Riding fixed-gear bikes on city streets, it seems, has a much broader appeal than fast deliveries. And there’s definitely an ...

“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, ...

As a student at Cal State Long Beach, J.W. Chang 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 Chang was ...

After a two-year hiatus, the fixed-gear race, Mission Crit, returns to the streets of San Francisco—and with it comes a new wave of racers expanding the bike scene.

Jonathan Martinez takes his son’s newly fixed bike to his truck at TurningWheels For Kids, a program run by the the Valley Health Foundation, in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.

After a two-year hiatus, the fixed-gear race, Mission Crit, returns to the streets of San Francisco—and with it comes a new wave of racers expanding the bike scene.

A single-speed bike, also known as a fixed bike, has one cog attached to the rear wheel, which is powered by a chain and chainring with pedals. You pedal the chainring, the chain spins the cog ...