I don't think anyone is "against fixed gear" bicycles in C&V. I think the way the questions were brought to light was one irritating fact. Another inevitable irritant of the "I want a vintage conversion" is more often than not the disregard to what that ride was prior to this conversion (which are usually lumped with the following). You can't go a day without hearing about a hipster who hacksawed off all braze-ons and threw away all the components of some undeniably elusive "vintage" cycle. I have a conversion that I ride a ton. It rattle canned, stripped and beaten when I got it. It's much loved now, yet missing all of it's original glory. The coasting vs fixed thing isn't a big deal to me; how can it be, my main ride (and tourer) is a p-far .