Fixed Gear

        Fixed gear became more famous after the movie Premium Rush was displayed in the movie theater. This movie is filled with lots of cool action of bike riding, and the acting in this film also made fix gear fascinating.

The actor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, was the main character, Wilee in Premium Rush. It was his first film after acting Robin in The Dark Knight Rises. He used to play the role in G. I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Inception, which won lots of Oscar awards in 2011. From 2010, he had been an actor-director-screenwriter of two short films of Morgan M. Morgansen and one movie, Don Jon, which was just released in September.

In Premium Rush, Joseph worked as an express delivery guy who shuttle his bike in the traffic in New York. It was their skills of riding bike make them deliver the important packages on time. In the movie, there are lots of screens of first person perspective when shuttling in traffic and some screens of how the bike riders choose the right way to pass the cars. These screens made the movie extremely exciting.

Fixed gear is the kind of bike Wilee ride in Premium Rush. It was invented in 19 century. Different from normal bike, there’s no brake on fixed gear and it’s only single speed. Although fixed gear is lighter than normal bike, it required lots of skills to ride it. The reason why there’s lots of express delivery guys ride bike in the city is that there are more possible action you can make on fixed gear.

Recently, there are more events related to fixed gear. For example, there are some racing competitions in Chungli in August. Nowadays, fixed gear is known for customization. Want to be cool as Joseph? Try to get your own fixed gear and ride with others!