Originally Posted by astrx
you should give citations man. these are definitely sheldon's words
I still feel that varable gears are only for people over forty-five.
Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer?
We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!
--Henri Desgrange, L'Équipe article of 1902
[but you're right: I copied and pasted from
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html]