As a student at Cal State Long Beach, J.W. Zhang saw a bicycle that changed his life — a sleek, single-speed called a fixed gear bike. It was 2011, the height of the fixie craze, and Zhang was ...

He is now the manager of the custom bike division at Mission Bicycle Company which specializes in fixed gear bikes in San Francisco, Calif. , on Tuesday, May 1st , 2012. Jill Schneider/The Chronicle ...

A quick definition: A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixie), like the very first safety bicycles introduced in 1885 by John Kemp Starley in Coventry, England, is the simplest and, some (like me) would ...

Fuji x Obey Fixed Gear Bike: Fuji began operations at the end of the 1800s and would go on to establish the "Tour of Japan" as well as be in attendance for the inaugural Keirin (sprint races) in 1948.

Create is a UK company that sells candy-colored fixed-gear bikes. You may be more familiar with the incarnation sold at Urban Outfitters, or the US brand, Republic Bikes. Whichever one you choose ...

“I like to ride. Fixed gear, steel frame, no brakes. The bike cannot coast. The pedals never stop turning. Can’t stop. Don’t want to either.” It’s kind of a silly movie, but with those six sentences, ...