My opinion is that they make sense for anybody who likes them for whatever reason the fixie rider believes; just the same as for anyone who might prefer a unicycle for utility and simplicity. Most of the reasons stated, outside of enjoying them, sound like so much hooey and New Age BS to me. The fitness-stamina rationale presumably could be accomplished by never shifting a mutispeed bike, and even improved by adding a couple of cinder blocks to the cyclists' messenger bag. The simplicity angle? They have nothing on a single speed coaster model, and little on an internal three speed bike, except so called "street cred" for whatever that is worth to those who seek it, and think they get it with such a bike.

Anyways; is it possible to enjoy 'em without trying to BS others (or yourself) about the superior mechanical characteristics/Zen-like experience, or the inadequacies of bikes that are not fixed?