Originally Posted by
scoho
Central Seoul. There's a bunch of fixie kids fooing around here, but I spend around 20 hours/wk around the main bicycle paths and almost never see anyone over 15 years old on a fixed gear. Maybe I'm missing something, but all the fixed gear shops cater to the young crowd, too, and their higher-end offerings are from like Leader and State, with a smattering of Cinellis thrown in. All the young adults I see who are serious about bikes at all are on ultra high-end road bikes, but maybe I'm just not looking in the right place?
I lived in Gangnam for 4 years. Which fixed gear shops do you go to? Also, do you know about the King of Track (KOT)? Pretty much the RHC of Asia. Check out #KOT12 on instagram.
From the looks of your photos, it looks like you make a few stops along the Han River. Do you ever go to Banpodaegyo (Banpo Bridge aka Rainbow Bridge)? A lot of fixed gear fanatics tend to make that their pit stop (at least it was 4 years ago when I was still there). Also to Color Park near 63 City in Yeouido.
Speaking of looking in the right places, check out this site (if you haven't already):
½Ì±Û±â¾î : ³×À̹ö Ä«Æä . It's basically the fixed gear world in Korea, online. Not sure how good your Korean is, but I'm sure you can figure out where the "search" button is and if you type down "NJS" you'll find a good number of bikes/parts. Note: member GOODENOUGH has some of THE best parts. Bring a towel for your drool.
Anyways, here's a snap of my ride today:
And the wife's Team Fuji:
