Bike Lust

I haven't noticed a lot of mountain bikes cruising the city streets. What I have noticed are the fixed gear track bikes that is the growing definition of 'hip' or 'cool' in the world of biking. I can't help but want one. I'm accustomed to being 'hip' and 'cool' in the sport after guiding mountain bike tours for years in the mountain biking mecca of the world. Whoah, easy on the ego, Drama Queen.

One of our new aquaintances attempted to save us from our lame mountain biker title by saying, "they ride singlespeeds." As if that is close enough. In an industry that continues to push extreme -- singlespeed is no longer extreme enough. We received a slight nod and a glance of acknowledgement but we were not invited into further conversation on the sport or anything else. We couldn't help but laugh at the hipster, ourselves, and the irony of the situation. I still want one of those damn bikes though. Either lavendar or bright orange with bright red rims. Yum!