Originally Posted by Tadashi

This is interesting. Today I went to Harajuku (I rarely go there, don't like the freaky place) to the shop deathhare suggested. Sadly the shop was closed, but nevertheless the ride was interesting. The area is crowded with fixed gear riders, although most of them are total *******. Some have their saddle too damn low, and I saw one guy riding a fixie on a SIDEWALK, just like it's a ****ing mamachari. I followed him a bit, and he was riding STRICTLY on a sidewalk, what an idiot. At least all these morons had a front brake, but even with a front brake you can stop a fixie instantly with no experience at all. All these **** rode it, 'cause it just looks cool, but they don't understand a **** about it. No wonder they get into crashes and people start to hate all fixed gear riders.

I also saw a lot of messengers there. All of them rode road bikes, wearing helmets and clipless pedals and all. They rode really smooth and cool, but considering the uber humid climate of Japan I still don't get why they ride road bikes.