As a student at Cal State Long Beach, J.W. Zhang saw a bicycle that changed his life — a sleek, single-speed called a fixed gear bike. It was 2011, the height of the fixie craze, and Zhang was eager ...

A fixed-gear bike, or fixie, is a type of singlespeed bicycle that doesn’t allow the rider to coast. When the bike rolls, the pedals rotate, and if the bike doesn’t have brakes—like mine—the only way ...

Natooke, located in Beijing's Wudaoying Hutong, was the first shop in China to specialize in fixed-gear bicycles. (Ines Brunn) Dozens of upscale bars, restaurants and boutiques line Wudaoying Hutong ...

Create is a UK company that sells candy-colored fixed-gear bikes. You may be more familiar with the incarnation sold at Urban Outfitters, or the US brand, Republic Bikes. Whichever one you choose, ...

An hour into a long bike ride last week, I had an epiphany. Though I’d ridden through the city, on streets and sidewalks, and then turned south on a fast paved trail to ride for several miles, I had ...

Fixed-gear bicycles are still popular nowadays because they are simple, low maintenance, make for great winter bikes and urban commuters as well, as long as you don’t have to cope with steep hills.

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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 ...

Arash Guity can't stop pedaling. That's because the "fixie" bicycle he rides to work has no freewheel, which means there is no such thing as coasting. But Guity, a 34-year-old energy consultant, doesn ...

This article is an excerpt from Stephen Regenold’s story on VentureThere.com covering “Five Gear Innovations” from the past five years. You know a trend is dead when a major retailer like Wal-Mart ...