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@tilover
enjoy riding it yes.. good call. all that matters to me.
but having a trick bike is not the be and all of strong bikes... plenty of 'normal' bikes will last ages being pushed hard
we coped fine years ago on shitty bikes doing huge tricks,
jason mcroy, steve peat and hans ray all used to ride alu bikes like the stumpjumper or zaskars (of which i have broken 2) but i wouldnt say to anyone that they aren't strong bikes
all the engineering in the world wont stop a bike from wearing out eventually.
specially if people are doing this...
i think if you ride that kind of fixed just like riding bmx and downhill you have to accept that bits are always gonna break, if it's not one thing then it's the next, if you make your stem mega strong it's just gonna make your bars fail or your headset or your steerer or your frame or youwheel instead and so on
the guy just asked for a nice strong fixed gear bike and you guys are recommending he build a tank 'just in case' he wants to clear a 16 set on the way to work
P.s again.... fixed gear BMX style bikes are mega overpriced still, why cant they be cheap as chips and strong? no frills strong and heavy would do very well.. not as if they require any expensive or advanced compents... they don't even have brakes! when will somebody build a cheap one? like the sunn b-mix :)