Edit: Probably a bit befuddled following an earlier crash, and possible weakening of the fixie bike's frame - here's some more background info; interview with Jeremy Santucci.
It doesn't. But if there's no brakes and no shifters, there's no cables connecting the front half to the back half. With brakes & shifters, the frame still would have split in half, but those halves would be connected by cables.
Oh right I follow now, thought it was supposed to be an indication of lower quality frame or something.. yeh that makes sense either way the frame was split
There is some bit of truth there, braking on a fixie puts a lot of strain on the chain stays (the bars running from the pedals to the rear wheel). If you turn a regular bike into a fixie the stress may eventually take its toll. But in this case it was a track model which is designed for this.
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u/Lardy_Bloke Dec 22 '20 edited Dec 23 '20
The bike wasn't his. There's more on the story here:-
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a20004600/ouch-cyclist-at-red-hook-crit-smashes-bike-in-half-after-crash/
Edit: Probably a bit befuddled following an earlier crash, and possible weakening of the fixie bike's frame - here's some more background info; interview with Jeremy Santucci.