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No brakes on the bike?

I saw someone on the street riding a bicycle without brakes. It was on the back of the flywheel. I saw it on TV. Does anyone know this kind of bike?

Answer:

Fixed Gear Bike--- also called Track Bike, called the Japanese Keirin, with Chinese more accurate is "fixed gear bicycle", "relative to our daily activities, we called the flywheel flywheel for the dead fly, commonly known as the gear Fixed home death coaster.With regard to the history of fixed gear, many people are likely to say that Japan, out of Asia, in fact, fixed gear bike originated in the United States, New York, from the postman stepped on the bike. The dead car originated from the ground bike. The flywheel was fixed. The car stepped forward and stepped backward. Then the car came back and there was a courier who used the abandoned field car as a working vehicle.
With this kind of bicycle, we sell here, only the front brake, no rear brake, the back brake, and then, of course, when the brakes are forced on both legs. As long as the car is in progress, the legs have to follow the pedal, you stop, it is equivalent to the brakes.
It can travel quickly in the city, and the price is low, but also requires a certain riding skills, the general thief can not steal. These features made it popular among couriers in Britain, America and other countries, and became a street culture. Die cars, concise style, retro style, both modern and classical, so it was respected by the fashion industry, many fashion people used as a means of daily transportation. Major bicycle brands have also followed up, developing and promoting the types of dead speed cars, making them popular in the public and becoming the most popular bicycle style in the city. Pure death speed requires a certain technology, and dangerous, so these manufacturers to develop products, is dead and live fly dual-use, and equipped with brakes, to ensure safety. Later, the death drive to Tokyo, Japan, in the tide of Godfather Teng Yuan Hao packaging and promotion, evolved into a fashion trend with fashion, become the main force of tide culture. Its accessories are simple, young people can freely change the different colors and styles of accessories, assemble their own style. Riding requires some skills, and can play tricks, so that the death car is more fashionable and fun!

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