Track bikes are fixed gear

Back wheel directly linked to the pedals. If one is going round, so is the other. No gears, no free-wheeling.

So direct and immediate transmission from pedals to wheels - you can really feel that when you accelerate. But you do need to keep pedalling...

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on April 11th 2014 at 21:58:54

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GAO: Tricky H (NCFC) - Chopper, Apr 11, 21:27:18
- Fantastic (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 11, 21:36:45
  - Why is there no free wheeling? (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 11, 21:51:22
    - Track bikes are fixed gear (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 11, 21:58:54
      - (and no brakes... (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 11, 22:02:28
        
        Wow (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 11, 22:09:45
        
        Thing is, with no cars and no pedestrians, you don't need to stop (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 11, 22:13:51

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