Originally Posted by
xg43x
When did fixed gears begin to focus on tricks instead of riding fast? God, if you want to do tricks get a ****ing BMX.
A friend of a friend of mine wants to build a fixed gear because he heard "they are good for tricks". He has an old road bike he wants to convert but I told him to get a BMX. It's a shame that the simplicity of a fixed gear is being overlooked for other aspects that it wasn't intended.