Fixie

Fixie is an affectionate name for fixed gear bicycles.

Simple machinations. 2009

By next Friday, the sight of beautifully made $6,000 city bikes is going to make you want to puke, and by Interbike roughly half the bikes at the NAHBS will turn up in Felt's "Fixie" series, only without the functionality.

Archive 2010-02-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010

By next Friday, the sight of beautifully made $6,000 city bikes is going to make you want to puke, and by Interbike roughly half the bikes at the NAHBS will turn up in Felt's "Fixie" series, only without the functionality.

BSNYC Friday Frumunda Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2010

Two years later, they've got a whole "Fixie" line:

The Irrelevancy of Time: Bicycle Products Don't Spoil BikeSnobNYC 2009

In fact, one reaction came from Dave Koesel, the road brand/product manager at Felt I used their "Fixie" line as an example in my post who took issue with some of what I had to say.

BSNYC Interview: Dave Koesel of Felt Bicycles BikeSnobNYC 2009

In fact, one reaction came from Dave Koesel, the road brand/product manager at Felt I used their "Fixie" line as an example in my post who took issue with some of what I had to say.

Archive 2009-10-01 BikeSnobNYC 2009

A bit late, but substituting the words "Fixie" or "Hipster" for "Religious" in "Religious people are such self-congratulatory delusional assholes" would also be pretty accurate.

Intangibles: Steel is Real, but How does it Smell? BikeSnobNYC 2010

And yes, Suzy Fixie, you do have to yield to pedestrians.

Keith Ecker: Bikers vs. Drivers vs. Pedestrians: The War Wages On Keith Ecker 2011

And yes, Suzy Fixie, you do have to yield to pedestrians.

Keith Ecker: Bikers vs. Drivers vs. Pedestrians: The War Wages On Keith Ecker 2011

Fixie culture is dead, but department store crap bikes live on in this new shapeway.

BSNYC Product Review: Walmart's Mongoose Cachet "Fixed-Speed" Bicycle BikeSnobNYC 2010