We have a great fixed gear culture here and lots of riders... you don't see too many off the shelf bikes but rather, a great number of nicely done conversions.

I'm the old guy at the shop who helps many of these kids with their nice conversions and I insist that they run a brake and seem to have garnered a good deal of respect as I too ride fixed and can still drop most of these guys.

I tell them that my brakes make me go faster.

It's nice to ride around the city and see happy folks riding fixed gear and ss bikes.. a high percentage wear helmets and just about everyone uses lights.

I guess in some places it's hip to be square.