Product Description
Critical Cycles' fixed-gear bicycles are hand built for the commuter lifestyle with a tig-welded steel frame that comes with horizontal dropouts and a component set that is ideal for riding around town, on the beach boardwalk, and for performing freestyle tricks. The fixie includes a flip-flop hub so that you can ride it as fixed-gear or easily switch cogs and cruise on your freewheel like a standard single-speed. Also, you shouldn't have worry about potholes and rough asphalt with your Wanda tires that have been optimized for city riding. The bottom bracket comes sealed on every bike, so moisture or dirt will never cause problems. We've carefully selected Protek cranks, Sunrun freewheel, KMC chain, Well-Go pedals, and Promax brakes, to make sure that your bike will be dependable day-in-day-out and for many years to come. Included with your bike is three sizes of Allen wrench and a Cone wrench so that you can have all the tools you need build your own bike. Available in frame sizes 49cm, 53cm, 57cm, and more than 10 colors to choose from, Critical Cycles offers the best selection of urban lifestyle bicycles anywhere
| List Price: | $224.99 |
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Product Details
- Size: 53 cm / Medium
- Color: Matte Black
- Brand: Critical Cycles
- Model: 219-1111-53
- Released on: 2012-05-30
Features
- Premium Hand-Built Steel Fixed Gear Single-Speed Track Frame with Bar-Spin Clearance, Flat Top Tube, No Toe Overlap, and Horizontal Drop Outs
- Super Deep-V Double Wall Rims with Flip-Flop Hub and Freewheel and Fixed-Gear Cogs on Wheelset
- Brand name components such as Neco Headset and Bottom Bracket, Wanda Tires, KMC Chain, Well-Go Pedals, and Pro-Max Brakes, Protek 3-Piece Crank with Lightweight Alloy Chainwheel
- Availible in Small (49cm), Medium (53cm), and Large (57cm), and More than 10 Color Combinations
- Includes All the Tools You Need to Build and Maintain Your Own Bicycle
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
25 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
By A. Schondorf
Single Handedly the best single-speed bicycle in this price range with
fantastic components, A+ packaging, and amazing color options.
Flip Flop Hub: This gives you the option to ride fixed or freewheel and very easy to switch from one to the other. I like riding fixed-gear personally, but it can get really tiring because your feet are moving a lot, so sometimes I switch to freewheel and then it rides like a normal cruiser.
Tires: Really good quality. I've put a good 100 city miles on mine.
Many pot holes, cracks, curbs, skids, bar-spins, no problems at all.
Frame: The frame can bar spin and there is no toe overlap. The geometry is perfect, and the frame is surprisingly light for this price range. I've paid over $500 for my last fixie which was heavier.
Handlebars: It's my first time having BMX style handlebars and I am really happy with them. I actually prefer them by far for city riding
because they come a little bit higher so I'm not leaned forward as much. Way more comfortable, and it makes my bars-pins really easy.
Seat: Pretty comfortable. It's a little stiff, but it's in a good way.
Sticker: It's removable, but I like it.
Toe Clips: They handle really well, but I prefer Velcro straps personally.
Gear Ratio: 48:16... it's perfect for the city
Assembly and Packaging: This thing was packed to endure any kind of
impact. Cardboard, Styrofoam, zip ties, etc. Really impressive. They
obviously knew what they were doing. It comes mostly assembled other
than handlebars, front wheel, and pedals. As with any bike make sure
to check the tightness of all the parts before riding.
Tools: It's a nice touch that they include all tools you need (allen key set and crescent wrench). I already had a set, but now I keep this set in my backpack for when I'm riding. They are very portable and light.
Bottom Line: I was between this and something $150 more and I'm really happy I chose this. I rode it in to my local bike shop when I bought a
lock and they couldn't believe the price. Needless to say, it's a great value and don't let the price fool you. I look forward to seeing
more Critical bikes come out in the future because I would love to see an affordable road bike or mountain bike from them. This is one of the best online purchases I've ever made.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
By Bryan
I have been eyeing single speed / fixed bikes for a few months now. Looking at Pure Fix and some other brands here on Amazon. I am sure glad I came across Critical Cycles, because it was exactly what I wanted.
I was so excited when I got this bike! I go mountain biking on the weekends and wanted a different bike suited for the city. I like the flip flop hub. Be careful not to strain your knees when trying to stop in fixed gear mode. This gave me knee pain, so I switched around to be a single speed instead. I also installed a front brake as well since it's near impossible to stop with just the rear brake as a single speed.
The bike is very light. Lighter than my Trek Fuel EX 5. I removed the critical logo as it was peeling already and used some goo gone to clean it up. The white frame, seat and grips with black wheels and handle bars look awesome. The simplicity in this bike and the design scream out style and quality.
Another thing I noticed was that riding a single speed has upped my game in mountain biking tremendously. I no longer shift down to go up hills and I never stop spinning to coast now!
I had two flats in the rear tire within a week. It was very discouraging. It turns out that I had some issues that other people did concerning the sidewall and the bead separating. Two tire tubes later and an email to customer support fixed this issue as I was given different tires to fix the issue.
Their customer service is GREAT! Buy this bike, you will NOT be disappointed.
27 of 36 people found the following review helpful.
By ncsu
My review of the bike is in the text below. However, their customer service has horrible manors. As of today (8/10/12) they currently do not have a website (I'm guessing they must be a new company), therefore, the only way to contact the company is through email or by leaving comments on their facebook page. Whenever anyone leaves a comment on facebook, the company immediately responds to their comment and gives feedback on whatever question they have. I had a bad experience with the bike the first couple days I had this bike. So I left this review below on their facebook page. Sure enough within hours they just deleted this comment from facebook. I posted it again, and they deleted it for the second time. So much for giving others the heads up on what they're buying. So I'll share my comment with Amazon, a place where they can not delete my review.
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My Review (written on 8/6/12)
About 3 days ago my Grey/Orange Critical Bike arrived. The packaging of the product was well done. Everything seemed to be intact very well. Kudos on that. So far, the brakes look well. The frame seems very nice. From looking at the bike and riding it just a short while it seems like a sturdy piece of equipment and worth the $230 for it.
However, there are a couple things that disappoint me. When putting together the bike, I could not get the right pedal installed correctly. I looked at the threads and they were messed up. I took it to my local REI and they installed it for me. They said that the company used Powder Coat paint, and paint got inside the threads on the crank where the pedal connects too. They had to re-tap the crank in order to install my pedal. I don't know how to do that, so thanks REI.
The second thing that was bad was the tube. Within 2 minutes on the bike I heard a loud "POP". Sure enough, flat tire. After fixing it, I got on the bike again, and the same thing happened, but in a different spot. I wasn't riding on gravel or anything. Just in my driveway. Turns out both flats happened from the seams on the tube splitting. I had to get a new tube, about $10.
Thirdly, after I got back from REI again and installed this new tube, I got on the bike and within 1 minute, the back tire locked up. Frustrated, I took off the back tire for the 3rd time and saw that the tire was frayed and would not stay inside the rim. Why would they give me a defected tire? None of this was from my usage because all together I haven't been on the bike more than 5 minutes and 0.10 miles on a clean paved driveway. New tire was about $30.
All in all, not a bad bike. Looks sturdy and looks good. Just frustrated with the tires and tubes that they gave me. I hope this doesn't happen to any other potential buyers. It's not something that should stop you from buying this bike. Tires and tubes are commonly replaced items, and are going to be replaced a lot throughout the life of the bike. Just warning you to be prepared to spent some money when you get it on new tires and tubes. And about 8 hours.
I'll let you know how the bike really works after I get the tires fixed and am on it long enough to really test it out.
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Didn't think that was a bad review. Not sure why they would delete it from Facebook. Good thing I'm not counting on them sending me an apology for the bad tires and tubes....
Good luck with your Critical bike if you decide on getting on.
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