Niche Bikes

Learn about fixed gear bikes, their popularity, and fundamental benefits. Come on! Read on! It'll be fun! [...]

Adult tricycles are a wonderful option for people wanting to enjoy the fun and freedom of riding a bicycle but don't have the confidence or balance necessary to ride a two-wheeler.  Tricycles also offer urban riders plenty of cargo space for groceries and other bulky items, in the form of large front and rear baskets - a variety of carriers are available as aftermarket attachments. [...]

Track racing is not for the faint-hearted.  Track bikes, meant for velodrome racing, are fixed-gear bikes.  This means they are not only single speed, but do not freewheel (no coasting).  If the pedals are turning, the wheels are turning, and it takes quite a lot of skill to master riding a “fixie”.  Additionally, track bikes have NO BRAKES. [...]

The sport of cyclo-cross is an intense, fun mix of cycling (generally over rolling, grassy and muddy terrain), obstacles and running.  Some obstacles can be ridden (much to the crowd's delight) but some require the rider to leap off the bike, typically carrying some speed, picking up the bike, running with it and scaling the obstacle, jumping back on, and riding. [...]

Built for street (urban), skate part, dirt jump and trail riding, DJ bikes are the big-wheeled cousins to BMX bikes.  Some are geared, some are singlespeed, but the major difference between DJ bikes and Freeride bikes is that...
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A BMX is a bicycle with 20" wheels. These are small wheels, and you will often see many children using them. A BMX is very easily distinguishable by the fact that there is no there are no gears and no suspension on the forks or the rear of the bike. A BMX bike is single speed.

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