Originally Posted by
jet sanchEz
I think riding fixed is a lot of fun and, provided the gear ratio is correctly chosen for the rider's ability, there shouldn't be any hill-walking whatsoever. Borrow one from a friend for an afternoon, you will enjoy the hell out of it, I guarantee it.
Thanks for enlightening my ignorance a bit, riding in one gear only as a fashion statement didn't make any sense. I typically stay in the same gear for most of my riding, occasionally going up or down a gear to maintain cadence when there's head or tail wind. Big difference? I don't want to derail the thread with questions about singlespeed pros and cons though, so I'll look into it on the site.
As for the vintage bike fad, at least we don't have to park our bikes beside ugly Sporteks. The vintage aesthetic is timeless. The issue this thread seems to bring up is that some of the vintage-to-fixie conversions are irreversible. What once was a timeless generic pug is now a trendy experiment which won't be cool in five years time.