Fixies

A rant. I've been riding a bike with 1 chainring and 3 gears for a while now. It's clean, light, and there are enough gears to climb small hills. The first fixie I saw was a dude who shops at the co-op, just a beautiful, simple, homegrown conversion bike, with a front brake only. I think the guys who ride track bikes (no front brake) on the street are a little crazy, but it's their life. This year at school there have been a ton of brand new shiny road bikes with 1 chainring and a freewheel rear hub. These dudes are lame. Spending 500$ for a bike to ride 1 mile to and from class?? I don't get it. Today I witnessed the height of stupidity. Track bike frame (no rear brake), road bike fork (front brake), and a freewheel. So this moron can pedal real fast, coast when he wants to, and go over the bars when he has to stop real fast with only his front brake. Rich kids are lame.