the only time my mountain bike sees pavement is on the way to the trail. (or when my the rest of my bikes aren't ridable.) as far as shoes, i can't stand basketball shoes. too gaudy these days.


they rode fixed gears because they had nothing else.


i poke fun at people who buy track bikes and never ride them on the track. if they want to ride them on the street, it's their own business. i sure as hell rode mine on the street, but you can bet your ass that every tuesday night i was racing my legs off in kenosha.

see, i got my start riding fixed because i wanted to race on the track. i think it's absolutely the most pure form of bicycle racing there is. there are very few things these days that'd make me happier than going down to the track when the season starts and seeing the number of people racing double. and the number of spectators quadruple. everyone and their brother these days are riding track bikes, or a fixed-gear conversion, but it's always the same people showing up to race.

i'm not saying that everyone who buys a track bike has to race it. i'm just saying it'd be nice if they'd at least try it. a mantra for the fixed-gear community could easily be "form follows function." evident in the cries of "less maintenance!" and "there's nothing to break!" well, guess what. the function of a track bike is to be ridden on a velodrome.

i laugh at people who build up a fixed gear, buy a messenger bag, start drinking PBR, and conform to a couple dozen other stereotypes i can name while at the same time snubbing others for doing what they want to do. be it wear lycra or put a computer on their bike.