Originally Posted by Loooty
It would be one thing if I-Like-To-Bike posted once or even twice in the thread mentioning that fixed/ss might be over hyped and that people should regard claims about riding these types of bikes skeptically.
However, he is not content to leave it at that and instead trolls repeatedly with the same type of personal attacks.
Yes that might be one thing; in fact it is the exact thing. But one post as you suggest brings down the wrath of the same individuals who apparantly cannot bear to read that one "thing' about the subject of hype and the object of their affection. And then they bombard the skeptic with insults and hypocritical wailing about personnal attack or troll (i.e who/what else would question their susceptibility to hype and fashion), followed by a dozen variations of repeating the hyped special attributes that could be applied to almost any bike that has a single rear cog.
You tell me - who is guilty of hijacking every thread about single speed or non derailler equipped bikes for commuting (which are common around the world for commuting) with relentless hyping of the special joy of jury-rigged fixed gear bikes used by a relative handful of cyclists for commuting.