ピストレーサー

noun

track bicycle; fixed-gear bike

A bicycle designed for track racing, typically with a fixed gear and no brakes. In Japanese, it often refers to the bike itself, not just the rider.

wasei (Japanese coinage from French), from piste · wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from racer

• 彼かれはピストレーサーで競けい輪りん場じょうを走はしっている。

  He is riding a track bicycle at the velodrome.

• ピストレーサーはブレーキが付ついていないので公こう道どうでは走はしれない。

  A track bicycle cannot be ridden on public roads because it has no brakes.