New Trend - Fixie Bike

Fixed Gear or so-called "Fixie Bike" is derived from the Track Bicycle / bike racing that is used on the Velodrome track, but many also used by the "Bike Messengers" to deliver the order, because this type of bike is simple and easy to use city streets.

Fixed Gear Bicycles is a bicycle with a basic frame taken from a racing bike frame, but there are modifications in some parts, the most obvious modification characterize "Fixie" is on the rear gear, which on fixed gear bikes do not use a set of 7 speed gear or more, but simply by using the "Single Speed" or a gear just good gear at the rear or front.


Why is called "Fixed Gear"? very simple, namely because the rear gear fixie bike gear model using "fixed" or bicycling in a trivial "Gir Patent / Off" because this type of gear bolted directly to the rear wheel hub so that if a bicycle wheel spinning the pedals will continue to spin and can not retained as in the mechanism of Gear "Free Wheel", it causes the bike to fixie digoes / boseh back, then what about braking? easy, simply by holding the pedal to the automatic wheel rotation will stop as well, the system is different from the model of the brake "Torpedo" is where we push the pedals backward if the new bike will put the brakes on its own.

Another difference is found in the type used on bicycle handlebars "Fixie" is mostly ridernya not use the horn sheep model as in bike racing, but simply use a straight handlebar which is cut into shorter, so easy to use for weaving between the cars dilalubig city traffic.

Another difference is clearly visible is the "Fixie" do not use the brake / brake cables and gear operand, so the bike Fixie looks simple, minimalist and cool! but in some overseas countries such as America, Britain, Germany and Australia has strict rules about the proper use of a bicycle public streets, ie at least have the brakes on the front wheels, of course, that category can not be met by "Fixie Bike" which in fact is not have brakes on the front and back, because only rely on leg strength to withstand rotation speed of a bicycle pedal that can be stopped, but it was also the cause Fixie become Hype! for breaking the rules! haha..breaking the law is cool, but please take care of yourself, don't get hurt when ride a fixie..

Trend "Fixie" getting crazy after the famous bicycle brands also produce their own Fixie Bike and craziness was getting into when the hype brands just as NIKE, SUPREME, Intersection, ALIFE, DC, REBEL8 and so many others began to wear cool brands in Fixie more ads, graphics, blogs and their daily lives. Such a cool trends I think .. now I'll build my own Fixie.