I'm just curious -- are any of the fixie riders reading this forum vegetarians? It seems to me I read something in another thread on here about a correlation between being a fixie fan, a vegan, and downing PBR. A bunch of the guys I ride with and work in the shop with are vegans or vegetarians. I've had some fascinating conversations with them about how they got into it and why.

Anyone here care to share their views on vegetarianism, veganism, and what relation it has (if any) to riding fixie? I'm not a vegetarian (yet -- although I find the arguments very seductive). I'd be interested to hear what the rest of you make of all of this, ethical arguments, lifestyle choices, etc.

Thanks!

i'm vegan. i place political, spiritual, and social importance on simplicity, resource reduction, and egalitarianism. cars, meat, and diary don't really help me live in this world with a clean conscience.

ALthough I understand why people are vegan, I cannot do it! I tried. I have trouble with even Vegetarianism.(is that a word?)

i've been a vegetarian for approximately 5 years. sometime last year though, i began eating fish. i've been doing a bit of research on entomophagy more recently, and am looking forward to dry roasting some crickets this weekend.

...so in retrospect, no, i suppose i'm not a vegetarian.

vegan.
i like the way it make me feel physically .
the environmental benefits are a bonus.

vegetarian.

there's been discussion of this before, loud meathead (yea, every meaning of the word) comments included.

Vegan primarily for the environment, less so for animal rights as I'm still learning how to articulate that argument. No PBR for me though because I've got that edge.

he's a person, just like you, but he's got better things to do...

So if your vegging out on a fixing, aren't you just doing a really long track stand . . .

a cymbal and snare fall off a cliff. . .

Semi-Veg here - largely for resource efficiency as well, and for some nutritional reasons. I eat poultry and fish but stay far away from meat. (of course i love dairy which makes me a raging hypocrite.)

Interesting veggie for environment argument here: Ethics of Eating Meat

The interesting stats if you dont feel like reading:

"Whereas one-sixth an acre of land can feed a vegetarian for a year, over three acres are required to provide the grain needed to raise a year's worth of meat for the average meat-eater.

"All too often, so the argument goes, those acres consist of clear-cut rain forests. The toll on water resources is equally grim: the meat industry accounts for half of US water consumption—2500 gallons per pound of beef, compared to 25 gallons per pound of wheat. Polluting fossil fuels are another major input into meat production. As for the output, 1.6 million tons of livestock manure pollutes our drinking water. And let's not forget the residues of antibiotics and synthetic hormones that are increasingly showing up in municipal water supplies."

ostro wins teh internets!

vegan, straightedge, dork-core, blah blah blah. i'm just a funny-looking kid on a bike that doesn't coast. and my farts smell bad.

vegan here, but I dont ride fixed. (my grocery bike is ss though) I think the correlation is mainly because most cyclists care about the environment more than the average shmo.

meathead, though i like vegetables too.

i thought this thread was going to be about spacing out on your ride. <threadjack> in the last week or so, i've started vegging on my daily climbs. it's a good thing </threadjack>, and it's powered by meat.

I lost my veg-inity in highschool, now i just eat.

. . . but seriously this is funny . . .

Why did the vegetarian cross the road?
Because she was protesting for the chicken, MAN

Fish and veggies for me - seafood mostly comes into play when I eat Japanese. Sushi is incredibly hard for me to pass up. I'd say about 70/30 veggie/fish. Though I'm very fond of eating and making seitan and meat substitutes.

I do it moreso, like dolface said, for how I feel. That greasy, slow, sleepy feeling just ain't for me. That and the way the meat industry is run is just dirty. I'm not doing it so much for animal rights because I do think that free range foods and the like (sustainable, efficiency, etc) are good if thats your thing.

As for a correlation with riding fixed... less is more.

Yeah, I think the 'less is more' concept that a lot of people got into fixing for may also cause them to make other changes in their life, one of which might be vegetarianism... I'm a vegetarian, but that happened long before I heard about fixed gear. I don't really mind what people eat, but I've got a list of reasons a mile long why meat isn't the best thing for me to eat, so I don't bother.

Friend's 21yo brother: You don't eat meat? Not man enough for it? Real men need MEAT!
Me: No, real men have jobs and support themselves instead of living with their mother and begging to borrow their dad's car to buy beer with their allowance. When you take some responsibility for your own life, come over and we can talk about what makes a real man. Until then, you can shut the hell up.
Friend's 21yo brother: *awkward silence*

-sam

What is with you young guys and girlz and the PBR's !!!( I'll admit right now I'm old)Jezzuz man that stuff is bilge water brewed by a hugh corporate conglomerate MILLER!!! sure sure I get the "blue Velvet" film references, but real blue collar union working stiffs, don't drink nasty PBR's. not even as a chaser with a good whisky. though being a vegan is really cool, I just can't keep it going. I like salmon and tuna, and most sashimi.

I drink two kinds of beer, depending on my mood. Usually it is good beer, preferably local. Wherever I am, I make a point of trying out their beer, since its different everywhere, and always good (if you find the right brewer). I really like good craft brew, since it (like simplicity bicycling) is a delicate art of taking a few basic ingredients, and making something new and special out of them.

But sometimes I'm in the mood to get the cheapest beer I can find, drink it fast, and crush the cans against my head.

I don't know what it is, I think its a jeckyl and hyde sort of thing...

peace,
sam

Im right there with you, sometimes you drink to get drunk for the flavor, and other times you get just plain drunk and it doesnt matter how.

mmmm, yum. i'm vegetarian and i love PBR

I am vegan and I love Lonestar. It's the PBR of Texas.


Quanity not Quality.

omg, i love lonestar! i have a bunch of family in texas. when i was down there last summer, my grandpa and my dad introduced to the stuff. it was about 97 degrees outside, and were were drinking lonestar and shooting guns at empty beer cans on his rance.

i'll always have a place in my heart for lonestar. if anyone in chicago knows where I can get some, let me know! i'll buy you a case, too.

*drool*

1. PBR is cheap.
2. PBR is union-made.

that's why i always drank PBR. i was all confused when hipsters started drinking it. and wearing mesh hats. and then the frat boys started waving pirate flags, and my whole goddamn world fell apart.