It’s kind of a silly movie, but with those six sentences, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Premium Rush character Wilee pretty succinctly states both the appeal and insanity of fixed-gear bikes. Now, as ...

WATSONVILLE — After a “fixie” bike crash left a 16-year-old with serious injuries this month, police are warning teenagers not to remove brakes and other safety gear from the trendy bikes.

This guy’s bike design wants to eliminate this limitation with his Electric Fixie, a clever combination between e-bikes and fixies. Fixies, or fixed-wheel bikes, are simpler and preferred by ...

The fixie is a single-speed bike with no brakes and what is called a single 'fixed gear'. In other words, the pedals spin with every rotation of the wheel, there is no free-wheeling. Riders brake ...