC Fun Race

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:25:37 +0000

Sorry! Wrong answer :)

what issues do you get when you subscribe

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:18:08 +0000

You receive a years worth of subscription starting from the date you subscribed… so if you start now for example, you would receive a copy of issue #13 and your subscription would run out on the 27th December 2013! Hope that helps :)

Squid's real name is Kevin Bolger. I think the reace he orgaanizes is the 4th of July Alleycat race. Word.

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:15:36 +0000

Hi, Anonymous… sorry but your answer is slightly wrong! Also you need to include an email address when entering the Fixed magazine issue #13 Continental competition! :)

Download Fixed #13 NOW!

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:25:00 +0000

Click the link in the side menu bar to download Fixed #13 >

“If it ain’t Fixed - break it”

Fixed Magazine #13

Featuring:
Impetus - Momenta
Instants - The Kick Back
Frames - Selim Korycki
Cinelli MASH - Family
Victoire Cycles - Interview
Puerto Rico - Criterium
Tim Pulleyn - Never A Foot Down
Jason Sellers - Forward Bound
Flip Flop - Rudy Melo
Look Out - Keng Pereira
Look Out - Evan Murphy
& More…

Fixed #13

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Please note this is a 45mb pdf zip file, Please allow the download to complete before trying to open the pdf.

For optimum viewing, open using a MAC with the Preview program, click menu, view, two pages, slideshow.

Download Fixed #13 and all of our back issue HERE

Cinelli MASH Family at the Red Hook Crit Milano (Outtakes)

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:25:00 +0000

“I flew to Milano to hang out with the Cinelli MASH family during the Red Hook Crit and got to see what goes on behind the scenes…These are the outtake photographs from that trip last month.” - Æ

Make sure you grab a copy of Fixed Magazine #13 when it launches on the 6th of December to see the full story.

The launch will be at the Impetus Momenta event on the 6th of December 2012.

Fixed Magazine #13
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See the set HERE or the Slideshow HERE

Fixed Magazine #13 Cover.

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:55:39 +0000

To view the larger size, click HERE

Fixed Magazine #13

Featuring:
Victoire Cycles - Interview
Frames - Selim Korycki
Instants - The Kickback
Cinelli MASH - Family
How to - Acheive a material balance
Look Out - Evan Murphy
Look Out - Keng Pereria
Impetus - Momenta
& Much more…

Fixed #13 launches on the 6th of December 2012!

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Photograph - © Federico Stanzani
Rainier Schaefer - Mashing at the Red Hook Crit Milano