Fixed Gear Freestyle

So since every other post on any and all bmx related blogs has something to do with the fixed gear freestyle scene I guess I'll post something about it. You might expect me to be a little one sided on this topic but I actually have been on both sides of the argument. I used to ride a track bikee I built up, I had the Chrome Bag the Rollers, hell I even had theFixed Gear Specific Vans New Eras shoes. I was hipstered out to the MAX!!!! But the only thing I ever did on my fixed was stuff that wasn't possible on a bmx, like Skids and keo spins.

So moving on. Lets start with the few problems I have with most fixed riders. The main thing that bothers me is when they convert amazing road bikes into shitty fixed gear conversions, if I see one more converted Bianchi with an Aerospoke up front I will Punch them In The Dick! Which brings me to another thing, the ones that use nothing but the lightest carbon fiber RACE ONLY parts and frames to do all their tricks on, go back to Steel and Aluminum and everything will be fine! Then their are the ones that think they are the next Major Taylor because they one their local Alley Cat, even tho they mainly use their Track bikes to get back and forth from liquor stores and smoke shop. Oh and this may seem petty but I also don't like anyone that uses the term "fixie" (Thanks tarckbike and bikesnob). But I mean when you really look at all this and put it into perspective this is just a very small percentage of the Fixed Gear community.

Remember bmx got started by kids riding bikes not intended to do tricks on. Fixed Gears do offer a few different things to the table(Keo Spins and stuff of that nature). I mean its not like FGFS is going to DESTROY bmx, its just a completely different riding style for a completely different style of people (like Roadies, or downhill riders). Let them be, it wont bother bmx at all. Sure a few of them are douchers, but their are plenty of douchers in the world of bmx. And also remember a bike is a bike no matter if its fixed, has gears, or is single speed. We are all in this together.

Now with all this being said I am attending this tomorrow.