It's only lame to do things that are unsafe or cost a lot with no return. Although I did see a pursuit bike the other day with RISERS; I'm not sure where it falls, but going single speed with a full cassette is ****ing badass compared to how stupid it is to ride a pursuit with risers. (Someone please correct me if for some reason this is actually a reasonable thing to do; it just looks like the combo of forward bend and awkward flat hand position would be death to about 5 joints and 80 muscles.)