Predictions: Will most fixie tricksters get a coaster brake hub or freewheel one day?

it seems to me, just arriving on this thread, that neither pastry lover nor SP are getting it.. but the rest of you aren't coming up with a particularly articulate argument even though you know full well why why you do it..

twelve: I understand, i just dont see how its relivant.
Also i dont see how a coaster hub would work. Fixed isnt about not needing a back brake. It presents an interesting challenge and a bit of fun.
twelve has it about right. Surely there is no reason other than it's about trying to see you what you can do with a fixed gear "big" bike, not what you can't do. If it bores you and you feel limited and frustrated and look to your bmx longingly, then go back to the bmx. For a good thirty to fifty people in London at least though, they're having a blast seeing what can be done with a fixed gear. Personally, I think it's a shame a lot of the static stuff is ignored as fixed gear enables some balancing stuff that can look really elegant, but I dig the influence of bmx (and maybe mountainbiking) is hard to ignore.

The problems in justifying fixed gear tricks vs. doing stuff on a bmx started when builds started to mutate out of the original track bikes (/conversions) people were using maybe..as the builds, inevitably, have quickly come to resemble - because of the ruggedness of components and the geometery - some kind of bmx supercruiser. but pastrylover - though you may be right in terms of where fixed tricks might go (and who knows?) in terms of the idea being rejected by the wave after the next wave of people looking to get into it, the guys who are riding fixed and using it as a platform to freestyle are having a whole bunch of fun trying to push themselves doing it and see what they can come up with, and that's what it's about. Btw SP, it's really not about trying to say "Oh yeah I was one of the first people doing that shit".. it's really not about that at all. I'm always surprised at how people can still not understand that you don't put in hours of practice a day and injure yourself to all fuck just so you can look cool.