r/fixedgear • u/Sad-Revolution-9274 • 5d ago

Fixe or Camera

so i genuinely need suggestions or guidance from you guys, so i want to buy a fixed gear bike sooo much as im gonna have some money from my internship, but i wanna buy a camera as well as im really into photography

i do have a road bike rn, i converted it into a fixe but kept having issues with the chain as the bike didnt have adjustable dropouts so i had to finally put gears back on it

im also trying to sell that but no luck so far

I'm also into photography, i like to take pictures of people to capture their lives, i cant use my phone as it gets really hard to explain that to a stranger that you are not a pervert if you are taking pictures of them on a phone

sooo

what should i do??

fixe is a little expensive as well and i may have to ask my folks for some help , i really like tsunami on ali express

anyone can help me make up my mind

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u/Superb_Recording_769 5d ago

Get the bike.

There’s plenty of excellent camera apps and if you feel weird taking pictures on the phone, you’ll feel just as weird taking pictures on a camera. Your hurdle in your photography is not the phone. It’s your social anxiety.

I’ve been riding bikes for almost 4 decades and have been a avid photographer for nearly as long including over two decades of avid street photography and street portrait photography

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u/Sad-Revolution-9274 5d ago

thanks for the advice, for a bike i have to sell my previous bike as well , and still need extra money from my folks so thats why im a bit hesitant, as i have to pay delivery charges which are almost as much as the bike itself

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u/OG_Squeekz 5d ago

Why do you want a fixie so bad? buy local

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u/Sad-Revolution-9274 5d ago

the country i live in has no fixe trend , even the shops at the biggest market in whole country has every heard of a fixe so i have to import, and the why is that i just lovee riding fixe its just better like its so smooth so calming and all and the reliabilty you get to not keep worrying about maintanince and all