Originally Posted by
matt0ne
It's probably a hipster that got me back into cycling after a 10+ year hiatus. I saw a fixed gear conversion with a front disk brake and flat bar and stopped dead in my tracks. What the hell is that and where can I get one? I'd never seen anything like that before. 2-3 weeks later I was at St Vinnie's bike sale on Willy St, in Madison, waiting in line with my enthusiast neighbour. Walked out with a Fuji Monterey and was riding single speed within a few days. Thank you Hipster.
...sans disk break anyone who owned a BMX bike already had a "single speed" ....the term is lame.
...for the majority of bike owners their first bike was a single speed, personally I think "Fixies" are lame in any kind of bad weather and a "fixie" pause at stop lights is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
...take your feet off the pedals for Fisher's sake.