Originally Posted by
cavernmech
Really?
To all the "fixie" newbies (and this means those who have not been riding track bikes in an urban environment for 10+ years) keep your un-experienced, knee-jerk comments to yourselves. When I see sketchy, hipster, trend followers on their off the peg bikes, I think the same thing. Some of us have been doing quite well, enjoying safely riding our bikes, before most of you even knew what a fixed gear is. If you want to be judgmental, go to the safety thread with this crap......really.
Its not safety crap, and I know you and other experienced riders can and do use brakeless fixed gear bikes, but those guys are, as stated, few and far between, and concentrated within the core M-F. When I see brakeless riding on Harbord or Bloor, or other areas of the city, "trouble" is what goes through my head. Also, "trouble" isn't meant to indicate the rider is one way or the other; its meant in the general sense to encompass danger to themselves and others.
FWIW, I've also seen equally dumb sh1t pulled by people riding beach cruisers and utility bikes.