Good for you Jesse!! the world needs more of us! I have not been vegan all my life but I will be for the rest of it, it's been three years and I feel great, but I've always been told I could pass for much younger. Unless you don't know already, just be sure to get B12, and don't let the meat eaters bother you, your gonna hear a lot of hype, actually I don't let people know unless I have to, I get so tired of defending my actions. This fixed gear forum seems much more up beat than the road bike one. I've been a rodie for years and tried out a fixed gear at the LBS earily this spring and they almost had to pry me off the bike; now I'm hooked.