i doubt you were kidding, and that's ridiculous. i'd say 85-90% of us on here have tried or do try tricks and ****. purists? 99.99% of us ride our track bikes on the street for christsake. its when the focus becomes something trivial that people on this forum get irritated. bending a fork by stomping on it or running it over, just to do barspins...then asking if its ok? i bet theres a ride in two weeks or the OP's friends are getting together and he wants to show up like karate kid and show them up. when the focus is on winning cool points, somethings wrong. if you're focusing on tricks and you're a solid solid rider, people dont think twice, because you know your ish, and won't be asking silly questions. theres no magic trick to riding backwards, theres no button combo for trackstands. all that stuff is really obvious to anyone who actually spent some time on a fixed gear. if he was asking how to pop a no handed wheelie, thats a little different. but read the op....its just got naive in spades.