late to the party as usual, but i just wanted to give ups to queerpunk for that pic.

(and 46x17's post pretty much covered it regarding the scene in sfo).

the one thing that's a little weird here is how fractured it is; it's like each social group/tribe/whatever has a crew who rides fixed (well, except for the marina people, and we don't really count them), and they tend to keep to themselves.

mikorp has done a lot to try to bridge the gaps though, through putting on races, art shows, and whatever.

i ride fixed in oakland and am definitelly not wanting to add to the fractured, clickish, and elitist qualities of the scene..

who wants to start a new eclectic scene? we can join our groups (that means east bay and sf, too!) and share our obcessions!

i know i have seen you all around.. as we ride by in opposite directions, both of our eyes checking out what the other person is rockin'.. i can't believe we haven't been formally introduced yet!

i used to live in plano like 8 years ago. i can't ever imagine a way there'd ever be a bike scene there.

Wichita has the ozz bike club and a bunch of mexicans on walmart bikes and me.

I do see a few roadies in spandex once in a moon and i saw a guy with a rivendale once.

Count me among the sceneless.

There's one guy that I know from the local roadie training rides, that just had one built up by a local shop that builds frames. Then there was that one other guy that I ran into at the coffee shop when I was running late and missed the start of the local group ride one Saturday morning last season, so I went back home and got my fixed-gear and rode with him instead. Saw him a while back and he's not been riding much and I think he sold his fixed-gear.

There's also another couple local roadie guys that were on the Jr. Olympic track team back in their junior racing days, but I've never seen 'em on a fixie. At least one of 'em still has the sprint though. If he's anywhere near the front for the sprint on training rides he's always a threat (unlike myself).

Other than that there's just me, that I know of, that rides fixed around here.

-Trevor

i was being sarcastic about never seeing a fixed in philly, but you're right there are a lot of single speeds. in philly it seems like when you see a bike it's either a fix or some alien looking mountain bike (and there's a lot of those). also, i see a tall bike outside of Last Drop lately.

as Sinfield mentioned, we have a ton of one gear riders here in Portland.
I work downtown, and I constantly see fixies or single speeds. portland is a huge bike town, so.

London's got a pretty solid group of fixed riders but it is predominantly made up of messengers (although salmon got his messenger wings for knowing a soho alley that I didn't, props). probably about 50 or so total and the community here is mad tight because everyone who rides goes to the same pub every friday so we all know (if not recognize) each other. And the Herne Hill velodrome is hopping compared to Kissena. When I was there last it was a super slow day with well over 50 people there.

somerville/cambridge--lots. see 'em all the time. all the time. the mass ave stretch between porter square and central square is lousy wif 'em! lousy i tellya! in all weather to boot! word.

yeah, among messengers i see mostly single speeds. a lot of which are mtb/atb. philly loves the uberbeater. someone told me once that if you ever get chased, you should feel fine throwing your bike over a fence to get away, if you don't it's too nice. of course he was/is a vocational law-breaker.

I'm not downtown as much as i used to be, but i really don't see that many fixes. and when i do, they are usually stock pistas. although i saw a sick gan well with lots of shiny **** on it parked on second street not to long ago, but encounters like that are rare.

I've seen maybe 8 fixies total on the Westside, which is surprising, since it is very bike friendly.

My friend Victor rides his Langster, 48/17 fixed, 3 out of 5 rides. ive been riding mine every day i ride by myself, 5 or 6 days. i have seen a couple other fixed around so ill say maybe 5 total. thats counting the kook that rides the Hammer Zone on a fixed and consantly yells to pick up the pace but never goes to the front.

And some just ride on their own

but not us down in the south bay, eh?

all 3 of us.

i feel ya though, i see another fixie rider every month or so and its like HEY HOLD ON LETS BE FRIENDS PLS .

sad, i know

there seem to be a good few around temple. i usually see 4-5 other people on fixed gears everyday

not too many here in west philly beside a few other students
mostly just black dudes and they walk around groups