fixed-gear
Americannoun
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Also called fixed-gear bicycle;. Informal, fixie. a bicycle having a single-gear system and lacking a freewheel mechanism, so that the wheels only move when the pedals move.
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such a gear system.
The bike has a fixed gear.
Etymology
Origin of fixed-gear
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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“Most other commercial fishing operations use either fixed gear or trawl gear like gill nets or drag nets,” Rider says.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2017
At her shop, customers are required to select from a cornucopia of parts to build their fixed gear bikes from the ground up.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2015
The next was a man balancing, stationary on a fixed gear bike at the lights - no one likes working with a show-off.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2013
I had to explain: a hipster today is usually a young entrepreneur, a hard-core capitalist who wants to make it with a fixed gear surfing rooftop grown vegetable organic pork farm.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2012
They have no brakes and a fixed gear ratio that means the pedals will always be turning whether our legs want them to be or not.
From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2012
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