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@Dammit
I'd always ridden MTB's in my youth, moved to London and found that 4" travel front and rear was not the fastest way around town (although it could be great fun).
I (as dyed in the wool MTB'er) would only piss on a Roadie if on fire etc.
So I was searching for something that would be a) faster than the MTB around town b) a challenge and c) not a road bike.
Fixed seemed to fit well.
Being a stubborn type I built up my first fixed from a Cannondale 1FG frame- an MTB frame with an eccentric bottom bracket. I built it with 700C wheels.
Sadly that was almost immediately stolen, however whilst I had been building it I had bought a Specialied Allez- the entry level one.
Fuck it was fast- I had at once been informed why road bikes were cool- look to people like Hillbilly who competed at a National/International level in downhill MTB, they will tell you that it is all about speed. That's what road bikes are for me.
So after my first fixed got nicked (and it was so hard to ride) I built another one.
I'm on my third fixed now- and it gets used 90% of the time.
I still have the MTB, I now have a fairly expensive road bike as well.
But out of choice, having stuck with it, I'd grab the fixed for riding around London every time.