What made you start riding fixed?

I agree. When I see hybrid-riders with rolling heads, knees and elbows all over the place, flailing around like an orangutang having a fit, pushing some ridiculously inapporopriate gear, usually with a shrieking chain - it offends me.

Which reminds me, I saw a great example of this this morning. This (so-called) nodder tried to squeeze between a roadworks sign and a van. He hit the sign...then the van..then the sign again (which was now somehow attached to his bike) and dragged it down the road. Then his feet came off the pedals and he swerves all over the place (whilst accelerating away) and the sign eventually collapses into the traffic. When I overtook him he had this look of 'No one saw that. I'm convinced no one saw that. Oh my god. Oh my god. Everyone totally fucking saw that.'

It was like watching a donkey ride a bike.