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 ...

Michael rides a fixie - a fixed-wheel bicycle - with no front brake. This is illegal. By law, a bike on a public road in the UK must have two brakes. A fixed-wheel bicycle has a single gear and no ...

Alliston was riding a fixed gear bike with no front brakes when he ... Alliston was riding a fixie - a fixed-wheel bicycle with no front brake used by track racing cyclists - across a junction ...