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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

There’s a reason why single-speed and fixed-gear bikes have become so ubiquitous. For commuters who rough up their rides, the simplicity of a single-speed makes it tremendously easy to clean and ...

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 ...