fixie

• “Love the blog and by the way I do ride a track bike I hate the word fixie as a regular road bike so I guess I'm open for any kind critisism you could you can throw at me.”

  This Just in: I Break for Holidays!

• “In last yesterday's post of Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, which I posted yesterday, and which should not be confused with today's post, today's bonus post, or any other post, I included the following piece of "fixie"-themed artwork:”

  Archive 2010-08-01

• “Just finished a chilly ride in Central Park w/ BSNYC. about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter and the reason the dude fell off his fixie is his knuckle tat got in the way”

  Riding High: Putting the "App" in "Appropriation"

• “Customization to a fixie is the choice of color of the el cheapo tyre he slips on today because he does not give a fat rats arse about whether it has grip, is puncture resistant or rolling resistance as long as he looks HIP and NOW.”

  Strange Customs: Art, Bikes, and the Apocalypse

• “Fixed-wheel bicycles are designed for track racing but transforming a regular bike into a "fixie" - or "piste bike," as they are known in Japan - is a straightforward operation and allows the rider to stop by resisting the rotation of the pedals.”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “[...] redundancy, in a clear attempt to target fixed-gear bikes, a Philadelphia councilman proposes a $1000 fine or immediate confiscation of any bike without brakes - yet fails to comprehend that a fixie is a brake.”

  The Clog

• “And while there was space for five bikes to be stowed, no one brought theirs ( "fixie" or otherwise) along for the trip.”

  The Washington Post: New 'Hipster Express' bus links two cultural hot spots: U Street and Brooklyn

• “And what is more animalistic than killing another animal and using its hide to adorn your "fixie," as in this Craigslist ad forwarded to me by a reader?”

  Wild Kingdom: The Primal Nature of Cycling

• “What if I want to ride up the Stelvio on a "fixie" and skip-stop my way down it?”

  Archive 2010-09-01

• “If we consider both the roof rack and the "fixie" to be a part of the car (the rack may be all that's keeping the roof on, and the "fixie" itself could be construed as a very poorly-placed wheelie bar), then the "Emo Fixie Poets" are almost certainly in excess of the $500 (or one "fakerjack" axe) rule.”

  Duck and Cover: The Art of Appropriation

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