The fail continues...

Every time this topic comes up I want to ask people if they actually ride a fixed gear or just like to make uninformed observations.

Kurt - Weren't you in the process of building up a fixed gear ?

I agree that hacking up and powder coating classic frames is a sin and that risers on track bikes look ridiculous and are not functional for the way I ride but I don't have to ride those kinds of bikes.

I am so far from being fashionable and am the anti-hipster but I do like riding mty fg bikes just as much as I like riding the geared bikes.

And I tour, commute, race, work, and even do utilitarian stuff with my fixed gear bikes which is what I do with the rest of them.