Originally Posted by mihlbach
It may be an obsolete technology, but so are things like sailboats, black powder rifles, vintage cars and what not...yet people still use them for various reasons, mostly for fun, nostalgia, the challenge, whatever.
What a great analogy! As a shooter and a cyclist, I think that BP and fixed gears both carry the same sort of fun that the more "user-friendly" tools of the sports just don't have. (Not that the other tools aren't fun, but BP and fixed gears have something unique that captures people's passions)