LMAO @ [165]'s oxygen post.

Let's get one thing straight, though, about the original post. Riding track bikes in the street is not even a fraction as big as skateboarding has been in each of its high points.

Fixed gears are still relatively underground. You could call using bicycles as a means of transportation semi-mainsteam, but even that's a minority when you compare it to car drivers/car culture. We're a minority of a minority, and as such, we're really not even as big as skateboarding when it was in it's more underground phases, for comparison's sake. I don't care if your mom just bought a Bianchi Pista, I don't care if you think things have suddenly 'blown up' because of the NYT article, fixed gears are still on the fringe for the most part in comparison to skateboarding until they become a household name like Tony Hawk.

My apologies for getting a little too involved in the topic, but fallacies need correcting. I ride my fixie for fun and exercise like the majority on here, and hopefully soon, I'll ride it for money too. When my whole extended family purchases Steamrollers, I'll still be riding and not caring about how 'sold out' it is.