Originally Posted by mtnbke

One of the things I love about classic and vintage bikes is the opportunity to find a bike that reflects your tastes as a cyclist. You can find a replica team bike of your favorite historical pro cyclist and ride what 'they rode' in a Gran tour. Try that with a F1 race car driver...

The problem I have with fixies is that they are exactly the opposite. They are mindless hipster contrivances.

Seemingly every one has a vintage frame completely stripped and built back up with Surly hubs and Velocity Deep V rims.

What I really hate is the clone obsession with the keirin 'look'.

I own a bunch of bikes (tandems, mountain bikes, road single etc.) and I think each of these bikes have their place. The fixie is idiotic. Exactly the wrong gear ratio about exactly all the time...

Don't even get me started on what a fixie does to the meniscus in your knees...

Sheer idiocy.

This notion that the fixed is mechanically simpler is fringe at best. The hipster wannabe on his fixie doesn't ride it 'cause its simpler, they ride it because they think its hip.

It ain't hip if all the clones are doing it...