i'm sorry if it doesn't meet some poeple's jockish "bigger, faster, longer" standards for what constitutes "real fixed gear riding"
I'm without a doubt, "jockish".
but i've never been very good at meeting expectations.
I can feel your pain.
i don't think a single person on here takes their bikes outside, practices skids and backwards circles, then walks it back inside and hangs it up. it's a different element of riding, and tricks and straight forward riding aren't mutually exclusive. they are complementary.
agreed, but I'd rather have the bread without the butter instead of the butter without the bread.
as for goofy posts on the forum, people aren't able to ride 24-7, and need a way to pass the time at work, school, during illness or bad weather... so yeah, the forum may talk about some pointless goofy stuff sometimes. does this mean we care less about riding? no. it means it gets boring simply talking about how long and fast you rode.
Perhaps I've gleaned the last little bit of knowledge from this forum and should just go to pasture in the Familiy Rec forum. I have taken your stance in the past. Things are different here now. I'm just tired of hearing the same old juvenile drink and pie and bag and trick posts. I probably never should have said anything and just simply stopped reading. For what it's worth, you seem to have gotten quite defensive. Don't take it personally man, I wasn't aiming anything at you. With the exception of this post maybe.
Edit: Oh and maybe the last post. Sorry.