Fixie Inc 2010: Fixies, road race bikes and more

11 comments
By BikeRadar | Friday, Aug 21, 2009 9.00am

German company Fixie Inc have unveiled their range for 2010 which includes a new retro machine, a belt drive bike and updates to older models in the range like the Betty Leeds and Chip Race.

Backspin

The new steel-framed Backspin (main image) is aimed at riders who want to give fixed gear a try on a budget. At 850 euros (approx £730/US$1,200), it comes with toe clips, low-rise bars, a flip-flop rear hub and retro BMX saddle.

Black Jack

If retro’s your thing, then the new Black Jack is definitely going to hit the spot with its gloss and matt black finish and polished stainless steel highlights. Redesigned to set it apart from its younger brother the Peacemaker, it has a new Seagull handlebar, threaded headset and a height adjustable, polished quill stem.  

Fixie inc black jack: fixie inc black jack

Peacemaker

Like Trek’s 2010 District bike, the new Peacemaker uses a Gates carbon belt drive and can be run fixed or singlespeed. The advantages of the belt drive are low maintenance, light weight and a quieter drivetrain.

Fixie inc peace maker: fixie inc peace maker

Fixie Inc's JigSaw fastening allows the belt to be inserted into the frame’s rear triangle without bending the chainstay.

Pure Blood

The Pure Blood cyclo-cross bike has had geometry and decal tweaks for 2010, and is now available in size XS. It’ll come with SRAM’s Force groupset.

Fixie inc pure blood: fixie inc pure blood

It now takes a narrower 27.2mm seatpost for increased comfort (it flexes more), and the modular IDS-dropout system (exchangeable dropouts for singlespeed or derailleur gears) has been improved. Geared versions now feature Fixie Inc's Direct Postmount (DiPS) system, which allows post mount disc brake callipers to be fitted without adapters.

Betty Leeds

The Betty Leeds road bike has been given minor refinements for 2010 including new geometry, a revised fork and new tube profiles to increase frame stiffness and improve the ride. It now takes a  27.2mm seatpost and will be decked out with SRAM’s Force groupset.

Betty leeds: betty leeds

Chip Race

Built with Reynolds 953 steel, the 2010 version of this popular race bike has revised geometry, new chainstays and a custom painted Easton EC-90SL fork.

Fixie inc chip race: fixie inc chip race

You can follow BikeRadar on Twitter at twitter.com/bikeradar and on Facebook at facebook.com/BikeRadar.

You might also like...

User Comments

There are 11 comments on this post

Showing 1 - 11 of 11 comments

  • me like :)

  • "The new steel-framed Backspin (main image) is aimed at riders who want to give fixed gear a try on a budget. At 850 euros (approx £730/US$1,200)"

    Fixed gear on a budget? £730?! You're havin a giraffe!

  • Just what I was thinking Prawny! Surely a fixie, without the shifters, hubs, derailleurs etc would cost £3-400 less than the equivalent 'real' bike - that should put this on par with a full-carbon bike costing £1200 or so. £730 is an expensive 'experiment'.

  • I would like to ride taht belt driven model to see what its like!!!

  • Most fixies/single speeds SHOULD be cheaper, but the frames and wheelsets tend to be more expensive items, as well as the cranks.

    It'd be a bad idea speccing a fixie with a crap wheelset and flexy cranks as standard. Really bad.

  • I went for a used bike. Thats the way to go. Not some £730 'cheap' experiment?

    tywin1: I built a new rear wheel myself, Surly flip flop hub, open pro rim with DT swiss revolution spokes for less than £100. FSA Gossamer chainset: second hand £50. Part's are not expensive and you don't need much, so bikes should be cheap.

    P.s. Black Jack, Pure Blood and Betty Leeds have all gone into my dream garage....

  • sexy range of bikes, the only thing i wouldnt be in love with are those 2 big 'munty looking' brake levers on the blackjack, just look outa place.

  • The "Pure Blood" looks quite sexy to me, but I dread to think what the RRP will be, given that the "Backspin" is an outrageous £730...

    Anyone remember the days (~365 ago) when a Tricross Single could be had for £275 at Pearsons? :/

  • Why are fixies so expensive? Plain frame, no gears, simple brakes - surely this should only cost £100 quid or so. If you can get a dual suspension, disc brake all singing and dancing piece of rubbish from argos for £150 take of all the frills and it should be cheaper no?

  • you can get second hand fixies fairly cheaply - or build your own which is best way if you ask me because you learn all about your bike.

    You can get new ones for like £150 but they are pretty grim!

    Build your own dude...http://www.fixedgearbiking.co.uk

  • Those have very light frames!

    http://fixiebikes.org

Post a Comment:

You need to login or register to post comments.