fixie

fixie

See also: Fixie

English

Etymology

fix +‎ -ie

Noun

fixie (plural fixies)

1. (informal) A fixed-gear bicycle.
   • 1992 August 2, Keppel, David, “Tripping bicycles and motorcycles (was Re: Bicycle helmets)”, in rec.bicycles, Usenet‎, retrieved 2016-07-15, message-ID <<[e-mail]>>:

     A number of couriers in NYC use `fixies' -- fixed-gear bikes with no brakes.

   • 2013, Gordon Young, Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City, page 107:

     Coming from San Francisco, where gentrification swept through neighborhoods faster than hipster trends like fixies, tattoos, and retro eighties wardrobes, I didn't think Erin had anything to worry about.

   • 2014 April 12, Claire Martin, “How a bicycle maker saw the light, and found its balance”, in The New York Times‎:

     [F]ixed-gear bikes, or "fixies," cycles that have one speed and are built without the free-wheel equipment that keeps a regular bicycle's pedals stationary while the tires are in motion.

Synonyms

• fixie bike

Translations

bicycle without a freewheel

Finnish: fixipyörä German: Fixie n Malay: basikal lajak (ms)