Nowadays in the Fixed Gear scene, it seems that alot of people are trying their hardest to get the best track frames, the best wheels, the best parts, and ride around looking like they broke. Why spend so much money to express your individuality and style a bike?
To me, the best bikes are the ones with the cheapest parts, some parts, sometimes handmade. And bikes that dont have a fresh coat of pain on it, but decorated in other ways. For example, I once saw a bike, that the frame was covered in recycled brown bags. The best thing about these types of bikes I found, truly express the individuality of the rider. It can tell a story, express a point of view, and sometimes just be flat out weird. It would be great to see people take this form of bike expression into consideration when building. Because I know that a bike that is creative and built in an inexpensive way, catches my eye faster than a high end shiny fixed gear thats cleaned everyday after riding.
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