Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins.
Click here to see some of our 'fixies'. What's a fixie?. âFixie is short for âfixed gear,â which is a slang term for bicycles that have drivetrains with one gear that's fixed to the rear wheel so that you cannot coast and must continue pedaling whenever the bike's moving.
The fusee is a tapered, spiraled, grooved pulley which is placed between the mainspring barrel and pinion of the center wheel (like the auto transmission, between engine and drive wheels). A very fine chain (or, earlier, cat gut string), is wound around the fussee.he fusee is a tapered, spiraled, grooved pulley which is placed between the mainspring barrel and pinion of the center wheel (like the auto transmission, between engine and drive wheels). A very fine chain (or, earlier, cat gut string), is wound around the fussee.