Originally Posted by
TimothyH
Neither a single speed bike nor a fixed gear bike have gears. Both have sprockets.
Sprockets are connected by chains. Gears mesh directly without chains linking them.
Both have variable and multiple speeds depending on the cadence of the rider.
-Tim-
Tim...come on my friend. That's semantics. I think everyone in this forum understands that the sprockets, and the number of them on a bike are generally refered to as "gears." You yourself used the term "Fixed gear bike" above.
Dan