It is good to know that there are other people out there taking their fixed gears out of the city. I have friends that tour fixed, but most are messengers and have never tried an official organized ride. A lot of these guys would rather hull all their food and tools, than pay twenty or thirty bucks for sag stops and a sag wag, and a few thousand strangers on everything from hybrids to colnagos. But, I gotta say, it's a lot of fun to get the weight off the back. It is the wrong time of year to start planning to crash some of these rides. Everybody is a little more conscerned with staying warm. But, next year, I'd like to see some skid comps at the finish line. Why not?