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The fixie sold by the company that I bought my bike from was a single speed bike available two ways (just looked it up - the company is out of business):

* the wheels turn, the pedal turns. with or without brakes (apparently, there are laws in some states here that don't allow use of bikes on roads without separate brakes. Bummer)

* or you could buy a combo bike (single speed bike, but flip the hub around and it's a fixie, but with brakes).

I didn't look that hard at them - the front crank isn't very big and they look like a crappy dad bike (which is what I ride now). My road biking days were before the man bun era and I don't remember seeing fixies - only package delivery folks in the city would've been trendy enough to be into that kind of stuff back then. It's far back enough that my bike was made in the united states and the components were made in japan. I wouldn't trade shop time for bike time at this point, but I still have the bike - sans pedals, they're on an exercise bike in my basement.

Maybe you're just too cool for me. I'm fine with that.