# Fixed Axle Tips
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [May 10, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981 "2017-05-10T02:19:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@yoyobro1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyobro1)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981/1 "2017-05-10T02:19:57Z")
Hey guys! Haven’t posted in a while.
I just got a Traveller from Freshly Dirty and loving fixed axle play now! Just wondering, what do you guys do for maintenance etc.? Never had a fixed before so I know nothing about it
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981/2 "2017-05-10T05:09:01Z")
Other than change the string there’s really no maintenance on a fixed axle.
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### Author:  [@KiLbUcK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KiLbUcK)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981/3 "2017-05-10T12:21:58Z")
^ No tips for maintenance? What about rubbing mineral oil on the outside halves or using linseed oil on the inside halves…or using paraffin on the string knots and softly buttering your elbows? Why just yesterday I spent a few hours to rewire the drive-belts on a few of my fixies. Or you could take your chances by just doing nothing and play with it like jhb8426 suggested. :-\
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### Author:  [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981/4 "2017-05-10T15:43:26Z")
My only tips regarding fixed axle is to have fun 🙂
And read all of the Fixed Friday posts over at YoYoNews, so many great tricks and tips there: [fixed friday](http://yoyonews.com/tag/fixed-friday-2/)
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### Author:  [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981/5 "2017-05-11T02:05:04Z")
> [@AaronW](#):
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> My only tips regarding fixed axle is to have fun 🙂
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> And read all of the Fixed Friday posts over at YoYoNews, so many great tricks and tips there: [fixed friday](http://yoyonews.com/tag/fixed-friday-2/)
WOW. I hadn’t looked at any of those since we put em out really. I’d forgotten all about them. I was kind of in a weird place that year and some of those tricks are pretty out there lol.
In terms of maintenance, not much you can do if its not take-apart. I don’t wax anything or mod anything or with most modern fixies even prep axles much. Traveler is tough to work with but great fun!
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### Author:  [@yoyobro1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyobro1)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981/6 "2017-05-11T02:27:50Z")
Thanks for the help guys! I will be hitting up the Fixed Friday page for some of the basics. I can already do trapeze and chopsticks on front throw and breakaway! Fixed is extremely addicting…
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### Author:  [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981/7 "2017-05-11T14:39:48Z")
> [@edhaponik](#):
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> WOW. I hadn’t looked at any of those since we put em out really. I’d forgotten all about them. I was kind of in a weird place that year and some of those tricks are pretty out there lol.
>
> In terms of maintenance, not much you can do if its not take-apart. I don’t wax anything or mod anything or with most modern fixies even prep axles much. Traveler is tough to work with but great fun!
I actually made a PDF that year with every one of those posts, and saved each video. So much great info. Growing up playing fixed axle, then moving on to a transaxle, I hadn’t played a fixed axle in years when you guys started those up. Made me go back, and really love yoyo.
It’d be cool to get another fixed axle column going ed, even if it’s just a bi-weekly or monthly article.
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### Author:  [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981/8 "2017-05-11T14:43:33Z")
> [@AaronW](#):
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> It’d be cool to get another fixed axle column going ed, even if it’s just a bi-weekly or monthly article.
This!
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle-tips/83981/9 "2017-05-11T16:41:23Z")
Oh man, I saw Fixed Axle “Tips”, and for a second was excited about someone posting about spin tops! 😃