History of Fixed Gear Bikes

Fixed Gear or are more comfortable with calling it by Fixie bike, is currently on trend among goweser homeland. In addition to transportation and sports equipment currently Fixie has become a lifestyle in different walks of bike lovers. Actually whether it Fixie, originally known as the Fixed Wheel, closely related to the single speed bicycle.
Fixed or Fixed Gear Bicycle Wheel Bicycle, then known in the USA with Fixie term. A bicycle transportation equipment without using Free Wheel. Sprocket (rear gear) without a free wheel directly mounted directly on a fixed hub. When the rear wheels spin the pedals will rotate in the direction of the rear wheels spin. This allows the rider to stop the bike fixie bike without using brakes (brake).

To stop the bike, the rider only needs to attract the opposite direction backward pedal crank, the wheel will automatically slow down and stop.In the world of bicycle racing, fixed gear in use at the track cycling competition which is usually done in a Velodrome (an oval-shaped racetrack without tip). Along with the development era, fixed bicycle is not only used in Velodrome track but the track had started to spread to the highway, as a means of daily transportation. In America fixie road bike was originally introduced by the Bicycle Messengers.

Although Legality Bike Fixie developed in different countries is still a conflict, until now users Fixed a growing and spreading in different countries.

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