Bridging The Fixie/BMX Gap?


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TOLA! Presents : Bridging the Gap V1. Directed and edited by me, Joseph Lobato :) Introducing an awesome rider and friend of mine, Hernan Montenegro from Santa Monica, California. You will definitely be seeing more of him coming up this year.”

Previously: Tyler Johnson Fixthie Video.| Oh You Fancy Huh?| Matt Spencer Fixie Video.

  • http://Website polute

    lose the beard muhammed ackbarrrrrrrrrrr

  • http://Website Steven

    glad it shows the proper use of each type of bike.

  • http://Website chris

    what was this shot with? looks good

  • http://Website biggie bars

    thats was cool

  • http://Website b rizzle

    just rip your bmx, so you dont have to setup your bike all the time , cool vid tho

  • http://Website lol

    well it just looks like he is using the fixie to get to the spots….good style

  • http://Website lafixedchronie

    LilHern!

  • http://Website Stephen

    Seems like such a hassle, I’d rather just ride my bmx to the spot.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Dean/574345486 James Dean

    I could go in balls deep on this vid, but the main absolute fail is having to to take ur bike appart everytime u wanna move ur sesh. he should tow a wagon behind his fixie then he dont have to take it apart, ps if u feel that ur ride from ur house to a spot is so unbarably long u need a speed bike to get there u probly live in afganistan

  • http://Website point

    that was cool. i think a lot of bmxers (me included) have got fixed gear bikes that they use for commuting and riding around on. the only gap is when it comes to silly people doing tricks on their road bikes.

  • http://Website b

    23? dude looked 39.

    that was a cool video tho.

  • http://lifethislifethat.blogspot.com @patdac

    i’ve always thought about this but instead of a fixie a moterbike. having a bike mount on a moterbike would be awesome so you can just gun it to spots but not have to fuck around with a car.

  • http://lifethislifethat.blogspot.com @patdac

    just googled ‘bike rack moterbike’ and it seems to be possible

  • http://Website Aus

    That was a nice chill vid, I enjoyed it.

  • http://Website lame

    just googled fixie shit bag and its possible

  • http://Website wee wee

    wee wee enjoyed the filming, however, he doesn’t trust this terrorist for a second.

  • http://that stoked

    stokedonthat!

  • http://Website braz

    grow some pubes

  • http://Website

    by saying “bridging the gap” you are already implying that there is a need to “come together” .Then what are we all gonna do, see who has the tightest jeans? Whats with the nose ring guy? you look like a farmyard animal. Or is that the point. Commuting to ride your bmx seems pretty whack as well. Just get a car.

  • http://Website davy B

    12345, im stoked when i see fixed gear racing in veladromes but tricks on em just look stupid

  • http://Website Noitch

    I use my bmx as a means of transport because it makes the journey fun, jibbing my way through the streets. However if it was a long hilly journey all that jibbing might get a bit tedious and I think I’d want to use something more akin to fixie. So I guess it’s bmx for stuntz and short haul travel and fixie for the long haul. But if it’s raining, then fuck it i’m driving.

  • http://Website Nuts on your chin

    I like it……..but please stop the slowmo….that kills good vids!
    i want FAST trails riding,not that shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://Website burbsrider

    yea so what hes just using a fixie to get around, it didnt show him doing any tricks (which is adams whole beef with fixies anyway right?)

  • http://pslweb.org Freedom

    i think that guy is going to wear out his threads by the end of the week. has originality been replaced by the image of originality? I would rather drive

  • http://Website Name (required)

    fixies are the new rollerblades

  • http://Website Bristow

    Sony xdcam ex1

  • http://Website Bristow

    I liked it, its not very helpfully taking your bike apart if you were on a street session, but its cool if you are going to your trails for a day. Hardly any hassle.

  • http://Website bmxchris256

    id say theres nothing wrong with riding a fixe its doing and trying tricks on the thats fucken stupid and it seems like it would be annoying to take your bike apart everytime you wanna go somewhere unless you were going to sesh one thing like thoes trails all day and they were far away

  • http://Website uh?

    What a load of bollocks. Fixies are so stupid it’s like having a car and replacing the starter motor with a hand crank cos its more roots and keeps you in touch with the real car. Hipster fuckhead.
    Seriously, who cares how you get to the trails just ride them.
    On a different note anynody else notice how bumpy the trails were? I’ll bet any money he’s never lifted a shovel in his life, he’s too busy filming himself dismantling his bike. Put the camera down and sort those jumps out.

  • Facebook User

    you are a douche for putting your bike on your back and riding a fixie. instead you should throw away your fixie and ride your bmx to spots..they are the same thing anyways

  • http://Website paul

    fuck yeah hern!

  • http://Website apedog

    this guy dos hang fives on a fixie http://vimeo.com/9605518

  • http://Website Name (required)

    people from california are so pretentious

  • http://facebook Tim

    I put bolts into my top chain stays to hook the forks onto so its like a trailer and strap the front wheel on my back back. looks hilarious but works surprisingly well.

  • http://Website danny

    good filming but this guy is a dick no point jus ride yur bike

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bailey-Van-Etten/1081050119 Bailey Van Etten

    So if they are the same whats your problem with fixed gears? hahah

  • http://Website Niles not Miles

    As a former courier, 25lbs on your back is next to nothing. Go finger your pussy if you feel otherwise. I also don’t own a car, because I live in a big city where a car isn’t necessary. Yeah, you can just ride your bmx to a spot and shred, IF it’s within a few miles. But if you’ve ever ridden more than a few miles on a BMX you know good and well that by the time you get to a spot you’re exhausted. A BMX bike is efficient for one thing completely different from what a fixed gear or road bike is efficient for. This guy, like myself, probably has his reasons (with their benefits) for living like this. Myself, I do it for a number of reasons. But for the most part I stay in shape and save a shit ton of money by riding my bike everywhere. A car note, insurance, gas, repairs, maintenance, etc. just amounts to a huge waste of money to me. Think of all the good times you can have with all that extra money. I understand if you live in a corn field in Nebraska and have to drive 50 miles to the nearest spot, that this isn’t the best mode of transportation for you. My trail spot is 3.5 miles from my house, all hills, and come spring I’ll probably be doing the exact same thing as this guy.

  • http://no.biz no

    that does seem like kind of a hassle, he should get quick release skewers for his bmx. at least he isn’t burning dinosaurs to get around tho

  • http://Website feefenstein

    a friend of mine has a rack on his scooter it works amazing,.. and ive been strapping my bmx to my back and riding my fixie to spots for awhile now, i just tie my front end into place and dont take anything apart

  • http://Website Bambam

    So happy…I thought he would be rinding BMX with a fixie haha

  • http://Website schnikes

    werd

  • http://Website schnikes

    LOL!!!!! Googled fixie SHIT BAG!!!!!

  • Facebook User

    This isn’t really bridging the gap. Plenty of riders own fixies to get from point A to point B every day. I have no hate for fixed gear bicycles because they are, in fact, a more efficient mode of transportation than a BMX bike. Doing tricks on fixies however, is fucking gay. So until I see BMX and Fixed Gears somehow put together in one edit, I think I’ll save the hate.

  • http://crankfaster.blogspot.com Erik E

    Thats my spot. Thats my boy. Fuck yeah Hern. Fuck you kids who hate on someone for pedaling a fix, instead of driving. That ride was probably 10 plus miles to the trails, and not everybody has parents who will buy them a car. As for those who say Cali people are so pretentious, you have no idea what the fuck you are talking about. This dude is for real with this shit, and rides more than you can talk shit.

  • http://Website bitchslap

    You sir are a faggot

  • http://Website bitchslap

    cool bro story man

  • http://Website bitchslap

    Looks like a waste of time and effort to me. Take your bike and take a train or bus if you have to. Unless you WANT to be a hipster.

  • http://Website where_is_waldo_7

    or ohio

  • http://icontactlife.com Matt

    Pretty cool – but fuck taking your back wheel off if you don’t have to. But also fuck riding 10 miles on a bmx….so props for dedication. All in all – cool video.

  • http://Website saavedra

    Yeah Hern nice edit man. Now you got to ride that fix to BlueBench

  • http://Website youre lame

    yes i have a car and i put my bmx in it. no matter how fast i go in my car, i dont consider myself a racecar driver.

  • http://www.wolfpackhustle.com roadblock

    Big Hern showing how it’s done! I know where those dirt jumps are, riding a bmx there would take all day. great film from Bazooka Joe

  • http://Website Eddie Fiola

    I always wondered about these hipsters that ride their fixies with high as possible seats, no bar tape and their hands pinching the stem because “it feels better”.

    Of course on the bmx he rides a slammed seat and wide ass bars. These people are amazing at following all trends to a T.

  • http://Website Tyler finnigan

    hern is a bad ass mother fucker one of the rad people in the socal bmx scene stoked on the edit
    still dont like fixys

  • http://Website LEWIS310

    you rock Hern… 310 westside

  • http://Website caligame

    12345

  • http://Website BikesnobSTD

    He should of just rode in the car that was filming him………………………………………………………

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Boy-Pranta/100000198945703 Boy Pranta

    o my fucking god

    so if U ride “extrim rollerblading” you go to a spot ona 5 whele rollers becase its faster

    this is fuckin stiupid

    put a bike on your back to ride onother one dzizzzzzzz

  • http://Website guy

    yes take apart your perfectly good bmx bicycle to get to a spot in favor of a queer ass track bike. get fixies the fuck out of the trick scene

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Boy-Pranta/100000198945703 Boy Pranta

    ayea and. im 25young and i look like a fucken 20. thats the reason that i can fuck 18year old girls so when he looks 45 he can fuck only girls thats 40 or smth … this bird is stiupid.

  • http://Website Name (required)

    time to invent a new bike bag

  • http://Website REX

    beard is sick

  • http://Website liddle wain

    the only thing i have to say (which may be said down below) is water your trails before you ride. you’re in socal and they looked bad enough.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Boy-Pranta/100000198945703 Boy Pranta

    yea a plastick one heh

  • http://Website xlilxhernx

    That’s me. I started riding a Fixed Gear after I flipped my old car in 05, before that i had a shitty road bike that rode like shit and I always had something to fix on it, so I converted it into a fixed gear and not have to worry about cables or gear shifting on their own or any bullshit.
    Now If you know LA you know that public transportation sucks. I live in Santa Monica and those trails are in Burbank, google map it, that shit is not 5 or 6 miles away. Trains don’t go to Santa Monica and it takes me a good 3 hours in 2 buses around the sketchiest people just to get to the trails. Sitting in traffic is the worst, and living in LA you’ll do that a lot. most of the times I get to the trails faster on my bike than in a car.
    Now i don’t do this all the time, my friend thought It would be a good idea for a video so we shot it one afternoon.

  • http://Website weeed!

    amen!!!!! ahahaha

  • http://Website kharris

    props man fuck those haters…i dont ride a fixie or anything but im not gonna sit here and hate on you for riding one to ur spots and shredding and having fun on your bike….who needs more cars anyway. people are so fucking ignorant sometimes, especially little pricks on the come up who dont know shit but gotta try and feel like they are important by talking shit on other people on this gay fucking website. its little fucks like you who are responsible for the gay side of bmx, not guys who are actually out riding their bikes in tight pants with nose rings. i fucking have such pure hatred for little dick squeezing fucks talking shit on here, id rip all of your guts apart and eat them if i had the resources to get away with it. props hernan

  • Facebook User

    nigga i mean the same like neither have gears you dumfuck. they are sooooooo different in every aspect besides that i was just referring to the transportation. go die

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Boy-Pranta/100000198945703 Boy Pranta

    dudeeeee if U have a bike why you use another one and take the first one on your back.
    ok its far away. so take the seat higher and stop using a bike to go to ride a bike THIS IS STIUPIDITY !

  • http://Website Joseph Lobato

    “Yo Dawg, I heard you like riding your bike so Ima put your bike on on your bike so u can go ride your bike” – Xzibit..

  • http://Website eddie

    laughed out load

  • http://Website eddie

    loud heh, long day.

  • http://Website Ice man

    Why doesn’t he skitch? come to chicago we can teach you how.

  • http://Website bears

    Now thats dedication son, awesome video too!!

  • http://Website nobad

    not a bad idea, i might look into that. my local is bmx commutable but my next nearest is about 12 miles away and a much better park.

    Ideally would love a motorbike though. thatd be sweet. costs too much for me right now.

  • http://Website dak

    hes using the fixie to get places and his bmx biek to actually ride, hmmm maybe those fixie dickbags from nyc could learn something.

  • http://Website Idjdajadop

    bridging straight sex and gay sex

    just leave the hassle of disassembling and ride the bmx to the trails

  • http://Website e

    well, this guy takes criticism really good!
    start saving up for a new brain dumbfuck!

  • http://Website seemepeter

    this guy is a straight homo_ ride your bmx to the trais you fruit. and please shave that shit up, it kinda reminds me how you mom’s a-hole looks. ewwww
    alright son, ill give you props if you redue this video but on your bmx…

  • http://Website the real slim shady

    I did it with my scooter untill i blew it up doing wheelies, beats riding everywhere and i don’t need a licence yaaaaa.

  • http://Website the real slim shady

    you sir have the spelling skills of a six year old.

  • http://Website brodie

    I don’t know why, but I expected this video to be of a dude on a fixie riding trails. I was so prepared to hate.

  • http://Website pantsuit

    lol ive thought of this… havent done it yet … if the spot was epic enough and I didnt have my GFs car then yeah why not… thats why I have a fixed… Transportation and bike polo! and also i dont beleive he did a soingle trick on his fixed …. very nice

  • http://Website brian horecky

    this vid would have been so much bettter if he ditched the bmx and rode the trails with the fixie thats what is all about

  • http://Website Mike

    really taking your bike apart for a 3.5 mile ride sounds a real good waste of time mr frugle..

  • http://Website xlilxhernx

    haha I probably have been riding BMX for longer than the kids talking shit on here have been alive.

  • http://Website Allan

    depends on how far away it is

  • http://www.carryingdaily.com Martin

    3.5 miles doesn’t seem worth the effort…

  • http://www.carryingdaily.com Martin

    This. It’d be easier to have a longer seat post for your bmx and carry an allen wrench than two separate bikes.

  • Facebook User

    criticism? im just saying fixies are gay and ddont belong being cool or doing tricks…go ride with your messenger friends and let us keep the tricks lookin fresh and not bow legged ugly as fuck

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kameron-Spraggon/507930459 Kameron Spraggon

    jack turner, you should refrain from commenting. you look like a dumbass.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kameron-Spraggon/507930459 Kameron Spraggon

    word, that’s what up.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kameron-Spraggon/507930459 Kameron Spraggon

    +s

  • http://Website nicholas

    i want to see the fixgear on his back riding his bmx, this would be worth watching

  • http://Website nicholas

    i want to see the fixgear on his back riding his bmx, this would be worth watching

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kameron-Spraggon/507930459 Kameron Spraggon

    he didnt do any ‘tricks’.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kameron-Spraggon/507930459 Kameron Spraggon

    I am wrong… ^THAT^ IS WHAT’S UP.

  • http://Website BorsodiBrodi

    Not here to hate, but have you ever considered upping the gear ratio on your bmx a bit? I run 30/9 sometimes and aside from having to really attack hills it flies. Still waiting for bmx specific internal gear hub though..

  • http://Website atime

    You ever been to LA? Santa Monica to Burbank (where the trails are) is about 20 miles and you have to cross over to the valley side, not ideal on a bmx bike. his beard is fueled by the innocence he steals from teenage girls, obviously business is booming. Hern Rules.

  • http://Website Niles not Miles

    that’s where we differ. i don’t mind a little extra effort (it’s what gets people ahead in this world).

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bailey-Van-Etten/1081050119 Bailey Van Etten

    So if he had this bike it would be OK?: http://www.cruzbike.com/SilvioBadge.jpg

    its got gears…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bailey-Van-Etten/1081050119 Bailey Van Etten

    What?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bailey-Van-Etten/1081050119 Bailey Van Etten

    I want one that has reverse. It would be like a freecoaster that you could pedal!

    and a freecoaster that weighed as much as the rest of your bike haha

  • http://Website peppy

    this is like if a scooter kid rode a bmx to the scooter sesh spot, unloaded his sKoOt outta his bag, and shreded it, then folded it back up, only to pedal away whilst choppin wood horribly, away on his SiC mongoose.

  • http://u-r-gay.cum eleventeen

    another pointless stupid shit.why bring two fuckin bikes with u ?!?!? just set the seat higher on ur bmx bike and ur fuckind done! dumass

  • http://Website fulltimepro

    I didn’t even waste my time watching this no doubt piece of shit video… Fixies are for fuckin fashion whores. FACT! What the fuck is this gay ass site coming too??? Is Adam22 getting advertising money from fucking fixies now or something?

    Gay as a big cock up a man’s ass. FUCK OFF!

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  • http://Website little kyle

    he’s definitely not the only one doing that. i, myself have done the same thing on occasion when its necessary and i’ve seen a bunch of other dudes doing it too. this is a perfect example of acceptable fixed gear use

  • http://Website little kyle

    dude, your ignorant

  • http://Website fulltimepro

    Nah man I don’t think I am.

    Fix geared bikes are a fad for fashion whores. The only acceptable use for fix geared bikes is in autodromes.

  • http://Website jake

    EMERHENCY!!!

  • http://Website fulltimepro

    Why do you need a fixed geared bike to do that? Why not a normal road bike?

  • http://NEGSRC.com steven k

    I think the hate on just riding a fixie has gotten outta hand i mean is a great way to get from place to place if you live in a city. Its better than blowing the money you do when you just step in your car, and i mean fuck if you gotta get the bar what better way is there. As far as packing my bike in a bag and riding 10 miles i will take the car. But as far as going around a city to do some errands and meet up with people it takes the cake no matter what you bitches say. Theres no gap to be bridged if you do tricks on a fixed bike you mine as well spend your nights sucking dick in an alley but if you use it to get around and do stuff, shits straight. And if you wanna take your bike apart and roll to some sketch trails fuck go for it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Boy-Pranta/100000198945703 Boy Pranta

    put your sit higher if u want.
    i go ewerywere on my bmx for 10 yers and i love it.
    fixies are gay and they are ripping appart your knees
    eot.

  • http://Website hooptymobile

    wtf is an autodrome? faggot

  • http://Website fulltimepro

    Yeah!

    What ever happened to fucking freewheels?

    hahahahaha!

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    12335

  • http://Website Alex Ruiz

    Not even close.

  • http://Website seemepeter

    dude, that dude is one nasty lookin dude from santa monica, if i ever see him around my area like in culver city.. imma give that dude a trim and maybe shave his a- hole. but honestly this guy is a fake, i think ive seen him around and heard about him.. he follows everyones style, i hope this immigrant goes back to pakistan where he belongs.. dude you english sucks buddy

  • Facebook User

    Mr. Spraggon,
    not only am i not a dumbass but you sir are a huge intense homosexual. your buttsecks does not intrigue me sir. Good day.

  • http://Website Curioso

    How is riding a bike to where you ride a bike bridging a gap? Seems simply practice to me..

  • http://Website Curioso

    Shit. That was supposed to be ‘practical’.

  • http://Website joe flood

    “A little extra effort” would be just riding your bmx bike to the spot. Your whole story seems to be about efficiency and avoiding the “extra effort.” Though it does turn out to support an ass-backward method to avoid a minor inconvenience by replacing it with a more complicated one. 3.5 miles, especially for a (perhaps previous) courier on a bmx bike shouldn’t be too bad. I suppose you can “go finger your pussy if you feel otherwise.” I can see how this would make sense in some situations, but not yours, Niles.
    I hope your false sense of ambition and efficiency helps you excel in this world.

  • http://Website lulz

    hahaha everyone here is wrong.

    both bmx and tarck bikes are silly.

    roadbikes obviously are at the top of the bike food chain. lycra is the most XXXXXXXXXXXXXtreme.

  • http://www.thegreatestconversation.com Brian Park

    Haven’t seen the vid or read the comments, but if its about “using the right tool for the job” then you can fuck off with your fixie. Unless you’re in a drome, its not the right tool for the job.

  • http://www.carryingdaily.com Martin

    I would be ahead of you in 3.5 miles with one bike vs. your two.

  • http://www.carryingdaily.com Martin

    Road bike would’ve been better for this task.

  • http://Website weruatsafeway

    y wudnt u just ride ur bmx to the trails?

  • http://Website xlilxhernx

    Who the fuck are you? If you lived in Culver City I would know you. Do you even ride? Who do you ride with? You don’t even know me. Now shut the fuck up and show your face.

  • http://Website fulltimepro

    @ hooptymobile…

    You are a fucking retard bitch lol

  • http://Website CHAMAN

    get a car

  • http://Website josh

    are you all not bored of bitching, who gives a fuck how people get to the spots, all that matters is he does tricks on the bmx and not the fixie, and he has a sick style too

  • http://Website seemepeter

    what a doche bag you are hern…. anyways lets talk about where you from.. are u from pakistan y or n? cuz i do really hate you damn middle eastern fucks….

  • http://Website joe

    he is just riding the fixie to a spot- i think what gets everyone is the fixie fuckers doing “tricks”

  • http://Website xlilxhernx

    I really wanna know who you are so I can knock all your fucking teeth out. You can bring your homies too. They are probably my friends too and they probably like me better than you. have you watch the video? It says that I’m originally from Argentina.

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    They are a good distance.

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