Bicycle Blog

What do you get when a group of hardy souls that thrive among the northern wilderness and are accustomed to -40 degree winters with annual snowfall of over 100 inches, turn their love of the outdoors to mountain biking? The answer is some of the most spectacular riding destinations in the States. Nestled along the North Coast of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan trail builders have been quietly constructing flow trails and groomed fat bike routes and are stringing them all together using grass roots support and hard work....

With the days getting shorter and the temperature dropping we thought it would be fitting to post a "better late than never" recap of a frozen photo shoot we did this last winter.

Earlier in the year, on a cold and clear Wisconsin night, a few of us headed out to the frozen Milwaukee river with a collection of items that would definitely make a cop call for backup. With us were 3 of our new carbon fiber Blackhawk fat bikes, a bunch of steel wool, a few whisks, some chain, a 9V battery, a DSLR camera and tripod.

The days are getting shorter and the leaves are just starting to turn here in Milwaukee but the weather has been amazing. We've been using this great weather to get out around our city and take photos of the new Eastside models that we just released....

We've been taking advantage of the last few days of summer here in Milwaukee by taking out our new Eastside models out for photo sessions at some of our favorite spots here in Milwaukee. Milwaukee is a great city to ride in and we thought we'd share a few of our favorite photos from our latest photo shoot...

It's that time of year again and our annual back to school sale is back! Whether you're heading off to campus for a new year or you long for the days when you thought that 15 hours of class a week was a hard thing to do, our annual back to school sale is a great time to load up on great gear.

From now until September 15th we'll be offering great deals on bikes, parts and we even have a few close out bikes in stock that we're clearing out to make room for our new models....

Cargo bikes are becoming ever more popular among the cycling community in both urban and suburban areas. From avid cyclists to riders just getting into the sport, cargo bikes have become a new and unique way to enjoy riding and are truly allowing people to become "car free". Cruising through the streets of our home city Milwaukee you will see everything from messengers riding a Bullitt cargo bike full of beer to a mom hauling around two kids on an Extracycle...

The Eastside just turned 2 and to celebrate we're introducing 4 new models that come with some major upgrades. When we first introduced the Eastside it was our answer to the cheap fixies that were flooding the market. Unfortunately the number of cheap fixies on the roads continues to explode and so does the number of companies selling them. There is nothing wrong with people buying bikes that they can afford but for us, anything that has the Fyxation name on it has to be a quality product that rides and looks great and that is why we are so proud of the Eastside...

The dust has finally settled from the craziest 72 hours in the history of Fyxation and our blog needs an update. From Friday to Sunday we competed in a 24 hour race named the Riverwest 24, manned the pedal powered stage at the Brady Street Festival here in Milwaukee, sold leather goods at the Milwaukee Brewfest and hosted the second annual Fyxation Open fixed gear street crit in sunny Chicago! All while keeping our new shop open and trying to run our business. What were we thinking?

The weekend started off with the Riverwest 24 hour race and man are we stoked to be in our new neighborhood. For those of you not from Milwaukee, Riverwest...

The Windy City once again opened it's arms to welcome the Fyxation Open fixed gear street crit last Sunday! As one of the featured events of the SRAM Chicago Criterium and the last stage of the Intelligentsia Cup, the Fyxation Open drew big crowds and larger rider fields than the inaugural event that we hosted last year.

Fixed gear criterium races have exploded in popularity over the last few years with the success of the Red Hook Crit which is now hosted in New York, Barcelona and London and the Wolfpack Hustle race series which takes place in Los Angeles...