First ride on a fixie, on my freebie bike Options

[blu94gt]

I've been curious about riding a fixed gear bike for about a year now, and finally took my first ride this morning. Now...here's the story, before you laugh at the pics of my bike lol. I'm super broke as a college student. I saw a bike sitting in my neighbor's trash the other day, so I walked over to check it out. 26" Wal-Mart brand mountain bike with the front wheel off, but seemed to be in good shape. Dragged it home, put the wheel on, took a ride. Front wheel is slightly bent, but still rides ok (ok for riding around the block). Then got to thinking about trying fixed with it, but have no money. Pulled the rear freewheel apart, removed the bearings, and "suicided" it up by just filling every little orifice with JB Weld. Figure it's a good way to try riding fixed before dropping money on a decent bike, and if it breaks oh well I'll only be a block or 2 away from the house anyways.

So here's my $0 total cost fixie

Before:


As it sits:


Oh, and loved riding it, can't wait to build a real bike lol

[96bluevert]

My buddy has both a fixed he made (like what you did) and one his uncle gave him that's a true fixed gear bike. I've ridden both, and I can say, if you wind up liking what your doing with this bike, you'll LOVE a real fixed bike.

The one he did himself just doesn't feel well put together, but the other one is well made and a blast to ride. (except uphill)