"uncompromised by multiple gears or the slacker’s ability to coast."

All my bikes have triple cranksets. If coasting makes me a slacker, slacker I am.

At the bike coop, single speeds and fixies pretty much just sit there until we either price them at a crazy low level or convert them back to multiple geared bikes. And this in a college town. We won't let the volunteers build SS/fixies any more, it's a waste of mechanic time.