It’s hard not to catch the bug here in Burlington. There are so many single speeds and fix these days. When I moved here about 4 years ago it was pretty clear that Burlington was not missing this trend. For a metro area of 100,000, the bikes were everywhere, not so much with a courier type look, but more of a pragmatic, functional one. Lots of cutoff jeans and courier bags, but there aren’t any couriers, mostly just riders and commuters. Not too much edge, rustic, VT stylee.
I’ve been a big fan of hard court bike polo this summer and want to thank Rachel for getting me out there and Liam for lighting and tending the fire. We have a friendly fun and very handsome crew, with lots of tasty bikes [ah, and some not so tasty: Jeremy].
[this is the point when my battery on my first generation macbook quit. the battery is now about 3 years old and has about 35 minutes of usable life. even worse, it misreports it's charge so it will often say "40%" and then just power off. thanks to whoever wrote the auto-save routine in Wordpress.]
Anyway, the polo has been an excellent application for the fixed gear MTB. Not entirely taken by riding fix on dirt, especially with my hands being about 65% strength these days, I’ve been coasting on the dirt. Now for hard court polo, the instantaneous speed control and track-standability are big plusses. I think I make it through the whole game without touching the brake.