We will let you off this one time, but we normally don't tolerate off topic conversation. Yes, we have been speaking about fixed gears for almost 700 pages. We are, simply put, the real deal.

I don't know if these people rent but they sell them and may know where to rent one:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/vandevelde/index2.htm

I seem to remember seeing a booth at the bike show for a place that rented out tandems but I can't remember for sure.