The wave of the fixie phenomenon seems to have crashed against the cliffs and receded, to steal an image from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and you can see the high water mark on the Fixed Gear Gallery’s submission numbers for the last ten years:
1,612+ Bikes Submitted in 2010 (10651 to __) <– –280
1,892 Bikes Submitted in 2009 (8758 to 10650) <– –336
2,228 Bikes Submitted in 2008 (6530 to 8758) <– +57 peak
2,171 Bikes Submitted in 2007 (4358 to 6530) <– +713
1,458 Bikes Submitted in 2006 (2867 to 4358) <– +40
1,418 Bikes Submitted in 2005 (1448 to 2866)
1,041 Bikes Submitted in 2004 (590 to 1447)
406 Bikes Submitted in 2003 (184 to 589) (#299: my bike)
131 Bikes Submitted in 2002 (52 to 183)
51 Bikes Submitted in 2001 (FGG #1 to 51)
That’s some yellow journalism, there. I didn’t check the Pistadex, or call anyone in the Mission to check on the number of new fixies in the wild, I just saw some numbers, took ’em out of context and wrote a sensational headline.
Sweet. I might get the hang of this writing thing yet.
Great entertaining post. FGG numbers are what they are I suppose. On the other hand, there are those who have 3 fixed gears all on one bike…
I wonder if the s3x is even eligible. It is, I think since that’s where I first saw instructables on how to convert IG hubs to fixed. Like this nice Ant from Mike Flanigan: http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/g/flanigan10.htm
Wow. That IS a nice Ant bike. Maybe I need a new project…