Hi all. I agree with some of what's been said. Here in San Francisco ther e is a big fixed gear movement, largely inspired by the bike messengers (in teresting choice for a fashion role model). Some of the bikes I see arou nd town are really nice steel frames that have been restored and are wel l cared for, so there 's definitely an apparition for these bikes by some of this crowd. Most are just 1970 & 80's mass produced frames from Ja pan, and aren't a great loss if they were stolen.
What I do find silly is there past time of riding them to a Cafe with wirel ess connections for there laptops in the Mission District, where they are sometimes mugged at night on the way home. It never fails to amaze me wha t people will do to be fashionable.
Happy Holidays whatever you ride.
Tom Harriman
San Francisco, Ca.
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:55:37 -0500
> From: breaches@gmail.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]fixed gear madness
>
> Ha Ha,
>
> The funniest part of this whole fixed gear week long discussion is
> what Tom just said about Campy still making the C-Record hubs . I
> wonder about those few people out there that are always pulling NOS
> components out of their butts. No offense meant to them , im just
> jealous.
>
> Some of these "fixie" kids put more miles on their one "ugly"
> conversion than some "collectors" do on all their bikes combined . In
> 20 years I hope i'm a little nicer toward the group of young weirdos ,
> whatever "cool" thing they are doing with their bikes, as long as
> they are riding and not driving cars.
>
> Who do you think will be the craftsmen, collectors, and riders 20
> years down the road . Alot of them will have probably have tattoos and
> think about how funny their hair and fixed gear conversions were.
>
>
>
> with a grain salt
> Barry"bad tattoos" Scott
> Brooklyn, Ny