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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fixed-gear bicycle racers will wheel their sport into the Bay Area on Sunday and Monday. Sunday's part of the Oakland Grand Prix will be held at 2 p.m. on Shea Center Drive in Livermore. Riders will ...