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@turpe
As a brit now living in SF, I can say with some conviction that this town is swarming with fixed-gear bikes. It's not an exaggeration, the world, his wife and their 2.4 kids are riding Pistas and the now-ubiquitous Mercier Kilo TT.
As I left London last June, things were just starting to really take off in the track bike scene and I was still stunned at the sheer amount of bikes I saw on the streets when I got here. The last two alleycats I've raced were within a month of each other and both had fields of 80+ riders. It's just insane.