First upgrade to your first fixed gear bike? Pedal straps
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- 0:00 - Reading comments about straps
0:21 - Bagaboo straps
1:10 - Practice
2:00 - General improvements
I have ordered a pair of pedal straps from Bagaboo and I love them! Time to hit the steets and do some skidding!
Thank you for watching!
My bike is a pretty cheap, entry level fixed gear bike from Fixie Inc. This is my first summer riding fixed, and I’m having a lot of fun with it!
/ addvurt
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hand brakes boooooooo
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One great tip is to put most of your weight on the handle bar while doing a skid, to avoid the bouncing rear wheel and overall easier to control and more balanced.
Thanks mate! You’re right, that helps a lot!
love your content 💯
Thank you very much! 🚴❤️
The 2 biggest upgrades i made was bought a good pars of tires, and pedal straps !!
amen to that!
Definitely the best experience in bikeing
Just amazing!
I bought a fixie inc bike, my first upgrade was getting a 58t chainring, took a few months before my legs could handle it but once my cadence caught up with the original chainring it was like being strapped to a rocket.
58 sounds absolutely wild! I tried 49/16 and didn’t enjoy how hard it was to start or stop so I just went back to 46/16, which feels like home :)
u can also try other handle bars such as a wide or riser bar. also take note of the clamping diameter when looking for one. a wide or riser bar can be much ergonomic compared to a drop bar. (also get riser bar brake levers)
You know, I really want to do that! I have a steel frame that is my more comfortable ride where I have a lower gear ratio, it would be nice with a riser bar on it to get really comfy!
Bagaboo is a great!
damn u already learned how to skid, i wish i had FG too
It’s really really fun, hopefully you will find yourself on a fixed soon :)
I don't even ride a fixie and a toeclip with straps has been a godsend, I can use a spinning motion to both get more power and to rest some of my muscles but it's teriffying when youre in traffic and you can't get it on.
Yeah, absolutely wonderful! But does your pedals spin so the stuff hangs under? Mine actually don’t spin all that freely so I can wait for them to be on the upside :D
@@addvurtbikes I mean when the leather strap is touching the crank it usually stays up but yeah it hangs upside down most of the time, I'm much better at getting it on quickly and traffic in Sweden is pretty safe compared to eastern Europe so I usually feel confident :)
Looking forward to more content from you, prenumererad nu ;)
@@CamelliaSinensis thanks a lot DD!
i feel for your knees
My knees are actually doing very well 2 years later! :D Thanks for the comment!
I am thinking about getting pedal straps, not on a fixie, but on a bike with coaster brake, so it's very similar. I have 2 questions and would appreciate answers from the community:
1.) Do pedal straps touch the ground when I don't bike with my feet strapped-in? I actually want to use the straps only for cycling uphill, the rest of the time I would prefer to have my feet free
2.) Do people sense significant facilitation when cycling uphill while strapped-in?
3.) I am a bit afraid of the straps, because of not being able to take out my feet on time when stopping and hence falling over. Am I just making this up in my head?
thx for answers!
Hi there! Good questions. I’ll start with the easiest, if straps help a lot uphill. Yes, very much, because you can pull up full force with one leg and just rest your entire body weight on the one going down. Huge difference.
About the ground touch when hanging under, it is likely that it will touch the ground at least if you are pedalling while leaning in a turn. If you have a road bike, your bottom bracket sits lower than on a fixie so it’s more likely. But since you can coast you probably won’t pedal while turning anyways.
And also, I don’t think you have to worry about this because once you start practicing with straps, you will want to be strapped in at all times. I used to be scared of foot retention before I tried it, but it’s not scary when you are used to it. It makes riding better at all times.
burnin rubber baby!
You know it!
to be honest i don't understand why not have a freewheel if you already got both front and rear brakes so that you don't have to lock up your rear wheel skidding + wearing out the rubber in the same spot over and over again
I ride fixed because it is more fun to me, but having handbrakes is like a backup system :)
@@addvurtbikes i kinda get it, but the thing that stops me is when i imagine going down the steep hill on a fix or taking sharp turns
@@h1hellobye totally understandable concerns. I have no problems with pedal strikes, but I guess I don't take super sharp turns. as for riding downhill, if you are worried about braking power, just have backup handbrakes. if you are worried about your pedals spinning too fast, then you just have to practice that, or use a higher gear ratio, or slow down :) I think riding downhill is the most boring part about freewheels, I miss being able to control my speed without using the hands.
Are you in a hilly area? What is your experience with the standard ratio of the blackheath?
I have no massive hills but a couple of climbs. I can do them with 46/16 but 44/16 or 46/17 is to prefer if you ride up hills every day :)
Always wear your helmet sir :)) ride safe
Thanks for your consideration! I am a helmet user, it was just a mistake that I didn’t have one on this day :)
Jag har en single speed gravel bike, med frihjul. Cykeln levererades med remmar av samma märke som pedalerna (Wellgo). Enda sättet jag har kommit på att montera dem är med hjälp av buntband. Och nu när de sitter kan jag inte få dem att passa riktigt. Min fråga är: hur får man fast fötterna snabbt utan att frirulla? Jag har inte haft problem med SPD, förutom att det är bökigt att byta skor när jag kommer fram.
Mina pedaler spinner inte på sin axel när jag trampar, så jag väntar till remmen är uppåt, och försöker få in tårna lite bara, sen vickar jag foten framåt mer och mer. Om man har pedaler som spinner så att remmen alltid hänger neråt, brukar det funka för att sätta fram och vinkla upp tårna framför remmen när där är överst, så att den åker ner över foten. :)
love ur vid
btw, how much do your 2 strap cost
Thank you! I paid around 40 euros in a Swedish web store :)
@@addvurtbikes thank broo
You should get a cykelkorg!
Or a flat tray for 🍕
I bought my first strap and then broke it in the first week, then I bought the second one and now I broke it but only the right leg, what's wrong with me, does gear ratio affect or what is going on??
That’s really unfortunate. Maybe the pedals are a bit sharp and cutting into the straps?
@@addvurtbikes So basically, the straps are good enough to maintain the foot. I'll check my pedals if it has sharp parts. Thank you man
I tried them but found it insanely difficult to get strapped in while the crank is spinning. Gave up after like half an hour. Still very new to fixed gear riding
Yeah, getting your second foot strapped in needs practice. When your cranks are spinning, does the weight of the strap make the pedal rotate so that the strap is always down?
@@addvurtbikes yep
My technique for that is to put my foot under the hanging strap when the pedal is at its highest. I point my toes upwards in front of the strap, so that when the pedal is coming down, the strap just slides down on my foot, and then I adjust for a couple of rotations until it feels good. does that make sense?
i exactly have ur bike, i think it is great but it has some problems
Yeah, I think it is a very good choice if you are looking for something cheap. But I sold mine. It was too large for me, and I wanted to try other bikes. Thanks for the comment!
Now try to use a normal bike with a freewheel after a while riding fixed gear. I'm a fixed gear rider. Trying my friend road bike makes a weird feeling when pedalling. As before this my legs are are used to non stop pedalling
Oh yeah absolutely! That moment when you stop spinning is really awkward now 😅 feels like something broke
Me too I always stop pedaling midway 😂😂
How do u use strap pedal ?
Just put your foot in, then push and pull :)
@@addvurtbikes how do u put it on ? Haha im struggling at that part
@@harelthegamer693 oh sorry! You need a platform pedal with holes in the sides so you can put the straps through, and then connect the straps over the pedal. Hope that helps, if your pedals doesn’t have openings on the sides then it won’t work
@@addvurtbikes Thankss ! How do u get used to putting ur feet in and out easily ? Any tips ?
@@harelthegamer693 oh yeah it’s kinda hard to get your second foot in, unless you have a lamp post or something to hold onto. If your straps always hang under the pedal, try to place your toes in front and under that straps when the pedal is at its top, point your toes upwards and hope that they slip into the strap. If your straps doesn’t always hang under, but goes around as your crank spins, just wait for the place where it’s on top and kick your foot in
But chain looks a bit stiff.
Yeah, I tensioned it too hard the first time, I leave a bit more slack now :)
Gears
Reverse conversion 😁
44-16 now i be able to skid tho before 44-13 kinda nah for me and it's quite hard i think, idk maybe some of y'all got better than me🙃🥲✌🏼❤️
Yeah it’s not always easy, but if you just want to skid for fun you can lean forward a lot and it gets easier at least :)