The fixie riders (harsh generalization coming) are some of the stupidest non-conformist conformists i.e take your brakes off or you're not cool (i know you all know these kind of people). I had a dude laugh at my brakes and freewheel, only to fall on his phacking ass 5 minutes later while we were riding. Now days when someone says stuff like that I say "wanna race?" the answer is always no.
I think fixie is a damn cool trend and SS, I hate gears and I don't think the advantages out weight the disadvantages. If it gets people riding then ride on. Not even that far back bicycles were uncool, I remember in highschool walking to school cause no one biked, it's like **** that lets ride.
next mission, getting the gf on a bike.