fixie en · NOUN
Etymology
From fix + -ie.
Meanings
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(informal) A fixed-gear bicycle.
[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.
2014 April 12, Claire Martin, “How a bicycle maker saw the light, and found its balance”, in The New York Times: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.
2013, Gordon Young, Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City, page 107:A number of couriers in NYC use `fixies' -- fixed-gear bikes with no brakes.
1992 August 2, David Keppel, “Tripping bicycles and motorcycles (was Re: Bicycle helmets)”, in rec.bicycles (Usenet), retrieved 15 Jul 2016, message-ID <<1992Aug2.164246.23667@beaver.cs.washington.edu>>:
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(informal) A fixed-blade knife.
Among the other fixed blades en route is the Aegis FX. As the name indicates this is a fixie version of SOG's renovated Aegis folder, which debuted at the beginning of 2020.
2021 October 11, Editorial staff, “SOG 2022 catalog contains brand new blades and wild line expansions”, in Knife News, retrieved 15 May 2023:In my humble opinion, a great horizontal Kydex sheath is the ONLY way to make a fixie disappear on your person.
2022 October 19, Alone, “Horizontal Belt Sheath to fit...”, in BladeForums, retrieved 15 May 2023:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| fixies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (3)
ms basikal lajak (bicycle without a freewheel) · de Fixie (bicycle without a freewheel) · fi fixipyörä (bicycle without a freewheel)