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 argue, ...

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What started as an alternative niche, gravel has rapidly grown over the last decade and, for better or for worse, the gravel racing scene has become increasingly more serious. Events have grown in ...

May 12 (Reuters) - In the fluorescent glow of a re-purposed indoor go-kart track, cyclists hurtle around hairpin corners, their fixed-gear bikes offering a stark binary choice: perfect execution or ...

Fixed-gear bicycle racers will wheel their sport into the Bay Area on Sunday and Monday. Sunday's part of the Oakland Grand Prix will be held at 2 p.m. on Shea Center Drive in Livermore. Riders will ...

There are a tonne of reasons why you’d want a flat bar road bike. Maybe it’s just something a bit different, maybe you don’t want drop bars, maybe it’s to make the bike feel more upright for about ...

All bikes with the exception of penny-farthings are geared between the crankset and the rear wheel. Most bikes will include a range of gears, so that you can choose one appropriate to where you’re ...