i've never had anyone ask me this before, they probably just assume i'm a hipster (a correct assumption).
I think when my mom asked a couple years ago i said why not
Originally Posted by
Totaled108
Read up Sheldon Brown, he convinced me to convert my latest free bike (12 speed) to fixed gear. Go to Sheldon before listening to any of the yahoos here.
hehe
http://sheldonbrown.com/fixeda.html
I say, "Well, I have a MTB with disc brakes, a 12 speed road bike, so to round it out, I went with a fixed." I also add that, "its the purest sense of connecting you to a two wheeled machine and I thought I'd give it try, now I love it.
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you mention zen one more time i will punch your hipster teeth out. actually my spindly hipster arms can't do that, so i'll use my iphone. hopefully there's an app for it