Originally Posted by
SpecializedNJ
Well I got into this big debate with this bike snob at work one day about how the geometry on a fixed gear and track bike are different and you can't ride velodrome on a fixed gear because it's not a track bike and blah blah blah, so I just call it that now. Didn't mean to insult you or whatever, my bad.
I differentiate the terms "fixed gear" and "fixie."
Fixed gear, to me, is any bike that has a fixed gear drive train. A track bike or a "fixie" can be a fixed gear bike.
Fixie is a bike not origionally purposed to be a fixed gear that has been "fixed" according to some people. Hence the term "fixie." The term fixie just has a bad connotation to me. When I hear someone say "ooooh, you ride a fixie," I immediately feel as though I've been stereotyped to be a deuschey hipster.
Just my .02 on the terms.