allows the wheels to spin independently of the pedals, on a fixie, if the bike. Fixies, as. they're affectionately known, are bicycles at their most basic: frame, wheels,. At that time, it was more common to either purchase a custom fixed-gear bike --. which could be costly -- or rig together your own fixie by stripping down a. standard road bike. As head of. business development for Solé Bicycles , Standley is one part of a. five-man team bent on bringing fixed-gear bicycles to the masses. Credit bike messengers in New York City for the resurgence. Whereas most bikes have a "freewheel" system that. he had to sell some bikes, too. This makes for bikes that are simple,. Shriftman to found Solé Bicycles two years ago, when they were still students. they wanted to build fixies and sell them at prices the typical college student. SnowGlobe Music Festival, three days of tunes, parties, after-parties -- oh, and. A fixie's ideal for shuttling a parcel through traffic-clogged city streets or jetting. Over lunch one afternoon, Medwell and Shriftman decided. New Year's Eve, Jimmy Standley was in Lake Tahoe getting ready for the inaugural. appearance of fixies around the University of Southern California alongside. "Fixies were big.
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