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In short, no. To our knowledge, it is completely legal everywhere in the world to ride a fixed gear bicycle when they are equipped with brakes. The problem arises with the question: "can you ride fixed gear bike without brakes?"  And here we come across some laws that completely ban brakeless fixed gear bicycles. These laws vary from country to country, so the best way to find out would be to contact your local police or look at the forums in your home country.  Here are rules of few counties that we found out about: Austria: Bicycles without brakes are not legal on public...

Fixed gear bicycles have been traditionally utilized for velodrome racing long after most different bicycles had changed to utilizing freewheels. On the high-speed velodrome it is quite dangerous if the rider ahead of you might brake abruptly. The average reaction time for humans is 0.25 seconds to a visual stimulus. You have less than 10% of that time to brake to avoid a collision. For this reason, brakes in velodrome use have been banned. Although you don't need them, we strongly encourage you to have them on for riding in public because you never know when some idiot in a car will cut you off....

When you are planning to buy a fixed gear bike the most important thing to consider is the difference between fixie and track bike. You might have thought that both of them are same because they are fixed gear. However, there are many differences that you will come across. The first one is that track bike is specially designed for racing. On the other hand, a fixie is for enjoyment and regular usage. So here, we have some of the difference between both types of bikes: 1.Brake  It is a general fact that fixie has brakes while track bikes are...

Riding a bike can be the best experience in your life. however, to make fixie run faster you must have the knowledge of the gear ratio. As it will allow you to attain the required speed by spending the least amount of energy. So in order to help you out here is everything you need to know about fixed gear ratio. Gear ratio calculation Fundamentally, you would come across two types of chainrings on which the bike chain rotates on The huge one at the front across the pedals The little one on the backside of the back wheel The principal...

Whether you are looking forward to having a bike for yourself or for your kid, the Fixed Gear Bike will be the ideal choice. It will allow you to learn stability, energy endurance maintenance, and balance that will be useful ahead in life. Make sure that you select a strong and reliable bike. Make sure that you pick Unknown bike ;)