Fixed-gear bikes can make a style statement, too. Some owners customize their bikes, adding pops of color in the form of polka-dotted frames, pink chains and other flash. St. Hilaire — who has ...

With its hot pink sign featuring a yellow banana logo ... select each element to create a custom-built, fixed-gear bike. Shops like these are common in the big cities of North America and Europe ...

Singlespeeds or fixed gear bikes (fixies), as the names suggest, are bikes with only one gear and a may have a fixed rear wheel — meaning if the wheel is spinning, so are the cranks. These are ...

“I like to ride. Fixed gear, steel frame, no brakes. The bike cannot coast. The pedals never stop turning. Can’t stop. Don’t want to either.” It’s kind of a silly movie, but with those six sentences, ...

But the track stand, which are generally done only by riders on fixed-gear bikes, quickly became a problem. The self-driving cars are notoriously careful, and tend to brake when anyone else is ...