Originally Posted by
Meepers
the tittle of you thread read "Fixies Are Dangerous!" you were looking for an argument right then and there. other than that. No it wasn't a big deal. i didn't know this forum existed or the culture that followed riding a fixed gear bike. but i was told about the bike, and recommended to the Pista by a gal who was on of Philly's fines messengers (before she moved back home to AZ). i knew what i was "getting into" so i knew what i needed to do. BUY A BRAKE AND NOT *****! stop acting like you're better because you "ride MTN." and you "are faster and can do everything we can do on a ""Fixie"" fast and better." can you pedal backwards on a SS bike? now that's something i want to see.
p.s. i can't believe i got so riled up by a troll i can't stop posting. oh well, it helped my day go by.
The thread title was just to get you in here, but my original unedited post was more about just making sure people are safe AT FIRST, when they get a fixie and not to treat it like any other bike you might get from Walmart. After you get the hang of it fixies are as safe as any other bike and NOT ONCE did I say different.
The point of my thread? God I feel like I have to spell everything out. Im sure there are people surfing this sub-forum that havent gotten a SS or fixie yet, so I was talking to them, not the people that already have one and are "pro" on it from the first 3 miles they rode.