Originally Posted by skelly
i was being sarcastic about never seeing a fixed in philly, but you're right there are a lot of single speeds. in philly it seems like when you see a bike it's either a fix or some alien looking mountain bike (and there's a lot of those). also, i see a tall bike outside of Last Drop lately.
yeah, among messengers i see mostly single speeds. a lot of which are mtb/atb. philly loves the uberbeater. someone told me once that if you ever get chased, you should feel fine throwing your bike over a fence to get away, if you don't it's too nice. of course he was/is a vocational law-breaker.
I'm not downtown as much as i used to be, but i really don't see that many fixes. and when i do, they are usually stock pistas. although i saw a sick gan well with lots of shiny **** on it parked on second street not to long ago, but encounters like that are rare.