de constructing the fixed gear timeline

The simple summary: the 'fixed gear/track/freestyler' or should
that be 'streetstyler' or maybe 'windstyler' since it is to this
decade what bmx freestyler were to the 80's. And in that sense,
the fixed gear is in 1986. A boom year, embraced by EVERYONE,
accepted by the masses, an identity you can purchase at your
local shop, practice a couple tricks in the parking lot (by
yourself, of course), then go park the bike. With the need for
such color coordination, peregrine 48's and tuffs, sorry, I mean
deep v's and aerospokes, does that make MASH/SF the GT freestyle
team of the 80's?



1986. So this is the banner year. When every major brand puts out
the ultimate, color matched, custom, 'team' model. And in three
years no one will ride or even own a fixed gear. I'm saving now!
Deals will be had, pennies on the dollar. And in another twenty years
the trend will come around, and like overpriced vintage Campy star
hubs, I'll sell it all off and retire.

"So you paid $1200 and never really used it? Here's $150, thanks!"