Originally Posted by veganbikes

I figured you would pile into the insult van. There is a little different and then there is people who say in a thread about what geared bike to buy "I only run single-speeds gears are stupid" which is not helpful. You have sadly proven yourself in the not helpful crowd on many occasions. I enjoy fixed gears and single speeds and am a lot different but I don't believe that a single speed is the only answer and nor do I think mentioning that is what I ride all the time in threads unrelated providing zero help to the OP and that is where the difference lies. If you work on giving more helpful advice and get ridiculed then agreed that is a problem but being unhelpful will lead to ridicule. Plus it is the internet and not to excuse all the bad behavior but it is par for the course.