i remember when a friend of mine told me track bikes can be ridden backwards. cool. a remember another friend converting his bike. i asked him to stop, and he made a funny motion with his leg. i thought that was really dumb and swore i'd never ride a fixed gear bike.
moved from portland to boise, where fixed riding isn't as big. but i did happen to go back at a time when more boise kids were starting to ride bikes, including a fixie rider i made friends with. he gave me a much better description of how fxed gears work and some of the important basics, and from that point on, i decided i wanted a fixed gear.
first ride memory...being really surprised when the pedals came up on their own. really weird.