Fixie as cafe racer

As I've been wasting countless hours recently looking at images of motorcycle cafe racers and as many more daydreaming about exactly what I will modify next on my aging '79 BMW I have also been thinking about the connection between fixed gear bicycles and cafe racers. In both cases they are usually modified street bikes, though less often in the case of both they are race bikes modified for street use. Both prize style and performance over practicality. Comfort is not high on the list for either. Also, mostly they are failures aesthetically allowing you to admire the few that are successes all the more. More often than not, both are used for short haul around town type riding. They are designed to get you to the cafe, and look good tethered there. Both tend to be stripped down and elemental. Both speak to the DIY ethos. Both embody coolness of a certain urban type and likely always will.