When did you start riding a fixed gear (all inclusive: track bike, conversion, fixed gear, etc...)

Also, please, if you will, answer the following (reference the numbers)


1. What influenced you to ride fixed (friend, professionals, seeing others, messengers)?
2. Is your bike (or was your first bike) a conversion?
3. Where do you live (city and state for US, city and provence/country for outside of the US)?
4. If you live in a small city or suburb, how/why did you decide to ride fixed?


Thanks for answering the questions for this survey.

Although it is innevitable, i would appreciate if people would refrain from posting bull**** in response to this, thanks bike forums.