Gals & guys, we should embrace the fixie crowd!
In fact, to a notable degree, this list IS the fixie crowd! We have many of our list members in that "club." I hope some recent comments made by INDIVIDUALS are not mistakenly taken as a consensus... That would be far from the truth.
I have made great friends in my store, at the Cirque and at bike shows of many (quite a bit younger) folks who are of the fixie persuasion. I am so excited that a younger bunch are sharing the same love of steel bikes, old parts and aesthetic.?
Now, are there a few folks who get a bit extreme in their chosen mode of cycling; for example, the snooty racers, the elitist collector, the newbie who makes mistakes, etc., but we are all human and those folks may come around and even if they don't, they can do anything they want so long as they SIGN OFF correctly, are civil, and have a set price when selling stuff on this list!!? :)
Meanwhile, if you are exasperated by someone else's approach to cycling, please keep it to yourself...
Thanks Dale
Dale Brown
Greensboro, North Carolina USA
http://www.classicrendezvous.com