BET THAT!

I know what you mean man. When you're a kid you start out on a one-gear bike with a coaster brake. (at least I did) How simple is that? Then I got older and got into mountain biking, rode quite a bike in middle school/high school, then fell off from it because of other sports, the pain of DRIVING up to the trails to ride, the weight of the bike, etc.

Then I came to college in NY and discovered fixed gears. It honestly does make you feel like a kid again. The simplicity of it, the (clichéd) zen-quality of a fixed gear (not to mention the lack of maintenance) is a beautiful thing. I wouldn't trade it for all the carbon fiber and spandex in the world. It's a simple joy just to go ten blocks away to pick up a beer.

Leave the condo life, give up all your flaming worldly cogs and derailleurs, get a piece of **** steel frame and you get to come home to this.