Difference between Fixie and Track bikes?
07-01-11 | 09:38 PM
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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.
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.
07-01-11 | 10:28 PM
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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. ?
07-01-11 | 10:30 PM
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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"
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07-01-11 | 10:34 PM
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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:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-gear_bicycle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-gear_bicycle
07-01-11 | 10:56 PM
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07-01-11 | 11:05 PM
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07-01-11 | 11:16 PM
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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.
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07-02-11 | 08:10 AM
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07-02-11 | 04:33 PM
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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.
...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.
