LITTLE ROCK — For a growing number of avid cyclists, the fixie is in. "Fixies" are fixed-gear bicycles. One gear. No freewheel to allow coasting. You pedal, the bike moves. You stop, it stops. Some ...
Around downtown Santa Barbara, one may wonder who all those townie kids are with their gigantic messenger bags, rolled-up jeans, and strangely simple bicycles. They are the fixed-gear bicycle, or ...
Discover an innovative DIY project as we transform a standard fixed-gear bicycle into a collapsible and self-locking model.
A quick definition: A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixie), like the very first safety bicycles introduced in 1885 by John Kemp ...
Fixed gear bicycles, those brakeless, single-speed two-wheelers beloved by hipsters, bike messengers and velodrome enthusiasts, will get a race of their own Saturday on the streets of Chicago. Racers ...
Out at the bike racks, crowded with spring-quarter commuters, the most recent breed of trendy bicycles looks just like other road bikes. Skinny tires. Thin tubes. Curly handlebars. But a closer look ...
PORTLAND, Ore. - Mike Murray's first encounter with a fixed-gear bike ended in pain. He was a 19-year-old college student in Michigan. The bike belonged to a friend. Murray hopped on and began to ...
KATU, Portland’s ABC affiliate, ran a special “On Your Side” report last night on the fixed-gear bicycle brake issue. The story was given the headline of “Are brakeless bikes safe to ride?”. Of course ...