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Look Ma, No Brakes!

By on September 30, 2009 in Ideas


Washington Post:

What a profile they cut, slicing through the city: gorgeous, exotic, dangerous. You see them parked like emaciated steeds outside the coolest clubs.

We are talking about a bicycle. A very special kind of road bicycle, called a fixed-gear bike, or fixie for short.

A fixie has one speed, which makes it difficult to pedal uphill. A classic fixie has no brakes, which makes it difficult to slow on the downhill. A fixie has no freewheel, the part that makes coasting possible. Instead, the chain directly drives the rotation of the rear wheel, which means the pedals always turn while the bike moves.

Photo by Washington Post.

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  • Jaclyn Wells

    Wow, i don’t even know what to say to this invention other then why would you want a bike that has no brakes? how do you stop it, just put your feet down quick and hope for the best like fred flinstone?