If you seek cycling in its purest form, look no further than the fixed-gear bike. No gears, no freewheeling, and (sometimes) no brakes — just rider and bicycle completely synced. Pedal forward, the ...

A quick definition: A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixie), like the very first safety bicycles introduced in 1885 by John Kemp ...

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 ...

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.

Earlier this month in Austin, a cyclist and a Google self-driving car met at a four-way stop. This likely wasn’t the first time a Google self-driving vehicle has encountered a cyclist at a four-way ...

A Senate committee delivered a victory to bicycle messengers and other riders of fixed-gear bikes Tuesday, advancing Senate Bill 729 , which would legalize their mode of transportation. Fixed-gear ...

At 5 p.m. on Aug. 21, two sixth-graders raced across Seoul Saek Park in Yeouido, practicing skidding techniques on their “fixies,” or fixed-gear bicycles. With scabbed knees from repeated falls, the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – 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 ...