Originally Posted by
SingeDebile
people ridding junky bike boom bikes or wallmart mtn bikes with unreliable shifting, that are too lazy/cheap for basic bike maintenance develop a dislike for the "complexity" of gears...
Most of the people I build ss / fg bikes for (and I build a lot of them) have an appreciation for all bicycles, usually own more than one bicycle, and just want to ride something different.
In many places a single speed is all one needs and fixed gear riders are a different breed altogether.