lol funny to see this thread popped up agin (i posted this almost 2 months ago). I had worn out my first pair of tires that came with my (cheap) wheelset while learning to ride fixed gear (wence all the skiding). I was skidding to practice becoming an experienced rider on my first fixed gear. I have since put on front and rear brakes, and have been running the ss freewheel (riding the bike as a commuter thoughout the winter I have been running it ss mostly, while running fg it's annoying when you're late and rushing to work everyday). Also I have put on 28 gatorskins front and rear, and these are the perfect tires for city riding. At the time of my first post I had smoothed out 2 big spots on my rear tire and thought it was worn out (I din't realize that I should rotate it that much). Jesus, i'm drunk; let me know how stupid all this sounds, I'll get a good laough rereading this monday morning. ha