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    2. Educational-Owl1591 on

      Go for the Fabricbike. It’s designed with performance in mind and it’ll set you up to build a personalized bike that will grow with you and not get boring. The Fuji is a quality bike but much more commuter-oriented and has vintage style components like a quill stem which aren’t ideal. The State is not worth looking at, they have really bad build quality and QC issues.

    3. KULUDUK on

      I’d choose the fuji feather. You can also search on marketplaces. You can find a baller fuji for a reasonable price. Also if you choose Fuji, I’d reccomend you to search for the older models. If you look closely, the forks on the new fujis’ are different from the old ones. Most people choose the old ones just for aestetic reasons (me too).

      Now i ride a santafixie raval for about a year, which is a great first bike and I can reccomend it.

    4. hydracicada on

      Fabric has an aero look similar to aventon mataro, which is cool. I’d pick that bc I like aero frames. But the thing is – stock bicycles utilize cheap parts, which is not cool. As many may say you need to buy a frameset of your choice and all of the parts separately to build your ultimate ride. But if you’re ok with riding on cheap parts until they die to swap for good ones, then buy a stock bike. Good luck and good health to you.

    5. Jinho_lee on

      Fabric aero owner here, was the first person to own it from the states, not worth it for me. It doesn’t give you the confidence of being on a reliable quality bike. I also really hate the headset (loose and wobbly). Maybe it’ll be different for you since I only bought the frame but even with high quality parts like a miche aero crankset, dura ace lock ring and cog, h+son, something about the frame and headset is just off. It’s not horrible at all, definitely better than my rusty mountain bike. But I feel like the reliability of the bike itself is holding me back a bit. I bought it for all the same reasons, I wanted a cool track bike like the beautiful Cinelli shark. Maybe I just got the short end of the stick having it imported but just be weary, I think you should get a bike you’re confident in trashing around first, because I was obsessed with the thought of riding around a full carbon track look bike in the streets, and the thought died out quick after realizing I’ll never be satisfied

      Edit: to add more input, I rather have a tsunami snm100 than this bike, much more street cred and cheaper(?) I think Fuji is the right choice for you if that’s your only choice. Idk if building a bike is something you would want but I would recommend it for some.

    6. Main-Ad1095 on

      The fuji is probably the best choice. My first fixed gear was very low quality/low performance, and it was an excellent starter bike I kept for a very long time and didn’t worry about locking up outside a bar for a couple hours.

      I ended up with an higher performance trackbike that is similar design to the Fabric, and honestly the aero shaped tubing gives me no benefits and makes the bike stiff in all the wrong directions. It’s flexy when I’m trying to putting down power, and has little to no vertical compliance.

    8. surviveToRide on

      Sorry to add more options, but you should also look into Wabi bikes. Similar to the Fuji

    9. shreddedtoasties on

      The feather is awesome love it to bits

      Check used market and lbs and you can get them for like sub 400

      The copper red is the best looking one

    10. gae_with_da_knife on

      In Europe i see a while bunch of fabricbikes they do look cool and seem decent

    12. KawkCrusher on

      State owner here. I want to like them so bad, but personally I would not buy another. Literally broke that exact frame.

    14. Chytrik on

      Fuji if you want something new. Ride it until components break, then slowly upgrade as you go. Touch points (saddle, bars, pedals) should be a priority to get comfortable. After that, upgrading the cranks will probably be the most noticeable jump in ride quality (stiff cranks go a LONG way in getting you efficient power transfer).

    16. throwawayyyycuk on

      I will never understand why people look at a hobby they have never done and justify spending this much money on it. It must be nice I guess.

      For the price of any of these bikes you could build a fantastic bike yourself… I would buy a shitty bike and once you are confident you enjoy it invest in learning to maintain and upgrade your shitty bike.

      I wouldn’t describe any of these as “beginner” bikes- they are all good! If you want drops get the Fuji though. I will be ruthlessly downvoted for suggesting a “low quality” bike; but you could get a takara oni for half the price of the Fuji… you won’t be winning the respect of the people who have dumped hundreds of dollars for an alloy crank, but you’ll save a lot of money and you can have more money to change parts later on! Especially if you feel like you actually hate drop bars, which many new riders tend to change their opinion on

    17. ZuckDeBalzac on

      You definitely need something with brakes on it. I’d also highly recommend picking up a second hand bike for way cheaper just to try out fixed gear.

    18. gimme_ice on

      Choose the fuji. I bought a used one off of facebook marketplace for a hella good price and upgraded a few parts.

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