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'''Freestyle fixed gear''' is stunt riding on a [[Fixed-gear bicycle|fixie]]. It is an [[extreme sport]] where the stunts share elements from [[Freestyle BMX|BMX]], [[artistic cycling]], [[dirt jumping]], and [[Mountain bike trials|trials]]. The flat ground style of tricks, similar to [[artistic cycling]], is called Trick-Track or Tarck. Street and park riding, that is more similar to [[Freestyle BMX|BMX]], is generally called FGFS (Fixed Gear Freestyle)..<ref>{{Cite web |title=FGFS - Fixed Gear Freestyle (bicycles) {{!}} AcronymFinder |url=https://www.acronymfinder.com/Fixed-Gear-Freestyle-(bicycles)-(FGFS).html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.acronymfinder.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=JBall |date=2020-03-23 |title=KNOW YOUR FIXIE LINGO (Part 1) |url=https://suckmycog.com/2020/03/23/know-your-fixie-lingo-part-1/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Suck My Cog |language=en}}</ref>
'''Freestyle fixed gear''' is [[stunt]] riding on a [[Fixed-gear bicycle|fixie]]. It is an [[extreme sport]] where the stunts share elements from [[Freestyle BMX|BMX]], [[artistic cycling]], [[dirt jumping]], and [[Mountain bike trials|trials]]. The flat ground style of tricks, similar to [[artistic cycling]], is called Trick-Track or Tarck. Street and [[Skatepark|park]] riding, that is more similar to [[Freestyle BMX|BMX]], is generally called FGFS (Fixed Gear Freestyle).<ref>{{Cite web |title=FGFS - Fixed Gear Freestyle (bicycles) {{!}} AcronymFinder |url=https://www.acronymfinder.com/Fixed-Gear-Freestyle-(bicycles)-(FGFS).html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.acronymfinder.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=JBall |date=2020-03-23 |title=KNOW YOUR FIXIE LINGO (Part 1) |url=https://suckmycog.com/2020/03/23/know-your-fixie-lingo-part-1/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Suck My Cog |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-24 |title=Fixie & Single Speed Cycling Glossary {{!}} Brooklyn Fixed Gear |url=https://fixedgearfocus.com/glossary/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=fixedgearfocus.com |language=en-US}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Freestyle fixed gear riders style can be generally described as doing "[[Freestyle BMX|BMX]]-style tricks on their [[Fixed-gear bicycle|fixed-gear bikes]]".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Wilding |first=Natalee |title=SLC's fixie bike gang is more extreme than you |url=https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2014/07/23/slcs-fixie-bike-gang-is-more-extreme-than-you |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Salt Lake City Weekly |language=en}}</ref> The sport was "born from the fusion of [[freestyle BMX]] and [[track cycling]]".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-02-06 |title=Fixed-Gear Freestyle: What Is This Cycling Trend? (Ultimate Guide) |url=https://brooklynfixedgear.com/tricks-and-performance/fixed-gear-freestyle-explained/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=brooklynfixedgear.com |language=en-US}}</ref> As early as 2007 people "started to see how rad they could get on a [[Track bicycle|track bike,]] it started with skids and progressed from there."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Regenold |first=Stephen |date=2012-05-18 |title=Seriously, What's Up with Fixed-Gear Freestyle? |url=https://gearjunkie.com/biking/fixed-gear-freestyle |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=GearJunkie |language=en-US}}</ref> Fixed gear tricks are very impressive because they require riders to always be pedaling.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lingelbach-Pierce |first=Zander |date=2024-02-29 |title=There Will Never Be Another Fixed Rider Like Tom La Marche |url=https://www.bikemag.com/news/fixed-legend-tom-la-marche |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=BikeMag |language=en}}</ref> A 2015 poll of international fixed gear riders found that 11.9% report the use of [[Fixed-gear bicycle|fixie]] for tricks.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=SÁNDOR, BÉRES, BENCZENLEITNER OTTÓ, and BERKES TAMÁS. |date=2015 |title=FROM THE VELODROM TO THE STREETS--THE RECREATION SCENES OF FIXED GEAR BIKES. A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON HUNGARIAN AND FOREIGNER FIXED GEAR BIKERS |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290997566 |journal=Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Educatio Artis Gymnasticae |volume=60 |issue=4 |pages=47 |via=Researchgate}}</ref>
Freestyle fixed gear riders style can be generally described as doing "[[Freestyle BMX|BMX]]-style tricks on their [[Fixed-gear bicycle|fixed-gear bikes]]".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Wilding |first=Natalee |title=SLC's fixie bike gang is more extreme than you |url=https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2014/07/23/slcs-fixie-bike-gang-is-more-extreme-than-you |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Salt Lake City Weekly |language=en}}</ref> The sport was "born from the fusion of [[freestyle BMX]] and [[track cycling]]".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-02-06 |title=Fixed-Gear Freestyle: What Is This Cycling Trend? (Ultimate Guide) |url=https://brooklynfixedgear.com/tricks-and-performance/fixed-gear-freestyle-explained/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=brooklynfixedgear.com |language=en-US}}</ref> As early as 2007 people "started to see how rad they could get on a [[Track bicycle|track bike]], it started with skids and progressed from there."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Regenold |first=Stephen |date=2012-05-18 |title=Seriously, What's Up with Fixed-Gear Freestyle? |url=https://gearjunkie.com/biking/fixed-gear-freestyle |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=GearJunkie |language=en-US}}</ref> Fixed gear tricks are very impressive because they require riders to always be pedaling.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lingelbach-Pierce |first=Zander |date=2024-02-29 |title=There Will Never Be Another Fixed Rider Like Tom La Marche |url=https://www.bikemag.com/news/fixed-legend-tom-la-marche |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=BikeMag |language=en}}</ref> A 2015 poll of international fixed gear riders found that 11.9% report the use of fixie for tricks.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=SÁNDOR, BÉRES, BENCZENLEITNER OTTÓ, and BERKES TAMÁS. |date=2015 |title=FROM THE VELODROM TO THE STREETS--THE RECREATION SCENES OF FIXED GEAR BIKES. A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON HUNGARIAN AND FOREIGNER FIXED GEAR BIKERS |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290997566 |journal=Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, Educatio Artis Gymnasticae |volume=60 |issue=4 |pages=47 |via=ResearchGate}}</ref>


The earliest bicycle tricks were done on [[Fixed-gear bicycle|fixed gear bicycles.]]<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/96515569/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-17 |title=Fixed gear trick riding not as new as you think |url=https://bikeportland.org/2011/10/17/fixed-gear-trick-riding-not-as-new-as-you-think-60660 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=BikePortland |language=en-US}}</ref> However, most modern disciplines of freestyle cycling utilize a [[freewheel]] type mechanism; a notable exception is [[artistic cycling]] riders also still uses a [[fixed-gear bicycle]]. The fixed connection between rider and wheel enables stunts that are difficult or impossible with a [[freewheel]].<ref>{{Cite patent|number=US11590797B2|title=Freewheel assembly switchable between fixed-gear and freewheel modes|gdate=2023-02-28|invent1=Engel|inventor1-first=Nicholas Redmond|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US11590797B2/en?q=(%22fixed+gear+bicycle%22)&oq=%22fixed+gear+bicycle%22&page=1}}</ref> The most basic trick called a [[Track stand|trackstand]] is generally done only by riders on fixed-gear bikes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFarland |first=Matt |date=August 26, 2015 |title=How fixed-gear bikes can confuse Google's self-driving cars |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/08/26/how-fixed-gear-bikes-can-confuse-googles-self-driving-cars/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
The earliest bicycle tricks were done on fixed-gear bicycles.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/96515569/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-17 |title=Fixed gear trick riding not as new as you think |url=https://bikeportland.org/2011/10/17/fixed-gear-trick-riding-not-as-new-as-you-think-60660 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=BikePortland |language=en-US}}</ref> However, most modern disciplines of freestyle cycling utilize a [[freewheel]] type mechanism; a notable exception is [[artistic cycling]] riders also still uses a fixed-gear bicycle. The fixed connection between rider and wheel enables [[stunt]]s that are difficult or impossible with a freewheel.<ref>{{Cite patent|number=US11590797B2|title=Freewheel assembly switchable between fixed-gear and freewheel modes|gdate=2023-02-28|invent1=Engel|inventor1-first=Nicholas Redmond|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US11590797B2/en?q=(%22fixed+gear+bicycle%22)&oq=%22fixed+gear+bicycle%22&page=1}}</ref> The most basic trick called a [[Track stand|trackstand]] is generally done only by riders on fixed-gear bikes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFarland |first=Matt |date=August 26, 2015 |title=How fixed-gear bikes can confuse Google's self-driving cars |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/08/26/how-fixed-gear-bikes-can-confuse-googles-self-driving-cars/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>


[[Bicycle messenger]] culture in the late 20th century and early 21st century is a major influence to freestyle on [[Fixed-gear bicycle|fixed gear bikes]]. [[Fixed-gear bicycle|Fixed gears]] date to the mid-19th century, and bike messengers in New York have long found them to be dependable and practical machines for tough city streets. But it is only in the past few years that riders, inspired mostly by [[skateboarding]] and [[Freestyle BMX|BMX]], began to push the limits of doing tricks on a [[Fixed-gear bicycle|fixed-gear bike]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCrea Jones |first=Raymond |date=July 10, 2009 |title=A Meeting of Dervishes With Fixed Gears |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/nyregion/12bikes.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> The sport has mostly stayed underground, however, the mainstream Hollywood movies 1986 film [[Quicksilver (film)]] and 2012 movie [[Premium Rush]] contain stunts done by [[bicycle messenger]] characters using a [[fixed-gear bicycle]] "showing off stunts and deviant riding".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maximilian |first=Hoor |date=2020 |title=The bicycle as a symbol of lifestyle, status and distinction. A cultural studies analysis of urban cycling (sub) cultures in Berlin |url=https://api-depositonce.tu-berlin.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/0e8863ac-4731-4374-acc7-d99dc98e89e3/content |journal=Applied Mobilities |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=249–266 |doi=10.1080/23800127.2020.1847396 |via=DepositOnce}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Regenold |first=Stephen |date=2012-06-03 |title=Hollywood Milks Bike-Messenger Culture in new Feature Film |url=https://gearjunkie.com/biking/premium-rush-bike-messenger-movie |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=GearJunkie |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[Bicycle messenger]] culture in the late 20th century and early 21st century is a major influence to freestyle on fixed-gear bikes. Fixed gears date to the mid-19th century, and bike messengers in New York have long found them to be dependable and practical machines for tough city streets. But it is only in the past few years that riders, inspired mostly by [[skateboarding]] and [[Freestyle BMX|BMX]], began to push the limits of doing tricks on a fixed-gear bike.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCrea Jones |first=Raymond |date=July 10, 2009 |title=A Meeting of Dervishes With Fixed Gears |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/nyregion/12bikes.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> The sport has mostly stayed underground, however, the mainstream Hollywood movies ''[[Quicksilver (film)|Quicksilver]]'' (1986) and ''[[Premium Rush]]'' (2012) contain stunts done by bicycle messenger characters using a fixed-gear bicycle "showing off stunts and deviant riding".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maximilian |first=Hoor |date=2020 |title=The bicycle as a symbol of lifestyle, status and distinction. A cultural studies analysis of urban cycling (sub) cultures in Berlin |url=https://api-depositonce.tu-berlin.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/0e8863ac-4731-4374-acc7-d99dc98e89e3/content |journal=Applied Mobilities |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=249–266 |doi=10.1080/23800127.2020.1847396 |via=DepositOnce}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Regenold |first=Stephen |date=2012-06-03 |title=Hollywood Milks Bike-Messenger Culture in new Feature Film |url=https://gearjunkie.com/biking/premium-rush-bike-messenger-movie |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=GearJunkie |language=en-US}}</ref>

Tricks done on a fixed-gear bicycle appear in the movies ''[[Rad (film)|Rad]]'' and ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]''. [[Red Bull]] held an annual fixed freestyle competition from 2011 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-12 |title=Red Bull Ride + Style 2011 |url=https://fixedgeararchive.com/red-bull-ride-style-2011/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=FIXED GEAR ARCHIVE |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-14 |title=Red Bull Ride + Style 2012 |url=https://fixedgeararchive.com/red-bull-ride-style-2012/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=FIXED GEAR ARCHIVE |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-16 |title=Red Bull Ride + Style 2013 |url=https://fixedgeararchive.com/red-bull-ride-style-2013/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=FIXED GEAR ARCHIVE |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-16 |title=Red Bull Ride + Style 2014 |url=https://fixedgeararchive.com/red-bull-ride-style-2014/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=FIXED GEAR ARCHIVE |language=en}}</ref> [[Specialized Bicycle Components|Specialized]] offered a fixed gear freestyle specific bike called the P.Fix.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-22 |title=Complete Bikes |url=https://fixedgeararchive.com/complete-bikes/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=FIXED GEAR ARCHIVE |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=P.Fix |url=https://www.specialized.com/us/en/pfix/p/37169?color=79841-37169 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=www.specialized.com |language=en}}</ref> In the 2001 [[X Games]] Trevor Myer used a [[Fixed-gear bicycle|direct drive]] bmx to compete in [[Flatland BMX|flatland]] freestyle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=* 2001 X-GAMES @ 23MAG BMX |url=http://www.23mag.com/events/xg/xg01.htm |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=www.23mag.com}}</ref>

== Equipment ==

=== Bikes ===
Freestyle fixed gear bikes are typically 26" or 700c and are strengthened and optimized for tricks.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-01 |title=Thrasher {{!}} Volume Bikes – 700/26 |url=http://volumebikes.com/70026/bikes/thrasher/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20111001085501/http://volumebikes.com/70026/bikes/thrasher/ |archive-date=2011-10-01 }}</ref>
[[File:Deacon Wong MBC CourtTek.jpg|alt=Trick Track Bike|thumb|Typical example of a 700C fixed gear bike for Trick Track|center]]
[[File:MBC HiTek.jpg|alt=FGFS Bike|center|thumb|Typical example of 26" FGFS bike]]
[[File:FixedGear INFO.jpg|center|Visual differences between Freestyle [[Fixed-gear bicycle|Fixie]] and [[Hybrid bike|Normal Bike]]|thumb]]


== Tricks ==
== Tricks ==
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|Fakie
|Fakie
|aka "Riding backwards". The rider uses fixed gear drive train to ride bike backwards.
|aka "Riding backwards". The rider uses fixed gear drive train to ride bike backwards.
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|Johnathan Ball.<ref name=":3" /> Niedert starts first bike trick movie with a fakie<ref name=":6" />
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* Johnathan Ball.<ref name=":3" />
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* Niedert starts first bike trick movie with a fakie<ref name=":6" />
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|Skid
|Skid
|The rider locks the rear wheel by using pressure on the pedals or straps.
|The rider locks the rear wheel by using pressure on the pedals or straps.
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|Johnathan Ball demonstrates various skids<ref name=":3" /> MASH SF. MACAFRAMA
* Johnathan Ball demonstrates various skids<ref name=":3" />
* MASH SF. (2007)
* MACAFRAMA (2009)
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|Pogo
|Pogo
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|Keo Spin
|Keo Spin
|From rolling backward taking, off one arm to get momentum into a back wheel spin. Named after Keo Curry.
|From rolling backward, taking off one arm to get momentum into a back wheel spin. Named after Keo Curry.
|Johnathan Ball<ref name=":3" />
|Johnathan Ball<ref name=":3" />
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|Big Spin
|Big Spin
|aka Prolly Spin, Blog Spin. Back wheel spin from rolling forward.
|aka Prolly Spin, Blog Spin. Back wheel spin from rolling forward.
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|Johnathan Ball<ref name=":3" /> Keo Curry in MACAFRAMA no handed big spin called Keo Rock/Min Spin
* Johnathan Ball<ref name=":3" />
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* Keo Curry in MACAFRAMA (2009) no handed big spin called Keo Rock/Min Spin
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|Foot Plant Spin
|Foot Plant Spin
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*[[Artistic cycling|Artistic Cycling]]
*[[Artistic cycling|Artistic Cycling]]
*[[Skateboarding]]
*[[Skateboarding]]
*[[Street skateboarding]]
*[[Bicycle messenger]]
*[[Bicycle messenger]]
*[[Bunny hop (cycling)]]
*[[Bunny hop (cycling)]]
*[[Glossary of cycling]]
*[[Glossary of cycling]]
*[[Freeride (mountain biking)|Freeride]]
*[[Freestyle motocross]]


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Latest revision as of 16:05, 19 December 2024

Freestyle fixed gear
Michael Chacon
NicknamesFGFS, Tarck, Trick Track
Characteristics
TypeCycling
Equipmentfixed gear bicycle
Presence
Country or regionWorldwide

Freestyle fixed gear is stunt riding on a fixie. It is an extreme sport where the stunts share elements from BMX, artistic cycling, dirt jumping, and trials. The flat ground style of tricks, similar to artistic cycling, is called Trick-Track or Tarck. Street and park riding, that is more similar to BMX, is generally called FGFS (Fixed Gear Freestyle).[1][2][3][4][5]

History

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Freestyle fixed gear riders style can be generally described as doing "BMX-style tricks on their fixed-gear bikes".[2] The sport was "born from the fusion of freestyle BMX and track cycling".[3] As early as 2007 people "started to see how rad they could get on a track bike, it started with skids and progressed from there."[6] Fixed gear tricks are very impressive because they require riders to always be pedaling.[7] A 2015 poll of international fixed gear riders found that 11.9% report the use of fixie for tricks.[8]

The earliest bicycle tricks were done on fixed-gear bicycles.[9][10] However, most modern disciplines of freestyle cycling utilize a freewheel type mechanism; a notable exception is artistic cycling riders also still uses a fixed-gear bicycle. The fixed connection between rider and wheel enables stunts that are difficult or impossible with a freewheel.[11] The most basic trick called a trackstand is generally done only by riders on fixed-gear bikes.[12]

Bicycle messenger culture in the late 20th century and early 21st century is a major influence to freestyle on fixed-gear bikes. Fixed gears date to the mid-19th century, and bike messengers in New York have long found them to be dependable and practical machines for tough city streets. But it is only in the past few years that riders, inspired mostly by skateboarding and BMX, began to push the limits of doing tricks on a fixed-gear bike.[13] The sport has mostly stayed underground, however, the mainstream Hollywood movies Quicksilver (1986) and Premium Rush (2012) contain stunts done by bicycle messenger characters using a fixed-gear bicycle "showing off stunts and deviant riding".[14][15]

Tricks done on a fixed-gear bicycle appear in the movies Rad and Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Red Bull held an annual fixed freestyle competition from 2011 to 2014.[16][17][18][19] Specialized offered a fixed gear freestyle specific bike called the P.Fix.[20][21] In the 2001 X Games Trevor Myer used a direct drive bmx to compete in flatland freestyle.[22]

Equipment

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Bikes

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Freestyle fixed gear bikes are typically 26" or 700c and are strengthened and optimized for tricks.[20][21][23]

Trick Track Bike
Typical example of a 700C fixed gear bike for Trick Track
FGFS Bike
Typical example of 26" FGFS bike
Visual differences between Freestyle Fixie and Normal Bike

Tricks

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Trick Name Description Examples
Track Stand The act of balancing motionless on a bicycle is called a "track stand".[24] Johnathan Ball[4]
Wheelie Front wheel comes off the ground. Tyler Johnson death truck wheelie[4]
Fakie aka "Riding backwards". The rider uses fixed gear drive train to ride bike backwards.
  • Johnathan Ball.[4]
  • Niedert starts first bike trick movie with a fakie[9]
Skid The rider locks the rear wheel by using pressure on the pedals or straps.
  • Johnathan Ball demonstrates various skids[4]
  • MASH SF. (2007)
  • MACAFRAMA (2009)
Pogo Hop up and down on the back wheel. Johnathan Ball[4]
Pole Dance Doing a wheelie, take a hand off to grab an obstacle to go in a circle around. Johnathan Ball[4]
Keo Spin From rolling backward, taking off one arm to get momentum into a back wheel spin. Named after Keo Curry. Johnathan Ball[4]
Fish and Chips aka Fishy Whip. Fakie slider while holding the saddle. Invented by Dylan "Fish n' Chips" Hurst. Johnathan Ball[4]
Big Spin aka Prolly Spin, Blog Spin. Back wheel spin from rolling forward.
  • Johnathan Ball[4]
  • Keo Curry in MACAFRAMA (2009) no handed big spin called Keo Rock/Min Spin
Foot Plant Spin aka Toe Keo, Tokyo, Death Spin. From rolling forward wheelie, fast foot plant to get into a back wheel spin. Johnathan Ball[4]
Surf Riding forward with no hands while rider stands on various parts of the bike. Matt Spencer frame surf[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FGFS - Fixed Gear Freestyle (bicycles) | AcronymFinder". www.acronymfinder.com. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  2. ^ a b Wilding, Natalee. "SLC's fixie bike gang is more extreme than you". Salt Lake City Weekly. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  3. ^ a b "Fixed-Gear Freestyle: What Is This Cycling Trend? (Ultimate Guide)". brooklynfixedgear.com. 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l JBall (2020-03-23). "KNOW YOUR FIXIE LINGO (Part 1)". Suck My Cog. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  5. ^ "Fixie & Single Speed Cycling Glossary | Brooklyn Fixed Gear". fixedgearfocus.com. 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  6. ^ Regenold, Stephen (2012-05-18). "Seriously, What's Up with Fixed-Gear Freestyle?". GearJunkie. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
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  8. ^ SÁNDOR, BÉRES, BENCZENLEITNER OTTÓ, and BERKES TAMÁS. (2015). "FROM THE VELODROM TO THE STREETS--THE RECREATION SCENES OF FIXED GEAR BIKES. A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON HUNGARIAN AND FOREIGNER FIXED GEAR BIKERS". Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, Educatio Artis Gymnasticae. 60 (4): 47 – via ResearchGate.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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