Originally Posted by
SurferRosa
Also the fixie craze of 15 years ago ... and hipster culture in general, which will likely never go away until the apocalypse.
It seems to be dying off here a bit. The idea never really made a lot of sense in our climate- where gearing down becomes actually a safety matter.
I did see one very interesting fixed about a week ago with the single free-wheel on one side, and a "locked" hub on the other. Huge single chain ring- the largest I've seen in street use. He was riding it on the freewheel side and using the single rear brake.
Someone else mentioned the over-priced stuff not moving. I agree with that completely.
See a lot of stuff on f/b and other buy and sell sites that simply does not move at all- to the tune of years.
-D.S.