A new ride definately helps, also tweaking an old one. I just readied my winter fixie yesterday, it's a standard workhorse, good looking but nothing spectacular, plenty not new looking after four years. I can't say I was too excited since I knew a new ride wasn't in the budget and I couldnt use a new ride in the snow anyway. So I did somthing to spark it up, I went and bought some black sheepskin(real) and measured/cut/soaked/sewed it only the frame. I had a great time and now my plain Jane fixie looks PIMP. I just posted it up