Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Difference between Fixie and Track bikes?

Any one know the difference between Fixie and Track bikes?

Is this a Fixie or Track, how do you know?
http://oi52.tinypic.com/2yzkj6a.jpg

fixie is a dumb street slang word meaning any bike with a fixed gear.

track bike is more specific. that is NOT a track bike.

you are trolling, or this is a stupid stupid stupid semantic thread.

that bike sucks, too.

dat's a ghost bike brah

I'm not trolling, I'm just asking for help, is everyone a dick on this site?

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r162/jsharr/posters/Kirk_awesome.jpg

http://www.pedalroom.com/p/cervelo-track-t1-2035_3.jpg
Fixie

http://www.pedalroom.com/p/2010-cervelo-t1-track-w-reynolds-wheels-1508_1.jpg
Track bike

http://www.pedalroom.com/p/deus-2642_4.jpg
Track bike fixies

is everyone a dick on this site?

calm your sphincter

I'm not trolling, I'm just asking for help, is everyone a dick on this site?

Short answer: yes. ;)

Anyway, that bike looks like it's meant to be built up as a single speed. Not sure about it's origins but it appears as though other people on BF do and it's not very nice. ?

The ****** who rides it.

Your bike is fine, there's nothing wrong with a Scrambler, nor other 1/8" parts. Ride it, who cares if it's a "fixie or track"

BTW to help with your original question: fixie is just slang for a fixed-gear bike. So, any fixed-gear track bike could technically be called a fixie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-gear_bicycle

calm your sphincter

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Is this a Fixie or Track, how do you know?

Not Track. Cable guides under top tube. Brakes. Stem. Handlebars. Ain't no riding that setup on track.

Furthermore, gussets make me think it's designed for "stunt" riding.

^ see how much less fun that answer is?

Ooops, I forgot water bottle mounts.

Referring to a fixed gear bicycle as a "fixie" is to use a term which has been around since the turn of last century. People who have only been alive for 20-some odd years who think they own exclusive rights to some sort of "sub-culture" need to get over it.

You think we're all dicks? Good luck sticking around, kid.

http://www.pedalroom.com/p/deus-2642_4.jpg
Track bike fixies

the plot thickens. . .

dat's a ghost bike brah

winner!

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I literally laughed out loud.

Well-played, sir.

I'm not trolling, I'm just asking for help, is everyone a dick on this site?

I am not a penis, but I am a dick.

http://richardnixonfacts.com/images/richard-nixon6.jpg

All track bikes are fixies, but not all fixies are track bikes

All track bikes are fixies, but not all fixies are track bikes

Yes. Now someone please close this thread.

A track bike is made for...

...the track.

No brakes or braze-ons for cables, no quick releases, beefy crank, etc. They differ from generic fixies because they're built for a racing series, much like tri bikes are different from regular race bikes.

track bike:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/3030865087_ca4f84908e_o.jpg
fixie:
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2009/04/15/483184454_1226f6b0a4_b.jpg

hybrid:
http://www.upthai.net/pictures/4ba8a0fed9c9651c570cbf3958b70f69.jpg

This thread. Lol.

track bike:

hybrid:
http://www.upthai.net/pictures/4ba8a0fed9c9651c570cbf3958b70f69.jpg

Its rare you see these in there natural environmental

especially now thanks to nashbar

im actually just jealous because i dont have enough money to build one up myself :(

im actually just jealous because i dont have enough money to build one up myself :(

NJS strikes again.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/SGj7J_8kAwI/AAAAAAAACjU/D2-P0CKmpgo/s400/pengy.jpg

pengy

I'm not trolling, I'm just asking for help, is everyone a dick on this site?

Yes.

Don't forget the tarck bike!
http://velospace.org/files/tarckmerc1.jpg
NEEDS MOAR SPOKE CARDZ!!!!

Your bike won't be a good bike if it isn't NJS dawg

full NJS is like wearing armor sets in MMORPGs, you get unseen bonuses like flight capabilities

is everyone a dick on this site?
The second half of my middle name is Richard, does that count?!

Any one know the difference between Fixie and Track bikes?

Is this a Fixie or Track, how do you know?
http://oi52.tinypic.com/2yzkj6a.jpg

Brakes and riser bars indicate street use, therefore "fixie."

what makes a fixie a "sw8 fixay"?

what makes a fixie a "sw8 fixay"?an Arrospok and sweet colorways, bruh!

Its not cool to be helpful.

A track bike is usually concidered one that is legal to race on a velodrome, and built to do so well. That means it has to have drop bars and rear facing drop outs to be legal(and there is some fit stuff that usually isnt enforced at races in the US). As for being built well to race that usually means steeper angles and stiff BB region of the frame, conciderable seat to bar drop, high bb, stiff cranks and bb, a gear over ~88 inches, and clipless pedals.

Fixie is either any bike with a fixed gear, track bikes included, or a disparaging term for the colorful and oddly built bikes riden often by people new to riding fixed gears. But there are also people that have been riding fixed for a long time with colorful bikes and unique parts.

Don't forget the tarck bike!
http://velospace.org/files/tarckmerc1.jpg
NEEDS MOAR SPOKE CARDZ!!!!
theres nothing tarck about this. thats ****ing terrible

Shut the **** up sol.

Its not cool to be helpful.

A track bike is usually concidered one that is legal to race on a velodrome, and built to do so well. That means it has to have drop bars and rear facing drop outs to be legal(and there is some fit stuff that usually isnt enforced at races in the US). As for being built well to race that usually means steeper angles and stiff BB region of the frame, conciderable seat to bar drop, high bb, stiff cranks and bb, a gear over ~88 inches, and clipless pedals.

Fixie is either any bike with a fixed gear, track bikes included, or a disparaging term for the colorful and oddly built bikes riden often by people new to riding fixed gears. But there are also people that have been riding fixed for a long time with colorful bikes and unique parts.

It does not have to have drops. Remember there are endurance events on the velodrome as well.

Endurance means long, points races are the classic endurance event and mass start, which means they require drop bars. You dont need drops for persuits or time trials, but those are so uncommon for weekly track racing in the US I didnt feel the need to mention it. But you are sort of right.

full NJS is like wearing armor sets in MMORPGs, you get unseen bonuses like flight capabilities
:lol:

Endurance means long, points races are the classic endurance event and mass start, which means they require drop bars. You dont need drops for persuits or time trials, but those are so uncommon for weekly track racing in the US I didnt feel the need to mention it. But you are sort of right.

Ahh, okay. Thanks for clearing that up.

Shut the **** up sol.

Simmer down. I don't think he was intending to make you angry, but obviously he did.

Shut the **** up sol.

Bwaaahahaha!!!

This is the single funniest post I've seen in a long time! Not because it's ripping Sol. But, because it come totally out of nowhere.

Shut the **** up sol.

http://emotibot.net/pix/45.jpg

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Shut the **** up sol.
I assume it is some vague joke, but I don't get it....sounds like this troll woke up on the wrong side of the bridge....

thats why u dead

I assume it is some vague joke, but I don't get it....sounds like this troll woke up on the wrong side of the bridge....
this. i dont get the joke though