Originally Posted by
nohandlebars
Also, I wanna add that a lot the local scene at santa cruz don't like fixed gears. They're all into road bikes or mountain bikes. Fixed gears get associated with like "San Francisco liberal hippy rich kids" basically. I like the beaches and stuff at santa cruz, but I don't miss living there.
Cool. Thanks for the reply. Riding around downtown is cool, but to get anywhere without getting a serious workout usually means that I have to put the bike on a bus, which pretty much defeats the whole purpose of the bike. I just love the simplicity of the single gear!