The new Kinesis Fixed... thoughts?

it's just that I remember the days when the whole spirit of the fixed gear scene was converting old road bikes, finding a gem of a track frame in somebody's garage etc etc etc...

I remember the days before the 'fixed gear scene', though not as far back as when my grandad was part of a large group of people riding fixed on cycling holidays across the UK in the pre and post-WW2 era.

I don't think any of them gave a flying fuck about much, except making their bikes lighter, so they'd probably have been glad of a fat-tubed alu frame.

This weird autistic romanticism of a current hobby/obsession seems to get in the way of 'the whole spirit' of getting on a bike that's fit for purpose, and riding the fuck out of it.