Fixation movie?

[Jolt]

I haven't seen it, but from what you describe I would probably feel the same way. Sounds like they're glorifying the kind of behavior that makes people dislike cyclists in general, as well as being a bad example for people who watch it and may feel "inspired" (if that's the right word) to ride the same way.

[colorisnt]

I haven't seen it, but from what you describe I would probably feel the same way. Sounds like they're glorifying the kind of behavior that makes people dislike cyclists in general, as well as being a bad example for people who watch it and may feel "inspired" (if that's the right word) to ride the same way.

I'm genuinely confused by the movie. There are a lot of "experts" who have great info and taught me a lot about track bikes, racing, and fixed bikes but the scenes that were supposed to be "beautiful" of people racing around in traffic were terrifying to me as a commuter. I can only compare it to a movie where I see an actor riding poorly and ripping the mouth off of his horse and cringe despite the scene being "beautiful" or "important" to the untrained watcher. As an equestrian, that's hard to watch.

[rebeccaC]

I wouldn't call it a training film on how to ride fixed.
It’s the documentary that the filmmakers wanted it to be and aimed at a certain audience. Of course L.A. and San Fran both have fixed communities that are much more diverse than shown in the documentary, as it should be. We do have our share of gauge earring, skinny jeans cut offs, tatted, stop sign running hipster fixed riders who have the attitude in the film though, it's a part of the cycling community just like NYC messengers.…..but then it takes a certain attitude to bomb down some of the San Fran hills fixed rather than freewheeled.