A quick definition: A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixie), like the very first safety bicycles introduced in 1885 by John Kemp ...

Bikes were pretty much first made in steel (wood actually, if you’re counting hobby horses but I’m talking about Starley’s Safety bicycle), but the material has evolved in line with how long ...

K Starley, became the most successful and most copied. We would recognise all is features on a modern bicycle. A diamond shaped frame, pedals below the saddle that power the back wheel through a ...

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