Re: [CR]Fixette and her brutal hacking

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:12:35 -0400
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Fixette and her brutal hacking
In-Reply-To: <20080413.130500.12386.0@webmail22.vgs.untd.com>


At 05:05 PM 13/04/2008 GMT, tom.ward@juno.com wrote:
>Lamenting as I do, however, the term "fixie," I propose a new term: fixe
>tte. This aligns with "randonneuse", and the custom (espoused by John Pe
>rgolizzi, among others) of referring to a bike as "she."

But why even perpetuate a dumb name with a new twist? The original correct term is "fixed wheel" (as opposed to freewheel).

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada