I understand that this is a bike forum, but I feel that fixies and SS are different enough to warrant their own sub forums. The whole BF is subdivided into advocacy, alternative, road, mountain, etc categories and I just thought that it would be cool to take it one step further.

I own several bikes, I love bikes. I do have a single speed rigid mountain bike that I use on trails and put on thin tires on it once in a while to use on the road. Though the 2:1 gearing is a bit low, it does teach patience but leaves me wanting a higher gear ratio especially when sprinting away from buses. I am thinking of building a fixie, I have friends who have them, I tried it out and found it really weird to ride. Or more accurately I found it weird with its absence of coasting and braking in the normal sense. I really like the simplicity of fixies and the whole new challenge it imposes skillwise.

My apologies if my original post irked people enough to elicit ridicule and insults. It was just a suggestion that I thought might improve the forum, no malice intended. Truth be told, I'm happy to see anyone biking regardless of what kind of bike they ride.

Anyway ride hard and often, and be safe out there.