fixie
noun [ C ] informal uk/ˈfɪk.si/ us/ˈfɪk.si/
单速自行车;固定齿轮自行车（fixed-gear bike或fixed-wheel bike的缩写）
short for fixed-gear bike or fixed-wheel bike: a bicycle with only one gear (= a device that controls how much power goes to the wheels of a vehicle) that cannot move unless the pedals are being turned, often used for getting around a city
I recently rode my friend's fixie in San Francisco and now I want one for myself. 我最近在旧金山骑了我朋友的单速自行车，现在我也想给自己买一辆。
The beauty of the fixie is its elegant simplicity.
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- For those who live close enough, just hop on your fixie and take advantage of indoor bike parking.
- From a technological standpoint, trading the average mountain bike for a fixie is the equivalent of trading in a computer for an abacus.
- If you yearn for a return to the classic styling of the bikes of yore, this steel fixie with leather trim ticks all the boxes.
- Bike messengers are big fixie fans.