Originally Posted by mattface
Reading Sheldon Brown's writings on fixed gear was a major influence on me.
ditto,
I wanted to learn more about truing up my rear wheel on my mountain bike a few years ago; I found sheldons site, I read through most of it on a wednesday afternoon at work, then by friday night I had bought an old road bike and was going to pick it up from a welding shop that replaced the dropouts..... I was riding it Fixed by noon saturday....... and just like that
(I still love and participate in all other forms of cycling, mountain, road, trials, fixed..... each offers something that the other can't)