Originally Posted by phyko

I have been browsing these forums for a couple of weeks. And I noticed that the posts in the "Singlespeed & Fixed Gear" Subforums are usually meaner than the commuters, tourers, etc. And I was wondering why people who ride singlespeed and/or fixed gears have so much angst.

I can only come up with two arguments:
1. Hipster/Tarck Hate
2. People are disgruntled because if they are posting in forums, they are not riding their bikes.