Originally Posted by rykoala
Hey I-Like-To-Bike, I was just wondering: were you attacked by a pack of fixed gears and single speeds as a child? You seem to have an aversion to them. I don't care for derailed bikes all that much, not to say I won't own another one, but you don't see me out hatemongering the multi speed bikes.
You do misread and extrapolate your own imagination into what I have written.
BTW I like single speeds bikes, especially balloon tire bikes. Rode my 1950's Schwinn knee action single speed from Philadelphia to Easton (80 miles) on the Delaware Canal Tow Path in the 70's. I was the only one of the group who stayed on the path because everybody else had narrow tire bikes with butt hatchet seats. Also took that bike from Philadelphia to Atlantic City on some kind of charity ride back then. Also would use it on occasions for commuting to work in Phila. when I had more time and was riding for comfort, not speed. I know the advantage of single speeds in their environment. I have yet to hear of the advantage of spurning the capability of coasting that didn't sound like a smoked up conceit or fetishism. Unless such macho (or is it masochistic) setups really do attract the ladies to the rider, which I suspect is another fantasy.