But once you pedal a bike without brakes ... the flat bars for some funky, pink-taped PNW dropbars designed for gravel, leaning into my new identity as a fixie punk. Now, as Priority launches ...

Flying down San Francisco's hills on his flashy pink ... fixie cyclists in Milwaukee and Portland for lacking brakes. San Francisco ordinances require all bikes to have one braked wheel.

The Trocadero Fixie looks like a regular pushbike until you pull a pin that unlocks the main frame downtube, allowing the bike to twist in the middle and put the wheels wildly out of alignment ...

The chain is “fixed” to the motion of the rear cog and chainring, and when the wheels ... a fixed-gear bike to commute to my office as well as for fun. I compare riding a fixie to running ...

The bike cannot coast ... there’s really nothing to a fixie’s drive train. You’ve got a ring in front, a smaller ring in back, and a chain or belt between them. There’s no free hub, so when the pedals ...