The way my cycling life is at the moment, I get super excited whenever I see someone else riding a bike. It saddens me when i'm greeted with a frown because I'm not wearing/riding the right clothes/parts.
I bought a fixed gear bike because I ride 40km round trip to work and back each day, and my only other bike was a brakeless bmx. My knees were starting to get mad at me. I'm really sorry if this offends people, I guess I'll just have to learn how to skid properly real soon huh.