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@Charco
I agree with you 100% about feeling the road but i don't think thats a good enough reason to convert a bike. Sheldon's 3 F's are also true, i guess my problem is people over-intellectualizing the need to ride fixed. If someone wants to truly want to feel the road they could equally let the air out of their tyres (not advised, not serious).
I would also add the the 'fixie culture' hasn't quite apexed yet and like skateboarding in the late 80's it hasn't truly spilled over into the mainstream. This will happen before it levels off & makes getting parts etc. easyer to buy.
An example of the beginings of the Currier Culture going *really *mainstream was on saturday while in Deptford i was talking to 2 Jamacian girls who had bought cycling caps but didn't own bikes. This is the same as people wearing skating shoes but not boarding.