A quick definition: A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixie), like the very first safety bicycles introduced in 1885 by John Kemp Starley in Coventry, England, is the simplest and, some (like me ...

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Alliston was riding a fixed gear bike with no front brakes when he hit mum-of-two Kim Briggs as she was crossing the road in her lunch break. She suffered serious head injuries and died a week ...