Author Topic: Need a name to differentiate a proper fixie from a hipster w*** bike  (Read 8281 times)

Kim

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Re: Need a name to differentiate a proper fixie from a hipster w*** bike
« Reply #25 on: 21 February, 2014, 09:36:22 pm »
I've seen a few bikes around recently bearing the brand name "Fixie". Every one so far has been running a freewheel. :P

FSO?

Jonah

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Re: Need a name to differentiate a proper fixie from a hipster w*** bike
« Reply #26 on: 21 February, 2014, 09:43:58 pm »
Sorry, What does FSO stand for? ::-)

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Need a name to differentiate a proper fixie from a hipster w*** bike
« Reply #27 on: 21 February, 2014, 10:01:39 pm »
Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych - literally "Factory of Personal Motor Vehicles", stunningly inventive, manufacturer of eg:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/6670541/10-cars-that-should-never-have-been-built.html?image=8

Kim probably meant Fixie-Shaped Object, but the difference is marginal.
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Re: Need a name to differentiate a proper fixie from a hipster w*** bike
« Reply #28 on: 21 February, 2014, 10:29:04 pm »
The name is decided by the last 2 letters:

Hipster = Fixie
Traditional cyclist = Fixed

;)

+1.

In fact, +20. What is "fixie" anyway?

Re: Need a name to differentiate a proper fixie from a hipster w*** bike
« Reply #29 on: 22 February, 2014, 01:58:36 am »
I think clown bike might be the term the OP is looking for.

That's a Brompton, innit?

Anyway, fixer. Definitely >fixie.

Re: Need a name to differentiate a proper fixie from a hipster w*** bike
« Reply #30 on: 22 February, 2014, 11:41:05 am »
That's a Brompton, innit?

In size, yes! I was referring more to the bright colours