Originally Posted by
ginsoakedboy
Yeah, the fixie makes sooooo much sense -- I'm surprised everyone doesn't see it. I mean, what else works so well for hills -- I suppose you like bikes with a gear range, or a freehub that allows coasting. It's not just morons that think they're cool because they can say they ride a fixie - everyone should ride one. On the one hand, you have a fixie, over here, you have exactly the same bike except it is a single speed. Now, someone with common sense might say that, the two bikes otherwise being equal, the option of being able to stop pedaling under certain circumstances has some advantages. So the only reason the moron would choose the fixie is so people will think he's cool. Nope, not a fad at all.
I'm with Lou on this one -- other than the Nishiki and the CCM, none of those bikes interest me, so go ahead and grind them up so you can be one of the cool people. Just please stay away from the decent vintage bikes, so that when the fad is over, we won't all have to look back at the SS/fixie fad as the time when all the nice vintage bikes got scrapped.
You need to lay off the gin as you are walking a thin line.
That... and you haven't got clue one who you are talking to. I base this on your assumptions that everyone who rides fixed butchers their bikes, lacks common sense, are morons, or ride fixed because of some perceived cool factor.
You should really go and post that in the SS/FG forum even though it would constitute trolling over there.
I ride fixed because it's practical and works better for me than riding single speed which also has some disadvantages when you compare them to a similarly equipped fixed gear. They are not exactly the same and I should not assume you don't ride a fixed gear but am thinking that you don't.
I love riding fixed gear bikes... I presently have 4 completely reversible conversions and one truly vintage and exquisite fixed gear and just restored my 1973 Carlton back into a fully geared bike after it spent a season as a pretty wonderful fixed gear.
I would never mess with the integrity of a vintage bike and the parts that get removed in converting bikes into fixed or single speeds get stashed in my shop should I decide to turn the fixed bike back into it's geared version.
I also hate to see beautiful bikes get bought and then be horribly butchered.