Don't really see many fixies outside of the fan, where they and their offspring are legion (today, for the third straight day, I saw a no-brakes SS freewheel set-up-- not a coaster, either, I see those sometimes. What gives? I understand college students are poor, but how much is some loctite and a track cog anyway? Or a brake? Heck, I'll give then the brake. Or the loctite.). I've the only one (well, two) I've ever seen on Northside, and when I'm over on Southside, I never see them there, either. The lower fan is basically a college town; that's where they all are. I think they're an art school thing; I've only seen one when I go back to C'ville to visit my family. There were none at my old college in Wisconsin when I went back a couple years ago, though a couple students did ask about the one I was riding, so who knows?

I ride the horde of archaic Peugeots and Treks; think5577 has one of the only other nice old-school Peugeots I've seen in RVA (531 frame from back when they hand built and low temp brazed the PX's in a seperate factory than the regular production bikes). Lots of older parts, but I'm really more a classics guy than a fixie guy, I just built the fixies 'cause I like to tinker and they're fun to ride in the city. I'm also ancient next to the art school sorts; at 43, I'm an oddity-- but I commute every day, that alone makes me odd here.