Fixed gear is having only 1 gear which is irrespective of +/-freewheel. Thus a fixed-gear bike can be both Single-speed (with freewheel) or Fixed-wheel (no freewheel)skwerl said:Fixed gear/Fixed wheel are the same thing=no freewheel
S/S=freewheel
Fab Foodie said:Fixed gear is having only 1 gear which is irrespective of +/-freewheel. Thus a fixed-gear bike can be both Single-speed (with freewheel) or Fixed-wheel (no freewheel)
No freewheel is Fixed-wheel.
For more info...
http://fixiefaqs.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#Q1.2
They did indeed make a three-speed fixed hub, called the ASC. I have one from 1951.mickle said:Sturmey Archer used to make a three speed fixed hub according to an old chap I met in the street twenty years ago. According to him, and I have no reason to doubt him, it was based on their standard 3spd hub and just like the standard hub has a 'neutral' between 1st and 2nd. ... Folks used to adjust them so that they could use it as a freewheel. .... the hub was withdrawn from sale and actually banned in law. You're not allowed to have gears on a fixed wheel.
Fab Foodie said:Fixed gear is having only 1 gear which is irrespective of +/-freewheel. Thus a fixed-gear bike can be both Single-speed (with freewheel) or Fixed-wheel (no freewheel)
No freewheel is Fixed-wheel.
For more info...
http://fixiefaqs.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome#Q1.2
Some old codgers talk old cobblers. Not me, of course...mickle said:I have no evidence, just the word of a long dead old codger.
skwerl said:Just cos you read that definition on a website doesn't make it right. Convention says otherwise. Convention doesn't have to be exact so fixed vs s/s may not technically be correct enough but the majority of riders will go with fixed* being the non-freewheeling and a s/s being the other, useless version.
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I added the website FAQ's in support of what I've thought for the last 25 years of riding a fixed-wheel bike. But I agree the convention seems to suggest that 'Fixed...wheel/gear' seems these days to refer to the same thing, namely a non-freewheel system... but that doesn't make it right either. Maybe I'm a pedant or just old-fashioned...
Fab Foodie;315992][QUOTE=skwerl said:Just cos you read that definition on a website doesn't make it right. Convention says otherwise. Convention doesn't have to be exact so fixed vs s/s may not technically be correct enough but the majority of riders will go with fixed* being the non-freewheeling and a s/s being the other, useless version.
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I added the website FAQ's in support of what I've thought for the last 25 years of riding a fixed-wheel bike. But I agree the convention seems to suggest that 'Fixed...wheel/gear' seems these days to refer to the same thing, namely a non-freewheel system... but that doesn't make it right either. Maybe I'm a pedant or just old-fashioned...
Maybe.mickle;316082][QUOTE=Fab Foodie said:Or, with all due respect FF, maybe you've been wrong all along.