Fixed Gear Gravel Bike
Happy New Years everybody.
Wentz comin’ atcha to start off the bike related blog posts in 2025.
I got super sick in the New Years day, so my goal is to stay well and healthy for the rest of the year.
Thought about what to post for the new year, but I’m gonna stick to what I usually do. Show my bike.
This is my LOW Bicycle that I rode for the Argentina tour I did 2 years ago. I honestly got sick of riding a 650B drop bar gravel bike after the tour, so I wasn’t riding this bike after I came back to Japan. I somehow thought that this was going to happen, so I bought a lovely hub before I started my tour.
Here’s what I did with that hub.
*PAUL* thru-axle disk Fhub & *PAUL* disk word hub thru-axle
A single speed thru-axle disk hub. I was already thinking of customizing my LOW bike, before the trip had begun.
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Not to cry sour grapes, but Chas was way ahead of me! Darn it!
Anyhow, I just wanted to try out a disc brake fixie. There aren’t as many disc brake single speed frames in the current market, but I feel like they can do well. There has to be more people who wants to ride trails with single speed for fixed gear.
Boom, my Low Bicycle 2025 build.
The handlebar is the Thomson ti bar that I took from Isshu as a reward for helping him out move apartments. I love it. He keeps on telling me to give it back, but I won’t.
The hubs are the Paul Disk Word Thru-Axle Fix hubs, like I mentioned earlier in the post. I think this is my favorite bike component. Wonder if there are any other fellow thru-axle fixie riders out there. I doubt that there are many, and I always wonder why Paul makes these hubs, though I truly appreciate and love them.
Geared frames are usually not able to convert into a single speed, so we use the *PHILWOOD* philcentric bb, which is also one of my favorites. This build was no exception, so I took my Philcentric BB from my Geekhouse.
This build is mainly for riding solo on my days off. The gear ratio is about 2.1, so that I can ride up the mountains. The gearing is too use to ride in the city, but I still push my bike on a huge climb in the mountain. It’s for my day off, so that’s tolerable. I’m not in a hurry.
My LOW is kind of retired now, after playing a huge role in my life. It now has a new chill life and I plan on riding and loving this bike for a long time ahead.
If you happen to have a bike that you no longer ride as much, think of doing a fun customization before getting rid of it. It might become your favorite again.
