I'm surprised at the number of cool bike reactions I get on my commute. Both my fixed gear track bike with bullhorns and my road bike fixie conversion with bullhorns, fenders and a rack get similar reactions. I figured my road bike specially was the most the most uncool bike for the inner city youth who mostly ride BMX and MTB. The only bike that gets more reaction is my recumbent which gets one or two "cool bike"s a day instead of a 1-2 a week. I guess the kids just like something that is different.
Craig