nowadays 90% of the fixed "scene" no matter what bike you have is to impress.
if by impress you mean you want people to think "that's a nice bike" then yes. But it's different from "look what I can do".
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if by impress you mean you want people to think "that's a nice bike" then yes. But it's different from "look what I can do".