I was riding mountain bikes before I went ss then fixed. I did actually go off-road riding so it felt right at the time. There came a long period when I started to commute and the mountain started to feel sluggish. I noticed messengers more around this time and met one or two.

Around the same time, al5 started showed me a photo of the 01 Pista. It was slick, and I was already thinking about getting a road bike for the speed and whatnot. But it clicked when I saw that Pista and started noticing the one gear thing with messengers. Found this site in '01 (damn I've been on here a while) as well before there was a SS/Fixed forum and was haunting the road forum for trips and whatnot. I got my first road bike then and started converting her into an SS.

Like most things in my life, I like them clean, simple and to work well. It's been that way ever since.