Projekt Fixie Stealth Fixed Gear City Bike Price: $249 Buy It Here With the exception of the front brake, this bike has no cables and wires, giving it a sweet minimalist aesthetic.

If you're feeling inspired, too, then you're in the right place. But while many of us learn to ride a bike when we're younger ...

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.

Fixed-gear bikes are also much easier to maintain than bikes with gears and brakes, and their reliable simplicity makes them tremendously enjoyable to ride. Pedal to make the bike move, pedal more ...

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - Fixed-gear bicycles are the latest fad that's becoming increasingly popular with local teenagers. But these modified bikes can be very dangerous for unprepared riders.

It makes some sense. In essence, people got into fixed-gear and single-speed bikes because they were contrarian—formerly only used by kids on BMX bikes, bike messengers, and Olympic track cyclists.

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 ...

In fact, this bike-saturated nation has—so far—managed to skip entirely what is arguably the biggest global bicycle fad in a generation: the fixed-gear. And the absence is notable.